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Georgia Meloni, the far-right leader expected to become Italy's next prime minister, was lambasted Monday for posting a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by a migrant on social media as part of her election campaign. The video showed a 55-year old woman assaulted by an asylum-seeker from Guinea, with Meloni writing: "A hug to this woman. I will do everything I can to restore security to our cities."

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Italians cast their ballot yesterday on Sunday and chose a rightwing majority parliament, which is expected to have a turbulent relationship with Brussels.

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