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Italy rocked by anarchist-led riots as over 100 police injured, Meloni condemns violence
Anarchists violently clash with police in Turin, Italy
Fireworks, stones and firebombs were hurled at police as anarchists and other leftist groups attacked them after officers evicted squatters from a building in Turin. (Video: LAPRESSE, SKY ITALIA via Associated Press.)
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Violent clashes broke out during a large protest in Turin, Italy, over the weekend as anarchist and leftists attacked police, prompting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to strongly condemn the unrest and vow a firm response.
Videos from the scene showed demonstrators dressed in black confronting police, with footage appearing to capture objects being thrown at officers and police lines forced backward. Images from Reuters showed riot police surrounded by red smoke during clashes linked to a march in support of the Askatasuna social center, which authorities recently evicted. Experts say the building had been occupied by far-left activists for decades.
Clashes with demonstrators erupted following a march in support of a left-wing social center that was evicted by authorities in Turin, Italy, Jan. 31, 2026. (LaPresse/Sky Italia via Associated Press)
Italian authorities said 108 security personnel were injured in the violence. Protesters hurled bottles, stones, homemade incendiary devices and smoke bombs, set fire to rubbish bins and a police armored vehicle, and used street furniture and uprooted lampposts as weapons, European media reported.
Commenting on the violence, U.S. and Europe analyst Matthew Tyrmand told Fox News Digital, “It’s not that dissimilar to what you see in the U.S. at times,” he said. “Think about Seattle, or Cop City in Atlanta or Portland. It’s the same odd coalition of leftist groups, anarchists, pro-Palestinian groups and random individuals coming together.”
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A demonstrator gestures behind a burning refuse container in Turin, Italy, Jan. 31, 2026. (Michele Lapini/Reuters)
Meloni responded forcefully, warning that violence against police and threats to public order would not be tolerated. In a post on X, the prime minister shared photos from a hospital visit with injured officers and described the confrontations in stark terms.
“This morning I went to the Le Molinette hospital in Turin to bring, on behalf of Italy, my solidarity to two of the officers who were injured in yesterday’s clashes,” Meloni wrote, adding: “Against them: hammers, Molotov cocktails, nail-filled paper bombs, stones launched with catapults, blunt objects of every kind, and jammers to prevent the police from communicating.”
Quoting one officer, Meloni added: “They were there to kill us.” She went on to say: “These are not protesters. These are organized criminals. This is attempted murder.”
Dr. Lorenzo Vidino, director of the program on extremism at George Washington University, told Fox News Digital that while the images were shocking, the violence itself was not unprecedented. “Torino in particular is a hotbed of anarchist and hardcore communist groups,” Vidino said. “But we’ve had this in many other places in Italy, and it happens throughout Europe.”
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A demonstrator runs through smoke as fireworks explode during clashes in Turin, Italy, Jan. 31, 2026. (Michele Lapini/Reuters)
Vidino said the unrest followed what he called the recent “liberation” of Askatasuna, a building occupied for decades by far-left activists, which he described as a catalyst for a broader reaction.
“What you have here is a network of not just Italian but European anarchists and communists, with some pro-Palestinian groups,” he said. “It’s a fairly well-established coalition of groups, and they routinely engage in this sort of violence. Antifa is also part of this coalition. It’s one of the umbrella movements in what happened in Torino.”
Vidino also pointed to links between the groups involved and a previous attack on the offices of La Stampa, one of Italy’s most prominent newspapers, which he described as a turning point for authorities.
“Storming the offices of a major newspaper crossed a red line,” Vidino said.
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On Monday, Meloni said she chaired a meeting at Palazzo Chigi to assess what she called “serious episodes of violence against the police forces” and to determine measures to guarantee public safety.
Tyrmand said the clashes reflect Italy’s long history of militant left-wing activism.
“Italy has a long history of hardcore leftist organizing,” he said. “They’re cut from the same cloth. Marxist movements are truly of their genesis.”
“When a right-wing leader like Meloni comes into power, they get especially ginned up,” he added. “Violence is their modus operandi. I expect it will be quelled because Meloni is a tough figure.”
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Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and hold banners depicting Mohammad Hannoun, president of the Palestinian Association in Italy who was arrested by Italian authorities over alleged funding of Hamas through charities, during a march in Turin, Italy, Jan. 31, 2026. (Michele Lapini/Reuters)
He added that the tactics and alliances mirror those seen during U.S. street protests and encampments.
“It’s the same dynamics,” Vidino said. “A permanent presence of these networks that mobilize quickly around symbolic causes.”
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March 27, 2026
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A Russian man convicted of assaulting a woman in London in an attack witnessed by Barron Trump, President Donald Trump’s youngest son, on a video call was sentenced to four years in prison by a London court on Friday.
Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, an MMA fighter, was convicted by a jury on Jan. 28 of assault with bodily harm but was acquitted of rape and choking charges. He was also convicted of perverting the course of justice stemming from a letter he sent the woman from jail asking her to retract her allegations.
After the assault, Rumiantsev admitted he was jealous of his girlfriend’s friendship with the 19-year-old son of President Donald Trump.
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Barron Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool/Getty Images)
“Your lack of insight and empathy was apparent at trial,” Justice Joel Bennathan said. “You continue to try to blame the complainant for everything that has happened.”
Trump told investigators he had placed a late-night FaceTime call to the woman, whom he had met on social media, and had been startled when the call had been briefly answered by a shirtless man on Jan. 18, 2025.
“That view lasted maybe one second and I was racing with adrenaline,” Barron Trump said. “The camera was then flipped to the victim getting hit while crying, stating something in Russian.”
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Barron Trump looks on ahead of the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2025. (KEVIN LAMARQUE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Barron Trump called the police in London.
“It’s really an emergency … I’m calling from the U.S., uh, I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up,” he told an operator.
Police responded to the address and arrested Rumiantsev, a London-based receptionist.
At his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Rumiantsev was acquitted of rape and choking related to the attack, as well as a separate rape and assault allegation from November 2024.
His attorney, Sasha Wass, said that Trump wasn’t aware the woman had a boyfriend and questioned how much he could have seen in just a few seconds of video.
Barron Trump watches as his father, President Donald Trump attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Trump never testified in the case. However, the judge praised him for his quick-thinking actions.
“Mr, Trump properly and responsibly, despite being in the United States, made sure the emergency services here were called, and he told them what he had seen,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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EU lawmakers have overcome a key political hurdle in the negotiations of digital euro, making the project closer to approval, according to a draft text seen by Euronews.
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The Parliamentary rapporteurs involved in the legislation have found an agreement on the design of the digital euro, which will be able to function both online and offline.
The digital euro would be an electronic form of cash issued by the European Central Bank, designed to sit alongside banknotes and the payments services offered by commercial banks.
It has taken on new political weight as economic tensions between the EU and the US sharpen the debate over Europe’s reliance on American payment giants, such as Visa and Mastercard.
Under the European Commission’s proposal, digital euro users would have a wallet for both online and offline payments, with transactions designed so they are not trackable.
The situation in Parliament changed on Wednesday evening, when the centre-right politician Fernando Navarrete, who is the leading rapporteur on the file, announced the withdrawal of his position to reduce the scope of the digital euro to offline use only.
His position blocked the advancement of negotiations for months, jeopardising the whole legislative process, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations.
The political deadlock has pushed EU leaders to accelerate progress on the digital euro. At the European Council meeting on 19 March, they set a goal to have the digital euro legislation approved by the end of 2026.
With the Council, representing EU countries, having already adopted its position, the European Parliament is now the only institution left to advance the law.
“Thanks to our amendments and firm stance, we have finally broken the political deadlock on the digital euro. The distinction between online and offline has been removed, and it is now established as a single payment system,” Pasquale Tridico, the rapporteur for The Left, told Euronews.
However, lawmakers still need to agree on two key aspects: the “hold limits” and the “compensation.”
The hold limits determine the maximum amount a user can store in a digital euro wallet, while compensation sets out a model for reimbursing commercial banks that provide digital euro services.
Although negotiations are not yet complete, the text is expected to be voted on in the Parliament’s economy committee before the summer, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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