as they come in on this, the most crucial of election nights. and i m lucy grey with the other main stories this hour. the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. super typhoon noru has hit the philippines and is set to sweep through the capital manila with winds of up to 175 kilometres an hour. hello and welcome to rome where in the last few minutes polls have closed in an election which many predict could be a political turning point for the country. polling suggests italy will choose its first female prime minister, giorgia meloni, and the first in the modern era to come from the far right. her brothers of italy party look set to top the vote, but are likely to be forced into coalition with other parties to form a government. in the next hour, we ll be trying to make sense of the rapidly shifting sands of italian politics with our correspondents and a range of experts. what s brought the nation to thi
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