correspondent amy kellogg takes a look at the surge tonight from millan, italy, good evening, amy. it s being called far right government since mussolini and georgia mel lonnie looks said. it is already making history and some waves across the continent. a great day for europe say the continent s other far right leaders, a dark day for italy say center left attracters. georgia meloni says she will do her best to make everyone happy. it s important to understand that if we will be called to lead this country we will do that for all. we will do that for all italians. we will do that with the aim to unify its people. to say underline what unifies it rather than what divides it. m meloni garnered more votes than any other party. meloni will have to form a coalition. she plans to do that with the parties of four time prime minister and fire brand far right lead party leader. the victory of the right comes on heels of swedish voters overturning longstanding center left trad
reports from ukraine say armed soldiers have been going door to door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self styled referendums on joining russia. russian state media says door to door voting is necessary for security reasons. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east and zaporizhzhia and kherson in the south and cover around 15% of ukraine s territory. the so called referendums have been widely condemned. president biden described them as a sham and a false pretext to try to illegally annex parts of ukraine. our correspondentjames waterhouse reports from kyiv. russia s version of their so called referendums a free and fair democratic process where ukrainians in kherson decide whether they want tojoin russia. but, on the same spot today in the city centre, it s deserted. ukrainian officials have posted footage like this. apparently, ballots being taken door to door with the suppor
the rout of the presidential party is total, and no majority is presented. donald trump knew the big lie was a big lie. they used it also as a big shakedown. we can t allow people to decide that they are above the law and that they are more important than our constitutional processes. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, june 20th, 9:00 a.m. here in london. and we ll begin with economic uncertainty as investors watch to see if the united states can tame historic inflation without, of course, triggering a recession. global markets have been in flux since the u.s. federal reserve hiked interest rates last week by the biggest amount since 1994. by 70 basis5 basis points, in f. station markets are left to trading. mixed day as you can see there. nikkei seeing the sharpest falls. if we have a look at the european markets, they ve been open about an hour or so doing slightly better, starting off
united states. we ll look at whether there is any relief in sight. and children as young as six months old just days away from getting covid shots. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we re tracking developments in ukraine where the area around the capital kyiv was rattled by a series of explosions a short time ago. air defenses worked on enemy targets, but so far no fires or casualties reported. officials are urging people to stay in shelters. meanwhile two european leaders say the war may drag on for years. boris johnson and jens stoltenberg made the statements separately and both said that the west should be in for the long haul. and president zelenskyy is pledging to regain all the territories captured by russia in ukraine s south. he spoke after visiting two cities in the region and seeing residential areas ham areaed by artillery and missiles. translator: the losses are significant. many houses were destroyed, civilian logistics were
victory. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. a dismal day for wall street as the roller coaster ride on the u.s. stock market continues. the dow tumbled more than 700 points in its worst trading day since june of 2020. nasdaq lost nearly 4.8%. [ applause ] the sell-off began after target reported a 52% drop in profit for the first quarter, a day after walmart stock posted its worst day since 1987. markets in asia are also in the red this hour. live for us this hour in hong kong following the latest. after this, what are the marketing like in asia? yeah. asian markets are feeling that downward pressure after u.s. stocks, they posted the worst single day decline in two years. investors apparently spooked by two things. they re spooked by inflation fears. and they re also being spooked by weak earnings. target is the latest big box retailer to inject fear into the market. it posted that stunning first quarter profit decline of about 52%. it blam