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After an initial period of restraint following the Queen's death, the new British government under Liz Truss went all out last week when the Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced a mini budget including extensive support to compensate for rising energy costs as well as major tax cuts. Commentators fear public debt will increase while the hoped-for economic growth remains absent.

In the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini, men and women, Persians and minorities in Iran have united in the "hijab uprising" against the mullahs' rule and the country's morality laws, which are particularly restrictive for women. The regime has responded with a violent crackdown in which human rights activists report that 78 people have died so far. The press looks at how the international community can show solidarity with the protesters.

The alliance formed around the post-fascist Fratelli d'Italia has emerged victorious from Italy's parliamentary election. According to projections on Monday morning, the party has won more than a quarter of all the votes. Giorgia Meloni looks set to become the new head of government and could secure an absolute majority in an alliance with the right-wing parties Lega and Forza Italia. Europe's press discusses the consequences.

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is now taking its toll on its own population. Following Putin's mobilisation, the authorities are not being picky about whom they send to war and are recruiting thousands of men in many places without regard for their age, health or previous military experience. Observers see this as a campaign by the Kremlin against its own people - with as yet uncertain political and social consequences.