The former Chief of Staff is leading an opposition coalition spanning from the centre-right to the left and is calling for an inquiry into the failures that allegedly allowed the Hamas massacre to take place. However, the polls do not suggest that either side has a secure majority in the Knesset. Matteo Matzuzzi discusses this with Giulio Meotti and Micol Flammini

Following the discovery of hundreds of anomalies in scientific publications, some are playing down the issue. But reporting errors is every researcher’s responsibility, not a secondary task. Because science can only correct itself if those who know the truth decide to make it public

In Bruno Vespa’s new book, the Deputy Prime Minister and secretary of the Carroccio reaches out to his opponent at the party congress: “The executive committee will also include a mayor and a representative of the regions.”

The trade union has posted a doctored photo of Landini and the Brazilian president on social media. The former secretary has been removed from the image. 

“It was a point we raised four years ago; since then, out of a sense of loyalty to the majority and the government, we have always contributed, as is right, to every form of humanitarian and economic support for Ukraine.” The League leader’s more conciliatory tone following the party conference and the unease caused within the majority

The Brazilian presidential candidate, having lost the run-off against Lula, is said to have first travelled to Argentina and from there to the United States. He had received a court order requiring him to hand over his passports and prohibiting him from leaving the country

According to Il Foglio’s sources, there has been a cyberattack on the Montecitorio network and the Prime Minister’s email account 

One billion, two Prime Ministerial Decrees and many contradictory claims. The judges’ association stumbles after releasing false figures on the backlog

The player who scored the most goals was awarded a prize – though not in the competitions that really mattered – whilst the player who won everything finished tenth. These concerns are echoed regarding the France Foot trophy

Since June, the Democratic Party secretary has been announcing the drafting of the programme, repeatedly postponing it to September, October or by the end of the year. Amidst repeated promises, disagreements with Conte and negotiations yet to begin, after four months the ‘final stretch’ still lies ahead.

Who wrote to the editor-in-chief, Claudio Cerasa

At the 70th edition of the Biennale Musica, singing appears to be one of the central themes. Entitled "A Child of Soul" this year, it highlights the need to rediscover the simplicity, immediacy and complete lack of filters that a baby might display when uttering its first cries  

From the encyclopaedic project dedicated to Popeye to the return of Godzilla, via Pinky and Aardman’s handcrafted animation. A guide to Lucca60

Opinion polls are a warning to the centre-left: whoever loses between Schlein and Conte risks driving a section of their electorate to abstain. Meanwhile, the PD is stepping up the pace on its primaries, aiming to hold a vote before the summer and preparing increasingly broad alliances ahead of the 2027 local elections.

“The centre-right is making compromises by continuing to keep someone like Salvini in the coalition, with his nonsense about Ukraine. We have had the door open for some time now, both in Parliament and on the ground.” Speaking are MP Ruffino and Piedmont regional councillor Bartoli

On 22 October, the White House released a video showing twelve bishops praying for and with Trump in the Oval Office. All hell broke loose: much of the American Catholic press, which leans towards the Democrats, immediately criticised the bishops, questioning whether it was really appropriate, twelve days before the election, to take part in that scene

For the first time since 1973, the North African country’s armed forces will be operating outside its borders. The Madama outpost against the expansionist ambitions of Abu Dhabi and Haftar

From Serbia to Brazil, from the United States to Hungary, the rise and fall of nationalist leaders reveal the Achilles’ heel of strongmen: corruption and the unscrupulous use of money. It is on the issues of transparency, the separation of powers and the public interest that the populist bubble bursts, proving that the rise of the right is not inevitable

Netanyahu’s fog of cryptocurrency, images of the atomic bomb and Eisenkot’s promises, in which he uses the word ‘responsibility’. The two candidates are polar opposites; a journey through differences, risks and surprise endings

A segment of the Left is genuinely lamenting yet another revolution that has been postponed. After all, what are a few smashed shop windows and a few burnt-out rubbish bins? There is always a Marco Grimaldi who, speaking of the three minors arrested in Turin with Molotov cocktails, manages to say ‘they didn’t want to hurt anyone’, with an obvious sigh of nostalgia

The Network for a Free and Equal Vote has filed a joint application with the Constitutional Court. The applicants include Romano Prodi, Pierluigi Bersani, Rosy Bindi, Fausto Bertinotti, Lucia Annunziata, Gad Lerner, Tomaso Montanari and Luciano Canfora (along with Monica Guerritore and Paolo Fresu).