Far-right Giorgia Meloni appointed Italy’s first female prime minister

President Mattarella gave Brothers of Italy leader mandate to govern with coalition members Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Salvini

Giorgia Meloni has formed Italy's new ruling coalition, giving the country its first far right-led government since the end of the second world war.

A presidential palace official announced that Meloni, set to become the first woman to serve as the country's prime minister, and her cabinet would be sworn in on Saturday. Meloni's Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots, was the top vote-winner in Italy's national election last month.