{
  "id": 9759498,
  "title": "Italy to ban burkas in schools, with 30% cap on pupils with poor Italian",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/italy-to-ban-burkas-in-schools-with-30-cap-on-pupils-with-poor-italian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3368837/italy-ban-burkas-schools-30-cap-pupils-poor-italian"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Italy has passed a decree banning face coverings in all schools and capping the proportion of newly arrived foreign pupils with insufficient Italian at 30 per cent per class from the next school year, the government in Rome said on Friday. The government said the 30 per cent quota applies in primary school to children who do not hold Italian citizenship, were not born in Italy and have not…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Who gets to be Italian? The rise and rise of Islamophobia in Italy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/who-gets-to-be-italian-the-rise-and-rise-of-islamophobia-in-italy",
        "published": "2026-09-25T12:54:11.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}