Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi hospitalised with leukemia.

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi hospitalised with leukemia.
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to intensive care with breathing problems and is being treated for a form of leukaemia. Berlusconi, who still leads his party and is an elected senator, has had heart surgery in 2016 and contracted pneumonia in 2020 after catching Covid-19. His health has raised questions about the future of his political party, Forza Italia, and his media empire. Despite being a divisive figure in Italian politics, politicians from across the spectrum have wished him well.

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