Italy
Italy's government approved a budget plan that allocated about €18 billion in measures, including €2 billion for wages, an IRPEF cut to 33% and planned spending cuts.
Incumbent Eugenio Giani won re-election, keeping Tuscany under center-left control, while Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition suffered a setback in the regional vote.
Three Carabinieri died and several officers were wounded when a farmhouse near Verona exploded during an eviction that authorities said occupants deliberately triggered; three occupants were arrested.
Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched through Udine before Italy's World Cup qualifier against Israel, isolated the stadium under heavy security and there were reports of clashes with police.
Pope Leo XIV visited Rome’s Quirinale, met President Sergio Mattarella and urged multilateralism and greater solidarity toward migrants while praising Italy’s anti‑trafficking efforts.
Spain's Audiencia Nacional judge sent José Luis Moreno and 54 others to trial over an alleged film‑financing scam, and Italy's Guardia di Finanza seized documents on three films.
Maria Grazia Chiuri was named creative director of Fendi, returning to the Rome-based house where she began her career and will oversee womenswear, menswear and haute couture.
Pro-Palestine protesters invaded central Udine before the Italy–Israel match, forcing shops to lower shutters and prompting riot police deployment, though turnout fell short of organizers’ claims.
El Papa convocó un acto de reparación en la Basílica de San Pedro tras el intento el pasado viernes de un hombre de orinar ante el altar, que vigilantes frustraron.
Genoa prosecutors asked a court to sentence former Autostrade CEO Giovanni Castellucci to 18 years and six months over the Morandi bridge collapse, likening him to "Lord Voldemort."
Three Carabinieri — Marco Piffari, Valerio Daprà and Davide Bernardello — died in a farmhouse explosion in Castel d'Azzano; Veneto governor Luca Zaia declared three days of mourning.
