Italy

The price increases

Fuel price hike: Government extends excise duty discount, but only for one day

Twenty-four more hours to combat a crisis that won't wait: further measures are being considered.

the tragedy

Car crashes into a plane tree: 11-year-old girl dies, her little sister is in critical condition

The car driven by the father went off the road and was destroyed on impact. Long attempts to resuscitate the eldest daughter were unsuccessful. The youngest, 4, is hospitalized in critical condition.

Milan

Tony Boy arrested for drugs and a gun in his home: the rapper conducts a search live on social media.

The 26-year-old singer with a million followers was taken to San Vittore prison.

Palermo

Baby girl dies of diphtheria, parents under investigation; cousin also tests positive but is vaccinated and doing well.

Manslaughter investigation: They decided not to vaccinate the little girl because they believed vaccinations caused autism. Thus, a disease eradicated thanks to vaccines has returned.

Esplosione in una palazzina a Perugia (foto Ansa - Gasperini)

the emergency

An explosion in a Perugia apartment building causes the roof to collapse, injuring two people, and in critical condition for one woman.

The worst off was a 47-year-old woman who lived in the apartment where the explosion occurred on the fourth floor and was found in the garden.

Il sacerdote colpito dal malore fatale (foto Ansa)

Campobasso

A 47-year-old priest dies in front of the faithful after suffering a fatal illness while celebrating Mass.

The local community expresses its condolences: "A moment of deep sorrow."

Rescue in action

Perugia, explosion in a building: the roof collapses, involving people.

Massive explosion in a four-story building, firefighters on site

Weather forecast

Italy gripped by severe weather: downpours, tornadoes, and lightning strikes lash central and northern Italy.

Lombardy will declare a state of emergency, with 350 evacuated. In Piedmont, firefighters responded to 260 calls for flooding and fallen trees. Liguria was hit by winds from west to east, and a tourist was injured in Florence.

In the Potenza area

57-year-old woman found dead at home with severe facial injuries: son confesses

The thirty-year-old was arrested after a long interrogation

Tittia con Anda e Bola (foto Ansa - Claudio Giovannini), a destra la caduta (frame video)

the accident

Tittia suffered a broken rib and vertebra after a fall at the Palio di Siena. He will be discharged on Saturday.

Giovanni Atzeni's thirty-day recovery period has been confirmed.

Sonia Gioia

Palermo

Four-year-old girl dies from suspected diphtheria after parents failed to vaccinate her.

The prosecutor's office has opened an investigation. The little girl had arrived at the hospital for the first time with fever, vomiting and loss of appetite.

Viterbo

Woman dies at 28 after choking on bacon, organs donated

She was having lunch at home with her children, ages 5 and 8, when her father attempted to save her with the Heimlich maneuver. Nothing could be done.

Gli agenti del commissariato Scampia, vigili del fuoco e veterinari della ASL, nel corso di un operazione antiabusivismo che ha portato al sequestro e all' abbattimento di alcune strutture illegali nelle quali venivano allevati cani da combattimento come Rottweiler e Dogo Argentino. Oggi 26 Settembre 2011. ANSA/CESARE ABBATE/

Salento

A 72-year-old man was mauled to death by two rottweilers that escaped from a country home.

He had gone to pick fruit, his son and grandson found him in the clutches of dogs and risked being bitten by them in order to free him.

L'area dove è stata uccisa la donna di 72 anni uccisa con alcuni colpi alla testa a Corigliano-Rossano, nel Cosentino. 19/08/2026, ANSA

Cosenza

A woman killed by stone pelting in Calabria, her Sardinian husband arrested for trying to mislead the investigation.

Pietro Scintu, 80, was arrested and raised the alarm: "I found her lying on the ground, and I saw two men running away."

La caduta di Tittia (foto da frame video)

Siena

Tittia suffered a head injury but had a peaceful night: the jockey remains in hospital for tests.

Doctors reassure Giovanni Atzeni about his health after his frightening fall in Piazza del Campo.

Il giornalista Sigfrido Ranucci si affaccia dal balcone della redazione di Report per salutare il presidio in sua solidarietà riunitosi sotto la sede Rai di Via Teulada dopo l’attentato intimidatorio subito nella notte, Roma, 17 ottobre 2025. ANSA/FABIO CIMAGLIA

the attack

Ranucci case: magistrates identify perpetrators and instigators. Lavitola ready to report to the Court of Appeal.

The gang will be questioned, the journalist: "I'll speak, but out of respect, with the judiciary first."

the race

Legendary Tittia: Wins the Palio di Siena for the thirteenth time, then falls and ends up in the hospital.

The Nurri jockey with Anda and Bola leads the Nicchio contrada to victory after 28 years, then a spectator knocks him to the ground: head trauma but he is alert and conscious, his condition is not worrying.