The "Italy in the Square" protest: fires erupted after an afternoon of firecrackers and clashes with police. Fifty people were taken to police headquarters. Meloni: "It's not a right to set cities ablaze; the opposition must speak out."
Teachers and ATA staff are on strike to demand higher wages and less precarious employment, while students are protesting the high cost of living and school reforms.
She had trusted a boy she met in a club, while they were walking another one joined in agreement with the first and they dragged her to an isolated place
In Calabria, distributors are running dry. Conftrasporto and Unatras: Protests are out of control now, the government must call us in or everything will shut down. On the island, protests are possible in front of Saras and at major ports.
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:NDdkOTA5YmMtZDBjNy00:NjYwMDM4NGEtMjhiNS00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Son dies in collision with ex-wife's car: "My mother was waited for and chased."")
![A handout picture, provided by Vatican Media Press Office, shows Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass in the hall set up on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Polyclinic, Rome, 16 October 2026. ANSA/Vatican Media Press Office +++ ANSA PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE - NO ARCHIVING - NO LICENSING - NPK +++](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:ZDViMGRjYzMtZjhmOS00:YjdiYTdiZDYtNjg2OS00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Pope Leo celebrates Mass: "He's in good spirits and continues to work."")
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:NThiNzk5M2ItYjQwOC00:NTY3YjY4ZjQtNzIzNi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Schools and climate: Friday marches across Italy: students take to the streets for "No Meloni Day."")
![](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:YTlmZWI0YjUtYzA2MC00:Yzc3ODg0ZTEtZjI1Ni00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 ""Air traffic control network anomalies": flight delays at Italian airports")
![The Agostino Gemelli University Hospital, where Pope Leo XIV is hospitalized, in Rome,, Italy, 14 October 2026. ANSA/ANGELO CARCONI](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:M2NjNTkyNjMtYzA0OS00:ODEyOTM0MzEtZjVkNy00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "The Pope has returned to work: "The operated lung is recovering well."")
![Un frame estratto da un video delle telecamere di sorveglianza prese in esame dagli inquirenti mostra la minicar utilizzata per le aggressioni del 4 e 5 ottobre a Roma (Ansa-Npk)](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:ZDg0ZTAyYWItNzQzZS00:ZmVkYzM0YzQtZWYzOC00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "In the minicar case, the mother of one of the boys said, "He thought he was joking. He should pay, but he's not a monster."")
![People pray in front the statue of John Paul II in front the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital, where Pope Leo XIV is hospitalized, in Rome, Italy, 14 October 2026. According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Leo XIV is recovering in hospital following a successful thoracic surgery on 13 October to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, during which doctors confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma. ANSA/FABIO FRUSTACI](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:MTVkMDYzNTAtZGY0Ni00:OWE0MjM5ZDMtMTgyYS00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Pope Leo's recovery is underway; he concelebrated Mass in a room at Gemelli Hospital: "He's in good spirits."")
![Angela Taccia, difensore di Sempio, all'esterno del tribunale di Pavia per l'incidente probatorio nell'inchiesta su Andrea Sempio, Pavia (Garlasco), 18 dicembre 2025. ANSA/ PAVIA PRESS/PAOLO TORRES](https://immagini.unionesarda.it/version/c:YmI0MjkzMzYtZGUzNC00:OTk0NzQzNzgtY2FjMi00/image.webp?f=3%3A2&q=0.75&w=3840 "Sempio's defense: "The polka dot print is a size 39, too small for his foot." But also for Stasi's.")
