Lorenzo Tondo
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The show must go on: 35,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews descend on Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah
The annual pilgrimage brings both prayers and partying to Uman. Many have been undeterred by official pleas to stay away this year → Read More
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe → Read More
Second world war British fighter planes unearthed in Ukraine
Remains of eight British warplanes dating back to 1940s conflict found south of Kyiv → Read More
‘Some never came back’: how Russians hunted down veterans of Donbas conflict
Exclusive: Ukrainians who fought against separatists tell of kidnap and torture by invaders; the fate of hundreds of others is a mystery → Read More
Zelenskiy: Russia may be preparing to trigger nuclear plant explosion
President cites Ukraine intelligence that Moscow has mined Zaporizhzhia nuclear station and sent away staff → Read More
Deadly Russian missile strike on busy pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk
Initial reports from city in eastern Ukraine put the number of people killed at three, with fears the toll will rise → Read More
‘We were so happy’: Wagner rebellion brings fresh hope to Ukrainians
Disappointment at Prigozhin’s stand-down – but the feeling in Kyiv is that something has changed → Read More
Ukrainians dared to dream that Wagner action could be the fatal blow in war
Kyiv’s long-awaited counter-offensive has been slow, but a mutiny in the Russian lines looked like changing it all → Read More
Wagner uprising marks beginning of civil war in Russia, says Ukraine
Zelenskiy aide claims Ukrainian counteroffensive intensified internal divisions between Moscow and paramilitaries → Read More
Russia accuses Ukraine of using UK-supplied missiles to strike bridge to Crimea
Chonhar Bridge is one of a handful of infrastructures linking Crimea with the mainland → Read More
Italian prosecutors say ‘hijackers’ on cargo ship were actually asylum seekers
Group stormed by Italian special forces included a pregnant woman and two minors with hypothermia → Read More
Ukraine war drove biggest rise in displaced persons in decades
UN refugee agency said there were an estimated 108 million people affected globally by the end of last year → Read More
‘Everything about him was excessive’: Italy says farewell to Silvio Berlusconi
The ex-Italian prime minister’s career was beset with scandal but his vitality and humour won many over → Read More
Italian special forces storm Turkish cargo ship after migrants attempt hijack
Stowaways allegedly tried to take sailors hostage after being discovered on Galatea Seaways bound for France → Read More
Three acquitted in ‘cattle mafia’ case over alleged intimidation of Sicilian sisters
Three sisters who own farm in Mezzojuso say they will appeal after men cleared due to lack of evidence → Read More
Ex-Italian prime minister and health minister cleared of Covid culpability
Court rules that Giuseppe Conte and Roberto Speranza not at fault for 6,000 excess deaths in Bergamo at start of pandemic → Read More
Sky suspends Italian F1 commentators after sexist remarks on air
Matteo Bobbi and Davide Valsecchi made remarks about woman in background during Spanish Grand Prix analysis → Read More
Five Italian police accused of torturing migrants and homeless people
Investigators in Verona say some victims were pepper-sprayed in the eyes and kicked until they passed out → Read More
Italy’s ‘new Michelangelo’ bringing sculpture into 21st century
Jacopo Cardillo, AKA Jago, has earned widespread praise for his modern twists on classical art → Read More
Kosovo: ‘fascist mobs’ guided by Serbia causing violence, says country’s PM
More than 30 Nato peacekeeping soldiers were injured in clashes on Monday after ethnic Albanian mayors took office → Read More