Weather forecast: bad weather expected between Friday and Saturday; stable conditions return on Sunday Widespread rainfall and a drop in maximum temperatures of 2–3°C in the North and parts of the central regions 23 October 2026
Umbria passes law on medically assisted suicide President Stefania Proietti did not take part in the vote 22 October 2026
Van Gogh painted his Starry Night on 22 July 1889 An astronomical study has compared the arrangement of the stars in July 1889 with that depicted on the canvas. It has suggested a new date, even though on that day the painter was admitted to the mental asylum in Saint-Rémy by Elena Dusi 22 October 2026
Ferrara launches its ‘Anti-Maranza Unit’. Mayor Fabbri: “Prevention, monitoring and enforcement” “The first experiment at national level,” the mayor said, adding that the problem “must not be downplayed.” Anselmo: “Low-level propaganda. Hatred solves nothing” 22 October 2026
Shalabayeva case: the Supreme Court partially quashes the conviction and orders a new appeal trial The Court’s First Criminal Division upheld the Deputy Attorney General’s requests and, after 13 years, ordered a retrial by Alessandra Ziniti 22 October 2026
Deaths in ambulances: court admits post-mortem examinations on Deanna Mambelli’s body in Spada trial The defence team for the former Red Cross driver, who had sought to have the evidence declared inadmissible: “We are confident we can technically dismantle this evidence in court” 22 October 2026
Butler: “In Paris, I was tear-gassed by the police and saw elderly women treated like terrorists” The American philosopher specialising in LGBTQIA+ rights, in Italy for seminars and meetings, warned Italy: “Giorgia Meloni uses gender as a means to undermine the traditional family or the nation. But those who deny certain rights will soon move on to erasing the rights of everyone else. Just as T… by Michela Bompani 22 October 2026
Healthcare: over a month’s wait for 4 million appointments. Dermatologists are impossible to find Agenas data on the situation in the first nine months of the year. The total number of services provided has risen to 21.8 million by Michele Bocci 22 October 2026
Pope Leo: “Beneath their armour, many teenagers are crying out to be loved” Papal audience at a conference on school and university pastoral care: “So much distress, broken families, loneliness and a misguided meritocracy” by Iacopo Scaramuzzi 22 October 2026
The sea’s memory in a 200-year-old shell: signs of climate change on the shell A giant clam from the Great Barrier Reef has enabled researchers to reconstruct, month by month, the state of the waters before the industrial era: a baseline that no instrument had previously been able to measure by Giulia Boero 22 October 2026
Minor beaten by peers ends up in hospital. Video of the assault goes viral on social media Mirandola: the victim’s mother has filed a complaint at the police station. Three young women involved in the assault have already been identified 22 October 2026
Reconstruction in the Marche: eight arrests, 51 suspects. Corruption charges against Acquaroli’s former chief of staff Raids carried out in eight regions ten years after the earthquake; assets worth over 57 million euros seized. The interests of the 'ndrangheta and the Camorra (Neapolitan mafia). Tenders issued by the Regional Government, Erdis and the University of Camerino by Corrado Zunino 22 October 2026
“Me, Clark Kent’s chatbot and our toxic love. Sometimes I still miss him” Sara discovered AI at the age of 16: “Days spent shut away alone in my room. I confided in it, it understood me. It was also violent. Today I’m trying to live.” This is the fourth instalment of the series Love in the Time of Gen Z by Giulia D'Aleo 22 October 2026
Webuild calls for funds for the breakwater; Bucci announces: “A further 300 million in additional costs has been requested” The chairman at a Regional Assembly committee meeting: “We will look into it; they might not get anything at all.” He then announced that the State would cover future costs, whilst the opposition are demanding access to the documents. The completion date, previously announced for 2027, is now 2030 by Marco Preve 22 October 2026
Milan takes to the streets again with the Cgil: “No to violence, yes to inclusion” Following the looting, a demonstration by trade unions, associations and the centre-left coalition. The mayor: “Control first, then dialogue” by Miriam Romano 22 October 2026
Milan locks down against raids; security checks at the Duomo have been stepped up. Sala: “I agree on the soldiers” The mayor expressed “concern” ahead of Saturday’s protests. Anarchists and young neo-fascists were also on the streets by Carmine R. Guarino, Massimo Pisa 22 October 2026
Yousef is eleven years old and the youngest involved in the clashes: “He’s a difficult lad” At the school where the Carabinieri identified him. He comes from a troubled family: his face in a viral video by Brunella Giovara 22 October 2026
Weather forecast: sunnier on Thursday but rain from Friday, starting in the north-west Unstable conditions on Saturday in the north-east and the Adriatic regions; sunny on Sunday 22 October 2026
Papa, the oncologist: “Now check-ups every six months; the risk of recurrence is very low” Interview with Carmine Pinto, who heads the Emilia-Romagna oncology network. “Operated on in time” by Michele Bocci 21 October 2026
Pope: histological tests show the disease was localised. Doctors: “No treatment is necessary” The tests have confirmed the presence of a localised lung adenocarcinoma by Iacopo Scaramuzzi 21 October 2026