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Open Arms: European Commission calls situation 'untenable'

The European Commission welcomed the news that six member states are going to take some migrants from the Open Arms rescue ship.

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Italy government feud: PM Conte slams minister Salvini as 'disloyal'

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called Matteo Salvini "disloyal" and "obsessed with immigration" in an open letter.

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Italian PM says EU countries have offered to take Open Arms migrants

Italian Prime Minister Giseuppe Conte says six EU countries have offered to take the stranded Open Rescue migrants as the head of the charity aiding them says the shipneeds an emergency medical evacuation.

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Genoa marks anniversary of deadly bridge collapse

Church bells marked a minute's silence at 11:36 a.m. local time (0936GMT), the exact time of last year's collapse.

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Parts of Genoa bridge lacked maintenance for 25 years — prosecutor

On the anniversary of the Genoa bridge collapse, an expert has told Euronews that maintaining similar older, longer bridges is "not easy" and expensive.

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Hundreds gather to honour 43 killed in Genoa bridge collapse

Today marks the one year anniversary of the collapse of the Ponte Morandi in which 43 people were killed who were crossing the bridge at the time

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More than 500 migrants remain stranded on ships in the Mediterranean

Two boats carrying more than 500 migrants remain stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy and Malta refused to allow them to dock.

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Italian Senate rejects request for immediate no-confidence vote debate

The League has presented a no-confidence motion in the government but the Senate rejected its request for it to be debated on Wednesday, and instead decided that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte should address the upper house over the crisis on August 20.

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Opponents hit out at Salvini's call for snap Italian election

Lega Nord party leader Matteo Salvini is waging an unofficial election campaign from the beach, according to some political commentators in Italy.

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What the Venice Biennale can teach us about climate change

Venice Biennale: A 360 experience for all the senses

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Fragments of Boeing 787 fall near Fiumicino airport after take-off

Engine fragments from a Norwegian Airlines Boeing 787 fell on roofs and cars in the area near Rome Fiumicino airport, causing damage but no casualties.

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Italy moves one step closer to fresh elections

Italy's ruling League Party to present no-confidence motion in Senate

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Mother who took her children to Syria given eight years in prison

"This woman, who was already married, joined a 'fighter' with whom she had an online relationship. They wed when she arrived in the region of Idleb, north-west of Syria," the court said.

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Italian Senate backs train link with France, widening coalition rift

Italian Senate backs Lyon-Turin high-speed rail link, widening coalition rift

Italy

Italy's Matteo Salvini accused of racism after 'dirty gypsy' comments

Italian social media users have said Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is "out of control" following a recent Twitter post in which he referred to a Romani woman as a "dirty gypsy".

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From jets to yachts: Is Google's climate change camp hypocritical?

The most exclusive event on the A-list calendar centred around environmental concerns this year. But were they missing something?

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US teen implicated in policeman murder 'didn't know friend was armed'

The father of a US teen arrested for the murder of an Italian policeman murder said his son didn't know his friend was armed.

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Salvini bans new migrant rescue boat from entering Italian waters

Matteo Salvini has banned another rescue ship carrying forty migrants from entering Italian waters. The Alan Kurdi is run by German charity Sea-Eye and is heading towards Lampedusa.

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50 years after the moon landing Matera honours the Apollo 11 mission

In partnership with Matera 2019

Matera, the European Capital of Culture 2019, celebrates one of its most famous sons; Rocco Petrone, who went on to become a mechanical engineer in the US and made a fundamental contribution to Nasa's Apollo 11 mission

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Rome strikes deal with five EU nations over stranded migrants

An Italian coastguard ship carrying migrants rescued at sea was given permission to dock but not to disembark in Sicily last weekend. Medical staff allowed to tour the ship found that the 116 people on board had to share a single toilet.