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Mount Etna eruption halts flights to Sicily's Catania airport

Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Sunday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna spewed volcanic ash onto its runways, airport authorities said.

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CCTV shows moment brazen thieves use stolen digger to steal entire cash machine

The gang of thieves use heavy construction machinery to tear the cash machine from the wall of a post office in Valverde near Catania in Sicily before they load it into the back of a white van

Daily Mirror

More than 1,000 Migrants Brought Ashore in Italy after Multiple Rescues

More than 1,000 migrants were brought ashore to southern Italy on Saturday after coastguards launched major rescue operations for three boats struggling in rough seas off Calabria. One coastguard vessel brought 584 people to the city of Reggio Calabria, while another escorted a packed fishing boat carrying 487 migrants into…

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10 amazing travel photos to inspire you for holidays including Thailand and Italy

Beautiful photos of travel destinations including Venice, Machu Picchu, Prague and Krabi have been revealed and they're going to make you want to book a holiday immediately

Daily Mirror

Italy’s migration policy is in breach of international law, say legal experts

Standoff over rescue ship in Catania is first test of migration policy under Giorgia Meloni

The Guardian - UK

Migrants stuck on rescue ship in Sicily call for help

Hundreds of migrants who have been blocked from disembarking the rescue ship Geo Barents launched a protest on Monday. Holding giant cardboard signs out the ship's portholes, they chanted "Help Us." The Norway-flagged Geo Barents, carrying 572 migrants, arrived in Catania on Sunday afternoon. Authorities inspected migrants aboard the ship…

Evening Standard

Charity group challenges Italy over migrant stand-off

A German charity operating a migrant rescue ship said on Monday it would go to court to try to overturn efforts by Italy's new right-wing government to prevent some of the people it had saved from the sea coming to land.

Reuters

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German official: migrants should be able to disembark ship off Italian coast

Germany is in talks with Rome about the fate of rescued migrants who were stranded on a German-flagged charity vessel off the Italian coast and wants them to be given permission to disembark, a spokesperson said on Monday.

Reuters

New right-wing Italian government refuses to let migrants rescued from Mediterranean to disembark

Italy ordered the Humanity 1 to vacate the port of Catania

Evening Standard

Under Giorgia Meloni, Italy is refusing safe port to 4 ships that rescue migrants

The weeks-old government is allowing only migrants identified as vulnerable to disembark. Humanitarian groups, activists and two lawmakers protested the selection process as illegal and inhumane.

WEKU

Italy stops dozens of asylum seekers on NGO ship from coming ashore

Children and the sick were allowed off when boat run by German organisation SOS Humanity docked in Sicily

The Guardian - UK

German-flagged charity vessel refuses to leave Italian port

A German-flagged charity vessel refused to leave the Sicilian port of Catania on Sunday, after Italian authorities said not all the migrants it was carrying could disembark, the NGO responsible for the vessel said.

Reuters

Italy lets minors, sick off migrant rescue boat but spurns others

Italy allows entry to Humanity 1, but refuses to respond to requests for safe port from three other rescue ships.

Al Jazeera

EasyJet flight to Manchester makes emergency diversion to France due to passenger needing 'urgent medical assistance'

Paramedics met the aircraft after its emergency landing on Sunday afternoon

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Italy's right eyes landslide in 5-Star's Sicilian strongholds

Like many Sicilians, Agatino Zappala, who runs a delicatessen in the city of Catania, voted for the 5-Star Movement at Italy's last national election in 2018 but will switch his allegiance to the right at this month's vote.

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Saudi Arabia Launches 20 New Flight Routes to Europe

Saudi Arabia launched 20 new routes linking the Kingdom to new cities in Europe through Wizz Air, Europe's fastest-growing airline. The airline will introduce new destinations from Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Larnaca, Milan, Naples, Rome, Tirana, Varna, Venice, and Vienna to Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam. The General Authority of Civil Aviation…

Bristol Post

Bristol Airport apologises after baggage chaos for Catania flight arrivals

The airport has apologised for the "above average" delays faced by passengers

Sports Illustrated

A Rugby Club Vs. the Mafia

In a struggling Sicilian neighborhood racked by crime and poverty, one team is offering hope. And learning the cost of crossing the mob.

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US military tanker tracked flying over Cumbernauld and Airdrie having left Italy base

The Lockheed KC-130T Hercules flew above the Greater Glasgow area having departed Naval Air Station Sigonella near Catania in Sicily this morning en route to Reykjavík.

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