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Italian prosecutors placed Defence Minister Israel Katz and 12 Israeli officials under investigation over alleged abuses of activists detained from Gaza-bound flotillas. The probe followed complaints from Italian citizens detained during missions in 2025 and 2026.
The number of senior military, police and prison officials named alongside Katz is 12.
The UN General Assembly adopted the pandemic preparedness declaration on 12 October by 153 votes to three, with two abstentions. It had been blocked from consensus approval on 25 September after objections including those from the United States.
Votes in favour of the pandemic declaration
Italy’s government approved a decree banning full-face coverings in schools and capping pupils with limited Italian at 30% per class. The measure took effect immediately but requires parliamentary scrutiny within 60 days; critics say it targets a very small group, estimated at 500–600 female students.
Parliamentary approval window for the proposed changes
Italy’s air traffic operational capacity was 50% of total air traffic.
Italy’s parliament gave final approval to changes replacing its hybrid electoral system with a fully proportional model, including bonus seats for coalitions reaching 42% of the vote. Opposition parties vowed to challenge the changes in court.
Lawmakers voting in favour of the electoral changes
Youth-led protests over housing, living costs and public services in Spain and France have spread to Italy, Portugal and Albania. Demonstrations in Milan and Albania turned violent, while protesters established a housing camp in Lisbon.
An investment fund raised an 87-year-old Madrid woman’s rent by 230%.
Each of the three convicted officials was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
El Mundo reported that the CIA had warned several Mediterranean countries of a possible Russian operation using drones launched from disguised commercial vessels. French President Emmanuel Macron disputed the report, saying French authorities had not been informed.
AllegedThe reported travel time for a Gerbera drone to reach the Italian, Spanish or French coast could be as short as 1.25 hours.