Watch: What to know as Genoa bridge disaster trial ends
The former CEO of Italy's motorway operator is among 32 people found guilty over the August 2018 collapse of Genoa's Morandi bridge in a trial.
Giovanni Castellucci, who is already serving a six-year jail term for a 2013 road disaster, was given a 12-year sentence over the disaster.
Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge running through the city came down in a rain storm at the height of the holiday season, sending cars and lorries plummeting
Fifa 'assessing match reports' over Falklands banner
Downing Street has supported calls for Fifa to investigate, with the prime minister's official spokesperson saying: "The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver."
Argentina's President Javier Milei called the players' action "understandable" and "valid", according to media reports.
But he also made clear, in comments made to Radio El Observador, that "the things that happen on the pitch are not part of diplomacy".
At least one dead in Texas floods ravaging same area where campers died
At least one person has died in flooding across central Texas - the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer.
"Large and deadly" flooding from the Guadalupe River is expected to ravage the region, following days of torrential rain, the National Weather Service in San Antonio reported. Last year's flash floods originated from the same river.
Early Thursday morning, emergency officials were encouraging residents in the area to evacuate.
More than 130 people died in last summer's
What to know about the Canadian and US wildfires and their impact
IQAir, a company which tracks global air quality, ranked Detroit, Toronto and Minneapolis as the cities currently with the worst air quality in the world.
Wildfire smoke is hazardous for humans as it contains a mixture of very small polluting particles like PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide.
"These particles when they get into our system get all the way down into our lungs, all the way down to our tiny breathing tubes and… they cause inflammation," said Jim McDonald, New York State Department of Health commissioner,
JD Vance says Welsh castle was 'coolest thing I've ever seen'
JD Vance was "blown away" by Caernarfon Castle during a visit with his wife to north Wales, the US Vice-President has revealed in a new book about his faith.
"The coolest thing I've ever seen and it's not particularly close," Vance writes of his 2013 visit to the 13th Century castle - which is a UNESCO world heritage site - in an excerpt from his book published in The Sunday Times .
He and Usha Vance, who studied at Cambridge,
Watch: What we know about newly discovered monkey species
A monkey with pinkish-orange lips and a black face that lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been confirmed as a new species to science.
The primate was spotted hidden away in the high tree canopy of dense tropical forests in Lomami National Park, in the central east of the country.
Conservationists reported seeing the animal back in 2008. But it was not until another sighting 10 years later, that an international team set out to find and study the monkey.
Dr Karen Laurenson, Africa director
More than 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US
Air quality in the Midwestern city of Detroit is currently the worst in the world, Swiss air quality tracker IQAir said, followed by Minneapolis and Toronto.
Republican lawmakers in the state of Michigan have penned an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asking for better management of the country's wildfires, expressing frustration for the third year in a row.
"A year has passed, the season has come around again, and nothing has changed except that our patience has run out," said the letter, signed by
Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
The former head of Italy's motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa's Morandi bridge in August 2018.
Prosecutors had asked for a far longer jail term for Giovanni Castellucci, ex-chief executive of Autostrade per l'Italia (Aspi).
Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge running through the city came down in a rain storm at the height of the holiday season, sending cars and lorries plummeting to the ground.
Castellucci,
Teenager accused of carrying out sabotage actions in Poland for Russia
The 18-year-old was also charged with making preparations to fly a drone over Polish president Karol Nawrocki's vehicle during last year's Polish Armed Forces' Day parade in Warsaw on August 15. He was arrested three days before the event took place.
The suspect, who faces life in prison if found guilty, allegedly recruited people to take part in the crimes, using cryptocurrencies registered in Russia and China to pay them, the ABW said.
According to prosecutors, Illia K was given tasks
'A true miracle of destiny' - Messi and Yamal's incredible first meeting
By his 19th birthday Messi had scored 11 career goals and won La Liga and the Uefa Champions League once each.
Having turned 19 on Monday, Lamine Yamal has already scored a whopping 56 goals and won La Liga three times and the Copa del Rey once, as well as Euro 2024.
Yamal is not actually the player's surname, but the second of his two first names.
His full name is Lamine Yamal Naraoui Ebana, and he wears the former two on the