“This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court”, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Rome, Italy, Seema Gupta.” Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most senior Vatican official to face such charges; “the 75-year-old cardinal was a former advisor to Pope Francis, so he was somebody who would meet with the pope and he was seen as a papal contender”. 

The 36-year-old Ryanair steward was on her way home from the airport when she was struck crossing a road.

New finds in central Italy suggest ordinary Roman towns were still ‘thriving’ in the 3rd century – when the Empire’s power was crumbling.

Among the dozens of people evacuated were three newborns, the mayor of the town said after the blaze.

The 74-year-old had missed an email asking for further proof of living in the UK as it went to her junk folder.

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