The data of eight million seven hundred thousand customers at Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports has fallen into the hands of unknown parties. Moscow does not appear to be behind it, but it is precisely this ambiguity that makes such attacks the perfect tool of hybrid warfare. London is rewriting its civil defence manual, whilst Italy is discovering the problem the hard way.

Today is the birthday of the longest-serving head of state in the history of the Republic. Numerous figures from both the government and the opposition are sending their best wishes, expressing their gratitude and a deep sense of trust

Ten years ago, a faction of the Turkish army attempted to overthrow the government. It took just a few hours for the coup to be declared a failure. For the president, however, that very night marked the beginning of a new political era, at the expense of opposition parties, journalists, academics and religious leaders