Manuela misses her father, and despite Serena’s advice, she eventually picks up the phone and texts him. Meanwhile, the tenth-anniversary celebration of Mariella and Sasà’s friendship ends in an argument

The European Union has remained Kyiv’s staunch ally. The Ukrainian president is calling for funding for 2027, sanctions against Russia and the freezing of Russian assets. The challenge facing Europeans and the next taboos to be tackled

Meloni and Frederiksen tabled a joint amendment at the European Council that criticised the mass regularisation programme carried out by Pedro Sánchez’s government. In addition to the Spanish Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron and other leaders also opposed it. No agreement reached; the text was rejected.

For the second time in just over a year, a problem with ENAV’s data transmission has thrown flights into disarray. Meanwhile, Italy is set to exceed 204 million passengers, but high fuel prices threaten to push ticket prices up by as much as 15 per cent and lead to route cuts

From the Gemelli Hospital, the Pope received a phone call from the Russian president in which he “expressed deep concern over the grave humanitarian situation in the town of Oleshky”. The town is one of the symbols of the Kremlin’s brutality. According to the Interfax news agency, the Russian president replied that the responsibility lies with “the Kyiv regime”.

The Pope and the Russian President held a telephone conversation this afternoon regarding the city under siege by Moscow: “The Holy See’s commitment to dialogue and peace was reaffirmed”. 

Since 27 September, the newspaper founded by Lucio Magri and Rossana Rossanda has been hosting a debate which confirms that defending Kyiv with arms is not a taboo, even from the left. Interviewed by the Corriere, editor-in-chief Fabozzi says: “On the left, there has been too much delay in recognising Putin’s authoritarian tendencies.”

Musk’s company has unveiled the Roadster, the car that can fly (a little). After watching the presentation, Robert Zemeckis’s trilogy starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd seemed a little less far-fetched. One question remains: did we really need this?

Berlusconi’s long-time girlfriend confesses to “her favourite obsession”. The target is not just the secretary: “I also write to Gasparri, Battistoni, Martusciello… All of them, whom I hold responsible for the decline of Forza Italia”