1️⃣ The Left criticizes Meloni over Almasri arrest
Libyan General Osama Almasri was arrested Nov. 5, according to Libyan officials, on torture and murder charges after he was flown back to Tripoli following an arrest in Italy on ICC charges. Elly Schlein, Democratic Party leader, said Meloni’s government “has cut a shameful figure and must apologise” for sending him back on a state flight to freedom in Libya. Leader of the leftist M5S party, Giuseppe Conte, said freeing Almasri is a “disgrace to [Italy’s] image.
Source: Ansa
2️⃣ Search continues for two missing climbers in Nepal
Authorities are still searching for two climbers missing after avalanches bombarded the Himalayan mountains, although one of them still has an active GPS. Avalanches in the Himalayas killed two Italian mountain climbers on Friday and three on Monday, while seven have died in total. The Italian Consulate General in Calcutta has gone to Kathmandu to aid in the search and is working with the Italian Foreign Ministry.
Source: Rai News
3️⃣ Inspection beginning on possible manslaughter in tower collapse
The Carabinieri and Capitoline Superintendency are inspecting the rubble of the Torre dei Conte after Nov. 3’s partial collapse for evidence of manslaughter and manslaughter causing a disaster. Archaeologists said they’ve long been sounding the alarm over the tower’s lack of renovations, a move that came too late and claimed the life of Romanian construction worker Octay Stroici.
Source: Rai News
4️⃣ Investigation opens after San Siro changes ownership
The city of Milan signed a deal ceding ownership of the arena to Inter and AC Milan for €197 million; at the same time, prosecutors are investigating the possible rigging of the bid. A letter from Claudio Trotta, founder of the Sì Meazza committee to oppose the sale, said other businessmen were unable to make a bid for the stadium because of the timing of the city’s bidding process. The football club plans to tear down the stadium and build a new one.
Source: Ansa
5️⃣ Opposition praises Mamdani’s win in New York
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s progressive mayoral candidate, won on a grassroots campaign to the delight of the Italian opposition. Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, called it “a wonderful awakening,” and Nicola Fratoianni of the Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra party said he is “a ray of light in Trump’s darkness.” On the other hand, Vice President of the Council of Ministers Matteo Salvini criticized him as “Islamic, pro-Palestinian, and pro-gender,” while Minister for Relations with Parliament Luca Ciriani said he was not concerned for right-wing U.S. President Donald Trump.
Source: La Repubblica
6️⃣ Pifferi sentence reduced to 24 years
Alessia Pifferi’s hearing on Nov. 5 changed her sentence after she was previously given life in prison. Pifferi was found guilty of second-degree murder in a Milan court for starving her 18-month-old daughter. Prosecutors had requested the courts confirm her life sentence, but the sentence was lowered after defence argued Pifferi was not mentally sound.
Source: Il Messagero
7️⃣ Suspects in Capena carny operator manslaughter case detained
Carabinieri arrested two 19-year-olds and a 24-year-old on a pre-trial detention order in Tivoli. The three, along with other unidentified people, attacked and killed Stefano Cena, who worked as a carnival operator, on Oct. 5. Cena later died Oct. 14.
Source: La Stampa
8️⃣ Wife warns of justice at funeral for policeman killed in hit-and-run
During services at the ADI Evangelical Church in Naples for Aniello Scarpati, his wife said in her eulogy that “whoever killed him will pay.” Scarpati died Nov. 1 after he was hit by an SUV while driving his police car on duty. His funeral was attended by many political and law enforcement officials, including Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Chief of Police Vittorio Pisani.
Source: Il Messagero
9️⃣ Demands for more flexible sustainability goals answered
At the EU 2040 climate meeting, the European Union conceded to some of Italy’s demands to compromise over climate initiatives ahead of the COP30 UN summit. The deal includes an increase in carbon credits, despite Europe’s deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent of 1990s levels by 2040. Italy had said the EU’s sustainability goals were harming the economy.
Source: Ansa
🔟 Ex Formula 1 driver and sports commentator dies at 84
Andrea de Adamich passed away on Nov. 5. He raced in five seasons of Formula One and drove for Ferrari, McLaren, March, Surtees and Brabham. He also won two European Touring Car Championships in the 1960s before becoming a race car commentator. His popularity grew among viewers, and in 2022, he was made Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Source: Rai News
