Overnight attention centered on Ukraine's drone barrage on the Moscow region, reported as hundreds of aircraft with two dead, alongside a Russian strike on a Dnipro bridge and merchant ships hit in the Black Sea.
Morning focus shifted to fuel prices after the diesel excise discount lapsed, adding 6.1 cents to around 2.25 euros and prompting consumer protests, while Jannik Sinner announced his 2026 season was over for knee treatment and the Physics Nobel went to Francis Halzen for neutrinos.
In the afternoon the Chamber approved confidence votes on the first two articles of the electoral law with about 226 votes, keeping blocked top candidates despite opposition charges of unconstitutionality.
Evening coverage turned to France, where student marches brought clashes and school closures, as the Garlasco case returned over DNA samples destroyed by the RIS before judicial approval.