Morning coverage centered on Trump's Stormy Daniels conviction without prison time, quickly overshadowed by Los Angeles wildfires reaching $150 billion in damages. The narrative shifted when Milan's central railway system suffered a major electrical failure, paralyzing northern Italy's train network for eight hours. Opposition parties used the crisis to attack Transport Minister Salvini, while his ministry cited "decades of missing investments."
By afternoon, the Palisades fire expanded to Bel Air and Encino, with evacuation orders extending to 153,000 residents. Meloni-Biden phone call emphasized "extraordinary collaboration" amid these crises. Evening brought violent protests in Rome and Milan over Ramy's death, resulting in eight injured police officers and multiple arrests, while Meta's dismantling of inclusion programs following Trump's conviction generated parallel coverage.
