Palestinian child Adam arrived at Milan's Linate airport overnight with sixteen other wounded Gaza children, his mother thanking Italy as the sole survivor among ten siblings killed in Israeli strikes. The humanitarian evacuation provided symbolic relief amid escalating Middle East tensions.
A 60-year-old carabiniere was shot dead during a pursuit in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi, scheduled to retire in July. Two suspects remain at large after failing to stop at a checkpoint.
The day's catastrophe emerged from India as an Air India Boeing 787 crashed minutes after takeoff from Ahmedabad, bound for London. Initial reports claimed all 242 aboard died, but evening updates suggested one British passenger of Indian origin survived among over 290 total victims when the aircraft struck a medical student hostel.
NATO Secretary General Rutte warned in Rome that Russia could attack NATO by 2030, while Trump discouraged Israeli strikes on Iran despite US diplomatic evacuations from Middle East embassies.