Leo XIV entered Gemelli at midday for removal of the lung nodule announced Sunday, with audiences suspended until 20 October. Afternoon coverage tracked the operation, including prayer in the hospital chapel, until the Vatican announced a positive outcome. A later bulletin specified a 90-minute intervention removing a malignant pulmonary adenocarcinoma and the lower right lobe.
Giorgetti presented the public finance document to a near-empty Chamber, seeking a budget deviation and warning of clouds ahead. Draft manoeuvre measures circulated of broader 33% Irpef, youth flat tax and 5% levy on long rentals, later described as at risk for lack of coverage, as Meloni pressed Brussels for energy flexibility.
On Ukraine, Trump's claimed energy truce unraveled into mutual violation claims amid strikes on Kharkiv and Kyiv, Bulgarian ships hit in the Black Sea and France's seizure of a Russian shadow tanker, with NATO saying forces were ready if attacked.