Italian media on November 17 primarily focused on the deaths of German-Italian show business icons, the Kessler twins, Ellen and Alice, at 89. Initial reports confirmed their passing and a police investigation, which quickly evolved throughout the afternoon to widely report the hypothesis of assisted suicide and their explicit wishes for a joint burial and their inheritance to MSF. This story dominated headlines from early afternoon into the evening.
Concurrently, there was significant attention on a severe landslide in Gorizia, which trapped two people and caused flooding, leading to evacuations. Additionally, the UN Security Council approved a US resolution for Gaza, with Russia and China abstaining, and discussions continued regarding new military aid packages for Ukraine from Macron and the EU.