Overnight editions detailed the security decree after Milan unrest, scaled back by the Quirinale to 500 Strade Sicure soldiers without judicial police powers, with preventive detention for minors and a new violent-participation crime.
Morning focus shifted to severe weather after a 46-year-old soldier was killed in Jesolo by a falling tree, with orange alerts in six regions, school closures, landslides and flooding.
Midday returned to Milan, where Mayor Sala endorsed control and repression and welcomed troops ahead of a delicate Saturday, while Piantedosi denied hidden direction and police said the youngest identified was 11.
By afternoon the truck blockade dominated, with Naples and Bari mayors warning of paralysis, the Viminale reporting 1,339 identified and 71 reported, and Meloni calling a Thursday cabinet as Sicily and Calabria suspensions emerged.
Evening bulletins said Pope Leo XIV required no further therapy.