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Published on 16/10/2026 – 12:06 GMT+2 After charming thousands of visitors and turning into genuine social media celebrities, the cats that live inside the archaeological area of Pompeii have now become the stars of a photographic book dedicated to them. The book, entitled Cats of Pompeii, is published by Giunti Editore in collaboration with the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Richly illustrated, it tells the stories of the everyday life of the feline colony that inhabits the UNESCO World Heritage site. The volume grew out of photographs donated to the Park by archaeologist and photographer Silvia Vacca and offers a journey into…

Removing a Lib Dem leader remains reasonably easy — though a crunch meeting of the parliamentary party on Tuesday suggests there currently aren’t enough MPs to actually trigger a ballot of no confidence, let alone win one.  Eighteen MPs (25% of the parliamentary party) would need to push for a vote of no confidence to be held. An absolute majority — 36 MPs — would then have to vote no confidence in Davey for a leadership election to be triggered.  Davey could stand in that leadership election if he could secure nominations from 10% of Lib Dem MPs and 200 members from…

Published on 16/10/2026 – 11:48 GMT+2•Updated 11:56 Italy extended its temporary border checks on arrivals from Spain by just seven days on Friday, in a sign of thawing relations between Rome and Madrid after weeks of tensions over migration. The decision followed a one-on-one meeting between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sánchez, on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels, a diplomat told Euronews. The border checks were initially introduced on 1 August for one month, following the arrival of almost 90,000 irregular migrants in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. The Italian government subsequently…

Iran targeted at least 24 commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz in a two-week period, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Thursday, as two US aircraft carriers operate in the Arabian Sea and officials on both sides issue public warnings of a possible return to large-scale hostilities. Britain’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a Royal Navy body that monitors merchant shipping safety, reported at least seven further incidents between Monday and Wednesday. The Washington-based think tank said the attacks show Iran still retains the ability to target shipping despite US strikes on its military infrastructure, and…

The global economy has held up better than Kevin Warsh would have predicted earlier this year, the US central bank chief said on Friday, calling AI the biggest economic shift he had seen. Speaking in Bangkok at the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank, Warsh offered no clue on the Federal Reserve’s next rate decision, due on 28 October. Almost everywhere, the economy is showing a resilience “I’m not sure I would have predicted five or six months ago,” Warsh said in a discussion on stage with IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva. The Fed chair was most upbeat…

The football chief said he was sorry “for the mistakes that we made,” but reminded that his project was only a proposal and “in no way a done deal.” Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

Published on 16/10/2026 – 9:16 GMT+2 Disruptions and cancelled flights were reported on Friday morning at many Italian airports due to faults in the data transmission network that supports air traffic control services, the national air navigation service provider Enav has announced. “From 6:00, in view of the steady increase in air traffic and the persistence of the faults, in order to continue guaranteeing the highest level of operational safety, flow management measures have been introduced, which mean a temporary reduction in the capacity to handle aircraft in Italian airspace”, reads the statement issued in the morning, which also rules…

Published on 16/10/2026 – 10:43 GMT+2 At least 12 people died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Gambia, the Red Cross said. The incident occurred off of Jinack Kajata in the country’s North Bank region, the Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) said on Thursday. The migrants were reportedly heading towards Europe via the West African Atlantic Route. “The number of people missing remains uncertain, and further updates are expected as response efforts continue,” the GRCS said in a statement, adding that it was “working closely with relevant authorities and response partners as the situation unfolds.” According…

Published on 16/10/2026 – 10:13 GMT+2 Indonesian shares lost about 11% on Friday. This was the largest single-day fall in 28 years, as the country’s stock market status came under scrutiny from one of the world’s largest stock market index providers, threatening outflows from global investment funds. MSCI said that following investors’ concerns, Indonesia’s continued emerging-market status was “no longer appropriate”. The index provider is launching a consultation on a proposal to classify Indonesia as a “Standalone Market”, which would leave the country outside MSCI’s main global market groupings. MSCI classifies markets as developed, emerging, frontier or standalone. The proposed…

This week, the Ukrainian army reported restrictions to the Starlink satellite service. The connection drops as soon as the receivers are travelling at more than 160 kilometres per hour, as is the case with drones. The service was initially partially restored, but an upper limit remained in place. It is unclear who ordered the restriction. SpaceX boss Elon Musk rejected responsibility that the company ordered the shutdown. Starshield is under the direct control of the US government, he wrote on X. It is important to distinguish between the two systems: Starlink and Starshield are both developed by SpaceX but aimed…