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Three prison police officers have been suspended for one year following an investigation into alleged violence and torture against 12 detained minors at the Casal del Marmo juvenile prison in Rome.
Liverpool have signed France international Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain for about £120 million ($162m) on a five-year deal.
A 42-year-old courier, Pasquale Andriotta, died of a sudden illness while making a delivery in Piacenza, Italy, on the last day of his fixed-term contract. His union, Filt-Cgil, reported that colleagues were on strike that day over unsustainable workloads.
A Canadian citizen of Chinese origin working as an IT intern at NATO headquarters was arrested in Belgium on suspicion of espionage for a foreign state, after allegedly accessing classified files and entering unauthorized areas.
Three members of a family, including a young disabled woman and her parents, were found dead in their home in Rome's Pietralata district, apparently shot. Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide.
Senior officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan met in Istanbul for the first time to establish a permanent mechanism for military, political, and industrial coordination. The leaders signed an agreement stipulating that an attack on one will be considered an attack on all.
A 55-year-old bricklayer died instantly when a concrete slab collapsed and crushed him at a construction site in Origgio, in the province of Varese, Italy.
A primary school in Ginostra, a hamlet on Stromboli island, will reopen on September 10 after 20 years, with a single six-year-old student, Aisha.
Italy has extended the temporary reintroduction of border controls at airports and seaports for travelers arriving from Spain for another 15 days, a measure first introduced on August 1 following the migration crisis in Ceuta.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced he will host a summit of the first ministers of Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in October to discuss economic growth, and suggested deeper devolution for Wales and Scotland.