The full edition
Thursday, 8 October 2026
21 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Kramatorsk, Russian attack on two buses: at least 33 dead
A bombardment hit two buses at a stop in the eastern Ukrainian city. Local authorities describe it as a deliberate strike against civilians, while a separate attack with Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian tech hub for the first time.
- Italy · Analysis
Brussels opens up on budget flexibility, Meloni seeks it in Split
The European Commission extends the national safeguard clause to energy security measures as well: a move that opens fiscal space for the Italian government on energy and defence in the 2027-2028 two-year period.
- Europe · Analysis
EU Court of Auditors: 3.8% of 2025 budget spent irregularly
The annual report by the European Court of Auditors records a worsening error rate in EU spending, while EU loans could approach one trillion euros by 2027.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Downpour hits Rome, more than 120 fire brigade operations
A water bomb hit the Capital between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning: flooding, a tree fallen on a car and a stretch of road closed with vehicles trapped.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Inside the Intesa bid for MPS, the Generali stake accounts for a third of the value
The stake in Generali attributable to Mediobanca, involved in the Intesa-MPS operation, would be worth approximately 10.4 billion euros: a third of the entire bid for Monte dei Paschi.
- Health · Analysis
WHO advises against anti-obesity drugs for children under 10
A new guideline from the World Health Organization speaks out against the use of anti-obesity drugs in younger children, pointing to diet and physical exercise as the primary approach.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
NASA's Crew-12 crew returns to Earth after nearly eight months
Four astronauts from three different agencies returned to Earth on October 8, leaving the International Space Station awaiting the next cargo ship due to arrive in a few days.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs — afternoon update
Eight news items from around the world, updated from the morning edition.
- Editorial
Kramatorsk, and the rest of the day
The afternoon's lead story is the attack on buses in eastern Ukraine. We update Foreign Affairs, Europe, Economy and Markets, Health, Tech & AI; the other sections remain as published this morning.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Strait of Hormuz, Rubio: "Iran has lost control"
The US Secretary of State claims from Greece that Iran has lost control of the strait, while the Revolutionary Guards threaten to close "illegal" routes and oil rises above $103 on reports of a new Pentagon order.
- Italy · Analysis
Electoral reform, the Chamber votes today for final approval by secret ballot
After surviving three confidence votes, the Chamber's assembly approves the "Stabilicum" today. Meloni says she is calm, the opposition fears hidden defectors and calls for a return to voting with balls.
- Europe · Analysis
Ukraine, new large-scale Russian attack: death toll rises to 25
President Zelensky reported a nationwide toll of 25 dead and 100 wounded following the Russian attack of October 7. In Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region, a cruise missile struck a residential building: rescuers were still working among the rubble on October 8.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Magnitude 4.7 earthquake off the Aeolian Islands, orange alert in Tuscany
An offshore earthquake near Malfa caused no damage thanks to the depth of the hypocenter; on the same day, Civil Protection declared an orange alert across the whole of Tuscany for thunderstorms and hailstorms.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Oil above $100, European stock markets fall: inflation fears return
Brent crude rises above $104 after fresh Iranian attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, TTF gas exceeds 80 euros per megawatt-hour, and Fed minutes point to a likely further rate hike by year-end.
- Culture · Analysis
Three excavation campaigns expand the map of Roman Italy
At Aquinum, Sant'Angelo in Vado and along the Appia Antica, three universities have brought new structures and inscriptions to light: a boundary stone with new deities, a monumental portico, and the first excavation in a previously unexplored sector of the Villa dei Tritoni.
- Sport · Analysis
The Ballon d'Or leaves Paris for London after seventy years
The 2026 ceremony, the seventieth edition of the award, will be held for the first time since 2019 outside the Théâtre du Châtelet: a tribute to Stanley Matthews, the first winner in 1956.
- Health · Analysis
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine to optogenetics, the light that reveals the brain
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel awarded for discoveries on light-activated ion channels, the basis of a technique that allows observation of how the brain forms memories and emotions.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
China's major artificial intelligence companies rush toward the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Following the DeepSeek case, leading Chinese AI startups are preparing multibillion-dollar listings: Moonshot is aiming for Hong Kong, while Kling AI has already chosen its investment banks.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
Rome brings forward Film Festival and bets on Bardem and Tessa Ross
The twenty-first edition, from October 13 to 25, opens earlier than usual to respond to growing submissions. Two career achievement awards mark the programme: to the Spanish actor and to British producer Tessa Ross.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
From the health alert in Russia to the Nobel Prize in Literature, from the energy price surge in Europe to Ronaldo's return: eleven news stories of the day in brief.
- Editorial
Hormuz, Kyiv, a secret ballot: the day in ten pieces
Why the opening goes to the Strait of Hormuz, what we set aside to get there, and why Il Giro del mondo is missing today.