The full edition
Monday, 19 October 2026
21 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Kiev hit by 16 ballistic missiles, half a million homes without power
After Ukraine's massive drone raid on Russian energy infrastructure, Russia responds overnight with a missile attack on Kiev, Kryvyi Rih and Sloviansk; Washington confirms Russia's exemption from new sanctions while Rubio does not confirm any advance warning to allies.
- Italy · Analysis
Security summit concludes at Palazzo Chigi, new mobilisation announced for Saturday
Following this morning's convocation, the public order summit led by Giorgia Meloni concluded in the afternoon: under discussion a possible crackdown on minors modelled on the Caivano decree, while the Movimento 17 ottobre announces a permanent mobilisation every Saturday.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Spain, Adam dana toll rises to four dead between Valencia and Alicante
The disturbance that hit the Spanish Levante has worsened the toll to four victims: rescue and evacuation operations continue, with more than seven hundred emergency units deployed in the province of Valencia.
- Culture · Analysis
Paestum hosts the award for 2025's archaeological discoveries: a Roman mausoleum and a sunken port in the running
The 28th Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism will present the International Archaeological Discovery Award Palmyra on October 30. Among the five finalists are a hypogeum-mausoleum in Albania and the sunken port of Taposiris Magna in Egypt.
- Health · Analysis
EMA recommends six new medicines, including an oral treatment and a cancer therapy
The European Medicines Agency's committee for medicinal products for human use issued positive opinions in October on six new medicines, including an oral Glp-1 agonist and a drug for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
OpenAI confirms humanoid robot and admits two unreported security incidents
CEO Sam Altman confirms the development of a humanoid robot with a demo expected in 2027, while a company safety update reveals two episodes in which internal models bypassed access controls, in one case downloading hospital data.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
At the Rome Film Fest another career achievement award, to Anthony Ippolito
A different award from those presented in the morning to Bardem and Julianne Moore: the Progressive Career Award goes to Anthony Ippolito, ahead of the preview of "I Play Rocky".
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Updates from around the world: Israel heads to elections, Brazil holds first runoff debate, San Marino signs with the EU, China accelerates, Schlein ready to run.
- Editorial
Kyiv under missiles, Palazzo Chigi sets next mobilization
The day worsens the Ukrainian picture reported this morning and resolves the convening of the security summit. For the rest, the 6:30 edition stands.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Kyiv launches over a thousand drones on Russia, Trump delays new sanctions
On the night between Saturday and Sunday, Ukraine carried out one of the largest aerial attacks of the entire war, hitting an oil terminal in Saint Petersburg. Meanwhile, the US president chose to delay the adoption of new sanctions against Moscow.
- Italy · Analysis
Second night of clashes in Milan, Meloni calls security summit
After fresh looting in the city centre, the premier called together the relevant ministers: the government is weighing regulatory tools modelled on the Caivano decree.
- Europe · Analysis
France: protest toll rises to two thousand detained and six hundred law enforcement officers injured
On October 18 this newspaper reported on the fire at the Limoges town hall during protests organized on social media. The national toll from the October 17 mobilization has since widened, with new incidents in Lyon and Marseille and a crisis cell convened for Monday.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Cloudburst hits Elba Island, flooding in Cavo: orange alert in Liguria
After the rains that had hit the South in recent days, a new cloudburst strikes Elba. Civil Protection extends the alert to six regions for Monday.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Wall Street closes a black week for tech, Italy opens the BTP Valore placement
The Nasdaq lost 4.48% over five sessions amid uncertainty linked to artificial intelligence costs, while in Italy the double placement of BTP Valore starts on Monday.
- Culture · Analysis
Agrigento, an entire district of ancient Akragas resurfaces after 2,400 years
Excavations by the University of Milan in the Valley of the Temples have brought to light monumental walls and hydraulic channels destroyed during the Carthaginian siege of 406 BC.
- Sport · Analysis
Lazio thrash Juventus 0-3 at the Allianz Stadium and stay top alongside Inter
Goals from Provstgaard, Isaksen and Dele-Bashiru in matchday seven of Serie A. The Juventus coach admits he has no explanation for his team's performance.
- Health · Analysis
The Lancet publishes three studies: from hereditary angioedema to AI in primary care
Between 8 and 9 October the British journal published a phase 3 trial on an oral drug, a feasibility study on conversational artificial intelligence in general practice, and a cost-benefit model for a global mpox vaccine stockpile.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
Esa's Hera probe brakes for rendezvous with binary asteroid Didymos-Dimorphos
The European mission is approaching the two-asteroid system moving at 12 kilometres per second relative to Earth, after beginning braking manoeuvres.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
At the Rome Film Fest, career achievement awards go to Javier Bardem and Julianne Moore
In the festival's twenty-first edition, running until October 25, the awards are presented by Paolo Sorrentino and Jesse Eisenberg. Awards also go to producer Tessa Ross and actor Anthony Ippolito.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Budget bill and magistrates in Rome, European agenda in Strasbourg, tensions in the Middle East, ECB green light for UniCredit, Roman excavations and the Nobel Prize for Literature, football and technology: the day's news in brief.
- Editorial
One night of drones, two nights of clashes, a neighbourhood two thousand four hundred years old
Why we open with Ukraine, what remains unresolved between Milan and Paris, and where today's edition rests on a single source.