One person is confirmed dead and several others are missing following a landslide on an Italian island.

At the ICC Casalpalocco Covid Hospital in Rome, 17 out of 19 intensive care patients are unvaccinated, with the majority of ICU patients across the hospital being unvaccinated. Patients express regret for not getting vaccinated, citing fear of the vaccine's potential harm as a primary reason for their hesitation. Italy, which was the first European country hit by the pandemic in February 2020, has suffered over 130,000 deaths but now has over 80% of its population above 12 years fully vaccinated. The Italian government is making the health pass mandatory for work to encourage vaccination and prevent outbreaks.

Europe, the region with the highest number of coronavirus deaths, surpassed half a million fatalities on Thursday, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. The European region, comprising 52 countries and territories from Portugal to Russia and Azerbaijan, has at least 500,069 deaths out of 23,059,233 declared infections, ahead of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States and Canada. Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania also reported deaths and infections. Europe, along with the United States, has been the epicenter of the pandemic since October, with approximately 37,000 deaths in the last seven days, the highest weekly toll since the pandemic began. Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Spain account for 60% of the deaths, with Belgium having the highest number of deaths per capita.

L'article décrit la couverture médiatique du mariage de l'acteur George Clooney et de sa fiancée Amal Alamuddin dans la ville de Venise, où les déplacements se font principalement en bateau. La reporter vidéo de l'AFP, Sonia Logre, partage son expérience sur la manière dont elle a suivi l'événement pendant trois jours, en détaillant les défis logistiques et les efforts déployés pour obtenir des images et des informations sur ce mariage très médiatisé. Elle raconte la 'traque nautique' qui a impliqué de naviguer à travers les canaux de Venise pour capturer les moments clés des festivités.

Italy's cultural heritage, including world-renowned sites like Pompeii, is deteriorating daily due to state inaction and budget cuts to the Ministry of Culture. Some buildings at Pompeii have recently collapsed.