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Workers were replacing track outside station of Brandizzo on the Milan-Turin line at about midnight

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Surging demand highlights wealthier investors’ unfair tax advantage

European Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires

The north African country, a hotspot on ‘the deadliest migration route in the world’, is a microcosm of a global problem

Hugh Linehan: The Killers, The 1975 and Placebo have been getting into trouble with audiences around the world this summer

A week after a cargo train crash at the Gotthard Base tunnel, authorities say it will be months before the crucial rail artery will be back operating at full capacity

Domestic banks are the worst in Europe when it comes to passing on recent ECB rate increases to savers

Italian government’s rash action this week reflects how far other countries are willing to go

Boat set off from Sfax in Tunisia but capsized and sank after a few hours

Rome cites ‘financial stability’ as it seeks to calm market jitters following surprise measure

Plans of regional bloc Ecowas now unclear after deadline it set for reinstatement of president having passed

Police chief says whoever allowed migrants boats to sail in such bad weather ‘is a crazy criminal with no scruples’

Secretary general António Guterres appeals for renewable energy switch as ‘global boiling’ arrives

The school principal who made a decision to leave his 35-year teaching career in Dublin and move to Italy

Victims’ families express surprise at decision

Italian olive oil, French tarragon mustard, Mexican hot sauce and Lebanese sumac are among products being stowed on flights home

Temperatures forecast to reach a 50-year high this weekend, closing monuments such as Acropolis from midday to 5:30pm every day

Last summer an estimated 61,672 died from heat-related conditions in Europe

European Travel Commission says tourism industries of cooler countries like Ireland may benefit from trend

Paul Cullen: With temperatures touching 45 degrees on a recent family holiday, the affects of the extreme heat are becoming obvious even to the eyes of a tourist

Slapping a 20 cent tax on a coffee cup won’t slow our extinction. But one thing is certain: the time for climate whataboutery is gone

‘All I do in my time off is go to the beach, not even the Romans stay in Rome at the weekend’

Hot weather in Europe: The third heatwave in a month is expected to affect Spain, Italy and much of the Mediterranean and to last until Wednesday

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Italian weather service warns ‘ancient heat records will be broken’ as temperatures of over 45 degrees forecast

Galway woman living in Spain says swimming pool feels like hot bath even in late evening and advises holidaymakers to stay out of heat between noon and 4pm

‘We are in uncharted territory,’ UN weather agency warns

Ireland faces unseasonably wet and windy weather as continent deals with dangerous temperatures

Prime minister accused of hypocrisy over plan to fill labour gaps while cracking down on irregular migrants

Blaze started in first-floor room of facility and produced a vast quantity of toxic fume

Yvonne and Fabrizio retired early and are preparing to open a small, luxury B&B in their new home of Sicily

Lesbian couples no longer recognised as legal parents on birth certificates

‘I consider it very serious’: Italy’s culture minister calls for man to be identified and punished

How familiar the Berlusconi model – embodying all the qualities of an Italian opera – now seems

Decision by government to have a national day of mourning sparks protest from opposition politicians

Scandal-prone billionaire to be buried after state funeral in Milan

Abroad he was synonymous with sex parties, but at home the billionaire and former PM remained a powerful political force

Businessman created Italy’s largest media company before transforming political landscape

Berlusconi (86) previously spent 45 days being treated for a lung infection and chronic leukaemia in Milan’s San Raffaele Hospital