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Girl, 5, flies to Italy after winning legal battle against UK doctors

A severly brain damaged girl is travelling to Italy for treatment after her family won a legal battle against hospital bosses in the UK, who wanted to stop her life-sustaining care.

Economy

Italy considers new 'web tax' on tech giants to raise funds

Amid a crippling economy, Italy is trying to find a new way to boost the economy by taxing internet companies.

Japan

Rugby World Cup: England vs France match cancelled due to typhoon

Of the three matches scheduled to take place on Saturday, only one — Ireland vs Samoa — will go on as planned while England's match against France and the clash between New Zealand and Italy have been cancelled.

Italy

Italian MPs vote to slash number of seats in parliament and senate

Italian politicians have backed a radical overhaul of the country's parliament that will see around a third of them losing their job.

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World

Dispatch from the field: Climate change and glacier fears in Italy

Correspondent Giorgia Orlandi and Field Producer Lindsay Rempel went to the Italian Alps to see the Planpincieux glacier, which is in danger of collapse.

Italy

Watch: Giant dictionary highlights Italian words at risk of disappeari

Words people have declared they would save include 'caspita' (golly) and 'perdinci' (by jingo).

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Rome metro offers trash-for-tickets to tackle plastic pollution

Italy's capital is offering travellers a way to exchange their waste plastic bottles for tickets on the eternal city's public transport system.

Italy

Make America Grate Again: Pompeo given parmesan in US tariffs stunt

'Give it to Trump,' the woman said.

Italy

Watch: First section of new replacement Genoa bridge is installed

The first section of a new bridge in Genoa was installed on Tuesday to replace a viaduct that collapsed last year, killing 43 people.

World

Raw Politics in full: Pomp & Protests

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

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Dani Arnold sets new climbing record up north face of Cima Grande

In near-perfect weather conditions, the 35-year-old Swiss national completed the 550-metre-long, partly overhanging, mountain face in 46 minutes and 30 seconds

Taste

Oysters and sake - a perfect match

In partnership with JFOODO

Sake is a great alternative to wine to accompany seafood dishes

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Evacuation in Italy as Mont Blanc glacier could collapse at any moment

Italian authorities in the northwest region of Courmayeur, Aosta closed roads and evacuated mountain huts on Wednesday after experts warned that part of a glacier on Mont Blanc could collapse.

Italy

Italy's top court rules assisted suicide not always a crime

The constitutional court was asked to examine the case of Fabiano Antoniani, aka DJ Fabo, a music producer, left tetraplegic and blind by a traffic accident five years ago.

Italy

Matera 2019: dancing in the streets as locals embrace cultural collaboration

In partnership with Matera 2019

Matera’s year as European Capital of Culture is drawing to a close. But its legacy will remain thanks to the enthusiastic involvement of local residents.

Italy

Watch: Fun in the Alpine sun, until the cows come home

It's back to work for northern Italy's cows, who are returning from their Alpine summer holidays. The cows spend summer eating mountain grass before returning to their stables for winter.

Italy

Emmanuel Macron and Giuseppe Conte talk migration policy in Rome

French President Emmanuel Macron met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Rome on Wednesday.

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Giant portrait of Greta Thunberg made in Italian field

An Italian artist has created a giant portrait of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee.

Italy

Italy's Renzi ready to form breakaway party

Former prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to break away from the ruling Democratic Party (PD) and set up a new centrist force in an effort to claim the middle ground of Italian politics, two allies said on Sunday.

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Migrant rescue boat receives permission to dock at Italian isle

Migrants aboard a charity rescue ship celebrated after the vessel received permission Saturday to sail to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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