The full edition
Friday, 2 October 2026
25 pieces published that day.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Hormuz, new attack on an oil tanker as Washington increases pressure on Tehran
A supertanker hit in the Strait of Hormuz and a raid claimed by the Houthis on Sanaa aggravate the Middle Eastern picture described this morning; Trump warns Iran over the Flydubai flight case.
- Italy · Analysis
General strike of October 2nd: participation in schools, healthcare and transport
A day of multi-sector union mobilization involves transport, schools and healthcare in Italy, with rail service guaranteed during specific time slots.
- Italy · Analysis
Electoral law, the Chamber rejects the preliminary objections: final vote on October 8
Constitutionality objections raised by the opposition rejected by secret ballot. Before the final vote, three confidence motions on the first articles of the text.
- Europe · Analysis
Saxony-Anhalt, Siegmund announces candidacy for Ministerpräsident for December
The AfD Fraktion leader reveals talks with another Fraktion and individual MPs from other groups, with no coalition agreement with the BSW.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Autumn bad weather across France, Sicily and Greece
Downpours and intense phenomena hit the western Mediterranean and Southern Europe within hours: flooding in Montpellier, a waterspout off Syracuse, disruption in Crete.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
Spread rises above 130 points, the wave from French debt reaches Rome
In the afternoon the Btp-Bund differential revises this morning's figure upward, while yields in France and the United Kingdom hit decades-long highs.
- Culture · Analysis
Three archaeological discoveries in Italy: a Kore at Vulci, an Etruscan tomb at Pontecagnano, new remains at Montesano
Three independent excavation sites have yielded significant finds in recent days between Lazio and Campania: a Greek marble head, a rare Etruscan cube tomb, and new burials resurfacing in the historic centre of a town in the Salerno area.
- Sport · Analysis
Nations League, matchday three: Italy set to face France in Saint-Denis after German 2-0
While Germany beats Serbia in Munich, Mancini's national team prepares for the clash against reigning champions France.
- Health · Analysis
Covid, WHO tracks evolution of XFG and NB.1.8.1 variants
The World Health Organization continues to monitor two SARS-CoV-2 lineages currently in circulation. No evidence, at present, points to a clinical picture different from that of previous waves.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Updates from around the world: Malaysia, G7, climate, energy markets, space and cinema.
- Editorial
Hormuz, spread, France: three fronts moving together
The afternoon worsens tension in the Gulf and on the markets; we update eight sections, the others remain as published this morning.
- World & Geopolitics · Lead Story
Washington deploys a third aircraft carrier in the Gulf as a tanker burns in Hormuz
The Pentagon is sending the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and thousands of Marines toward the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, while Tehran reports a fire aboard a supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Italy · Analysis
Meloni asks Brussels for budget flexibility, Commission replies it has already granted it
The premier wrote on October 1st to the President of the EU Commission asking that the impact of inflation on public finances be taken into account. Brussels replies that it had already acted, even before formally receiving the letter.
- Europe · Analysis
European Union covers Ukraine's budget needs for 2026, 45 billion loan for 2027
The European Commission and Ukraine announce having identified the resources for 2026 budget and defense needs, and agree to proceed swiftly with a loan of 45 billion euros for the following year.
- Chronicle · Analysis
Lampedusa, four landings in a few hours and four men abandoned on a small island
One hundred eighteen people rescued between the main island and Lampione, where a group of Tunisians was left behind by whoever was steering the dinghy. The hotspot again exceeds its planned capacity.
- Economy & Markets · Analysis
European stock markets plunge, oil breaks through $100 and the spread rises to 118 points
Piazza Affari closes sharply lower as the yield on the 10-year US T-Bond hits its highest level since 2002: markets are pricing in both the turmoil on the bond markets and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Culture · Analysis
Two mausoleums, two continents: funerary archaeology between Albania and Peru
A Roman hypogeum in the Bulqize Valley and a Chimu tomb at the Chan Chan site expand the map of 2025 funerary discoveries, amid award nominations and institutional excavations.
- Sport · Analysis
Fury-Joshua, the fight that was missing: confirmed after a decade of negotiations
The bout between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua has been made official in London, but the choice of venue remains an open issue between British and American interests.
- Health · Analysis
Nature retracts landmark study on beta-amyloid and Alzheimer's after eighteen years
The scientific journal retracts a 2006 article that for nearly two decades guided research on the disease, after the emergence of manipulated images underlying the results.
- Tech & AI · Analysis
OpenAI receives latest $20 billion tranche from Nvidia and SoftBank, GPT-6.1 Sol debuts
The two companies each contributed ten billion dollars to OpenAI's latest funding round, as the company rolls out a new model designed for professional work and automated code writing.
- Film & Entertainment · Analysis
October 1 in Italian cinemas: a blockbuster, a bestseller and a Premio Strega novel
Three very different films arrived in Italian cinemas on the same day, offering a sample of autumn distribution strategies: from a major Hollywood cast to an international publishing phenomenon, to national auteur cinema.
- Zero's Briefs
Zero's Briefs
Rising returns in the EU, French budget and high school protests, a Roman exhibition on ancient Egypt, a WHO alert on pathogenic fungi and the launch of the Crew-13 mission to the Space Station.
- Editorial
Aircraft carriers, spread and a planet that doesn't wait
Why we open with the Gulf, what links the other eleven stories of today, and a clarification on pieces dropped in production.
- Order of Magnitude
Arctic sea ice hits 2026 minimum, tied for tenth-lowest value since 1978
On September 12, Arctic sea ice reached 4.60 million km², tying 2008, 2010 and 2025: the last twenty years account for the twenty lowest minimums in the satellite record.
- The Long Run
Italian employment rises to 24 million 447,000 in the second quarter, unemployment falls to 5.9%
Istat data on the labour force, published on 22 September, show employment growth of 246,000 units compared with a year earlier and a decline in the number of unemployed of 167,000 people.