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The Latest Breaking News from Sicily

Four Tunisians arrested for piracy over engine thefts from migrant boats

Men held in Sicily accused of intercepting vessels and demanding cash, phones and vital engines

The Guardian - UK

Kate Hudson Sums Up Family Vacation to Sicily in Two Words: “Happiness and Pasta”

The actress took us along as she explored the Italian island.

Marie Claire

Southern Europe and north Africa count heavy cost of wildfires

As extreme heat recedes, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Algeria reflect on lives lost, environmental damage and costs to livelihoods

The Guardian - UK

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Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here's why

Record-breaking heatwaves are sweeping across the northern hemisphere, affecting large parts of southern Europe, the US and China. On July 24, Sicily recorded blistering temperatures of more than 47.5℃ and wildfires are currently tearing through Greece. The heatwaves come as record numbers of fires continue to burn across Canada.

The Conversation

Thousands of Britons unable to fly into Sicily due to post-Brexit passport checks

As many as 50,000 British holidaymakers have been affected since Catania airport closed on 16 July

The Independent UK

More than 40 people killed as wildfires rage in nine Mediterranean countries in record heatwave

Thousands of firefighters tackle spreading flames as Rhodes placed under state of emergency

The Independent UK

Fires kill three people in Sicily; Greece sees some wildfire respite

Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abate, while Italy counts three more deaths in devastating blaze.

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OPINION - I’m now going to Orkney instead of Sicily… can the summer holiday in the Med survive?

Post-pandemic, I’ve become a right Little Englander, even though I’m from Glasgow. I hate leaving the country because I hate travel, and I loathe flying. Gone are the days of any kind of nostalgic glamour a la Alan Whicker or that scene in Catch Me If You Can where Leonardo…

Evening Standard

Mediterranean wildfires: At least 40 killed as blazes continue to spread in Portugal and Spain

Firefighters have been battling flames across the Mediterranean as villages and holiday resorts are evacuated

Evening Standard

Thousands of Britons unable to fly into Sicily due to post-Brexit passport checks

As many as 50,000 British holidaymakers have been affected since Catania airport closed on 16 July

The Independent UK

Strike threats in Italy and stoppages in Greece as workers struggle with heat

Parts of Sicily reach almost 47C and Spanish coastal water temperatures hit new high for mid-July

The Guardian - UK

Italy breaking temperature records as wildfires rage in Greece

Europe’s heat wave is getting worse, with temperatures forecast to peak at 47C (116.6F) on Wednesday in Sicily and Sardinia, while wildfires continue to rage in Greece.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Greece battles wildfires as temperature in Italy forecast to hit 46C

Highs of between 46 and 48C forecast in Sicily and Sardinia, as parts of Europe, Asia and North America face surging temperatures. Plus, why first loves can shape our lives for ever

The Guardian - UK

European heatwave: red alerts issued for 16 cities in Italy

Rome, Florence and Bologna among areas affected as forecasters say Sicily and Sardinia could face record 49C temperatures

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The Conversation

European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?

Europe is currently in the midst of a heatwave. Italy, in particular, is expected to face blistering heat, with temperatures projected to reach 40℃ to 45℃. There’s even a chance that the current European temperature record of 48.8℃, set in Sicily in 2021, could be surpassed.

Daily Mirror

Ray Winstone's very different career in Italy after his acting work dried up

The Cockney actor is living in Sicily amid Hollywood writers' strike and has also finally quit smoking after 44 years

France 24

Nobel literature laureate Annie Ernaux on gender and social class

For decades, Annie Ernaux has written fearlessly about sex, abortion and illness – laying bare herself and society. Her deeply intimate and political work earned the French writer the Nobel Prize for literature last October. Ernaux spoke to FRANCE 24's Fatimata Wane at the Taormina book festival in Sicily, where…

The Guardian - UK

Coves, cobblestones and pastry shops: a walking tour of north-western Sicily

A self-guided holiday across this wild, beguiling corner of the island offers up a subtropical landscape, incredible old buildings and crystal-clear waters

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Bristol Post

Love Island's Maya Jama holds hands with Italian actor in Sicily

But fans shouldn't get ahead of themselves yet, as it looks as though the pair have just been working together

The Independent UK

Palermo city guide: Best things to do and where to stay in the energetic, charming capital of Sicily

Palermo has long been coveted by empires from two continents, and brandishes its history with pride – but as Jo Fernandez discovers, beyond its past there remain fantastic things to see, do and eat in Italy’s diverse Mediterranean city

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Simu Liu Shared Shirtless Beach Vacation Photos: ‘This Ken Took His Barbie To Sicily’

Simu Liu shared a glimpse at his vacation with his girlfriend to Sicily.

Manchester Evening News

River Island’s £43 Summer wedding guest bag could easily be mistaken for luxury £595 Dolce & Gabbana version

The £43 River Island handbag is a dupe for D&G’s £595 Sicily tile-print crossbody bag

Daily Mirror

Churchill planned to blitz Channel Islands to seize them back from Nazis, new book claims

Huge bombing campaign that could have cost 20,000 civilian lives was abandoned when Allies decided to focus on Sicily invasion instead

Reuters

Charity vessel rescues almost 600 migrants off Italy

A vessel operated by the charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) rescued nearly 600 migrants sailing on an overcrowded boat which was in distress off the island of Sicily on Saturday, the group said on Twitter.

The Week

Villa Igiea, a Rocco Forte Hotel review: waterfront luxury for Sicily’s tastemakers

Villa Igiea, a Rocco Forte Hotel, stands stately on the Tyrrhenian coastline in Sicily. Opened by the influential Florio family in the early 1900s, this 100-room villa sits just on the edge of Palermo at the foot of Mount Pellegrino. Its turreted, castle-like exterior opens into an elegant, cool interior…

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