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Today in Germany: A Roundup of the Latest News on Wednesday
- On Tuesday evening, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet approved deploying 500 soldiers to Milan following looting and violence that erupted during weekend cost-of-living protests.
- Demonstrations fueled by rising fuel costs turned violent, with widespread looting hitting food industry supply chains and supermarkets across southern Italy.
- The cabinet approved making detention of minors easier, introducing the crime of "violent participation in a demonstration," and agreed to impose fines on parents for damage caused by their children.
- "Destroying and stealing is not protest, it is crime, and the state's response must be firm," Meloni said in a video posted on X after cabinet talks.
- The deployment reflects Italy's intensified focus on public order amid escalating economic and social tensions. Rising fuel costs have disrupted transport and food production across southern regions.
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Today in Spain: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Death toll from floods in eastern Spain rises to six, Barcelona launches €6,000 grants to make homes energy efficient, PP admits negotiations with far right to form Senate majority and more news on Wednesday October 21st.
·Stockholm, Sweden
Read Full ArticleToday in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
Alternative for Germany members downplay what was exposed in massive cyberattack, Finance Ministry fumbles roll out of tobacco tax hike, investors pledge billions for German industry at Berlin summit and more news on Wednesday, October 21st.
·Stockholm, Sweden
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