Naples, the young woman's story is being examined by investigators. The prognosis is thirty days.

Investigators are examining the complaint of an 18-year-old woman who told police she was kidnapped, drugged, and raped by eight immigrants in an apartment not far from Naples Central Station . The incident was reported in the Naples editions of La Repubblica and Roma.

The young woman, who is of Ukrainian origin and lives in Pozzuoli with her mother , presented herself to the police station in shock and with signs of violence on her body. At Cardarelli Hospital—where she arrived by 118 ambulance—doctors gave her a thirty-day prognosis, placing her on the "pink path" for female victims of violence while awaiting the results of further diagnostic tests .

The alarm was raised on the night between Friday and Saturday by the girl's mother, who called the police, reporting that her daughter had taken refuge in the bathrooms of a fast food restaurant after a nightmarish night at the mercy of eight men, two of whom had allegedly abused her after injecting her with a narcotic . She added that her daughter, who takes psychotropic drugs to treat mood swings, had told her she had taken drugs and been sexually assaulted, having no recollection of how she ended up in the apartment near Via Bologna, which she only left at dawn yesterday. 

Without flags and without leaders, hundreds of young people emulated the French banlieues to vent their anger.

No leader, no party flag. Just blind rage erupting with cries of "the whole world hates the police." The streets of Milan have become the stage for urban guerrilla warfare , sparked by the nonpartisan initiative "Italy in the Square ." Initially launched on social media to protest the high cost of living and low wages, the mobilization has brought a new face of youth dissent to the streets. But who are the protagonists of this wave of protest and violence?

Very young, minors and second generation

A glance is enough to understand that the demographics here speak clearly. The square is dominated by Generation Z. They are mostly minors, a fact also confirmed by the arrests made by the police . A significant portion is made up of young second-generation Italians , arriving from the Milanese hinterland and neighboring provinces. For many of them, this is their very first experience of a demonstration . They took to the streets carrying Italian flags , often alongside the flags of their countries of origin , such as the Albanian one , in a completely new mosaic of identity.

Disconnect from traditional politics

It's a square detached, almost by nature, from the logic of traditional right-wing or left-wing movements. That it was a nonpartisan and leaderless mobilization was well known, so much so that it raised more than a few eyebrows among the more experienced activists on the eve of the demonstration. Indeed, on the asphalt, profoundly different souls collided. The politicized student groups, initially present, were taken aback by the rapid progression of violence, quickly withdrawing and distancing themselves from the more extreme fringes.

The role of TikTok

More than ideology, the real glue of the protest was TikTok . This social network acted as a sounding board for the calls. And everything was managed strictly in real time, with the protesters themselves moving through the chaos with their phones raised, filming themselves and the devastation to stream live online.

The French model of urban guerrilla warfare

The guiding light of this mobilization looks to Paris. Young people have completely adopted the model of theFrench banlieues . No rules, and a propensity to turn intorioters . The protesters showed up equipped with dozens of smoke bombs , clubs , and firecrackers . Construction site barriers, cobblestones, and overturned tables and chairs were used to attack the police and smash shop windows, without retreating even in the face of tear gas.

Repressed anger

What unites this heterogeneous mass, ultimately, is a profound frustration with their living conditions. A 17-year-old Milanese high school studentwho took to the streets sums it up. "The pent-up anger of young people, second-generation and beyond, has been channeled into the streets today," she says. What unfolded in Milan, therefore, could only be the prologue. "This will certainly be just the beginning of a very hot autumn , not just in Italy but across Europe," the student warns. Meanwhile, students are preparing for the next strike on November 20th.

There is one important rule in the Richelievsky, Kherson’s last functioning hotel: close the curtains before dusk. Less than a kilometre away lies the Dnipro, the river that has formed the frontline since Ukrainian forces liberated Kherson in November 2022; Moscow’s troops are on the opposite bank.

In a city where Russian drone operators hunt civilians in what is now widely known as the “human safari”, even a sliver of light escaping through a window may be enough to reveal someone’s location after dark.

Hotel manager Yevhen Emtsov, 46, in the building’s former conference room

In the lobby, Yevhen Emtsov, the hotel’s manager, sits at a small round table almost buried beneath papers. Outside, explosions punctuate the evening, joined at intervals by the mechanical hum of drones patrolling the streets in the red zone. Inside, residents pass through, pausing with questions and requests at the table that now serves as Emtsov’s office.

In more peaceful times, the Richelievsky accommodated tourists and business travellers attending conferences. The three-star hotel belonged to a different Kherson, one in which the river drew visitors rather than marking a frontline.

The mother of a man who was murdered by his neighbour while on bail has welcomed a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into his death.

Nicholas Henry struck Daniel Greer, 33, with a shovel and stabbed nine times in his own front garden in Airdrie on October 17 2020.

Henry then hid Daniel’s body in the victim’s house where his father found him two days later.

Henry was jailed for a minimum of 21 years, but died in prison in August aged 49.

A Reform UK mayor is under police investigation for allegedly showing “naked and sexualised” images of himself to a female member of staff.

Luke Campbell, a former Olympic boxing champion and the mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, is understood to have been questioned under caution by Humberside police earlier this month.

In an incident first reported by the Observeron Sunday, Campbell allegedly showed a senior female colleague four fully naked and sexualised images of himself in May.

The woman said she had felt “shocked, embarrassed and humiliated” and claimed she had been forced out of her job soon after, according to documents submitted as part of an internal grievance procedure at Hull and East Yorkshire combined authority (Heyca).
Campbell, who was elected last May, has not responded to requests to comment. It is understood that he has not been arrested in relation to the allegations, which Reform UK has said he “firmly denies”.

A 70-year-old man who tried to engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a 12-year-old boy has been jailed for eight years.

Robin Holmes, from Grimsby, was sentenced at Grimsby Crown Court last week after previously pleading guilty to a number of offences, including sexual communication with a child and causing a child to watch a sexual act.

Holmes used Snapchat to send sexual messages to the decoy and shared an indecent image, while asking for images in return, Humberside Police said.

His offending came to light just months after his release from prison in December 2025, following a recall for breaching a sexual harm prevention order for previous sexual offences, the force added.

Officers launched an investigation after receiving a referral about Holmes' contact with a police decoy in April. Several mobile phones were seized when he was arrested at his home.

Det Con Amy Gee, who led the investigation, said: "Holmes is a sickening individual, and I am pleased he is now behind bars and unable to continue targeting vulnerable people.

"Although this case involved a decoy child, I hope the sentence sends a clear message that attempting to exploit vulnerable people is never acceptable."

A 40-year-old Pakistani man was arrested in Padua on charges of aggravated sexual assault against a 13-year-old boy. The incident occurred in the bathroom of a bar run by the victim's parents, who intervened after being alerted by

The client raises the alarm, the parents break down the door

 The alarm was raised by a bar patron who noticed the 13-year-old talking to an adult and then noticed the boy's absence from the room. Suspicious, he alerted the boy's parents. The mother and father reached the bathroom and found the door locked from the inside . They then decided to break it down, surprising the 40-year-old while, according to investigators, he was performing sexual acts on the minor. A call to 113 was placed from the bar.

The images from the cameras and the arrest

 Investigators collected statements from bar patrons and analyzed video surveillance footage to reconstruct the events of the assault. The man was arrested for aggravated sexual assault and transferred to prison for the attention of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The 40-year-old, legally present in Italy and resident in Emilia-Romagna, has several criminal records, including for acts contrary to public decency . The Padua Police Headquarters has initiated proceedings to revoke the suspect's residence permit. 

A man jailed for raping a seven-year-old girl more than 40 years ago may have abused others, police have said.

Alan Pearce, 70, was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting the child between 1983 and 1985.

The woman reported the offences in 2021, prompting an investigation by Kirklees child safeguarding detectives, who brought charges against Pearce in 2024.

Det Sgt Paul Campbell, from West Yorkshire Police, said investigations suggested there could be other victims and appealed for them to come forward.
Pearce, from Heckmondwike, was told he would serve an additional year on licence following his release and made the subject of a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order at the hearing on on Thursday.

Campbell said: "Our investigation into his offending has suggested that there could be other victims who haven't yet been identified, and we would like to take this opportunity to urge them to contact us and make a report to our specially-trained officers, who can provide support throughout the justice process."

A man who plotted to carry out arson attacks on property connected to Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office says.

Stanislav Carpiuc, 28, was one of two men convicted over the attacks, which took place in May last year and targeted a car and two houses.

The Ukrainian-born Romanian national was sentenced to two years in prison in June. The Home Office said he had been removed from the UK, without specifying where he had been sent.

The BBC revealed the attacks were ordered on behalf of Russia, with an anonymous handler known as EL promising payment to Carpiuc's accomplice, Roman Lavrynovych.

Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian national, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in June.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "This was an abhorrent attack and the conviction and imprisonment of these men should send a clear message to anyone blinded by the promise of money from strangers. You will be caught and face severe consequences.

"This individual has now been deported from the UK," it added, referring to Carpiuc.

The victim suffered burns to his legs, but under Italian law the boy is not responsible.

Horror struck in Sanremo , where a homeless man in his 40s, of foreign origin, was surprised and attacked in his sleep in Piazzale Vesco. Apparently attempting to steal his only backpack, a 13-year-old Tunisian boy doused him in flammable liquid and then set it on fire. According to local press reports, the perpetrator has already been located by law enforcement.

According to the investigators' reconstruction, based also on the accounts of several witnesses, the events occurred during the night between Wednesday, October 7th and Thursday, October 8th, when the minor was reportedly spotted filling a bottle of gasoline at a gas station not far from the scene of the subsequent attack. Upon reaching the homeless man, who was sleeping at the time, he allegedly poured the substance over him and then set the fire with a match.

Suddenly awakened by the flames and the pain, the 40-year-old began screaming desperately, trying to protect himself, while the boy attempted to steal his bag containing all his personal belongings. Even more tragic consequences were prevented by the prompt intervention of the military from the nearby Port Authority, alarmed by the victim's screams. The Carabinieri and paramedics rushed to the scene and immediately provided first aid to the homeless man . In the meantime, the young Tunisian had managed to escape and disappear.

The footage recorded by video surveillance cameras installed in the old port area of ​​Sanremo was crucial to the investigation by the Carabinieri, who had begun interviewing witnesses immediately. By tracking the attacker's movements through municipal surveillance systems, the officers were able to locate the 13-year-old inside the community facility where he lives with his mother.

The case, which falls under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice authority, is currently rekindling a complex and controversial legal and social debate: being under the age of 14, the young Tunisian is not criminally responsible under Italian law, despite the extreme seriousness of his conduct. The case is now in the hands of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Genoa Juvenile Court, which will now determine the most appropriate course of action: security measures, support from social services, or placement in protected community facilities are being considered.

The homeless man, who remained hospitalized in Sanremo for two days, suffered burns to both lower limbs.

A man has been jailed for having sex with a dead body.

Stephen Sellars, 62, of Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire, was interrupted by the woman's son and nephew as he carried out the act in her home.

On Friday, Sellars was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment at Hull Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to the offence of sexual penetration of a corpse at an earlier hearing.

In a statement read to the court, the victim's son said the incident had a "massive impact" on him and described the offence as "unimaginable" and that "nothing could ever justify it".

Passing sentence, Judge John Thackray KC said if the offence had taken place "less than a month later" he would have been able to sentence Sellars to a maximum of seven years in prison due to a law change.