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Added on the 10/06/2022 10:54:19 - Copyright : Euronews EN
The White House says US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken about Gaza in their first conversation for nearly a month amid reports of tensions between the leaders. "The two leaders also reviewed the situation in Gaza and the shift to targeted operations that will enable the flow of increasing amounts of humanitarian assistance while keeping the military pressure on Hamas and its leaders," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters in a press briefing. IMAGES
Tourists at the Colisseum fend off high temperatures during a new heatwave in Rome, Italy. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez meet at Rome's Palazzo Chigi. IMAGES
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is welcomed by his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte during an official visit in Rome. IMAGES
Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn 11,591 people who have died of the coronavirus pandemic that has altered the Mediterranean country's life. The nation of 60 million has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities cause by the once-in-a-century disease since first detecting it near Milan in late February. The day of mourning marks a month in which Italy saw more deaths from a single disaster that at any time since World War II. IMAGES
A few masked tourists brave Rome's transport system after the country began to shut all stores except for pharmacies and food shops in a desperate bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus that has killed 827 in the country in just over two weeks. IMAGES of transport in Rome