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Preparations are underway on Duomo square in Milan, as Italy prepares to bid farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday, aged 86. Thousands of people are expected to attend the billionaire media mogul's state funeral which will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on big screens on the square. IMAGES
A significant police presence stands outside San Raffaele hospital in Milan after former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi died aged 86, his spokeperson confirmed to AFP Monday. The billionaire media mogul, who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, was admitted to the hospital on Friday for what aides said were pre-planned tests related to his leukemia. IMAGES
The casquet of slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, shrouded in a Palestinian flag, is carried into the Mohammad Ibn Abd al Wahhab Mosque in Doha as hundreds line up for the funeral prayers before his burial. Haniyeh was killed in Tehran in an attack blamed on Israel, deepening fears of a wider war. IMAGES
The coffin of Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel, arrives in Doha ahead of his funeral on Friday. Haniyeh was killed on July 31 in a strike on Tehran that Hamas and Iran have blamed on Israel. IMAGES
Images show Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arriving in Kyiv to preside over a G7 virtual meeting on Ukraine on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, the Italian government announced. IMAGES