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Added on the 16/08/2021 17:43:57 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
About 70 Italian diplomats and Afghans reach Rome after being evacuated from Kabul following the fall of the capital to the Taliban. The KC-767 military transport plane touched down at Rome's Fiumicino international airport carrying some 50 diplomats and 20 Afghans who had worked with Italian forces in Afghanistan, the foreign ministry said. IMAGES
Around 80 new tractors arrive at a protest held by Italian farmers on the outskirts of Rome to pressure the government to improve their working conditions. Italy is one of a number of countries across Europe where farmers have staged weeks of demonstrations to demand lower fuel taxes, better prices for their products and an easing of EU environmental regulations that they say makes it more difficult to compete with cheaper foreign produce. IMAGES
A military flight arrives in Kabul to repatriate Italian diplomats and former Afghan collaborators. IMAGES
A UN convoy transport the bodies of Italy's ambassador to the the Democratic Republic of the Congo and his bodyguard to the airport in Goma for repatriation. The diplomats were killed in an attack on Monday. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, while several dozen pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in front of the Palazzo against Herzog's visit. IMAGES