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‘This is history, it should be free’: Rome’s €2 Trevi fountain fee divides opinion

2 février 2026 à 15:47

Charge is designed to protect much-loved monument from overtourism, but not all visitors like the idea

Teresa Romero is in Rome to celebrate a milestone birthday and one of the first things she did on Monday was visit the Trevi fountain to participate in the ritual of tossing a coin into the waters of the late baroque masterpiece.

But before the Portuguese tourist could get close to the fountain, she had to hand over €2 (£1.70) – the cost of an access fee that has finally been enacted by Rome council officials after years of discussions.

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© Photograph: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA

© Photograph: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA

© Photograph: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA

Bob Iger’s Disney successor will be named this week — but when will he actually step away?

2 février 2026 à 15:47
Anticipation of an announcement over who will replace Bob Iger as Walt Disney Company’s next CEO reached a crescendo over the weekend after it was reported late last week that Disney’s board of directors is meeting on Wednesday to vote on his replacement. “It’s definitely going down this week,” said a source. Disney is scheduled...

House attempts to advance funding bills to end partial government shutdown as battle over DHS spending continues – live

Speaker Mike Johnson faces narrow margins for House passage after Senate split off DHS funding amid backlash over fatal immigration enforcement shootings

House speaker Mike Johnson is set to swear in Christian Menefee, a Democrat who recently won a runoff election for a reliably blue seat in Texas.

Menefee’s victory, however, means the margin in the House is even more slim: 218 Republicans to 214 Democrats. His current term will end at the end of the year, and he’ll have to start campaigning almost immediately for the 2026 midterms. But this time, it will be for a new district, after the GOP-controlled legislature successfully gerrymandered the state’s congressional map.

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© Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

© Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

© Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants

Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sánchez says Spain is choosing path of ‘dignity, community and justice’

Spain’s prime minister has pushed back against critics of plans to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, asserting that Spain is choosing the path of “dignity, community and justice”.

The 46-second video, which features Pedro Sánchez speaking in English with subtitles in Spanish, was posted on social media at the weekend. “Some say we’ve gone too far, that we’re going against the current,” he said. “But I would like to ask you, when did recognising rights become something radical? When did empathy become something exceptional?”

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© Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

© Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

‘They killed him inside’: man who was son’s caretaker detained by ICE and denied final goodbye

2 février 2026 à 15:00

Wael Tarabishi, who has a lifelong muscle disorder, died after Maher, his father and primary caretaker, was detained

Until three months ago, Wael Tarabishi and his father, Maher, were inseparable. It was a necessity; in addition to being best friends, Maher was the caretaker for 30-year-old Wael, who was diagnosed with a progressive muscle disorder called Pompe disease when he was a child.

As Wael’s mother said in November, Maher was his son’s “case manager, his equipment company, his doctor, his everything”.

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© Composite: Courtesy Shahd Arnaout

© Composite: Courtesy Shahd Arnaout

© Composite: Courtesy Shahd Arnaout

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