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Etna recorded an emission of lava ash from the North-East crater with an eruptive cloud 4 kilometers high.
Flights suspended at Catania airport, until 4pm, due to ongoing activity on Etna and the emission of lava ash from Etna's north-east crater which also produces an eruptive cloud 4 kilometers high.
The operational coordination unit (NCO), after the closure of the airspace in sector C1, imposed the restriction to zero landings and zero take-offs.
The warning issued by the INGV of Catania is in force on Etna for the flight, the Vona (Volcano observatory notice for aviation), red in colour, the highest level of alert on a scale of four.
On the second day of the trip to France, Pope Leo

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A freight train hit passenger train 18841 between the Pontassieve and Sant'Ellero stations on the Florence-Rome line, shattering the windows of the last carriage and causing the shock absorbers to break. No injuries reported, but passengers are stuck on board awaiting transfer. Traffic is suspended between Rignano sull'Arno and Pontassieve for investigations, with possible delays or cancellations for Intercity and Regional trains. The civil protection of Florence is on pre-alert.
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Paris on his fifth international trip, welcomed by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée. After institutional meetings and speeches on peace, human rights and the reconstruction of Notre-Dame, he will celebrate vespers in the cathedral and preside over a prayer vigil for 80,000 young people at the Stade de France. The trip lasts from September 25th to 28th and includes stops in Lourdes and Metz.