4 h. ago Worker dies after being trapped under collapsed medieval tower in Rome

Octay Stroici was freed from the Torre dei Conti but ‘suffered a cardiac arrest’ in the ambulance

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5 h. ago Worker trapped for 11 hours under collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies

Octay Stroici was freed from the Torre dei Conti but ‘suffered a cardiac arrest’ in the ambulance

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13 h. ago Worker who was freed after 12 hours trapped under rubble when a 13th

Part of the 13th-century Torre dei Conti, located just steps from the Colosseum and Imperial Forum, collapsed shortly after 11.30am on Monday.

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13 h. ago Worker trapped for 11 hours under partially collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies after being pulled from rubble

The Torre dei Conti is still standing but showing significant internal damage

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13 h. ago Worker trapped for 11 hours under collapsed medieval tower in Rome pulled from rubble

The Torre dei Conti is still standing but showing significant internal damage

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14 h. ago Rescuers free man trapped in partly collapsed medieval tower in Rome

Romanian worker taken to hospital in ‘serious condition’ after being saved from Torre dei Conti rubbleA Romanian worker who was trapped for hours under rubble in Rome after the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum was rescued by emergency services on Monday night, local authorities said.“He has been pulled out and taken to hospital by ambulance,” Lamberto Giannini, Rome’s police chief, told the state television station Rai, adding that the man was in “a serious condition”. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Person trapped after medieval tower partially collapses in Rome

The Torre dei Conti is still standing but showing significant internal damage

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24 h. ago Moment ancient 100ft tower near Rome's Colosseum collapses in front of tourists, with at least one person buried beneath rubble

Horrifying footage showed the moment part of the Torre dei Conti tower, which is located near to Rome's Colosseum, collapsed in front of tourists.

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24 h. ago A Rome medieval tower partially collapses, badly injuring a worker and trapping another

A medieval tower near the Roman Forum has partially collapsed during renovation work, critically injuring at least one worker

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24 h. ago One injured, another trapped after part of tower collapses in Rome

The Torre dei Conti is still standing but showing significant internal damage

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25 h. ago BREAKING Iconic tourist attraction collapses as people left under rubble in major incident

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25 h. ago Iconic tourist attraction collapses as people left under rubble in major incident

Rome's iconic structure, the Torre dei Conti, has sparked chaos this morning after part of the medieval tower has collapsed, leaving several trapped in the rubble, according to local reports

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25 h. ago One person injured after partial collapse of tower near Rome’s Colosseum

Emergency services worked to extract the worker who was trapped under rubble

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8 d. ago Will you be able to attend a rave at Rome’s Colosseum? Its director reveals all

The man in charge of the Colosseum has set the record straight

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8 d. ago British tourist killed after ‘hotel balcony collapses’ in Lanzarote

Investigators are reportedly examining the maintenance of a balcony railing at a hotel in Costa Teguise following the tragedy

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2 w. ago At 12 an Israeli missile ‘ripped off’ her face. Now Mazyouna is safe in the US – but not all the scars have healed

The young teenager’s treatment is a rare story of hope from the two-year war in Gaza. With the ceasefire now in effect, she hopes to see her father againIn June 2024, an Israeli missile struck 13-year-old Mazyouna Damoo’s apartment in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, hurling her and her mother into the street.Her younger sister, Tala, was pulled from beneath the rubble alive, but her other siblings – Hala, 13, and Mohannad, 10 – were killed instantly. Mazyouna survived, but half of her face was ripped off, leaving her jawbone exposed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remainsGhali Khadr spent two days pleading with his parents to flee with him to southern Gaza, warning them that it was too dangerous to stay. His father, known for being stubborn, refused. Their argument was never finished – an Israeli airstrike hit his father’s home, burying his parents beneath the rubble.On Sunday, two days after the ceasefire was announced, Khadr returned to search through the ruins of his parents’ home. He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Secret Colosseum tunnel used by Roman emperors reopens after nearly 2,000 years

It is believed Emperor Commodus survived an assassination attempt while walking through the tunnel

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