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Five dead as Storm Ciaran brings record rainfall to Italy

Italian Civil Protection authorities said 200 millimetres of rain fell in a three-hour period

The Independent UK

Storm Ciarán sweeps into Italy with record rainfall, killing 3 and bringing toll to 10

Record-breaking rain provoked floods in a vast swath of Tuscany as storm Ciarán pushed into Italy overnight

The Independent UK

Florence bans new Airbnbs and other holiday lets to free up housing for locals

Airbnb listings in the Tuscan capital have reportedly soared by more than 140 per cent in seven years

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Europe's most Instagrammable city to ban Airbnb rentals

Florence plans to tempt holiday landlords to convert their places back to long-term rentals with tax breaks.

Fortune

Italian city bans Airbnbs in its historic centre

More than 70 per cent of the short-term private rental properties in Florence are within its World Heritage Site

The Independent UK

Italians astonished as US teacher fired for showing children Michelangelo's David

Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, where the world-famous statue is kept, described the firing of principal at Tallahassee Classical School, Florida, Hope Carrasquilla as 'ridicolo'

Daily Mirror

Is Michelangelo’s David pornography? Italians invite Florida parents to visit statue in person

The board of the Tallahassee Classical School pressured Principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign last week after an image of the David was shown to a sixth-grade art class.

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Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing ‘David’

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

The Independent UK

US Army pulls ads after Jonathan Majors' arrest, Chris Minns to talk wages, and the Obamas are in Australia — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

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Florida school uproar leads Italy to invite viewing 'David'

A Florence museum and the city's mayor are inviting parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit and see Michelangelo’s “David.”

The Independent UK

Ukraine needs foreign aid to build a future apart from Russia, says Kyiv mayor

Vitali Klitschko hopes to follow Poland and Hungary on path to greater prosperity and European integration

The Guardian - UK

Florence asks residents to pay utility bills of struggling pensioners

Social impact of Italy’s 50% energy price rise is evident in city where 27.6% of the population is over 65

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