A roundup of the latest news on Tuesday

Italy said on Monday it was helping evacuate hundreds of citizens from the United Arab Emirates, estimating there are currently around 30,000 Italian nationals in the country.

Speaking in the Italian Senate, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said a group of 98 Italians had left the UAE for Oman on Sunday and were due to arrive in Rome later on Monday.

Another group of around 200 Italian students who had been stranded in Dubai are due to be evacuated on a UAE flight to Milan on Tuesday, AFP reported.

The United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on Saturday, prompting retaliatory missile and drone attacks by Tehran against US allies in the Gulf region.

Milan tram driver investigated over deadly crash

The driver of a tram involved in a deadly crash in Milan on Friday is being investigated for manslaughter, grievous bodily injury and causing a rail disaster, Italian media reported.

Two people were killed and dozens injured in Friday’s incident when the tram derailed at high speed and crashed into a restaurant on Viale Vittorio Veneto.

The 60-year-old driver said he lost control of the vehicle after suddenly being taken ill, according to Italian news agency Ansa.

Investigators are looking into why the tram’s emergency brake system failed to activate, it said.

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Italy revises 2025 growth down to 0.5%

Italy’s economy grew by 0.5 percent in 2025, lower than the original estimate in January but in line with projections, national statistics agency Istat said on Monday.

Istat’s initial estimate published in January put growth at 0.7 percent for the EU’s third largest economy, compared to projections of 0.5 percent at the time, AFP reported.

This is slower than the wider eurozone, which recorded 1.5 percent in 2025, according to official data published in January.

Italy’s debt amounted to 137.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025, up from 134.7 percent in 2024, Monday’s figures showed.