Italian police have detained two suspects in connection with the killing of a young commuter who was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella at Rome’s main train station, news reports said.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will visit emergency service crews fighting 110 forest fires in north-west Spain today, officials said.

Emergency services today were fighting 110 forest fires in wooded areas of northwest Spain, many of which were started deliberately, officials said.

Ryanair pilots are stood down from flying duties for safety reasons following family bereavements after a captain suffered a breakdown in the cockpit days after burying one of his children, it emerged today.

A small plane carrying a medical team and a heart for a transplant patient crashed today in Sardinia, killing all six people aboard.