World

Owner of "Le Constellation" bar Jacques Moretti (L) arrives for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais in Sion on January 9, 2026. The French couple, facing charges of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, have been called in for questioning after 40 people, most of them teenagers, were killed, while 116 were injured in a fire that ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Owner of "Le Constellation" bar Jacques Moretti (L) arrives for a hearing at the Office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais in Sion on January 9, 2026. The French couple, facing charges of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, have been called in for questioning after 40 people, most of them teenagers, were killed, while 116 were injured in a fire that ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Crans Montana

Jacques Moretti's arrest has been confirmed: "I bought and installed the insulation myself."

The owner of Le Constellation remains in prison, but in the court order the judges say they are willing to release him on bail.
epaselect epa12643174 Protesters set on fire a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as they take part in a rally in support of the current protest movement in Iran, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, 11 January 2026. Since 28 December 2025, nationwide anti-government protests have taken place across Iran despite a heavy crackdown. EPA/NEIL HALL
epaselect epa12643174 Protesters set on fire a portrait of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as they take part in a rally in support of the current protest movement in Iran, outside Downing Street in London, Britain, 11 January 2026. Since 28 December 2025, nationwide anti-government protests have taken place across Iran despite a heavy crackdown. EPA/NEIL HALL
Middle East

Iran: "Open channels of communication with the US." Trump: "We are evaluating concrete options."

While China expresses its opposition to "foreign interference," Tehran speaks of a "situation under control, the Internet will return soon."
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)
The point of view

Donald Trump and Spheres of Influence: Between Foreign Policy and Old Alliances

The question is who would benefit from a new international order based on spheres of influence rather than on shared rules that the European Union has guaranteed over time.
Alberto Trentini e Mario Burlò fotografati nella residenza dell'ambasciatore a Caracas Giovanni Umberto De Vito (ANSA - MINISTERO DEGLI ESTERI)
Alberto Trentini e Mario Burlò fotografati nella residenza dell'ambasciatore a Caracas Giovanni Umberto De Vito (ANSA - MINISTERO DEGLI ESTERI)
Caracas

Venezuela frees Trentini and Burlò, Meloni: "Home soon." The aid worker's first words: "Can I smoke now?"

Foreign Minister Tajani made the announcement at 5 a.m. Both had been arrested in November 2024.
Ong, il numero delle vittime in Iran sale a 466 (Ansa)
Ong, il numero delle vittime in Iran sale a 466 (Ansa)
Tehran

Iran: Video Shows Dozens of Dead Outside a Morgue

Activists: "They are victims of the Iranian authorities' repression of the protests."
Federal immigration crackdown continues in Minneapolis
Federal immigration crackdown continues in Minneapolis
USA

Trump to send hundreds more federal agents to Minneapolis

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the announcement.
I coniugi Moretti (Ansa)
I coniugi Moretti (Ansa)
The case

The Crans-Montana massacre, two investigations for the Morettis before the fire at Le Constellation

The couple had already been put under scrutiny by the authorities of the Canton of Valais
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)
Donald Trump (foto Ansa/Epa)
the threat

Trump targets Cuba: "Stop Venezuelan oil, negotiate before it's too late."

"Now Venezuela has the US protecting it," he writes. He then reposts a message suggesting Rubio as a leader on the island: "Excellent idea."
epa12637498 French owners of the bar in Crans-Montana, where the deadly fire happened on New Year's Day, Jacques and Jessica Moretti (C) arrive with their lawyers for questioning by the Valais public prosecutor's office in Sion, Switzerland, 09 January 2026. Swiss authorities have confirmed 40 fatalities, mostly teenagers and young adults, and 116 severe injuries following a fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana. The blaze occurred in the early hours of New Year's Day. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT
epa12637498 French owners of the bar in Crans-Montana, where the deadly fire happened on New Year's Day, Jacques and Jessica Moretti (C) arrive with their lawyers for questioning by the Valais public prosecutor's office in Sion, Switzerland, 09 January 2026. Swiss authorities have confirmed 40 fatalities, mostly teenagers and young adults, and 116 severe injuries following a fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana. The blaze occurred in the early hours of New Year's Day. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT
Crans Montana

Moretti's admissions: "I installed the flammable foam myself, with the service door closed and inexperienced staff."

The investigation is being extended to the Municipality, which in the last 5 years has not carried out the necessary safety checks, by the Mayor Nicolas Féraud's own admission.
Esposto lo striscione al termine della conferenza �Libertà per Alberto subito� per chiedere il rilascio del figlio Alberto Trentini detenuto in Venezuela da un anno presso palazzo Marino a Milano, 15 novembre 2025. ANSA/MOURAD BALTI TOUATI
Esposto lo striscione al termine della conferenza �Libertà per Alberto subito� per chiedere il rilascio del figlio Alberto Trentini detenuto in Venezuela da un anno presso palazzo Marino a Milano, 15 novembre 2025. ANSA/MOURAD BALTI TOUATI
Caracas

Diplomacy and 007 at work for Alberto Trentini: a turning point is awaited.

Contacts are underway, and three more have been released from prison, including the Italian-Venezuelan Buzzetta Pacheco.
UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Paris on Saturday 10 January 2026, show a protesters walking on Pasdaran Avenue in Tehran, Iran on the evening of 9 January 2026, chanting: "Oh, Shah of the faithful ones, return to Iran, the turban-wearers have screwed Iran". UGC IMAGES - vertical NO ARCHIVE ++ANSA - FOTO DA UTILIZZARE SOLTANTO OGGI PER ILLUSTRARE LA NOTIZIA DEL TITOLO. LA FOTO NON PUO' ESSERE VENDUTA, NE' ARCHIVIATA, NE' UTILIZZATA PER ALTRE NOTIZIE+++ (NPK)
UGC images posted on social media and verified by AFPTV teams in Paris on Saturday 10 January 2026, show a protesters walking on Pasdaran Avenue in Tehran, Iran on the evening of 9 January 2026, chanting: "Oh, Shah of the faithful ones, return to Iran, the turban-wearers have screwed Iran". UGC IMAGES - vertical NO ARCHIVE ++ANSA - FOTO DA UTILIZZARE SOLTANTO OGGI PER ILLUSTRARE LA NOTIZIA DEL TITOLO. LA FOTO NON PUO' ESSERE VENDUTA, NE' ARCHIVIATA, NE' UTILIZZATA PER ALTRE NOTIZIE+++ (NPK)
Tehran

Protests ignite Iran: gunfire on crowds, dozens dead, and thousands arrested. Trump: "We're ready to help the protesters."

For Ali Khamenei, they are just "a group of vandals, we will not give in to saboteurs."
Due frame del video della bodycam dell'agente (dai social)
Due frame del video della bodycam dell'agente (dai social)
the case in the USA

Killed in Minneapolis, her last words to the officer were, "I'm not mad at you." Then she was shot three times in the face.

"Jonathan Ross acted in self-defense." But bodycam footage contradicts the White House's claim.
epa12640026 Flowers and messages are placed in tribute to the young members of FC Lutry who died in Crans-Montana following the fire at the 'Le Constellation' bar, at the football stadium in Lutry, Switzerland, 10 January 2026. 40 people mostly teenagers lost their lives and 116 were severely injured in the fire at the bar 'Le Constellation' on New Year's celebration in the Swiss Alps resort of Crans-Montana. EPA/CYRIL ZINGARO
epa12640026 Flowers and messages are placed in tribute to the young members of FC Lutry who died in Crans-Montana following the fire at the 'Le Constellation' bar, at the football stadium in Lutry, Switzerland, 10 January 2026. 40 people mostly teenagers lost their lives and 116 were severely injured in the fire at the bar 'Le Constellation' on New Year's celebration in the Swiss Alps resort of Crans-Montana. EPA/CYRIL ZINGARO
the New Year's Eve massacre

Crans-Montana: Autopsies for Galeppini, Barosi, and Costanzo. Tamburi's body exhumed.

The Italian prosecutor's office's investigation continues. The Swiss city's deputy mayor: "We apologize for the shortcomings in enforcement."
Proteste in Iran
Proteste in Iran
The appeal

Pahlavi calls for a general strike in Iran

The son of the last Shah of Persia: "Shut down the economy. The revolution will triumph soon, I am ready to return."
Groenlandia (Ansa)
Groenlandia (Ansa)
The appeal

Greenland: The parties tell Trump: "We want to decide for ourselves."

Leaders to the US: "Stop showing contempt for our country."
La Guida suprema dell'Iran, Ali Khamenei (Ansa)
La Guida suprema dell'Iran, Ali Khamenei (Ansa)
the protests

Iran goes offline after the regime-imposed blackout. Khamenei: "Trump should focus on his own problems; he'll be overthrown."

Trump threatens Tehran: "If they kill protesters, we can hit them hard."
epa12637570 French owners of the bar in Crans-Montana, where the deadly fire happened on New Year's Day, Jacques and Jessica Moretti arrive for questioning by the Valais public prosecutor's office in Sion, Switzerland, 09 January 2026. Swiss authorities have confirmed 40 fatalities, mostly teenagers and young adults, and 116 severe injuries following a fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana. The blaze occurred in the early hours of New Year's Day. EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE
epa12637570 French owners of the bar in Crans-Montana, where the deadly fire happened on New Year's Day, Jacques and Jessica Moretti arrive for questioning by the Valais public prosecutor's office in Sion, Switzerland, 09 January 2026. Swiss authorities have confirmed 40 fatalities, mostly teenagers and young adults, and 116 severe injuries following a fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana. The blaze occurred in the early hours of New Year's Day. EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE
the fire

Crans-Montana: Jacques Moretti, owner of Le Constellation, arrested

His wife, Jessica, is under house arrest: "This is an unimaginable tragedy. I apologize."
USA

Trump: "Owning Greenland is important." And the idea of "buying" its citizens emerges.

The tycoon is ready to pay each Greenlander between 10,000 and 100,000 dollars to convince them to leave Denmark and join the American cause.
Manifestanti a New York (foto EPA/Olga Fedorova)
Manifestanti a New York (foto EPA/Olga Fedorova)
USA

Protests continue over woman killed in Minneapolis, police shoot and wound couple in Portland

Peaceful marches in New York, Baltimore, Birmingham and other cities
Insularità
Tyrrhenian Link (foto Terna)
Tyrrhenian Link (foto Terna)

Terna: installation of the western branch of the Tyrrhenian Link completed

In just over three months, approximately 480 km of submarine cable was laid between Termini Imerese (Palermo) and Terra Mala (Quartu).