In this edition

• A Cancer Diagnosis in Rome, Read Against Piedmont's Industrial Air

  Pope Leo has lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said, after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in a 90-minute operation at Gemelli.

  Lorenzo Ferraris · 560 words

• Europe's Airports Demand an EES Rethink as Five-Hour Waits Persist

  European airports and airlines have called on EU authorities to ease congestion at Schengen external borders a year after the EES digital entry system began.

  Lorenzo Ferraris · 520 words

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Europe's Airports Demand an EES Rethink as Five-Hour Waits Persist
• A Cancer Diagnosis in Rome, Read Against Piedmont's Industrial Air
• UK and EU Set November 20 Summit as Burnham Calls Status Quo Unsatisfactory
• Germany and Italy Seek an 'Emergency Brake' on New EU Laws
• Pope Leo to Undergo Lung Surgery as Vatican Confirms Early-Stage Nodule
• EU Presidency Proposes €140bn Cut to Next Budget in Push for Year-End Deal
• Piedmont 'Forever Chemicals' Case Heads to Trial as Activists Seek Reckoning
• The Alpine Cheesemakers the Guardian Calls 'Rebel'

Geography & climate

Continental, with cold winters and warm, humid summers.

Alpine arc to the west and north, the Po plain to the east, the Langhe and Monferrato hills to the south.

Economy & culture

Automotive and aerospace engineering, Nutella and the food industry, Barolo and Barbaresco wine, banking.

Industrial Turin and the Savoy capital; Slow Food born in Bra; a reserved, understated northern temperament.