AI & Policing: Italy’s draft AI decree would let police turn faces into biometric data in “sensitive” public areas like squares, stations and stadiums during events, storing it for seven days unless a crime is linked—while the data watchdog says parts clash with the EU AI Act. Heat & Food: Extreme temperatures are pushing Franciacorta winemakers to harvest up to 10 days early, with predawn picking under floodlights as climate change shrinks the grape-ripening window. Travel Disruption: Mount Etna’s renewed eruption is again disrupting flights, with Catania arrivals delayed as ash drifts into airspace. Border Politics: Italy and Spain keep trading retaliatory border checks tied to the Ceuta migrant crisis, with Schengen suspension measures still in play. Economy Watch: Istat reports exports up 1.6% month-on-month and 9.8% year-on-year in June, with a €4.232bn trade surplus. Sports: Leonardo Fabbri wins European shot put gold in Birmingham, leading an Italian one-two. Culture & History: Divers report a Roman shipwreck off Sicily with hundreds of amphorae.