Italian officials to testify in trial over deadly migrant shipwreck

The disaster off Calabria was Italy's worst in a decade, and set off a firestorm of criticism against far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's tough stance on the thousands of migrants who arrive by boat each year from North Africa. Thirty-five children were among those killed when the boat crashed on the rocks off the southern tourist town of Cutro on February 26, 2023. On the opening day of trial in the courtroom of Crotone, all defendants -- four officers from the Guardia di Finanza (GDF) financial crimes police...