ROME -- Investigations are ongoing to understand why a plane travelling from Corfu to London Gatwick was forced to emergency land in Rome. Two flight attendants were injured but received medical assistance at Roma Fiumicino airport, easyJet has said.

 The Airbus A320 was travelling to London Gatwick on Monday afternoon when it encountered turbulence in Italian airspace at around 1:00 p.m. The pilot subsequently decided to emergency land the plane in Rome.

 KYIV – After two and a half years of war against the Russian invasion, Ukraine’s capital remains defiant. On a summer’s day rows of outdoor restaurants and cafès do brisk business with customers who arrive in shiny Mercedes convertibles and BMWs to enjoy a constellation of foreign cuisines. “Kyiv is waiting for you after the victory,” placards on central streets in English tell future tourists and the hundreds of foreigners working for NGOs.

 ROME -- The British tycoon Mike Lynch is among five people reported to be dead in the search for missing passengers after the sinking of a luxury yacht, the Giornale di Sicilia newspaper reported Wednesday. Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and Chris Morvillo are the two other bodies to have been identified, La Repubblica has reported.

 Five bodies have been found by rescue teams on Wednesday afternoon, on the third day of operations since the yacht sank off the coast of Palermo on Monday.

 ROME -- Thiago Motta began his managerial debut at Juventus with a 3-0 win over Como on Monday night, while Antonio Conte’s Napoli tenure got off to a nightmare start on the opening weekend of the Serie A season.