The former prime minister has already been sentenced to prison for tax fraud, but correspondents say he's unlikely to ever spend time in jail because of Italy's lengthy appeal system.
The Pakistani Taliban say they have set up a new faction to target foreigners across Pakistan following their killing of 10 climbers in the country's north on Saturday. A Taliban spokesman told the BBC the move was in revenge for the international community allowing US drone strikes on Pakistan to continue. Expeditions there have since been halted. Sources have told the BBC that climbing will soon be suspended on other mountains including K2, the world's second highest peak. Thirty-six people have been arrested in connection with the attack.
The South African President Jacob Zuma has said the country's former leader Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition. Mr Zuma again urged South Africans to pray for the health of the anti-apartheid hero. His former wife Winnie Mandela has been among those visiting. As Karen Allen reports:
All day members of Nelson Mandela's family have continued to visit the hospital. They have been joined by a handful of politicians close to the Mandela family. There is a sombre mood in the streets surrounding the hospital.
"It's quite sad because he’s a national icon. Also he’s one of the country's leaders. Only we can do is just pray for him.”
South Africans seem to be coming to terms with the gravity of the situation knowing that the final chapter of an extraordinary life may be coming to a close.