Lampedusa is an island that is, at once, blessed and cursed by its own position - a speck on the map, part of Italy but actually marooned between North Africa and mainland Europe.
A drive to persuade secondary school and college pupils to get tested for coronavirus regularly and ensure they are vaccinated where possible has been launched by the government.
Preventing Afghanistan from again becoming a haven for terrorists who threaten the United States and its allies was the one enduring positive achievement of the past 20 years of war.
