Shea Levin — text status

Italian authorities ordered the evacuation of hundreds of schools across the country on Wednesday after a wave of identical emails warned that explosives had been planted inside the buildings. More than 300 schools were evacuated, with the largest number in Rome, and as many as 6,300 schools are believed to have received the warning. The emails also claimed a bomb had been placed in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's car. Meloni said nothing suggests a concrete danger and that the reports appear linked to a strategy aimed at generating alarm. She called a meeting of ministers for later in the day.