High turnout as Italy votes on judiciary reform, damaged Russian tanker towed away from Sicily, and more news on Monday.

Italians began voting Sunday in a two-day referendum on reforms that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says will make the judiciary more independent -- but which critics argue will do the opposite.

Two skiers died and five others were injured on Saturday when an avalanche rumbled down on them in the Italian Alps, in the Tentino-Alto Adigo region, the mountain rescue service said.

Two Italian anarchists were killed in an explosion at a cabin on the outskirts of Rome, apparently while making a bomb, media reports said Saturday.

More British dual nationals have been stranded abroad after being refused entry on return flights under new UK border rules.