5 Calls

Silvia Toffanin's Verissimo programme on Canale 5 will air a prime-time interview with the parents of Chiara Poggi, the woman killed in 2007 in the so-called Garlasco case. It is the first interview with her parents since new investigations into Andrea Sempio reopened, and comes after La Ruota della Fortuna. Viewers in Italy are following the case closely.

A new project called AnyPS5 is under development as a compatibility layer designed to run PlayStation 5 games natively on Windows and Linux, without the performance overhead of a classic emulator. If it works as promised, it could let PC players run PS5 titles directly, drawing comparisons to existing translation layers. Details on compatibility and performance remain scarce so far.

Türkiye is promoting its 'the world is bigger than five' position at the United Nations, arguing that global governance should not be decided solely by the five permanent Security Council members. Turkish diplomats are framing the country's mediation and stability efforts as part of a broader call for a fairer, more representative international order.

Madrid's mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida is presiding over the delivery of new housing in El Cañaveral, an expanding district in the city's southeast where around 5,000 homes have been handed over since he took office. He is using the milestone to promote his administration's housing model, framing it against what he calls the opposition's 'política de grito' of loud criticism without results.

Hanshin move within a magic number of three of the Central League title ahead of their final series against Yomiuri, with manager Fujikawa declaring his side will fight as challengers. Giants interim coach Hashigami called the draw with Hanshin 'as good as a loss' after a frustrating finale. Elsewhere, Yakult's Murakami homered in a 5-0 win over Swallows, as the pennant race dominates Japanese sports coverage.

The United Nations says rotting food waste produces roughly five times more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire aviation industry, putting food loss and waste among the biggest drivers of climate change. The finding has prompted renewed calls for households, retailers and governments to cut waste along the food supply chain, with campaigners arguing that reducing waste is one of the fastest available ways to lower emissions.

Democratic Party activists are urging supporters to phone their federal and state representatives every day, using the 5 Calls tool to streamline contacting offices. Today's list includes blocking any Trump interference in elections, demanding federal regulation of artificial intelligence, stopping federal funds for what they call Trump propaganda, and opposing Nicole Saphier.

The EU's top defense official, Andrius Kubilius, said Thursday that a Russian bombing attack on a European weapons factory should trigger NATO's Article 5 collective defense clause. His remarks push for treating strikes on European defense industry as an attack on the alliance itself, a significant escalation in how Europe frames Russian aggression beyond Ukraine's borders.

Valve has added a low-latency codec called Pyrowave to Steam Remote Play, its game-streaming feature. The new codec promises noticeably better image quality and responsiveness when streaming games over local networks, but at a steep cost: it can consume five to ten times more bandwidth than existing options, making it practical mainly for fast wired or Wi-Fi home setups.

A new solar panel owner traced a dead string of panels to a hidden fault after checking a short cable connection. The case has drawn attention as a practical example of how homeowners can diagnose solar system problems themselves before calling in technicians, highlighting how a small wiring issue can shut down part of an installation.

The yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note has risen above 5%, a level Wall Street analysts are calling a turning point for investors. Market commentators say yields at this level materially change portfolio strategy, making bonds newly attractive relative to equities and raising questions about the outlook for stocks, borrowing costs and Federal Reserve policy.

Nacon has announced a new officially licensed PlayStation 5 controller that the company says is the world's first with a built-in screen, allowing players to adjust settings such as joystick sensitivity and button remapping on the device itself. The controller can also mix audio from both a phone and the console at the same time, letting users blend game sound with calls or music.

Booking a single truck for a shipment can still take up to five hours of phone calls, emails and back-and-forth paperwork. AI tools are now being pitched to the freight industry as a way to automate that work, matching loads to carriers in minutes instead of hours.

A newly developed emulator called ProsporoDen allows Nintendo Switch games to run on PlayStation 5 hardware, with early tests reportedly showing promising performance across several titles. The project highlights ongoing demand for Switch emulation following Nintendo's legal crackdowns on similar tools, and raises questions about how the company may respond to a PS5-targeted emulator.

Citigroup has raised its Bitcoin price target to $113,000, even while forecasting only about $5 billion of inflows into the cryptocurrency market. The bank's analysis suggests the higher target depends on several conditions going right, prompting questions among investors about what assumptions underpin the bullish call despite modest expected capital flows.

The Premier League has published the Key Match Incidents Panel outcomes for Match Round 5, reviewing refereeing and VAR decisions from the weekend's fixtures. The panel assesses whether on-field calls were correct, and the latest findings are drawing attention from fans debating decisions that affected results. Reactions cover which incidents the panel backed and which it ruled were wrongly handled.