All of Italy on heatwave red alert for first time, police break up migrant smuggling ring in Sardinia, and more news on Friday. All of Italy on heatwave red alert for first timeFor the first time ever, all 27 of the major cities and provincial capitals that Italy's health ministry monitors for extreme hear were on the maximum red alert on Thursday amid the country's fourth heatwave of the year, ANSA reported. On Thursday, Messina and Reggio Calabria joined the 25 cities already on red, including Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin, Florence, Bologna, Venice, Genoa and Palermo. Bolzano was set to go down to yellow on Friday, and Brescia, Milan, Turin, Venice and Verona to follow on Saturday, taking the number on red down to 21. Italy breaks up migrant smuggling ringItalian police said Thursday they had arrested eight people as they broke up a human smuggling ring that ferried migrants from Algeria to the island of Sardinia.