Hundreds camp on sweltering Rome street amid tussle over squatted building

Rome, Italy – Ana Bizdoaca has stopped expecting to be able to sleep on a mattress on the pavement a few streets from Rome’s Termini station. A heatwave has pushed temperatures past 40 degrees Celsius (104F).

“Our hearts have been torn to pieces,” Bizdoaca said on the ninth night of missing sleep.

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