Graziano Delrio

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said, as President Sergio Mattarella seeks to slow the pace of an unfolding political crisis.

The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 today after rescuers worked through the night to try to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage and continued their search in the morning.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faces his first test before a fractious national parliament when he goes before the Senate on Monday.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said, as President Sergio Mattarella seeks to slow the pace of an unfolding political crisis.

The death toll from a high speed train crash in southern Italy rose to 27 today after rescuers worked through the night to try to extract bodies from the tangled wreckage and continued their search in the morning.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi faces his first test before a fractious national parliament when he goes before the Senate on Monday.