Malta businessman acquitted of plotting journalist Caruana Galizia murder

A court in Malta acquitted 44-year-old businessman Yorgen Fenech of charges related to the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The jury's decision came after eight hours of deliberation, with an 8-1 vote. Caruana Galizia's family expressed their grief, stating that the institutional failures that allowed her murder remain unaddressed. Fenech, who faced life imprisonment if convicted, denied the allegations against him.