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Rescuers are in a desperate race against time to get a worker trapped in the rubble of a collapsing medieval tower out alive.

The Torre dei Conti (Tower of the Counts) collapsed twice while restoration work was taking place near Rome’s Colosseum on Monday.

Clouds of dust came billowing out of the tower’s windows as it crumbling down the sides onto the pavement.

One worker was taken to hospital with serious injuries and another remains trapped under rubble.

Luca Cari, a national fire department spokesman, said: ‘We are trying to get him out alive but the situation is complex because of the risk of further collapses.’ Regional President Francesco Rocca told Italian new

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