BREAKING: With 2 minutes left, Cardinal Antoine confesses his covert relationship with the Ottoman Empire. He declares plans to fortify Naples as an independent state with Ottoman support. Officials within the Spanish Empire narrowly escape excommunication.
BREAKING: Honoré I, Lord of Monaco, reveals Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle was providing Spanish intelligence to the Dutch. Although there are qualms on the legitimacy of the source, Cardinal Antoine is being put on trial as 7 minutes remain.
Loyalties are questioned within the Spanish investigative committee. Nativist sentiments heighten as members are accused of being unfaithful to the Catholic Spanish Empire on the grounds of religious and citizenship differences.
BREAKING: Beloved daughter of the Medici family, Catherine d’Medicis has been assassinated. A French investigation is ongoing with only a few disclosed details. Further news will be posted.
BREAKING: In the 'Papal Bull,' the Pope calls upon the Spanish empire to resolve a threat to the heart of Christendom: Italy. Within 30 minutes, Spanish officials must find a Dutch operative within their premises or see the fall of Italy.