UK urges 'transparent' Regeni probe

(ANSA) - London, April 12 - Britain on Tuesday took its first formal step against Egypt in the row with Italy over Italian student Giulio Regeni, calling for a "complete and transparent" probe into the Cambridge doctoral researcher's Cairo torture and murder, The Times reported Tuesday. The Foreign Office acted after a petition circulated by British academic circles reached some 10,000 signatures. Regeni, 28, was researching the Egyptian trade union movement for his PhD thesis at the British university. Italy recalled its ambassador Friday after a Rome summit with Egyptian investigators ended in failure. Rome is demanding phone records and other material from Egypt. Cairo has furnished a series of explanations for Regeni's death which have spurred incredulity in Rome.