**An Italian Red Cross worker has been freed in the Philippines after being held hostage by Muslim rebels for nearly six months, officials say.**Eugenio Vagni, 62, arrived at an army base on the restive southern island of Jolo with a local politician who had been mediating with the kidnappers.
Mr Vagni and two co-workers were seized by Abu Sayyaf rebels as they visited a project at a jail on Jolo.
The other two Red Cross staff were released in April.