EU Seals €7.4bn Deal With Egypt; Israel Protests Against Netanyahu | Top Stories | March 17th 2024

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0:00 European Union announces €7.4 billion package of aid for Egypt
- The European Union on announced a €7.4 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighbouring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.

0:15 Thousands in Israel protest against Netanyahu's government
- Thousands of Anti-government protesters blocked major roads and scuffled with police in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem during weekly protests demanding new elections and an immediate hostage deal.

0:26 'Noon against Putin' protests as Russian leader set to extend rule
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of Putin’s fiercest political foe Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison last month, had called on Russians to come out for a “Noon against Putin” protest to show their dissent against a leader they cast as a corrupt autocrat.

0:53 Iceland volcano erupts for fourth time in three months
- A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland after a fourth volcanic eruption since December. The powerful and fast lava flows began late on Saturday - but flows have been "slow and steady" since Sunday morning, the Icelandic Met Office said.