Summary of the day
Volcanic lava destroyed several houses in Grindavík, after Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano erupted on Sunday for the second time in less than a month.
Iceland’s president, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, said in an address yesterday that the country “must hold on to hope.”
The country’s prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, said today that work is ongoing to provide for residents’ housing needs.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office cautioned that the eruption centre is a high-risk area and new fissures could open without warning.
Farmers demonstrated in Berlin after a week of nationwide protests over rising costs and a plan to phase out agricultural fuel subsidies.
Thousands of tractors brought the city centre to a standstill. An estimated 30,000 protesters blocked the streets around the government quarter.
Joachim Rukwied, the president of the German farmers’ union, called on the government to scrap its plans to phase out fuel subsidies.
Facing a jeering crowd, the German finance minister, Christian Lindner, said he could not promise more aid from the budget “but we can fight together for you to enjoy more freedom and respect for your work”.
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While volcanic activity has eased, the eruption centre is a high-risk area and new fissures could open without warning, the Icelandic Meteorological Office cautioned, Reuters reported.
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