Italian police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters in Milan on Saturday, while in other international news, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington on Wednesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program, and a storm has forced thousands to evacuate in Spain and Portugal.
In Milan, approximately 10,000 people took to the streets on the first full day of the Winter Olympics to protest housing costs and the environmental impact of the Games, according to Sky News. A smaller group of about 100 protesters, some wearing hoods and scarves, broke away from the main demonstration and clashed with police, throwing firecrackers, smoke bombs, and bottles.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu's office announced that the meeting with Trump would focus on recent talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program. The talks, which included indirect discussions between Iranian and US officials in Muscat, Oman on Friday, have returned to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran's nuclear program, according to Euronews. Netanyahu believes that all negotiations must include limiting ballistic missiles and ending support for the Iranian axis, his office said.
Also on Friday, Iranian and US officials met in Muscat, Oman, to hold indirect nuclear talks, according to Sky News. The talks came amid a continued American naval build-up near Iran, which Donald Trump has described as an "armada".
In other developments, a "storm train" of consecutive winds and rains battered Spain and Portugal, forcing 11,000 people to evacuate their homes, Sky News reported. A man, believed to be about 70, died in Portugal after his car was swept away by flood water. Police also found a second body in Malaga, near where a woman was swept away by a river.
In related news, Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas abroad, spoke at the Al Jazeera Forum, stating that "resistance is a right" for occupied people, according to Al Jazeera. Meshaal also said the demand of disarmament is unacceptable.
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