Italy agrees £1.8 billion aid package for flooded north

Volunteers clear mud as household goods are piled on the side of a street in Faenza, Italy, on Monday, May 22, 2023 (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP/PA)

The Italian government has approved more than two billion euros (£1.77 billion) in aid for the flood-stricken northern region of Emilia-Romagna.

The government is considering raising by one euro the price of admission tickets to state museums, Premier Giorgia Meloni said.