Hollywood actor and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has recorded a video message of support for the protesters in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s opposition leaders have continued to ramp up the pressure on embattled President Viktor Yanukovych, as their 24-hour deadline for him to resign and call an early election nears its end.
People in Istanbul have taken to the streets to call for the resignation of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the corruption scandal that has engulfed his cabinet
A huge rally has been taking place in Kiev over the Ukrainian government’s decision not to sign a deal for closer ties with the EU.
Cairo has fallen quiet after yesterday’s crackdown on Islamist protesters by security forces which ended with the deaths of at least 421 people.