A pro-Palestinian rally looks set to take place in London on Saturday, despite government concerns that it could clash with the solemn annual commemorations for Britain's military war dead.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian supporters have marched through central London calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. Meanwhile, far-right counterprotesters clashed with police.
About 300,000 people marched through the British capital on Saturday, as pro-Palestinian supporters made a new call for a Gaza war ceasefire.Authorities had feared trouble as the "National March for Palestine" was scheduled for Armistice Day, Britain's annual commemoration of its war dead.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead.
More than 300,000 protesters gathered in London for a pro-Palestinian march that’s turned into a divisive political issue in the UK, while police arrested dozens of English nationalists seeking to disrupt it.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead.
LONDON (AP) — London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead.
LONDON (AP) — London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead.
London's Metropolitan Police said it detained several violent counterprotesters who came to demonstrate against a pro-Palestinian rally in the British capital. The people detained had thrown bottles and other objects at security forces or were found with weapons, the police said, adding that there
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday condemned far-right protesters and Hamas sympathisers, as hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters marched through London calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war in Gaza.
Saturday's march, the largest in the U.K. since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, was overwhelmingly peaceful. London police say they arrested around 100 far-right counterprotesters.
LONDON — London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead.
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central London in a huge pro-Palestinian demonstration Saturday, a tense day in which police battled with a small right-wing group to keep order on some city streets.
Huge crowds marched through the British capital on Saturday, as pro-Palestinian supporters made their latest mass call for a ceasefire, with police out in
By Livvy Doherty and Dan Wright, CNN London, UK (CNN) — Police in London have detained a “large group” of counter protesters who clashed with police after they tried to confront a large pro-Palestinian rally as it got underway on Saturday.
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