London police arrest hundreds at protest against ban on Palestine Action

London police arrested hundreds of protesters for supporting a banned pro-Palestinian group at a demonstration on Saturday which went ahead despite requests to call it off after a deadly attack at a synagogue in Manchester. Two people were killed in the attack in the northwestern English city on Thursday and police shot dead the assailant, a British man of Syrian descent who counter-terrorism police said may have been inspired by extremist Islamist ideology. Organisers refused requests by the police and government to call off Saturday's demonstration, which had been announced before the attack, to protest against the banning of pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws. Calling for calm on X on Saturday morning, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:...