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They are ready to respond. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. pro—palestinian protests took place around the world on saturday, calling for a ceasefire in the fighting in gaza. marches have been held in at least 30 countries, including here in washington, where large crowds waved palestinian flags — as the mostly young protesters gathered in a show of solidarity on the 99th day of the war. pro palestinian marches have also been held in london. the metropolitan police said it had made six arrest...

People to address the event, as well as calling for a ceasefire now, he and a number of others, including the palestinian ambassador to the u k, also praised south africa for taking its case to the international court ofjustice. accusing israel of genocide earlier in the week, something israel denies. but praise for south africa taking that case to the icj. there is a large police presence, as you would imagine, about 1700 officers have been on duty today. some of those brought in from outside l...

Taiwan finds itself in the middle of a diplomatic tug—of—war. and the outcome of its domestic elections could well have a profound impact on some very delicate international affairs. more on those taiwanese elections on the bbc news website. thousands of pro—palestinian protesters have marched through central london as part of a global day of action in about 30 countries. the demonstrators called for a ceasefire in gaza. the metropolitan police said it had made several arrests "in relation...

Arrests have been made. they say that was in relation to offensive placards. and that in the beginning of the day they did warn that they wouldnt hesitate to act if they saw any placards that went against any of the laws. and they were handing out leaflets to people, not to display any offensive banners. two arrests have been made. todays protest, pro—palestinian. tomorrow, there will be a pro—israeli demonstration. that will be in trafalgar square. but here in parliament square, the speeche...

To offensive placards." but it is worth saying that those protests largely have been peaceful. our correspondent nicky schiller has been at the march for us. i am in parliament square, which is the end of the match. tens of thousands of people have taken part in the march through central london today, the first big pro—palestinian event of the year. you will remember there were a number towards the end of last year. this is the seventh national march and thousands marched through the centre of...

Something israel denies. but praise for south africa taking that case to the icj. there is a large police presence, as you would imagine, about 1,700 officers have been on duty today. some of those brought in from outside london. i saw a police van from lancashire, the lancashire force here to make sure that everything went off peacefully. the met police say at the moment to arrests have been made, they say that was in relation to offensive placards, and at the beginning of the day they warned t...