Police have made arrests at a pro-Palestinian rally in central London as demonstrators continue their march on Trafalgar Square. Scotland Yard said it had made the arrests at Piccadilly Circus, where a sit-in protest was held following a demonstration in Oxford Circus. One person was held after they were allegedly seen holding a placard that could incite hatred, the Met said. Two others were arrested for public order offences at the time of writing. Protests have been held across the world amid Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to a brutal Hamas terror attack on October 7. Hundreds of demonstrators held a protest outside the BBC's London headquarters on Saturday morning, accusing the broadcaster of bias in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ministers have criticised plans to hold a protest on Armistice Day on November 11, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claiming it woudl be "provocative and disrespectful". In a letter to Mr Sunak, the Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said that officers would take a "robust approach" to policing throughout the protests.
