Activists in London were protesting the government's decision to ban the Palestine Action group. The 522 arrests are thought to be the highest ever recorded at a single protest in the UK capital.

Proscribing Palestine Action has ’empowered’ far-right, say protesters - An organiser of the Friends of Al Mawasi group, based in Hastings, said the UK Government has ’empowered’ extremists by proscribing Palestine Action.

Police in London arrested 466 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws. The Metropolitan Police said it had made the arrests,