the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests. we re told that more than 80 arrests have been made for breach of the peace while a further ten people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. here s an update from the metropolitan police. from about 9am this morning we have seen several hundred counter protesters that came towards whitehall and, from what we can see, they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent causing trouble. we have made a number of arrests, including, within the counterprotest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a button, possession of class a drugs and assault on emergency workers. , ., ., ,, workers. let s go live to the us embassy- let s go live to the us embassy. our news correspondent frances read is at the israeli embassy, where the protest is finishing.
though, officers have faced aggression from counter protesters who include some far right groups. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them reaching an area and the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. police say objects were thrown at officers and the very latest figure we have from the met police, they are making a rest at the moment. more than 90 people have been arrested for breach of the piece while ten more people have been arrested for possessing offensive weapons and drugs. these pictures, you can see here, of counter protesters. they are being held inside a pub in pimlico by police as the main protests go past. that is the scene across central london at the moment and we ll bring you more of these events a little later. these rallies come, of course, as the health ministry in gaza s largest medical facility so that they have been forced to suspend operations because they run out of fuel. there are reports of intensified fighting close to a
in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al maghazi refugee camp. it s in the safe area where israel advised 1.2 million in gaza city and the north to flee south. the gaza health ministry says 9,770 people have been killed so far 4,800 of them are children. german police say the hostage situation at hamburg airport is over. they say a suspect has been arrested without resistance. the uk conservative party has rejected suggestions it covered up allegations of rape against an mp. prince william is in singapore, to announce the winners of his earthshot environmental prize. hello, i m vishala. we start with the latest diplomatic efforts from the israel gaza conflict. the us secretary of state, antony blinken has met the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah for talks on the gaza conflict. the spokesman for the pale
hamas says 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a un run school and israel says it is investigating the circumstances. earlier today, the us found itself diplomatically stuck between the between its arab allies and israel. at a meeting in amman today, arab foreign ministers told us secretary of state antony blinken that there must be an immediate ceasefire in gaza. but mr blinken wants humanitarian pauses . israel, though, has said there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. thejordanian foreign minister ayman safadi said the killing of civilians by israel could not be justified by its claim of self defence. he said the entire region was sinking into a sea of hatred that could define generations to come. translation: the numbers of people who were killed i from civilians in gaza over the last few weeks, including working in relief and journalists cannot be justified any way. and in this regard, we are still asking for an immediate ceasefire a