Demonstrations against the war in gaza are continuing at dozens of universities across the united states, with arrests taking place on multiple campuses. I spoke to robert cohen, a professor of Social Studies and history at New York University who has studied Student Activism about how these protests compare to others in us history. The protests, initially, going on now were much more moderate in their tactics, whether its 1960. Actually, the greatest upsurges in active American History occurred in may 1970 after nixon authorised the invasion of cambodia. He had promised to end the war, and he was expanding it into cambodia. So that created a lot of fury that was compounded by the massacre at kent state, where four students were shot by, were killed by the National Guard and nine were wounded. So that was much more confrontational. The war been dragging on forfive years. So, i mean, compared to that, the protests, for example, that started at columbia and then spread initially at nyu were very moderate people staying outside of the class, on the grass or in a plaza. They werent disrupting the university. And yet they were still evicted by the police. So to me, i think that there is a similarity in that students were both protesting against us Foreign Policy in this case not American Troops, but American Military aid to israel for its war in gaza. There arent a half million American Troops in gaza. But theres the same concern about Foreign Policy. Itsjust the reaction is so much more quickly repressive. And i think its a symbol of how i dont know how a country sort of move to the right, where you could. Here at nyu, at columbia, at the university of texas, the students who were not disrupting the university in any major way were evicted by the police. And i think at places like columbia, that started a cycle of escalation when you did get building takeovers. The us Campus Protests have sparked Student Protests around the world, as meghan 0wen explains. Most of the Campus Protests have been clustered in the us since the start of the war, but there have been protests at campuses across the world, many of them in recent days. Now, in the uk, students in leeds, bristol and newcastle set up tents outside University Buildings and called for supporters to donate food, drinks and hygiene products. Now, here, we see Protest Scenes at newcastle university, with students chanting outside the main buildings now. Students across the uk co ordinated their protests for roughly the same time. Lets cross over now to france. Now, here, students showed their support outside pariss prestigious sciences po university, which has had some of its funds cut from the Regional Government until order is restored. Now, police were called to one demonstration and classes were forced online and some pupils have even gone on Hunger Strike after the university rejected their demands to review its israel ties. Now, this image shows a protester trying to bash down a door at a university in lyon. Now, the protests have even reached australia. These are scenes of students camping outside the university of sydney, and they have been doing that for more than a week now. So whilst most of the dramatic scenes have been at us campuses, with more than 1,000 arrests in total, there have been Ripple Effects worldwide. And that was meghan 0wen. Police here have scuffled with protesters in south london after they blocked a coach that was collecting migrants and taking them to be housed on a barge off the coast of dorset. Prime minister rishi sunak has made cracking down on illegal migration one of his key priorities. As part of that drive the government is trying to cut the cost of accommodating Asylum Seekers in hotels by using barges and former military sites. Heres simonjones. This is the coach that arrived this morning to move several migrants from peckham to the south coast. But these protesters had other ideas, letting down one of its tyres and blocking the road. They insist the Bibby Stockholm Barge is not a suitable place to house Asylum Seekers and the people due to be taken there dont want to go. Word quickly spread on social media, and the campaigners, now numbering in the hundreds, were joined by supportive local residents. This is so unnecessary. Its peckham. We all look after each other. Theyve been here for a while, loads of people in local communities know them and we dont want them to get forced out for no reason. There seems to be no reason behind it at all. Well, tension remains high here. A short time ago, the police decided to move in and tell the protesters they had to get out of the road, but its been met with a lot of opposition. Several people were arrested for blocking the road. The home office insist the Bibby Stockholm Barge is safe, secure and appropriate. They described the protests as intimidatory and aggressive. But the coach eventually left, without any passengers. Simonjones, bbc news, peckham. To india next, where the general election is under way. All this week, the bbc has been speaking to influential voting blocs. Amongst them, more than 18 million new, first time voters heading to the polls. Heres samira hussain. This is really delicious. Are you talking with your friends about the election . And what are you guys talking about . Decrease in the Constitutional Rights of indian people. Major issue facing in this election is confusion to which party i need to vote. This is my first thought. So i dont want to waste that vote by giving a corrupted party. Yeah. Everything is kind of. Everyone is doing that, working for their own benefit. What is something that you want to see changed in your country . Due to the lack of a financial structure, the Wealth Distribution is unequal. The right to vote is a constitutional right for me. I dont want to waste that right. I need to change Caste Discrimination from the country. I feel like this is the age that we start to form our political opinions. We can actually vote for the first time right now and see how its going to unfold. So that is very exciting. What, for you, is the most important election issue . India lacks infrastructure on a huge ground. There have been times where i was kind of like sexually harassed and there was. So i think that our government should focus on giving us such Public Transport where women can feel safe. If government are providing security to the women and the female students, then there will be more educated people in the remote areas of india. If you go to small villages, people have to travel a lot to get a better treatment. And plus, the government hospitals are not so much developed. There is some kind of dictatorship that is going around in the country, promotion ofjust one religion. So that should not be done. So does anyone else feel like that . Having a clash between two communities, it is going to be really messy. Political parties should not support any particular community or religion. We all have the right to profess our religion, our culture. And we should not get influenced by anybody else. We and we should not get influenced by anybody else and we should not get influenced by anybody else. We need someone who can sread anybody else. We need someone who can spread peace anybody else. We need someone who can spread peace and anybody else. We need someone who can spread peace and make anybody else. We need someone who can spread peace and make india can spread peace and make india unite can spread peace and make india unite again. And i was Samir Hussein reporting. That was Samir Hussein. Local elections are being held today in many parts of england and wales. Voters will elect councillors in more than 100 local Authority Areas in england, and there are 11 contests for regional mayors. Theres a parliamentary by election in blackpool south, following the resignation of the former conservative mp. And across england and wales, 37 police and Crime Commissioners will be elected. People wishing to cast their ballots in person will need to show photo id. And if youre in the uk from 11. 40pm tonight, you canjoin Laura Kuenssberg live on here on the news channel for all the results, reaction and analysis. With more on bbc news online and the app. Britains biggest indoor arena, the co op live in manchester, has postponed its opening performance for the third time. The venue blamed a technical fault. The announcement last night came shortly before the doors were due to open to a sold out concert at the venue, leaving fans disappointed. Heres colin paterson. It was third time unlucky for co op live as, yet again, the biggest indoor arena in the uk had to cancel its opening night. People outside in the queues to see the us rapper a Boogie Wit Da Hoodie were simply handed a letter telling them it was off. Nightmare. Got sent away by security and told to go back home. We only found out 30 minute before and that is ridiculous. We was in manchester, weve travelled all this way for nothing. It shouldnt have gone ahead anyway because the whole week has been cancelled, so its just a bit of a joke. The problem . During the sound check, an Air Conditioning Unit had come apart. How different it was less than two weeks ago, when the boss of the Oak View Group who are responsible for the venue showed me round. We can get almost 10,000 people on this floor. But then that nights test event was cut in size as the venue wasnt ready. The Grand Opening by peter kay was moved twice. And the black keys had to postpone their show. The latest statement from the group said they were shocked and looking for a clear plan from the Venue Management team for opening the venue. Us superstar 0livia Rodrigo was supposed to be starting in the uk leg of her world tour at the venue tomorrow. Both how weekend shows have now been cancelled leaving a Gig By Keane On Sunday In Theory being the opening night. It isnt surprised the co op has been dubbed the co flop. Still to come on The World Today the original artwork for the First Harry Potter book is up for auction. And Piecing History Together To Reconstruct A 75,000 year old neanderthal woman. Around the world and across the uk, this is The World Today on bbc news. Depression affects an estimated 300 Million People around the world, and now a study published in the british medicaljournal suggests the active ingredient in Magic Mushrooms, psilocybin, is an effective treatment for symptoms of depression. Its the latest evidence of how psychedelics could benefit Mental Health care. The study included a36 adults with clinically significant symptoms of depression. The average age of participants was 36 to 60 years old. The results of the studies showed a significant benefit of psilocybin on participants. Lets speak to athina Marina Metaxa from the university of oxford. She was one of the researchers on the study. Thank you forjoining us. Thank you for having the. This is fascinating. Thank you for having the. This is fascinating, take thank you for having the. This is fascinating, take us thank you for having the. This is fascinating, take us through thank you for having the. This is | fascinating, take us through your findings. 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