the march is happening on the same day as armistice commemorations. police say the two minutes silence, which look place at ”am local time, was marked respectfully and without incident. but, as you can see from these pictures, officers have faced aggression from counter protestors who are in the area in numbers. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching an area. the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. london s police say objects were also thrown at officers. the latest we re hearing is that police have begun making arrests at a counter demontration that is under way. we re told more than 82 people have been arrested in the city s centre. these pictures are of more counter protestors are being held inside a pub by police, as the main protests goes past. we understand that some are being held inside the pub by police. the latest we have had, just in the past few minutes or so from the met police, i am just monitoring what they are te
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.
we ve had weeks of aid organizations sounding the alarm about gaza. and so you ve now said that humanitarian pauses and fighting aren t enough and there needs to be work towards a ceasefire. are you disappointed that other world leaders aren tjoining you in that call like the us or the uk? no, i hope they will. and let s be clear. i mean, i was one of the first leaders to call the prime minister and president of israel after the terrorist attack the 7th of october. we clearly condemn this terrorist attack and terrorist group and recognize the right of israel to protect itself and react. but day one, we say that this reaction and the fight against terrorism, because it is led by a democracy should be compliant with international rules of war and humanitarian international law. and day after day, what we saw is a permanent bombing of civilians in gaza. we worked very hard to try to protect people, our people there, because we lost more than a0 french nationals and we still have
armistice day commemorations are taking place, and police say while the two minutes silence was marked respectfully and without incident on whitehall. officers have faced aggression from counter protestors who are in the area in significant numbers. scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching whitehall but the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. the met police said a group threw missles at officers. let s speak now to leroy logan, former superintendent of the met police. former superintendent good former superintendent to have you with us. first 0 all, good to have you with us. first of all, your assessment on this police operation right now? we are starting to get a sense of what might be involved this afternoon with those clashes already limited in scope and scale but, nonetheless, send of the work that the police has to do today. work that the police has to do toda . ~ , . ., ., today. well, it is quite clear that the commissioner
officers have faced aggression from counter protestors, who are in the area in significant numbers . scuffles broke out as police attempted to stop them from reaching whitehall, but the group pushed through as officers hit out with batons. we have just had to retreat from the mayor of london, talking about the situation in central london. he said that the scenes of disorder that we witness from the far right are at direct result from the home secretary s words. he says the job of the police has been made much harder. the met have made full support and take action against anyone found spreading air from breaking the law. let s speak to perry benton, a former detective chief inspector for the met police. what is your assessment looking at the scale of it, the number of people they are, and what we have heard already, with scuffles with counter protesters near at the cenotaph and police trying to form some sort of defence around that central area. we know that accordion is in pl