Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London

Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action group

Police have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action.

In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for allegedly expressing support for an organisation banned under the Terrorism Act.

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Ukraine defies Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries

Kremlin says Kyiv is ‘simply ignoring’ US wishes days before midterm elections after reported strikes on two oil sites

Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian oil refineries in defiance of pressure from Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections, as a ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky ended on Sunday night.

Russian state media said on Sunday Ukrainian long-range drones had set fire to the Kstovo refinery in Nizhny Novgorod oblast overnight, soon after a major strike against another big refinery in Samara oblast, owned by the Russian state energy giant Rosneft.

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Israel’s president says parties need to engage with ‘open heart’ to avoid fresh election – NBC News

  1. Israel’s president says parties need to engage with ‘open heart’ to avoid fresh election  NBC News
  2. Netanyahu’s Bid to Stay in Power Will Test His Political Savvy  The New York Times
  3. Trump, Rubio say more Iran strikes are still on the table, but not likely before midterms  Fox News
  4. The Bursting of the Tel Aviv Bubble  The Atlantic
  5. Israel election: When will government be formed, who will lead it?  Al Jazeera
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Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police

Youth-led protests end with street violence in cities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Albania

French officials have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a police officer and Germany’s interior minister has called for harsh penalties after peaceful and mainly youth-led protests across Europe ended in violence.

In Portugal, police – some with dogs – cleared protest camps with baton charges, while security forces in Switzerland were attacked with paving stones.

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German ministers vow tough response to Frankfurt riots and looting – Reuters

  1. German ministers vow tough response to Frankfurt riots and looting  Reuters
  2. Protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France  CNN
  3. Rioters loot stores in Frankfurt as European youths protest living costs and military service  NBC News
  4. Peaceful protests in Germany spiral into violence and looting  BBC
  5. Germany news: Gen Z group calls for new protests  DW.com
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Russia suffers ‘deadliest month of war’ as Kyiv hits missile plant and oil refinery – The Independent

  1. Russia suffers ‘deadliest month of war’ as Kyiv hits missile plant and oil refinery  The Independent
  2. "Enough to fill 200 Moscow Metro carriages": Zelenskyy reports record Russian losses in October  Українська правда
  3. Russia suffers record 54,400 casualties in October, Ukraine says — and 2.1M since war began  New York Post
  4. Zelensky: Ukrainian forces liberated more territory in October than Russian invaders seized  Ukrinform
  5. Total russian combat losses in Ukraine as of November 1, 2026  Міністерство оборони України
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