Student activists plan a pro-Palestine march between four London universities on the third anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel. Jewish student representatives condemned the timing as deliberately provocative, while Education Secretary Lucy Powell said the date should be marked with mourning and warned police could act if protests caused wider harm.

The University of London Coalition is organising the march from King’s College London to LSE, Soas and University College London, protesting alleged university links to arms companies and the British state. The Metropolitan Police said lawful protest rights would be protected, but officers could impose conditions to prevent serious disruption or disorder; the article also notes rising antisemitic attacks and recent arrests over an alleged plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community.