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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T10:24:05.000Z",
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    "'Battle of Britain': Unite the Kingdom and pro-Palestine marches draw huge crowds as 43 arrests made",
    "Is the Unite the Kingdom rally far-right? I went and was at more risk of being hugged to death",
    "‘Listen to the people!’ Unite the Kingdom demonstrators make plea to Keir Starmer",
    "Armoured cars, facial recognition, drones and horses were deployed by the Metropolitan Police.",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe Metropolitan Police have released the details of a dozen activists who were arrested following a pro-Palestinian Nakba Day protest that took place during the Unite the Kingdom rally.\n\nArrests included one marcher taken into custody for supporting a proscribed organisation and another was detained for assaulting an emergency worker.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAuthorities also confirmed three breaches of Section 14 of the Public Order Act conditions, three public order offences and three offences for failing to remove a face covering.\n\nScotland Yard said a further seven hate crime offences linked to the Nakba protest remain under investigation, with suspects still outstanding.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA total of 43 arrests were made during the \"unprecedented\" police response to the 80,000 Unite the Kingdom and Nakba protesters in London yesterday.\n\nEight people were either not affiliated with either group or had affiliations that could not be confirmed.\n\nTwo hate crime-related arrests were linked to the Nakba protest and nine to Unite the Kingdom rally.\n\nPolice recorded a total of 11 hate crime-related arrests.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe offences included incidents motivated by race, religion, sexuality and disability.\n\nIn total, 20 people were arrested who were affiliated with the Unite the Kingdom rally.\n\nArrests included a person wanted for a previous telecommunications offence, 10 public order offences and one assault occasioning actual bodily harm offence.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * 'Battle of Britain': Unite the Kingdom and pro-Palestine marches draw huge crowds as 43 arrests made\n  * Is the Unite the Kingdom rally far-right? I went and was at more risk of being hugged to death\n  * ‘Listen to the people!’ Unite the Kingdom demonstrators make plea to Keir Starmer\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOne person wanted for previous grievous bodily harm (GBH) offences was also taken into custody.\n\nOther arrests included three drunk and disorderly offences, two assaults on emergency workers, one criminal damage offence, and one possession of an offensive weapon offence.\n\nPolice said arrests among those with no confirmed affiliation included two theft offences, one drunk and disorderly offence, one common assault and one ABH offence.\n\nThey also took others into custody, including one for an immigration offence, one for drug possession, and one for failing to provide details when required.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nArmoured cars, facial recognition, drones and horses were deployed by the Metropolitan Police.\n\nThe major police operation has cost the police £4.5million, with 4,000 officers on duty.\n\nThe force was able to avoid clashes between the two rallies.\n\nLive facial recognition was used for the first time in a protest policing operation, with cameras set up in an area of Camden not on the route of the Unite the Kingdom rally.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Pro-Palestine activists arrested over 'assault and support for proscribed organisation' at Unite the Kingdom counter-protest"
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