Overview

• Students plan nationwide pro-Palestine actions today, including an inter‑university march in London linking KCL, LSE, UCL and SOAS.
• Keir Starmer urged people not to attend and called for the full force of the law against anyone inciting violence toward Jews.
• Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will amend Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act to enable conditions based on repeated protest disruption, with a wider review of restriction and ban powers.
• Jewish leaders and Universities UK warned the anniversary is a potential flashpoint and asked organisers to postpone to allow space for mourning.
• Tensions follow a fatal knife attack outside a Manchester synagogue last week and nearly 500 arrests around weekend gatherings in Trafalgar Square.