Overview

• Ministers plan changes to Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act to let officers move repeat protests or limit their duration, with breaches risking arrest and prosecution.
• Nearly 500 people were detained in Trafalgar Square at a demonstration backing the proscribed group Palestine Action after police and political leaders urged organizers to cancel.
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct has opened an inquiry into the Manchester shooting, examining the fatal police shooting of the attacker and other gunshot deaths and injuries at the scene.
• Six suspects were arrested on terrorism grounds following the Yom Kippur attack; a court granted police five more days to question four, while two were released without charge.
• Police say attacker Jihad Al‑Shamie, 35, was shot dead after killing two worshippers outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation; forces have boosted protection of synagogues with CST support as Jewish leaders cite rising antisemitism.