Pro-Palestinian activists are preparing to defy a police ban on staging a march outside the BBC’s headquarters, which senior officials fear could lead to disruption at a nearby synagogue.

Columbia University Apartheid Divest and other pro-Palestinian groups held an “NYC ... NYPD officers tried to redirect the march back onto the sidewalk, but the crowd disregarded their instructions.

Pro-Palestine protesters gather for a rally in Westminster after police curtailed organisers' plans for a march past the BBC and near a synagogue.