Almost 140 arrested at protest against Palestine Action ban outside US embassy in London

Metropolitan Police allege demonstrators ‘meeting to purposefully commit a crime’ in largest such gathering under Burnham

Demonstrations in London and Edinburgh come days before a UK Supreme Court appeal challenging the group's proscription.

A total of 139 people have been arrested during a protest in central London in support of Palestine Action, with the majority detained for expressing support for a proscribed organisation, police said.