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Anti-racist demonstrators march in Oxford, north-west of London, to oppose days of far-right violence that have UK police on high alert. Demonstrators hold signs reading "refugees welcome" and "fascists not welcome in our city" as nightly riots, during which mosques and migrant targets have been attacked, have erupted across towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland since three children were murdered on July 29. IMAGES
The first voters head to the polls in London's Bermondsey district as the UK's general election begins. The vote is widely expected to see the return of the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. IMAGES
Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, and his supporters march to 10 Downing Street in London to call for his release after a British High Court heard a last-ditch bid by the jailed WikiLeaks founder to appeal his extradition to the US to face espionage charges. Washington indicted Assange multiple times between 2018 and 2020 over WikiLeaks's publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic files on the US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. IMAGES
Thousands of people take to the streets of Sanaa in protest against overnight US and British strikes on Yemen's Huthis. An ally of Hamas, the Iran-backed group has carried out a growing number of attacks on Red Sea shipping in solidarity with Gaza. IMAGES
Almost 2,000 police officers are on duty as around 100,000 pro-Palestinian supporters are expected to march through London, with extra powers in place to protect landmarks honouring Britain's war dead. The march promises to be more fraught as it coincides with Armistice Day, which commemorates those who have died in conflict since World War I. IMAGES