London braced for one of its most volatile weekends in recent memory as rival demonstrations flooded the capital with tens of thousands of protesters under the watch of an unprecedented police operation.
The Metropolitan Police deployed more than 4,000 officers across central London, supported by drones, mounted units, helicopters and armoured vehicles, as fears mounted over possible clashes between demonstrators attending a pro-Palestinian Nakba Day march and the far-right-linked Unite the Kingdom rally.
