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We're pausing our rolling coverage on the Los Angeles protests for now.

Yesterday, thousands of protesters arrived on the streets of LA in response to Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard.

Many protesters dispersed as evening fell and police declared an unlawful assembly, a precursor to officers moving in and making arrests of people who did not leave.

But some of those remaining threw objects at police from behind a makeshift barrier, and others hurled chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers.

The protests were centred in the downtown area, across several blocks. 

Watch below: Martha Kelner reports from LA

It was the third and most intense day of demonstrations against Trump's immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 Guard troops spurred anger and fear among many residents.

Several dozen people were arrested throughout the weekend. 

One was detained yesterday for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police, and another for ramming a motorcycle into a line of officers.

The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state's National Guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the administration's mass deportation efforts.

The National Guard is a state-based military force that answers to both state governors and the president. 

They are the reserve component of the US army and they are able to respond to both domestic crises and overseas conflicts - most often during natural disasters, wars or civil unrest.

Most of those in the guard hold civilian jobs.

The organisation of the guard consists of two parts: the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, which are both considered US military reserve components.

In Los Angeles, the National Guard's role will be to protect federal agents, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) and Homeland Security.

The streets in downtown LA "bear the hallmarks of a day of messy and at times violent protest", our US correspondent Martha Kelner, who is at the scene, reports.

She says it's "certainly a lot quieter where she is than it was a few hours ago".

"Most of the protesters seem to have heeded police warnings to leave this area or face arrest," she says.

"The streets in this part of downtown LA bear the hallmarks of  a day of messy and at times violent protest. 

"And there are cars burnt out, streets strewn with debris, water bottles, cans and rubber bullets."

She also notes that many of the buildings there have been left with "anti-Donald Trump graffiti". 

As we have been reporting, National Guard troops faced off with protesters in Los Angeles.

Tear gas was fired at a growing crowd outside a federal complex hours after the federal troops arrived in the city on Donald Trump's orders.

Trump told reporters as he prepared to board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, that there were "violent people" in Los Angeles, and "they鈥檙e not gonna get away with it".

Here are some of the images emerging from the area...

Donald Trump has said it is looking "really bad" in Los Angeles, and called for those in face masks to  be arrested.

This is what the president has said amid the escalating tensions on Truth Social...

Yesterday, the US president announced plans to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to California to quell the protests, which began on Friday in downtown LA before spreading.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the move was "essential to halting and reversing the invasion of illegal criminals into the US".

The decision drew sharp criticism from Democratic politicians, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, who called the move "purposefully inflammatory".

Demonstrators have been protesting the Trump administration's immigration raids, which last month aimed to detain as many as 3,000 people per day.

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has held a meeting with California governor Gavin Newsom, the LAPD and other officials and called on Angelenos to not engage in violence.

Here is what she has said this morning...

Our US correspondent Martha Kelner has been reporting from the unrest in LA. Here's a taster of her latest eyewitness piece...

A shirtless man waving a Mexican flag stands atop a burning car in the heart of Los Angeles, as another man throws a traffic cone into the flames and some play drums and shout chants in opposition to immigration officials.

In the background, city hall can be glimpsed through a haze of thick black smoke.

The downtown district of one of America's biggest cities was a scene of pandemonium and lawlessness as protests, which had previously been mainly peaceful, turned ugly.

Critics of Donald Trump said the president's extraordinary decision to deploy National Guard troops, defying the wishes of the state's governor, had inflamed tensions and stoked emotions.

Read Kelner's full piece below...

It's just hit 10.30pm in Los Angeles (6.30am UK time) and hostilities continue between National Guard troops and protesters.

Let's bring you up to speed with what's been happening...

• Tensions in Los Angeles escalated yesterday as thousands of protesters gathered in the streets in response to Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard;
• Protesters blocked off a major motorway and set vehicles on fire as police used tear gas and rubber bullets to control the crowds;
• Some police patrolled the streets on horseback while others with riot gear lined up behind Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities - including a detention centre where some immigrants were taken in recent days;
• The clashes came on the third day of demonstrations against Trump's immigration crackdown in the region;
• By midday local time, hundreds had gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Centre in downtown Los Angeles, where people were detained after earlier immigration raids;
• Protesters directed chants of "shame" and "go home" at members of the National Guard;
• California governor Gavin Newsom said Trump was trying to "manufacture a crisis" by sending in the National Guard. The Democrat warned the president was "hoping for chaos" to enable "more crackdowns".

A British photographer has been hit by non-lethal rounds during protests in Los Angeles. 

Nick Stern was documenting a stand-off between anti Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) protesters and police outside a Home Depot in Paramount when a 14mm "sponge bullet" tore into his thigh.

He has now undergone emergency surgery and is recovering at Long Beach Memorial Medical Centre.

"Some of the protesters came and helped me, and they ended up carrying me, and I noticed that there was blood pouring down my leg," he told PA.

It is the second incident of this kind that Stern, who emigrated to the US in 2007, has been involved in - the first was when he was hit by a live round during the George Floyd protests in 2020.

He said he tries to make himself as "visible as possible" while working in hostile situations.

"That way you're less likely to get hit because they know you're media," he added.

There have been at least 56 arrests so far during the protests in Los Angeles, police chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference.

Ten people were arrested on Sunday, in addition to the 29 arrested on Saturday. 

The California Highway Patrol, which was in charge of law enforcement along the 101 Freeway as protesters shut it down, made a further 17 arrests.

Among those arrested was a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at an officer and another who is accused of ramming a motorcycle into a line of officers, injuring one. 

Three LAPD officers were injured but did not require transport.

At least five Waymo vehicles have gone up in flames, causing plumes of black smoke and even explosions.

Around 300 National Guard troops have been deployed to LA, with 1,700 more on the way, according to Trump.

Additionally, US Northern Command said 500 Marines were standing by, ready to support the National Guard if necessary.