A dispersal operation appears to have begun at UCLA, where around 200 students have been warned they'll be arrested unless they leave their encampment. Follow updates as pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue across the US.
Thursday 2 May 2024 14:29, UK
That's it for our coverage of the protest at UCLA, thanks for tuning in.
If you want to see what happened as it occurred, you can read back through our live blog.
As daylight dawns on Los Angeles, the UCLA encampment has ended.
A mini village of tents, gazebos and signs protesting against Israel's war in Gaza is now just a pile of rubble and debris.
Discarded tents and sleeping bags are strewn across the school's Royce Quad, which had been protesters' home for more than a week.
A hard core of protestors continue to hold out against police and could be heard chanting slogans and repeated calls for the college to divest from its financial interests in Israel.
But many have led away by police, their hands tied behind their backs with white cable ties.
These images show police dismantling the pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus.
The pictures show Royce Hall, which was cleared by police a short time ago (see 12.50pm post).
Protesters have been camped out for over a week on university premises, with police issuing a dispersal order late last night.
Footage is now emerging that appears to show police shooting rubber bullets at protesters.
A series of videos have been posted online that shows officers in riot gear opening fire on demonstrators after tearing down barricades.
Fox 11 in Los Angeles is among the outlets to have captured footage, with the reporter Gina Silva heard exclaiming "oh my goodness" as shots are seen being fired by the police.
"They're shooting rubber bullets," she says.
"They are extremely painful. If they hit your arm, your leg - they could break your arm."
Separate footage posted on X shows an armed officer telling people to "move back" for their "own safety" - while other police fire on protesters.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has issued an "urgent message of support" to Jewish communities around the world in light of what he claimed was "the dramatic resurgence in antisemitism and following the hostilities and intimidation against Jewish students on campuses across the US in particular."
"We see prominent academic institutions, halls of history, culture, and education contaminated by hatred and antisemitism fuelled by arrogance and ignorance, and driven by moral failings and disinformation," Mr Herzog said in a video message.
Protest groups, many of which include Jewish students, have dismissed accusations of antisemitism, arguing they are rallying to oppose Israeli actions in Gaza and in support of Palestinian rights.
Mr Herzog's message was the latest from Israeli leaders assailing campus protesters in the US Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have in recent days clashed with pro-Israel counter-protesters as well as with police.
Protests over the Israel-Gaza war have reached boiling point at US universities, leading to the arrests of hundreds of protesters on campuses across the country.
Police have been involved in clashes with pro-Palestinianprotesters who have set up encampments on dozens of campuses.
But what are the students' demands, how have things escalated and where have people been arrested?
Our piece below explains what has happened so far:
Royce Hall, one of the most significant protest sites, has now been cleared by police.
Vandalism has taken place and "Free Gaza" spray-painted on the doors of the building in recent days.
An ABC7 reporter in a helicopter above the campus said: "Now it looks like LAPD officers do have Royce Hall."
"That's a major thing for them, because now no one can run into that hallway and try and get away," he said.
"And I think it's just a matter of time - once they have the crowd, the encampment [and have] completely surrounded [it] with officers - that's when I think they're going to move in one-by-one and try take these protesters into custody."
Protesters at the encampment at UCLA have been told to "move like water" to avoid the protest being shut down, an eyewitness has said.
There were reports that some protesters were beginning to leave, although Dolores Quintana of the Santa Monica Mirror seems to think this is not permanent.
"I think they may just have redistributed themselves because what they've been saying to the people who are there to support them is that they should move like water," she told Sky News.
"So basically that they should move to wherever the encampment needs them to go," she adds.
It's just passed 12.30pm in London - and 4.30am in Los Angeles - so let's get you up to speed as to what's happened so far at UCLA.
Police in riot gear have massed on the UCLA campus and moved in to make arrests - hours after students were told to leave.
A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators remain inside a fortified encampment, which was established last week.
Students could be seen with goggles, head scarves, respiratory masks and hard hats, while police have carried non-lethal weapons and cable ties.
All this comes a night after violence instigated by counter-protesters erupted on the campus yesterday.
Counter-demonstrators had attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment, throwing traffic cones, releasing pepper spray and tearing down barriers.
Police stepped in, though no arrests were made.
Shortly after 1am local time, police moved into the encampment, throwing flashbang stun grenades and moving debris, but were forced to retreat and regroup at 2am after peaceful resistance from protesters.
Dozens more officers then arrived via buses, and a much larger group of officers surrounded the four sides of the encampment.
At around 3am, police attempted to dismantle the barricades made by protesters - taking down wooden pallets and metal railings.
Our US correspondent Martha Kelner was told that protesters were using bear or pepper spray in an attempt to halt the progress of the police - who have been making arrests and using white zip ties to detain people.
One of UCLA's professors has been detained, according to the university's student-run newspaper.
For now, protesters continue to hold back police, although their extensive barricade has been all but removed.
We are now receiving confirmation that protesters at UCLA are being detained by police, after hours of standoff.
Officers are using white cable ties to arrest those who defied a dispersal order issued hours ago.
