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Sunak faces opposition from university vice-chancellors as student protests sweep Britain
UCL Gaza protest

RISHI SUNAK faces opposition from university vice-chancellors as he tries to convene them to quell Palestine protests, with student-led demonstrations surging across Europe.

Students have set up encampments across the continent to call for a ceasefire and demand that universities sever ties with companies complicit in Israel’s war against Gaza.

But the demonstrations have faced ever more authoritarian reactions from police. 

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