Police arrest several Extinction Rebellion protesters in London

Roads blocked near Parliament Square as group begins 10 days of UK-wide climate actionThousands of Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Parliament Square in London leading to at least five arrests, as the group kicked off 10 days of civil disobedience to demand government action on the climate crisis.Four different XR groups blocked roads as they marched across central London waving brightly coloured flags and banners demanding MPs back what they have dubbed the “climate and e