UK police arrest over 100 people at climate protest

Police on Tuesday arrested more than 100 people after they staged a protest in central London bringing the traffic to a standstill. The group Extinction Rebellion is organizing a week of civil disobedience against what it says is the failure to tackle the causes of climate change.

London: Police on Tuesday arrested more than 100 people after they staged a protest in central London bringing the traffic to a standstill.

The group Extinction Rebellion is organising a week of civil disobedience against what it says is the failure to tackle the causes of climate change.

On Monday, demonstrators blocked sites including the Waterloo Bridge over the River Thames, the busy Oxford Circus intersection and Parliament Square and vandalized the headquarters of oil company Shell.

After hours of disruption, police ordered the group to end their protest. Scores of demonstrators who refused to move were arrested.