Hundreds gathered outside the US embassy in London on Saturday as part of the first wave of “No Kings” protests, a global campaign against President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, education and security. The demonstrations, organisers say, are a stand against what they describe as the president’s “autocratic ambitions.”
The London rally was among the earliest in a series of more than 2,600 protests planned across the United States and abroad. Similar gatherings were reported in Madrid and Barcelona, while across the Atlantic, thousands prepared for marches in major US cities, suburbs and small towns.
Since taking office ten months ago, Trump has accelerated immigration crackdowns, threatened to cut federal funding for universities over pro-Palestinian protests and diversity poli