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Arrest Near Parliament

27/04/2017 GMT

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Police in London have arrested a man carrying knives outside Whitehall

The latest developments: A man carrying knives near the Houses of Parliament in London is arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. The Metropolitan Police said there were no injuries but the arrest comes just over a month after the terror attack on 22 March, in which PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death at the entrance of Parliament. 

Also on the programme: reaction to the Venezuelan government's decision to withdraw from the regional body the Organisation of American States;

Unconfirmed reports of an Israeli missile strike on an arms supply dump operated by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement near Damascus international airport;

Violence continues to escalate in Indian-administered Kashmir;

Milk wars between America and Canada; 

And a debate among UK students about antisemitism on campus.

(Photo: Police arrest a man near the Houses of Parliament, London on April 27, 2017. Credit: Niklas Hallen/AFP/Getty Images)

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