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G8 protesters in standoff with police at Soho 'squat' Riot police storm Soho G8 protest squat
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Riot police have surrounded a building in Soho, central London, ahead of planned protests against the G8 summit. Riot police have forced their way into a building in Soho, central London, as protests were staged against the G8 summit.
More than 100 officers are in a standoff at a reported squat in Beak Street occupied by anti-G8 protesters. From about 10:00 BST more than 100 officers were outside a reported squat in Beak Street occupied by protesters.
A group StopG8 has planned a "Carnival Against Capitalism" ahead of the summit of world leaders in Northern Ireland next week. Six arrests have been made and small demonstrations have taken place in Oxford Street and Regent Street.
BBC London 94.9 reporter Anna O'Neill said some scuffles had broken out between the police and protesters. The StopG8 group planned a "Carnival Against Capitalism" ahead of the summit in Northern Ireland next week.
Police liaison officers have told people occupying the building in Beak Street that they will be removed and searched. They will then be held while the building itself is searched. The Met said protesters wanted a "Week of Action".
Businesses including hedge funds and banks in central London are understood to have warned staff to take precautions after similar protests in recent years led to violent clashes with police. Paint bomb intelligence
Ed McClaran tweeted: "Big G8 protest outside our offices today. Officers went to Beak Street with a search warrant because they said they had a tip-off people there had weapons and were intent on causing criminal damage.
"People chaining themselves to railings. Why they are in the West End and not the City, I don't know." They claimed intelligence pointed to a plan to use paint bombs.
The leaders of the world's eight wealthiest countries, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel, are due to meet at the luxury Lough Erne resort in Co Fermanagh for the two-day conference next week The arrests were made for alleged possession of an offensive weapon, criminal damage, assault on a police officer, failure to remove a face covering, and possession of articles with intent to commit criminal damage.
StopG8 said many of the world's "most brutal and polluting companies" were in the West End, as well as government offices and the "mega rich".
The Met said officers had been working with the City of London Police and British Transport Police and warning businesses in central London and The City about possible protests.
The leaders of the world's eight wealthiest countries are due to meet at the Lough Erne resort in Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, for the two-day G8 conference next week.