Columbia holds classes remotely after pro-Palestinian protesters arrested

University makes move after New York police called in to break up protests as unrest spreads across other US campuses

Columbia University announced that classes would be held remotely on Monday after further days of unrest on the New York campus, following the arrest of pro-Palestinian protesters there last week.

With tensions rising further across many US university campuses, police officers also began arresting pro-Palestinian protesters at Yale University on Monday. Students there have been on hunger strike and protesters are calling for universities to back a ceasefire in Gaza and for their institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel.