US campus protests: police enter Columbia university after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy building – live

TV images showed police entering the university in New York which has been the focal point of student protests that have spread across the US

• Columbia students who took over school building now face expulsion

Earlier on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Columbia said that students who took over the academic building now face expulsion.

Dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the New York campus, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window.

We made it very clear [on Monday] that the work of the university cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules … Continuing to do so will be met with clear consequences. Protesters have chosen to escalate to an untenable situation – vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blockading entrances – we are following through with the consequences we outlined yesterday.