Hundreds of thousands turn out at pro-Palestinian marches in Europe

Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to Israel's war on Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory.

Organisers of the protest in Rome said hundreds of thousands of people had turned out for a fourth day running, after Israel intercepted the 45-strong flotilla seeking to reach Gaza earlier this week.

Some 70,000 people, according to police, took to the streets in Barcelona, in one of several pro-Palestinian protests to take place across Spain.

Elsewhere, several thousand people marched through the centre of the Irish capital, Dublin, to mark what organisers said was "two years of genocide" in Gaza.