Biden: Order must prevail at protests

A massive police operation has torn down a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California Los Angeles. Hundreds of riot officers descended on the camp firing flares and stun grenades after it was violently attacked by counter- demonstrators. President Joe Biden has addressed the protests, saying students have the right to protest but not "cause chaos." We hear from students who were at the encampment and from a journalist who witnessed what happened during the night.

We also hear from Jewish students at Colombia University in New York, where a lot of the protests have been concentrated over the last two weeks. They describe how they feel about the protests.

Also on the programme, we hear the story of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences. His family have given further details of what they say was a "honeytrap" operation using the gay dating app, Grindr.

And we speak to the owner of a cat who was accidentally mailed hundreds of miles across America with an Amazon package return. The cat called Galena survived her ordeal.

Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo: US President Joe Biden speaks about student protests at US universities. May 2, 2024. Credit: Reuters/Nathan Howard)