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In the UK, four members of the pro-Palestinian group "Palestine Action" are facing trial for their involvement in scaling the roof of a weapons factory four months ago.

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Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, Bradford

In the UK, a court is trying four members of a pro-Palestinian group called Palestine Action for scaling the roof of a weapons factory in the north of the country four months ago.

Palestine Action accuses the US-owned factory in West Yorkshire of producing components for the Israeli military, which has slaughtered nearly 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza alone since October last year. Saeed Pourreza reports from a protest outside the Bradford Crown Court where the week-long trial is taking place: