Curfew declared in Los Angeles amid mass protests

Los Angeles police say they’re conducting “mass arrests” after mayor Karen Bass declared a curfew for parts of downtown LA, the BBC writes.

Bass imposed the curfew at 8:00 p.m. local time in response to looting and violence during protests against immigration raids.

Meanwhile, in Texas, the governor has deployed the National Guard ahead of planned protests.

Demonstrations have spread to other cities in the U.S., with multiple arrests in New York.

Earlier, California Governor Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump had “inflamed a combustible situation” by deploying the National Guard.