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Watch live as Columbia University pro-Palestine protesters occupy campus building

Watch live coverage from outside the gates of Columbia University, as pro-Palestinian activists occupy Hamilton Hall on Tuesday 30 April, escalating a battle with administrators who have begun suspending students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the campus.