Student Gaza protests: Columbia University extends deadline to clear camp as tensions continue – live

University president Minouche Shafik warns of ‘alternative options’ if talks fail amid criticism of her handling of protests

Our picture editors have put together a gallery of the most striking photos from the protests at some of the US’s most prestigious universities:

Away from the campus turmoil, hundreds of Jewish anti-war demonstrators were arrested during a Passover seder that doubled as a protest in New York, as they shut down a major thoroughfare to pray for a ceasefire and urge the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, to end US military aid to Israel.