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Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Arrested at Stanford University after Occupying President's Office

Students walk by graffiti near university president Richard Saller's office at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Students walk by graffiti near university president Richard Saller's office at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
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Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Arrested at Stanford University after Occupying President's Office

Students walk by graffiti near university president Richard Saller's office at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)
Students walk by graffiti near university president Richard Saller's office at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Stanford University said 13 people were arrested as law enforcement removed pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a campus building early Wednesday that houses the university president and provost offices, with the school saying there was extensive damage inside and outside the building and an officer was lightly injured. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Police arrested 13 people at Stanford University after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the school president and provost´s offices early Wednesday, causing what officials described as "extensive" vandalism inside and outside the building.

The takeover began around dawn on the last day of spring classes at the university in California´s Silicon Valley, and ended three hours later. Some protesters barricaded themselves inside the building while others linked arms outside, The Stanford Daily reported. The group chanted "Palestine will be free, we will free Palestine."

Demonstrators cheered in support of those being arrested as the detainees were escorted out of the building and loaded into law enforcement vehicles, The AP reported.

The student newspaper said one of its reporters was among those detained.

Protest camps have sprung up on university campuses across the US and in Europe as students demand their universities stop doing business with Israel or companies that support its war efforts.

Organizers seek to amplify calls to end Israel´s war against Hamas in Gaza, which they describe as a genocide against the Palestinians. The top United Nations court has concluded there is a "plausible risk of genocide" in Gaza - a charge Israel strongly denies.

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Typhoon Gaemi Lashes Southeast China After Pounding Taiwan, Flooding Philippines 

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, huge waves lash the shore ahead of landfall by Typhoon Gaemi in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Thursday July 25, 2024. (Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, huge waves lash the shore ahead of landfall by Typhoon Gaemi in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Thursday July 25, 2024. (Xinhua via AP)
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Typhoon Gaemi Lashes Southeast China After Pounding Taiwan, Flooding Philippines 

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, huge waves lash the shore ahead of landfall by Typhoon Gaemi in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Thursday July 25, 2024. (Xinhua via AP)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, huge waves lash the shore ahead of landfall by Typhoon Gaemi in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Thursday July 25, 2024. (Xinhua via AP)

Typhoon Gaemi lashed towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely watched trek into the populous interior.

The storm, which has already killed dozens of people as it swept through Taiwan and worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, has affected almost 630,000 people in China's Fujian so far, with almost half of them having to be relocated, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Gaemi was still packing winds of up to 100.8 kph (62.6 mph) near its center, easing slightly from 118.8 kph logged on Thursday night when it landed in the Fujian city of Putian.

While Gaemi has been downgraded as a tropical storm due to the slower wind speeds, its vast cloud-bands remain a significant flood risk, particularly to rivers in central China already elevated due to an earlier bout of summer rains.

Scientists have warned that global warming was worsening tropical storms, making them less frequent but much more intense, according to a report published on Friday.

Hours ahead of the typhoon's arrival, the Standing Committee of the Communist Party's politburo, helmed by President Xi Jinping, held a special meeting on flood control and urged cadres across the country to protect lives.

Efforts must be made to prevent any breaches of major rivers and the collapse of large and key medium-sized reservoirs, according to a readout of the meeting published by Xinhua.

Due to the typhoon, 72 townships across Fujian recorded an accumulated precipitation exceeding 250 mm (9.8 inches), with the highest reaching 512.8 mm, local weather bureaus said.

By late Friday, Gaemi is expected to reach Jiangxi province, home to Poyang lake, China's largest freshwater lake.

On Thursday, Gaemi swept through Taiwan with super-gales of up to 227 kph (141 mph) and dumped over 1,800 mm of rain in the island's southern mountains, flooding several cities and towns. It injured more than 500 people and killed five.

The typhoon also sank a freighter off the Taiwanese coast and killed 32 people in the Philippines, where its capital Manila declared a "state of calamity" after widespread flooding. A marine tanker carrying industrial fuel also sank in rough seas off the Philippines.