The Czech foreign minister was forced to cut short a speech on the war in Ukraine at University College London after he was drowned out by pro-Palestine protesters.

Jan Lipavsky was talking about the perils of Russia’s war in Ukraine on Friday before a handful of demonstrators disrupted his speech.

The speech was organised by the Places, Identities and Memories (PIMs) research centre, London’s Czech Embassy and the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies Society.

Protesters were seen standing up and clapping in the room where Mr Lipavsky addressed the attendees and repeatedly shouted “free Palestine”, “from river to the sea” and accusing him of “genocide”.