Turkish police fire tear gas and water cannon as pro-Palestine protesters storm US base

Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas as a large crowd of pro-Palestine protesters attempted to storm the Incirlik airbase which houses US troops in the southern Turkish province of Adana. The demonstration was organised by the humanitarian aid agency IHH, calling for the base to be closed down following the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas. The organisation's president called on attendees not to attack the police, but said 'Our rage is huge. We cannot hold it in.' The demonstration was organised in advance of Antony Blinken's scheduled visit to Ankara where the US secretary of state is expected to meet his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, to discuss the situation in Gaza.