Hundreds gathered outside the Burmese Embassy in central London today before marching to Downing Street as protests against the military junta continued.

David Miliband has called on Burma’s military junta to allow peaceful protests on the streets of Rangoon.

Pro-democracy campaigners pledged to “strike back” against the Burmese government today in the face of lethal attacks by the military.

Soldiers in Burma opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters today, killing at least nine people and injuring 11.