The mayor of Los Angeles has imposed a night-time curfew for part of downtown as a fifth day of clashes over President Donald Trump’s immigration raids erupted in America’s second-biggest city, writes BBC.

Karen Bass said she was declaring an emergency as businesses were being vandalised and looted. Nearly 200 people were arrested in the city on Tuesday.

Trump meanwhile defended his decision to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to LA, vowing to “liberate” the city and prevent it being “conquered by a foreign enemy”.

The immigration raids that triggered the protests last Friday are continuing with National Guard troops now protecting border control agents on enforcement operations.

Chaotic protests also sprung up on Tuesday night in cities around the country, from Seattle to Chicago.