A mob rushed the Royal Bank of Scotland, and thousands of other angry demonstrators pushed against police barricades outside the Bank of England, the U.K.'s equivalent of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. Some protesters were visibly injured.
About 2,500 uniformed officers are provideing security in the area and The Times newspaper described the city as "Fortress London."
To make matters worse for Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he may not sign on to any agreement that does not include major reform of the world financial system.
G20 protesters storm RBS branch as Brown-Obama meeting upstaged
Times Online - 16 minutes ago
Anti-capitalist protesters stormed a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland today as police struggled to keep a lid on increasingly violent G20 demonstrations in the City of London.
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