UK finance minister's speech interrupted by pro-Palestine protester

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves was interrupted on Monday by a protester holding a Palestinian flag during her speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool.

Reeves quickly resumed, saying she understood the cause and noted that Britain had decided to recognise a Palestinian state.

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill in Liverpool, William James in London; Editing by Kate Holton)

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