A man who scaled the UK Parliament’s historic “Big Ben” clock tower with a Palestinian flag has been arrested, police said.

A man who climbed up Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower carrying a Palestinian flag has been brought down after more than 16 hours. The barefoot man had made his way on to a ledge several metres up the tower at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday morning. He had been heard telling negotiators he would come down on his "own terms".

Emergency services responded to the Palace of Westminster in London after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up Big Ben tower.

Traffic around the Palace of Westminster in London came to a standstill for much the day as emergency crews tried to reach the man.

A man has been arrested after scaling Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London. Emergency services were called at 07:24 GMT on Saturday to reports of a protester who had climbed up the tower holding a Palestinian flag. The barefoot man reached a ledge several metres up the tower and refused to leave.

After 16 hours spent on a ledge of Big Ben in London, a man with a Palestinian flag was finally persuaded to come down. The barefoot man spent most of the day on a ledge several metres up the Elizabeth Tower at Westminster Palace in central London, holding a Palestinian flag and wrapping a Palestinian headscarf around the tower’s decorative stone.

A protester who scaled London's Big Ben waving a Palestinian flag was brought down safely after 16 hours. Streets were closed and several emergency vehicles lined up outside of the building as people watched from below.

The man, whose name was not disclosed, was arrested after climbing the giant clock in the city of London, the Big Ben located in the complex of the British Parliament. He was at the Elizabeth Tower for 16 hours to raise the Palestinian flag on Saturday,