Emergency services were called to the Palace of Westminster in London on Saturday after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up Big Ben tower, police said.

The man - who was lifted to the ground in a cherry picker - spent 16 hours on the Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestinian flag at the Palace of Westminster.

A man who scaled the UK Parliament’s historic “Big Ben” clock tower with a Palestinian flag has been arrested, police said. The man, who was barefoot and wearing all black, clung ...