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.

A man has been arrested after spending more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag while perched on the clock ...

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

Footage shared on social media shows a barefoot man standing on a ledge several metres above ground level on the Elizabeth ...

Negotiators are continuing to appeal to a man who is several metres up the clock tower of Big Ben to come down as darkness ...

UK police closed the area around Big Ben in London on Saturday after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up the tower ...

A man who climbed part way up the 'Big Ben' clock tower at London's Palace of Westminster early on Saturday and stayed there ...

A man with a Palestinian flag has climbed part of Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London.

Negotiators and emergency crews have assembled in Parliament and the area around Big Ben's Elizabeth Tower is closed after a ...

UK police closed the area around Big Ben in London today after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up the tower housing ...

A pro-Palestinian protester who scaled Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower has been charged after he spent more than 16 hours perched ...