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

The man, barefoot and sitting on a ledge several meters up the Elizabeth Tower– which houses the Big Ben clock bell– remained in place despite repeated efforts by emergency crews to persuade him to de

Emergency services responded to the Palace of Westminster in London after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed up Big Ben 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 all day as part of a pro-Palestinian protest, appeared in court on Monday.

Emergency services were outside Palace of Westminster in London on Saturday after a man holding a Palestinian flag climbed onto Big Ben tower, police said.View on euronews