i'm lewis mackenzie here in the gb newsroom. now, a man has climbed big ben draped in a palestinian flag. at least nine emergency service vehicles are in attendance on social media. on a social media live stream, the man said i'm going. i'm good to stay up here for some time. i feel the lining of my jacket with supplies. replying to a comment on said live stream about when he will come down, the man replied until i feel i can't anymore. a crane of what appears to be negotiators has approached the man. see on your screens right now. they've been speaking to the man for around an hour now. the surrounding area, including westminster bridge, has been closed to the general public. a met police officer spokesman has said officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. it's reported that the incident started at 8 am. this morning. we'll bring you the very latest here on gb news. meanwhile, pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clu

i'm lewis mackenzie. more from me in an hours mackenzie. me in an hour's time. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> thank you very much for that, lewis. just a brief update on that breaking news this morning. emergency services have been called to the palace of westminster, where a man has scaled one of the buildings there. >> yeah, those watching on television will see the footage we've got live. that man has scaled the elizabeth tower, which houses big ben. people are pointing that out. that's correct. he's holding a palestine flag. he's several metres up the tower. and we're going to bring you all the latest as we get it throughout the show. we've also got a statement from the metropolitan police in the last few moments. they say at 7:24 am. on saturday, march the 8th, officers were alerted to a man climbing up the elizabeth tower at the houses of parliament. officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. they

i'm lewis mackenzie here in the gb newsroom. now, a man has climbed big ben draped in a palestinian flag. at least nine emergency service vehicles are in attendance on social media. on a social media live stream, the man said i'm going. i'm good to stay up here for some time. i feel the lining of my jacket with supplies. replying to a comment on said live stream about when he will come down, the man replied until i feel i can't anymore. a crane of what appears to be negotiators has approached the man. see on your screens right now. they've been speaking to the man for around an hour now. the surrounding area, including westminster bridge, has been closed to the general public. a met police officer spokesman has said officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. it's reported that the incident started at 8 am. this morning. we'll bring you the very latest here on gb news. meanwhile, pro—palestine activists have vandalised president trump's golf course in scotland. red paint was sprayed over the clu

i'm lewis mackenzie here in the gb newsroom. let's go to that breaking story now. a man has climbed big ben draped in a palestinian flag. at least nine emergency service vehicles are on bridge street at parliament, with crowds looking on from beyond a police cordon. a met police spokesperson says officers are at the scene working to bring the incident to a safe conclusion. they are being assisted by london fire brigade and the london ambulance services. it's reported that the incident started at around 8 am. this morning. a pro—palestine protest is set to begin outside the bbc offices at 1 pm. today. it's currently unden 1 pm. today. it's currently under. it's currently unclear if the two events are related. we'll of course bring you the very latest as we have it. at least 12 people have been injured during a shooting at a pub in toronto. four victims have non—life threatening injuries, but the other conditions are yet unknown. toronto police say the suspect was wearing a black balaclava and was seen fleeing in a silver car, and is still at large. the reform mp rup