Just Stop Oil: 16 protesters arrested outside Rishi Sunak's London home

Sixteen people have been arrested after climate campaign group Just Stop Oil staged a protest outside Rishi Sunak's west London home on Wednesday night.

Just Stop Oil said about 18 people gathered at the Kensington property holding placards and beating pots and pans.

It is not known whether the prime minister or his family were inside at the time.

No 10 declined to comment on the incident.

The prime minister is normally resident in Downing Street, but has other properties, including in his constituency.

Protesters sat on the cobbles outside the mews house in the dark, and some held signs with slogans about environmental issues, including "COP Failure=Crop Failure".

A video posted by the group on X, formerly Twitter, shows Louise Harris - one of its members who scaled a gantry over the M25 last year - singing her protest song 'We Tried' through a microphone.

The video showed her singing the lyrics: "I can't work out why so take me where the bluebirds sing, whilst we lose everything".

More footage posted on the account showed more than a dozen police officers arriving and then arresting members of the group.

The Metropolitan Police said those arrested have been taken to a number of central London police stations and remain in custody.

A statement issued by Just Stop Oil called the protest a "wide awake disruption", and highlighted its opposition to the prime minister's decision in July to grant 100 new North Sea oil and gas licences.

It comes three months after Greenpeace supporters climbed onto the roof of Mr Sunak's property in his North Yorkshire constituency.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and a public nuisance after scaling the house using ladders and ropes and unfurling a large black curtain. A fifth activist was arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance.

The latest protest was staged on the eve of the COP28 climate summit, which is being held in Dubai which gets underway in Dubai on Thursday and will be attended by the prime minister and leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer.

King Charles III is also expected to travel to the United Arab Emirates for the conference.

Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.