A man arrested after allegedly being found with a bag full of knives near to Downing Street has been charged with preparing terrorist acts.

Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali, 27, was detained by police close to Whitehall on April 27.

On Tuesday, Scotland Yard announced he had been charged.

Along with a count of preparing to commit terrorist acts, Ali has also been charged with handling explosives in relation to activity in Afghanistan in 2012.