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In case some dedicated soul is keeping track of all the "for the record" corrections thrown up by President Donald Trump's misstatements, here's one more to log in: Trump's tweet Friday about why he won't be visiting London. Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars.
Describing London as the city of "tolerance, acceptance and diversity", London Mayor Sadiq Khan, however, on Wednesday said President Donald Trump is "not welcomed", Anadolu reports. Khan's written statement came after the London Assembly asked him how the city's government would prepare for an official state visit from Trump.
The London Underground station where an improvised device exploded on a train reopened early Saturday as a huge manhunt for those responsible for the terrorist attack entered its second day. The device went off while the train was stopped at Parsons Green station in southwest London during the Friday morning rush hour, injuring at least 29 people.
Theresa May has raised concerns with Donald Trump over his claim the perpetrators of the Parsons Green Tube bombing had been "in the sights" of Scotland Yard. After chairing a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee, the Prime Minister publicly rebuked the US president, saying was not "helpful" to speculate on what was an ongoing investigation.
President Donald Trump has yet to condemn an attack on Muslim worshippers in London, the latest instance in which he has appeared slower to speak out about violence when Muslims are the victims. Unlike with other recent attacks targeting civilians, there were no early-morning tweets voicing sympathy for the victims or vowing a renewed fight against violent ideologies.
Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .
Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .
Trump has lambasted Khan on Twitter, accusing him of making a "pathetic excuse," f or saying Londoners should not be alarmed by the sight of additional police on the streets of the British capital after Saturday's attack that killed seven people. "The invitation has been issued and accepted and I see no reason to change that, but as far as what Sadiq Khan has said about the reassurances he's offered the people of London, I think he was entirely right to speak in the way he did," Johnson said in a BBC radio interview when asked whether Trump's state visit should be canceled.
Hillary Clinton on Monday praised London Mayor Sadiq Khan's leadership following Saturday's terrorist attack, telling a crowd in Baltimore that now is not the time to use terror "for political gain." The failed Democratic presidential nominee issued the thinly veiled attack against President Trump, without naming him or his policies directly, while speaking in Fells Point for the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel, a high school fellowship program for black and Jewish students, The Baltimore Sun reported .
In this file photo, US President Donald Trump holds a rally at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, US March 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo US President Donald Trump came under fire on Sunday for criticizing London's mayor in the aftermath of attacks in the city that killed seven people and injured at least 48 others.
Washington: Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at London's mayor Sadiq Khan, accusing him of downplaying the threat of terrorism a day after knife-wielding men mowed down and stabbed revelers in the British capital. London's mayor swiftly shot down the US president's remarks, made in a series of overnight tweets, as critics accused Trump of exploiting a terror attack for political gain -- and not for the first time.
Several people were killed in the terror attack at the h... . La primera ministra britanica, Theresa May, hace una declaracion frente a su oficina en 10 Downing Street, Londres, despues de encabezar una reunion de funcionarios de emergencias del gobierno, el domingo 4 de junio de 2017.
A van driving at high speed mowed down pedestrians on London Bridge late Saturday night before the occupants got out and began stabbing patrons at nearby bars and restaurants, witnesses said in an attack that police described as the latest in a string of deadly terrorist strikes to hit Britain this spring. Witnesses described a rampage that left a trail of bloodied bodies on the bridge and in the adjacent Borough Market - both of which are London landmarks.
Transport for London Says London Bridge closed in both directions due to police activity. . People run down Borough High Street as police are dealing with a "major incident" at London Bridge in London, Saturday, June 3, 2017.
US President Donald Trump appeared to misconstrue a statement while launching an attack on Twitter of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of the terror attacks which killed at least seven people. Trump, writing on Twitter Sunday, said: "At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!" But when Khan said in a statement that there was no cause for alarm, he was referring specifically to a visible increase in police activity on the streets of London in the wake of the attack.
Capital vs. countryside -- that's the new political divide, visible in multiple surprise election results over the past 11 months. It cuts across old partisan lines and replaces traditional divisions -- labor vs. management, north vs. south, Catholic vs. Protestant -- among voters.
The first I heard about the attack here was an e-mail from my son's school yesterday afternoon informing parents that "there has been a security incident at the Houses of Parliament" but that "Pupils and Staff are all safe." His school is literally next door to Westminster Abbey, about two blocks from Big Ben.
'Democrats have time to cry and weep at airports but not to vote': Kellyanne goes on the attack over Trump travel ban demonstrations Elaine Chao, Trump's transportation secretary, and Rudy Giuliani were paid by 'cult-like' Iranian exile group to give speeches You dirty burger! Snack van owner is fined thousands after serving food in such filthy conditions even his hygiene safety manual was covered in dirt A snack van owner was serving food in such filthy conditions that inspectors found even his hygiene safety manual was covered in dirt. Gary Johnston, owner of Gary's Snacks in Beckenham, south London, was fined thousands for breaching food and safety hygiene regulations.
The former British spy behind a dossier of embarrassing allegations about Donald Trump was hired by England's 2018 World Cup bid team because he was an expert on Russia, a source said. An England 2018 senior bid official confirmed to the Press Association that Christopher Steele was brought in to gather information on the ultimately successful Russian bid for the football tournament.
Russia has claimed the former MI6 officer reportedly responsible for an explosive dossier on Donald Trump may still be working for British intelligence. Christopher Steele has apparently gone into hiding after being identified as the author of the report claiming Moscow held incriminating material on the US president-elect which it could use to blackmail him.