Calls for Trump state visit to be cancelled after London attack tweets

London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for US President Donald Trump's state visit to the UK to be cancelled after a series of tweets related to the weekend attack in the capital.

Seven people were killed and dozens more injured in the attack on Saturday, and Trump appeared to misinterpret a statement made by Khan in response to the tragic event.

Khan told Channel 4 that there were “many things” that the US President was wrong about, and that the state visit should not go ahead.

“I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for,” he said.

Trump aimed criticism towards Khan via social networking site Twitter

“When you have a special relationship it is no different from when you have got a close mate. You stand with them in times of adversity but you call them out when they are wrong. There are many things about which Donald Trump is wrong.”

Khan had said on Sunday that “there’s no reason to be alarmed’, in reference to an announcement about an increased police presence on the streets of London.

Trump aimed criticism towards Khan via social networking site Twitter, and later backed up his statement and accused the London mayor of coming up with a “pathetic excuse”.

British PM Theresa May has so far refused to condemn Trump, as her Conservative party heads towards a crucial election on Thursday.

When asked by reporters whether she would condemn her US counterpart for his comments, May replied: “Sadiq Khan is doing a good job and it’s wrong to say anything else – he’s doing a good job.”