https://www.scmp.com/rss/523008/feed The latest news and top stories on Sadiq Khan. A British politician with a background as a human rights solicitor and former Member of Parliament for Tooting, he has served as London’s mayor since 2016, becoming the first to win a third term. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press London police say the stabbing of two Jewish men on Wednesday has been declared a terrorist incident. Metropolitan Police say they are investigating whether the attack specifically targeted the Jewish community. The force says the incident, in the Golders Green area, left two men, aged 34 and 76, hospitalised with knife wounds. A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Police are investigating whether the stabbings are linked to recent arson attacks on synagogues and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351899/uk-police-say-london-stabbing-2-jewish-men-terrorist-incident?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351899/uk-police-say-london-stabbing-2-jewish-men-terrorist-incident?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:54:48 +0000 Reuters Reuters The British government was under growing pressure on Monday to bar American rapper Kanye West from entering the country after he was named as the headline act for the Wireless Festival of rap and hip-hop music set for July. West, now known as Ye, has been criticised in the past for antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism, which have led on several occasions to his ‌social media accounts, including on X, being barred. The decision to book Ye prompted several companies to pull their... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349199/pressure-mounts-uk-government-ban-kanye-west-after-festival-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349199/pressure-mounts-uk-government-ban-kanye-west-after-festival-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:06:53 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Drinks giants Pepsi and Diageo on Sunday pulled out of sponsoring a music festival in London headlined by US rapper Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic outbursts. The disgraced 48-year-old hip-hop star - now known as Ye - is due to play three nights at the Wireless Festival in London in July as part of a European comeback tour. A spokesperson for Pepsi, the festival’s top sponsor, said on Sunday that the brand “has decided to withdraw its sponsorship of Wireless Festival”, without... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349102/british-pm-slams-london-music-festival-booking-kanye-west-sponsor-pepsi-quits-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349102/british-pm-slams-london-music-festival-booking-kanye-west-sponsor-pepsi-quits-event?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:00:19 +0000 dpa dpa Armed police guarding London Mayor Sadiq Khan left a bag of guns outside his home which was found by a member of the public, it was reported. Scaffolder Jordan Griffiths told The Sun that his pregnant girlfriend found the bag in south London on Tuesday evening. Inside the bag was an MP5 semi-automatic Heckler & Koch carbine, a Glock pistol, taser and ammunition, the newspaper reported. “My partner saw the bag sitting in the road by the kerbside and became suspicious. She went over to it and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349014/london-mayors-protection-officers-relieved-duties-after-bag-guns-misplaced?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3349014/london-mayors-protection-officers-relieved-duties-after-bag-guns-misplaced?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:09:02 +0000 Fionnuala McHugh Fionnuala McHugh Sir Alistair Spalding, artistic director and co-CEO of Sadler’s Wells in London, is not a man blighted by pessimism or narrow vision. When he was appointed in 2004, Sadler’s Wells – “stranded and unloved”, as one of the London newspapers put it – was considered a theatre that merely hosted visiting companies. Spalding decided it should become its own creative force. He invited in five associate artists, one of whom was Wayne McGregor, now Sir Wayne McGregor, a name familiar to Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3347787/sir-alistair-spalding-turning-london-wasteland-cultural-destination?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts/article/3347787/sir-alistair-spalding-turning-london-wasteland-cultural-destination?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:15:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump blasted Europe as “decaying” and “weak” on immigration and Ukraine in an interview published Tuesday, deepening a rift between the United States and some of its oldest allies. Speaking to Politico, Trump also called on war-battered Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections despite Russia’s invasion and said that Moscow had the “upper hand”. Trump’s comments doubled down on extraordinary criticism of top US partners in his administration’s new national... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335811/trump-slams-decaying-europe-and-pushes-ukraine-elections?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335811/trump-slams-decaying-europe-and-pushes-ukraine-elections?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:45:49 +0000 dpa dpa US President Donald Trump has said he “didn’t want” Sadiq Khan at events put on for his second state visit to the United Kingdom, escalating his feud with the London mayor by describing him as “among the worst mayors in the world”. The US president said that Khan had wanted to attend, but “I asked that he not be there”. It is the latest in a long-running war of words between Trump and the Labour mayor, who accused the US leader of encouraging divisive far-right politics around the world as he... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326057/trump-revives-feud-mayor-sadiq-khan-crime-london-through-roof?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3326057/trump-revives-feud-mayor-sadiq-khan-crime-london-through-roof?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:46:25 +0000