Donald Trump's state visit to the UK: live updates - CNN

London's mayor Sadiq Khan has attacked as "un-British" the decision to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump's UK visit.

Khan, who has clashed with Trump on a number of occasions, called the president "one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat" in an explosive opinion piece in the Observer newspaper on Sunday.

"America is like a best friend, and with a best friend you have a responsibility to be direct and honest when you believe they are making a mistake," Khan wrote, adding that Trump's "divisive behaviour flies in the face of the ideals America was founded upon – equality, liberty and religious freedom."

Khan and Trump have been critics of each other for some time, and their disagreements intensified after Trump attacked Khan in the aftermath of a terror attack on London in 2017.

"This is a man who tried to exploit Londoners’ fears following a horrific terrorist attack on our city, amplified the tweets of a British far-right racist group, (and) denounced as fake news robust scientific evidence warning of the dangers of climate change," Khan wrote in the piece.

"In years to come, I suspect this state visit will be one we look back on with profound regret and acknowledge that we were on the wrong side of history," he concluded.

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