London politicians called on Olympic officials to rethink their sponsorship contract with Dow Chemical on Wednesday, saying the company's links to the 1984 Bhopal disaster damaged the reputation of this month's Games.
The Pakistani-origin former Labour member of Parliament was the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city when he was first elected in 2016. The mayoral poll was due last year but was postponed by a year at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
A giant blimp of London Mayor Sadiq Khan will be seen in the United Kingdom capital's skies this weekend after protesters were given permission to fly the crowdfunded balloon in Westminster.
The 45-year-old former human rights lawyer also becomes the first Muslim Mayor of London.
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