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Jamal Khashoggi: European Ministers Abandon Saudi Conference

It follows concerns about Saudi Arabia's role in the disappearance of the missing journalist.

Britain's International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has pulled out of attending an investment conference in Saudi Arabia next week amid allegations that the country was responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khahoggi. The Dutch and French finance ministers, as well as several other politicians and business leaders, have also said they will no longer attend the event.

Also on the programme: We explore claims that the United Arab Emirates paid American mercenaries to carry out assassinations in Yemen. And Norway apologises for the way it treated women who had relationships with German soldiers during the Second World War.

Picture: participants attend the three-day Future Investment Initiatives conference in Riyadh last year in Saudi Arabia. Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images

53 minutes

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  • Thu 18 Oct 201813:06GMT

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