Thornberry: UK playing catch up with Trump over missing Saudi journalist
(World News UK)

The UK is `playing catch-up` with Donald Trump over a missing Saudi journalist, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has warned. Reports claim Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, with Turkish authorities reported to have obtained audio and video recordings of the alleged murder. Ms Thornberry criticised the UK response from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, saying he had failed to hold the Saudis to account on the Andrew Marr Show in the face of mounting evidence. She pointed out how her former counterpart Boris Johnson had condemned the Russians `within hours` over what turned out to be a fake murder of Russian journalist...