Khashoggi murder: Pompeo tells crown prince the US will hold all involved accountable

Secretary of state had previously said US was reviewing possible sanctions on individuals that took part in killing of journalist

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that the US will hold accountable all involved in the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist in a wide-ranging telephone call that also took in the conflict in Yemen.

Jamal Khashoggi, a US resident, was murdered in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and the crown prince has been accused of orchestrating the killing, which has strained the decades-old alliance between Washington and Riyadh.

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