UK says it still raises 'terrible crime' of Khashoggi killing with Saudi government

FILE PHOTO: The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy to mark the anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, Wednesday evening in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it continued to raise the issue of Jamal Khashoggi's killing in engagements with Saudi Arabia's government, and regards his death as a terrible crime.

Asked to respond to a U.S. intelligence report which said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Khashoggi, the British foreign office said: “The UK has always been clear that Jamal Khashoggi's murder was a terrible crime.