US implicates Saudi crown prince in journalist’s killing

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Royal Palace/AP)

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince likely approved the killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a declassified US intelligence report.

The document instantly ratcheted up pressure on the US administration to hold the kingdom to account over a murder that caused outrage across the world.