Khashoggi death: US slams Saudi for 'deception' but won't scrap arms deal

US President Donald Trump on Sunday strongly criticised Saudi Arabia for its "deception" and "lies" in the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as he defended Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and rejected the cancellation of $110-billion arms deal with the oil-rich country.
 

Trump, in his strongest comments to date on the killing, told The Washington Post that he had seen no evidence to indicate the Crown Prince knew Khashoggi was going to be killed or ordered the killing.
 

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said the kingdom did not know where the body of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi