Boris Johnson urged UK to continue Saudi arms sales after funeral bombing

Letters between foreign secretary and Liam Fox reveal UK weapons exports were under review following the bombing of a funeral in YemenBoris Johnson pressed Liam Fox to continue exports of weapons to Saudi Arabia after the bombing of a funeral in Yemen last October that killed more than 140 people and was condemned by UN monitors.Correspondence between the ministers shows that a month after the strike, Johnson, the foreign secretary, wrote: “I am aware you have deferred a decision on four e