Khashoggi case is test for UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia

The multiplying allegations about high-level Saudi military involvement in the abduction or murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi is placing an unprecedented strain on the close security and trade relationship between the UK and Saudi Arabia, which has been a pillar of British foreign policy.The British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has in the past been willing to defend the relationship, saying it has prevented bombs from going off on the streets of London.