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Britain to revoke visas of Khashoggi murder suspects

<span style="color: #222222;">British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that Britain will revoke the visas of Saudi Arabian suspects involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ms May told a session of parliament today that the Home Secretary is taking action against all suspects to prevent them from entering the UK. She said, If these individuals currently have visas, those visas will be revoked.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Britain's actions follow a similar move made on Tuesday by the United States. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Khashoggi's death in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 has piled more pressure on May's government to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which has been waging a three-year bombing campaign in Yemen. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ms May added that she will continue to pile diplomatic pressure on Saudi leaders to complete a swift and transparent investigation. </span><br />''  

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