THE TELEGRAPH: Britain could be heading for another diplomatic crisis with Saudi Arabia over the long-running controversy surrounding the 1980s Al-Yamamah arms deal.
There are heightened concerns in Whitehall after America's Department of Justice wrote to the British Government this month formally asking for legal assistance in its recently launched probe into BAE Systems, the UK defence company that supplied fighter jets to Saudi Arabia under the £40bn Al-Yamamah deal. Fresh Al-Yamamah crisis looms (more) By Katherine Griffiths, City Correspondent
THE GUARDIAN:
Diplomatic clash looms with US over BAE arms sale investigation By David Leigh
Mark Alexander
