Charity boss says children targeted in Yemen war

Saudi Arabia is targeting children in the brutal war in Yemen with a “growing sense of impunity”, a charity chief has warned as the country’s key power player completed a high-profile visit to the UK.

Killing and subjecting minors to appalling violence is becoming “normalised” in conflict zones around the world, Save the Children chief executive Kevin Watkins warned.

He spoke on the final day of a three-day official visit by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – which included talks with Prime Minister Theresa May and an audience with the Queen.

Downing Street said the Prime Minister raised the situation in Yemen with the Saudi royal.

The Gulf state is an important defence partner for the UK, but the sale of arms to the country is controversial, especially since its intervention in Yemen. .