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British bombs are being dropped from Saudi jets onto Yemeni schools, mosques and hospitals, court hears
Campaign Against Arms Trade challenges Sajid Javid's decision not to suspend bomb sales to Saudi Arabia in the Court of Appeal
Campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London ahead of a three-day legal challenge over the British government's exports of arms to Saudi Arabia, today

A YEMENI city the size of Cambridge had just hours to evacuate before it was pummelled by Saudi war planes, the Court of Appeal in London heard today.

A panel of judges is reviewing a decision made by Sajid Javid not to suspend British bomb sales for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen.

The Tory high-flier was business secretary when he allowed the arms exports to keep flowing, despite his head of export control warning that “my gut tells me we should suspend.”

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