Everyone knows that there are serious allegations about Mohammed bin Salman’s knowledge regarding the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, but it didn’t seem to bother him or his alpha-male buddy Vladimir Putin at the Buenos Aires G20 summit (Report, 1 December. However, it’s dangerous for the crown prince to be publicly linked to such a grotesque murder of an innocent victim. It’s no coincidence that Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist. There’s a crucial, era-defining struggle taking place in which the global media is battling to remain free from the controlling impulses of the likes of Donald Trump, Putin, the House of Saud and the ever increasing band of authoritarian world leaders.
Joe McCarthy
Dublin
• I wonder whether, during their conversation, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had a chance to ask Theresa May when the murderers of Pat Finucane will be brought to justice?
Kevin Fitzgerald
Norwich
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