Berlin blocks fighter jet sale to Turkey over Ekrem Imamoglu’s arrest

Germany’s outgoing government is said to have blocked a British proposal to sell dozens of Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets to Turkey after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, potentially creating significant ­tensions between London and Berlin. Britain is understood to have been ­finalising a deal for about 40 of the jets after John Healey, the defence secretary, visited his counterpart in Ankara.

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