Canada is looking to cancel its multibillion-pound deal selling armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, prime minister Justin Trudeau has said. 

The announcement, made on Sunday in an interview with broadcaster CTV, represents a hardening in tone by the Canadian premier, who had previously warned of large penalties for Ottawa were it to scrap its $13bn (£7.7bn) deal with Riyadh, Independent reported.

“We are engaged with the export permits to try and see if there is a way of no longer exporting these vehicles to Saudi Arabia,” Mr Trudeau said.

He did not give further details, though the prime minister’s office later noted Mr Trudeau has also called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “unacceptable”.