German coalition at odds over fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia

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Germany's coalition government is at odds over whether to bow to British pressure 

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 and approve the production of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets for Saudi Arabia

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the newspaper Welt Am Sonntag reported on Saturday

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A deal struck by Riyadh and BAE Systems (BAES.L) 

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 five years ago for the arms maker to supply 48 such jets was put on hold due to the war in Yemen,

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where Saudi-led Arab forces intervened in 2015.

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A third of the components for the jets come from Germany

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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD) 

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Germany imposed a hardline halt to arms sales to Riyadh 

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