Liam Fox reaches last five in race to head WTO

Ex-UK international trade secretary and prominent Brexiter faces female frontrunners from Kenya and Nigeria

Liam Fox, Britain's former international trade secretary, has reached the last five in the race to be the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global customs and tariffs watchdog.

Fox, who was nominated by the British government for the post, will go into the second round of voting against nominees from Kenya, Nigeria, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.