still going to continue doing this method of slowly drip freedom were at least leaking information to contradict but with an official statement to now coming from the saudis from the attorney general it would appear that the turks need to step up a bit and not depend on this leaking but actually have to own the evidence they have officially releasing gets as they continue to promise that they will general thanks very much jim attache yeah in istanbul now the u.s. president says saudi arabia's explanation appears credible but others in washington including members of his own party are far from convinced is practical hane. u.s. president donald trump spent the day checking out america's most advanced weapons of war and as he sat down to talk to defense contractors this is what mattered most even as saudi arabia admitted killing us resident and journalist jamal khashoggi they wanted four hundred fifty billion dollars there's never been anything like you know just the last thing i want to do is say we're not going to you know we're not

going to supply you with those numbers are actually not true the white house cannot point to any evidence that saudi arabia is actually spending anywhere close to that amount of money for many members of congress they say it's not about the money they say the saudis story just doesn't add up their story doesn't pass the smell test and i think it's high time for congress to recalibrate our relationship with saudi arabia close advisor to the president senator lindsey graham seemed to point the finger at mohammed bin solomon in this tweet writing first we were told mr khashoggi supposedly left the consulate and there was a blanket denial of any saudi involvement now a fight breaks out and he's killed in the consulate all without knowledge of crown prince the president has made clear he wants to talk to the crown prince he wants to wait for more facts many in congress say it's time to act the outrage in the

united states is mounting the circumstances here are horrifying and the pressure from congress is going to be very great particularly now with an election coming up members of congress going to fall over each other trying to be the toughest in the loudest in saying we have got to do something we've got to punish the saudis the president is reluctant to do that but he may be cornered the president has signaled that he wants to wait would rather not punish saudi arabia with severe sanctions but if congress disagrees it's likely the president will not have the final say political jazeera washington. well mike hanna joins us live now in washington so mike as we heard from patty's report there. donald trump is certainly buying this explanation for now but many politicians many legislators on capitol hill including those in his own party are certainly not and there is a sense isn't there that things are building to to do something about this well the divide has been there between congress and the president since this whole

affair began congress members have been absolutely adamant throughout that action must be taken should saudi complicity be proved the senate has sent a formal letter to the president demanding that the mcguinn ski act be invoked this is an act that it provides for human rights accountability among heads of state or individuals anywhere in the world so that is in place now we've got members of congress are writing letters as well to the president in the course of the day and in the wake of the saudi statement there's been uniform and go expressed by congressional leaders rand paul or republican senators saying for example that all arms sales to the saudis must be halted immediately sanctions must be imposed it's difficult to see how the president is going to continue to hold out against the increasing congressional pressure well i guess the my next question mike you will

what does this do for president trump credibility if he is continuing to stick to this line and and stand by mohamed bin sandman or does it even matter given that his is core base of supporters have continued to stick by him through things like this. well that's on other issues this is an issue that is particularly sensitive both with his call base of supporters and of course with his following in congress the republicans who have supported him strongly in congress throughout his presidency but this is changing this is a different issue for the first time we've seen that gap between the republican congress members and the president that is getting a wider and wider and wider now the issue for president trump is midterm elections coming up within a couple of weeks the last thing he wants is to go into those elections with the republican party divided on any issue let alone the issue of saudi arabia mike

hanna live for us in washington thanks very much mike now several european leaders have been reacting to the statement from saudi arabia close saudi ally britain says it is considering the report and what the u.k.'s next steps will be the president of the european parliament has called for an urgent investigation to clarify the circumstances surrounding jesus' death dutch prime minister mark root has echoed those comments saying many questions remain unanswered how many of the world's leading newspapers are also questioning saudi arabia's version of events the new york times is questioning the various explanations given so far pointing out that saudi arabia initially said the show had left the consulate alive and well the washington post which of course wrote four says the new account may do little to ease international demands for the kingdom to be held

accountable in the u.k. the times describes the admission for shogi was killed in the consulate as the greatest embarrassment of saudi arabia's modern history and. the guardian says the saudi government appears to be trying to protect crown prince mohammed bin sandman. oh matthew bryza is a senior fellow at the atlanta council and a former senior u.s. official covering turkey he joins us now via skype from it's them both thanks so much for being with us so you've heard this chorus of criticism that's coming from from all over the well about the. saudi arabia's latest version of what happened here is this going to do anything then to ease the international demands for the kingdom to be held accountable no i don't think it will ease those international demands with the exception of one person who really

doesn't matter which is president on a trump it seems everybody else realizes that this story does not hold water and as you know many members of the u.s. congress have been saying in fact bob corker who's the chairman of the powerful senate foreign relations committee said you know each time the saudis change the story it's less and less credible so no i think the demands are going to continue for for severe actions are you to use president trance own words i think president trump is playing for time and all being somehow some way the saudis can come up with a sort of a story that that does hold water but i don't think it's possible because we know the facts now the turks have had dribbled to drip to out for the last couple of weeks this is now about a political battle rather than a quest for the truth because again i think we know what the truth this is saudi arabia becoming toxic then. well it will become toxic if

there isn't punishment of those who ordered just this to take place on the other hand though i mean the counter argument is that saudi arabia is so important as we've been talking about to the u.s. arms industry although the sales are nowhere near as large as that one hundred ten billion a president has been touting in fact the pentagon's own numbers show the saudis bought about five point five billion dollars in u.s. weapons last year but saudi arabia really does mean a lot also as a swing producer of oil but also is the keeper of the holy sites of islam so it is hard for saudi arabia to become toxic but what will become toxic i think is an attempt to sweep the solander the rug president trump has to worry about those mid-term elections if his party doesn't win the house of representatives most likely there's going to be a vote to impeach him. in if this continues along along this sort of trajectory then. with president trump and his advisors continuing to to stick behind

the saudis and behind. bin sandman. will this sort of get to a point then where people may just forget about the whole thing and move on to whatever else is happening in the world. yeah that's the great fear that's something that wrenches my stomach when i think about it so we need to your unit we all need to keep on talking about it keep keep the reporting going i think turkey is going to fight to keep these facts coming out so that the story doesn't die i think the turkish government is infuriated that it was so disrespected to have this sort of action happen on its on its own soil so that is a danger what you just described but you know the turkish government did share reportedly the video and audiotapes with u.s. intelligence services and they are preparing a report for president trump is what the washington post is reporting and i think i think when that report comes out it is going to be extremely difficult just to turn

the other way even though that danger is there that as time goes on this story may sort of settle settle into the background good to speak with you matthew bryza talking to us there from istanbul appreciate your time thank you now do also jabari takes a look back at the life and career. for more than thirty years jamal khashoggi enjoyed a privileged position within the saudi royal circle in large part echoing the kingdom's views but also taking risks operating from within to push the boundaries when it came to reform that risk taking would eventually draw the anger of the kingdom's heir apparent. the one time insider crossing the red line hits so skillfully tried in the past daring to criticize the crown prince mohammed bin salma i still see him as a reformer but he is getting old poet within his hand and it would be much better

for him to allow a bidding space for the critic for the intellectuals for all you like to sort of the media to debate the most important needed transformation going in the country. past wasn't without controversy an advisor to saudi intelligence chief turki al-faisal helping saudi intelligence in afghanistan alongside the much i had seen on osama bin laden an advocate of political islam through the muslim brotherhood but he also championed reforms even praised the crown prince for enacting them but last year he went into self-imposed exile in the united states for comments that angered the saudi leader. seen here with the missing journalist last year has known and worked with the shoji for at least thirty years he was not necessarily a dissident i disagree with that description he was a loyal saudi citizen he had his own vision of what the country should be doing that type of freedoms needs that type of reform and needs and maybe in the final

analysis that's what got him in trouble because of it jamal khashoggi hasn't been seen for two weeks in that time the world's attention has turned to the activities of the kingdom and more broadly the arab world that has questioned all their governments virtually do anything they want with their citizens they put. them in jail they deny them work sometimes they take away their citizenship of that process of widespread continuing deep autocracy abuse of power across the arab world is not addressed the children will be doubly tragic. a saudi journalist with a platform a columnist for the washington post regular spots in u.s. and international t.v. channels almost two million followers on twitter that someone so high profile could vanish without a trace is shocking it will also have a chilling effect on those who wish to follow his example dorsetshire bari

al-jazeera who with me now is sultan balakot he directs the center for conflict and humanitarian studies here at the doha institute thanks so much again for being with us so as we were reporting earlier there was this saudi statement there was lights late into the night friday night which announced the arrest of several intelligence officers and a number of close advisers to mohamed bin salmen so it would seem from then that he is being shielded from blame for all of this but how long are they going to be able to do that and how long is is is the king going to be able to stand by his son the longer this goes on. well i think it be very difficult to really stand by him particularly if the evidence that is coming from turkey where it was to be put forward now from

a turkish position i think part of the reason why they've been drip feeding the evidence and not really talking about is that they cannot own where the evidence have come from now there's an eleven minute of recording the the rumor out there is that it's come from the apple watch now some experts say this is very unlikely so the other alternative is that the turkish government has tapped the consulate and has been actually has infiltrated the saudi a consulate for some time and that brings in a whole new dimension of complexity of relation between turkey and saudi arabia that when it comes to the king and his relationship with his son clearly his first reaction is to try and protect him as much as possible now. for us in the middle east we should really draw a distinction between king's own man who has a very distinguished record of service to his country and the region for decades he was the emir of riyadh he's dealt with very complex issues never ever was tainted with this kind of scandals although for many years he served as the enforcer for

the royal family so you had to deal with some really difficult cases. over all sorts of issues it's never been associated with any kind of kidnapping or disappearance or killing of or opponent and so on so for him i think there's a lot at stake at this moment and to find exactly what happened and who is responsible for it is is absolutely key now if we were to buy into the narrative that's been put forward that this is an operation that went wrong and the crown prince knew nothing about it it went back to the senior advisers then still we have to question the judgment of the crown prince those advisors are individuals that no one knew about beforehand he was the person who brought the. and so close to him the saudis the tiny for example for almost two years he's been treating presenting himself as a really close advisor to the crown prince almost speaking on his behalf all the

time so if he is so close then it's really difficult to distance yourself from the consequences of his actions and i think this will develop over the coming few days i suspect there's been a lot of core the nation with the united states the timing of the announcement was not a coincidence that it was announced midnight in middle eastern time it was announced in fact in time for president trump to make use of the occasion of him meeting with the manufacturers in the united states and to try and reassure them that the contracts are not going to be. dealt with in a delta way and that is really what is going on i think there's been a lot of pressure from the states on the story in the saudi government too on the issue and as you say when they program. they have been informed about the evidence few days ago so even before the state. minister or secretary visits

they had listened to some of that evidence we talked a lot there about the dynamics going on between between saudi arabia and the united states but what about european leaders mentioned mentioned them earlier. can they continue to apply pressure in some way economically and politically i think they can and they're probably well because they have bigger agendas with saudi area that needs resolving and in particular yemen i think the general public in europe is growing very uncomfortable with with what's going on in yemen and there's a lot of pressure on leaders to act particularly in contrast like italy germany netherlands who really do not see eye to eye with the saudis on a number of human rights issues so they will be as. acting i suspect britain will take a backseat on this as they have been so far they will try and limit the damage as much as possible because again like the united states they rely a lot on trade relations with saudi arabia right sultan but of course so good to

get your analysis thank you thank you now hashtags coming out of verse saudi arabia related to the shoji case have been trending worldwide every day since this one of the year two men dismissed by the crown prince has been dubbed the minister of this information by critics so high that is here to tell us more about that or has and that is just many one of many names in fact solid. has been given by critics he's also been called the saudi royal spin doctor talks a hashtag even and minister of lies and that's a reference to social media accounts both real votes that join forces just like an electronic army and bombards others with information mostly this information or even propaganda now in august last year in costs only promoted. so that which means blacklisted in a post his one point three million followers he called on saudis to add names to his blacklist he said of fellow citizens deemed to be either or those even

sympathizing with qatar now qatar is under a blockade since june last year by saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and even egypt and of qahtani vowed to follow and prosecute anyone who conspired against the four countries by turning the hash tag as a referral to the police now she wrote about the blacklist himself back in february the article was published in the last washington post and this is what he wrote he wrote writers like me whose criticism is offered respectfully seem to be considered more dangerous than the more strident opposition based in london the government arrested dozens of intellectuals clerics and social media figures over the past year even though most are actually supportive of m.b.o. . says reforms compliant journalists are rewarded with money and access to senior officials now sonny's and he called sir richard didn't and that he was chief of the idea of taking

a can now between saudi arabia and qatar and why that hasn't happened yet the idea is to cut of costs and from from being a peninsula and turning it into an iron and now kushal she was fully aware of the lies of god dani and his saudi to its army when they talked of one of our own journalists kushal she advised that either now racinet sweets to block he said and ignore them and he also added that the make you sad scene is very aware of what the situation was now many on social media have actually dug up this to it's an old one from last year where the tiny himself says he was referring to his backless campaign i just mentioned in the tweet he wrote you think i'm acting on my own he says i'm just an employee and on a servant to my king and his royal highness the crown prince but it's not clear how much social media influence qahtani will now have he treats a lot about poetry and his popularity at home it taps into nationalisms that sound nationalism rather sunny's our feeling especially during such turbulent times for

the kingdom but his loyalty to the saudi royal family was still clear less than twenty four hours ago when he tweeted it was his last week so far and he pledged to continue serving the kingdom what he writes in this tweet he said he was thanking the king and the crown prince for their confidence in him and also thanked all of his colleagues has been. that's why much sorrow now don't forget we've got a special spotlight page but to talk calm with all the latest updates on the jamal khashoggi case also more on there are about who he was what he stood for you member there was the his last piece published in the washington post a day ago very interesting opinion piece as well by fareed beydoun who believes the fair is yet another reason for the world to abandon the assumption that the kingdom of saudi arabia represents a slam when you get in touch with us we want to hear from you on these stories you

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we've got a fair amount of wet weather across the middle east at the moment platen right making its way out cysts sinking down into syria into iraq you can see the the thunderous shot was making their way and across the region here that will be some rather lively down pulls from times tom that will inevitably cause some localized flooding eastern side of the med looks fine and dry afghanistan fine and dry iran generally staying dry as well and temperatures picking up once again into his pakistan took minutes down karate touching thirty six degrees celsius to stay settled here as we go on through monday the cloud and rain that we have in iraq will make its way a little further kuwait could see some wet weather in parts of iraq pushing into iran further west generally staying settled as we go on through the coming days not to settle across a good part of the arabian peninsula the same town bryants and thundery downpours localized flooding into consol recently that's good that's is the situation across a good part of the gulf i should say the cloud there stretching into saudi arabia

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problems with voting machines are also causing preventing people from voting let's go live now to. in kabul so asham what is the latest there. has to be a tense day enough to stand with a task clashes between security forces and the taliban almost across the country about two hours ago a suicide bomber wanted to get into a polling station here in kabul it was recognized by security forces but before the opened fire he already did today to the explosives at least eight people were killed in the attack many civilians were also killed people were coming out from the polling stations there were victims of brockett attacks blast by the taliban the taliban insisted by a few days ago that they are committed that they work mitta to disrupting the political process however people today we went to the polling station we should we

saw them showing up a large number saying that use worth taking the risks for the sake what better afghanistan joining me more to talk about the latest developments in afghanistan is . mr naji who's a political analyst thank you very much indeed for joining us. you saw people earlier today and still now i mean we've seen morgue lines of people queuing up waiting for the chance to cast their ballot. to turn or after was a huge turnout of turn and it was a domestic it was not that much expected to decide the troops that were in the control it is reported to the country but do you still it was a significant turnout in two days a big say a sex successful election stand and because of that large number of people they came to the polling station and the number of porters their election is extended to the seconded to the model. offices will be of and good will be

also working for tomorrow why is this significant for the afghan people is a nascent democracy have gained in institutions have to be strengthened the democracy is very needy very very nascent in afghanistan and indeed institutions are not that mature for a longer democracy and for their strong institutions it's a very very important to have a parliament to the people should. have a inclusive role in their governance in the system. as they were. seen by people as being efficient and corrupt you think of this parliament will be different i think people are a much a whole full for this parliament the huge most of the you can't distinguish election and the enlightened people did the business men and the political political politicians dual grew out of much matured in the last one day and in the last parliament the one large that did it is for glued in the cut up to people

there we do it in a significant majority of those people so people don't want to add take out invented to do they want to take part in that parliamentary election insists endeared him present it is to their chambers thank you thank you very much indeed. so basically now the there were polling stations that were closed today because of security concerns and polling stations where there's been some slow in the proceedings because of the introduction of the biometric voter for a fixation devices for the first time now with those polling stations there will be reopened tomorrow to allow people to those who will couldn't cast their vote today to do it tomorrow however for many afghans this is quite a question moment because the next parliament is going to attack a many issues particularly resuming political talks with the taliban and also tackling the problems of the declining economy rampant unemployment but

also many other problems that afghanistan has been struggling with over the last few decades yeah a lot of virtualities remain there for afghans as they go to the polls hashim thanks very much. now tens of thousands of people are marching in london to demand a popular vote on the final bragg's it deal the u.k. is leaving the european union union in less than six months but talks on a deal to leave the bloc of stalled and that's led to concern about the future of the u.s. economy are dregs of a poor brennan is live for us in london so poor a lot of people their momentum is building up there for another referendum. i think concern is huge that the deal or potentially no deal that is being negotiated by the british government is going to lead to potentially britain

exiting the european union and in a kind of chaotic situation next march and what the people who've been marching here in london out adamant is that the that the brics a deal that they were sold two years ago is not the deal that they're going to get and so they want another vote on it it seems that the success of the march today is beyond the wildest expectations of the organizers originally they were predicting some one hundred thousand people would turn up. estimates say that in excess of half a million some five times the original estimates actually came out here onto the streets of london for a long march and a rally here in parliament square on the kind of messages that are coming forward for example one of the lodges was given to said he can the london met when he said look nobody voted to make themselves poor and nobody voted to damage their children and their children's children and those who say it's unpatriotic and undemocratic to have another referendum on bret's at the it's exact it's the exact opposite and

sarah will listen as well compared to being wheeled into a doctor really into surgery or surgery theater wanted to back out from the operation only to be told well yeah but you signed a consent form two years ago and therefore you're going to go ahead with the surgery anyway that is people are very very unhappy at the way that the bricks it has been negotiated and they want the government to sit up and take notice of the fact that you know if the conduit if they can't work out a good deal then perhaps we should stay in the e.u. after all. paul thanks very much snow now thousands of migrants have torn down a fence in guatemala and stormed towards a bridge in mexico people from central america have been walking north towards the united states john heilemann is live in tapper tonight for us john what's happening there. well you can probably see the bridge just behind me as you said they got through the guatemalan side yesterday but they

were stopped by the mexican police before they actually got into makes code says still quite a lot of people not bridge they're not actually trapped there they could go back to guatemala if they wanted to but i think they want to stay there to keep the pressure up you can probably see that there's some people down in the river by the side of the bridge there and they're just helping food and things like that get up to the people on the bridge so you can last it out now at the same time there's been a quite a lot of people on this current come most of them from honduras that instead just going around the bridge this river the suit there's rafts made in achieved with two to create some front of them that go up and down all the time with the informal commerce so a lot of the people that we've talked to they've simply going to cross here and there in the nearest city which is see that they don't go in the community center there we've just been there there's around two thousand five hundred people in the community center and a thousand more outside of it so a lot of people have made it into mexico and now they're just waiting to sort of be

processed or dealt with by the mexican authorities and john these these people are saying that they intend to head towards the united states for a better life but president don't trump of course has said that this will not happen and he's prepared to deploy the u.s. military to stop them entering the united states are they aware of this at all and is that figuring into their determination to continue this journey. i think a lot of them are aware of it and if they're not aware of that specific threat from president trump they're aware of his hostility towards them we're talking to them a couple of them just a few moments ago he was saying that we wish that he would understand position and of course their position a lot of them are fleeing really for economic reasons from honduras they say they just don't earn enough to live on in that country some of the moves fleeing from the violence is very prevalent in central america and especially in honduras where

sort of going to warring over that country still extortion and murder rates remain very high but i think that the sensation here is that this may be near the end of the road for the caravan and that's because the mexican government really doesn't want to get on the wrong side of president trump flew a lot of federal police yesterday to try and deal with this to make sure that it didn't get any further and what the mexican government is saying is that they want to work with the u.n. here to give to give everyone a chance to revise all of the cases of people in the caravan and even decide that they can have asylum here in mexico or to deport them back to honduras the honduran president and the guatemalan president. met or a meeting right now to talk about this in the home during president isn't so late on buses for whoever wants to return so mitt's come in central america really sort of aware that this is in the eye of the u.s.

president right now and they want to avoid any sort of diplomatic scandal and hushes down as much as possible john thanks very much john homan in tapachula now as john mentioned people have been traveling for about a week now side has been looking at how their long walk has been received at the start and end of their journey you know this story always generates a lot of chatter online in fact on news great team has been seeing a lot of tweets on this story and. taken hold across the whole ascension. america as has the word caravan in the united states but the two conversations seem to be quite different now tweets using the word caravan are more like this one by fox news laura ingram and calling it a massive affront to american sovereignty now president donald trump has been supporting exactly that narrative he said this video you're about see here posted by republican congressman and edge and that it may shine democrats paying migrants

to storm the u.s. border ahead of upcoming elections on the video israel bought the story isn't that these one door and migrants were already in guatemala when the video was filmed and local media reports they were actually exchanging their currency before crossing the border into mexico or not even though the story has been debunked this tweet is still up on trump's page he says can you believe this and what democrats are allowing to be done to our country saying they're quite dangerous these are some bad people coming through there these are of babies little angels coming into our country and going to you know go to work for boeing and go to work for rape the. lucky than regular these are some hardened criminals coming in. now many of those years in the car via migrants you can just see there seem to be trying to change that narrative political analyst oscar acosta's says those migrating aren't doing so for fun but out of necessity in the violence and poverty in their country has

expelled them migrate or die now as per the world bank's latest figures two out of three hundred or is are living in poverty and yes the homicide rate there has fallen in the last two years but it is still one of the highest in the world for a country if you think about it not at war now with drug traffickers and gangs they have a stronghold in many parts of doors now president hernandez has few years promise to resolve these issues but his administration has avoided blame for this recent exodus of citizens. the government of founders reiterate its profound concern for the humanitarian crisis that's been fueled by political and criminal sectors in a totally irresponsible manner now this story and many other stories involving migrants clearly if it affects people around the world so if you or from hundreds or any of the other countries that the migrants have traveled through so you get in touch with us let us know your thoughts i'm on twitter. and the hash tag we always

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a moral debt. all right manchester united boss joe say marino is under pressure and joey let it get into that getting he did have them yes i joined the marine years manchester united when taking on his old club chelsea in the. premier league things are looking good for united as they were leading two one six minutes into injury time but a late equaliser swimmer in your leap out of his seat to remonstrate with a chelsea coach should celebrate in front of the united bench and then as the home fans taunted him after the two two draw he walked off holding up three fingers for each of the titles he won with the london club no more as you saw him ariza told

us that he would take care of it internally and to accept his apologies which i did but then. the young fellow come and they also apologize and i told him i accept your apology i also did mistake specially when i was your age and try to try to improve now it's the biggest share in sport around one hundred million fans cina and watch the n.f.l. is show piece the super bowl every year for music stars being asked to perform in the hall of time show can catapult them into history over the years michael jackson diana ross and beyond say have all graced the stage but with the came just three and a half months away the n.f.l. has reportedly been turned down by singer rianna and the reason has nothing to do with money the beijing singer has apparently rejected the invitation in a show of support for calling captain ik the former san francisco forty nine ers

quarterback who has been exiled from the league because of his anthem protests that happen again needling during the anthem for to protest racial inequality and police brutality since two thousand and sixteen e as in been able to find a team to sign him but the protests have continued. and according to more reports out of the united states she wasn't the only one because seeing a pink was also apparently offered the gig and turned it down room five is due to take the spot now but rianna has been praised on social media and to jimmy large male has called her a powerhouse rianne has grown into such an important voice for women for people of color and for body positivity turning down a two million dollars check and all that publicists he the wreck holds and codes and makeup she would have sold off the back of it and this uses suggest an alternative halftime show to go live at the same time with every act to perform in support of captain ik starting with rianna one man who says he will do the super bowl eventually is rapper snoop dog not now but he says he'll consider

a halftime show in the future if conditions are right super bowl and new york a good number either before. i am available but want to come to l.a. me and dr dre do it five million for me oh no we're going here billionaires i mean i want them less i need five million and i do the super bowl we are coming to l.a. snow dog and dr dre. well finally australia's cricketers slumped to a loss against pakistan as they struggle to build themselves up after the ball tampering scandal but australians can at least call themselves world champions of timber sports now this competition which showcases the fastest lumberjacks in the world is watched by twenty million viewers clovelly the australians knocked off a new world record in the semifinal speak canada setting a time of just forty five point ten seconds in the team relay they then struck

a win in the final against the united states. peace will be back with their shirts on at eight hundred g.m.t. before now it's back to have them. oh i was hoping for a shirt off but anyway let's not get into that thanks very much joe that is it for the news group these all the ways you can get in touch with us we'll be back in twenty four hours from now. you don't know where public service stops and private interest begins what's at stake is the very essence of democracy and we have never had a president so brazenly treating the oval office as an opportunity to. fault lines

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hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up voting in afghanistan's parliamentary election is extended until sunday off to a chaotic day of bombings and technical glitches. hundreds of thousands marched through london demanding a second referendum on the final brics it deal. and a european japanese space cross sets off on a seven year journey to much carry solar systems least explored planet. turkey's ruling party says it won't allow saudi arabia to cover up the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi i'm korea is pledged to share evidence his says proves his death was deliberate and says a conclusive result from its investigation is close this off to riyadh didn't about

admitting for the first time that the show was killed inside its istanbul consulate during what it called a brawl under simmons has our report images played out relentlessly worldwide as saudi arabia denied jamal had been killed but this was the last anyone would see of him alive and that was the beginning of a crisis that shaken the saudi royal household to its foundations to the despair of sixty year old fiance now t.j. . who had waited in vain for him to leave the consulate the saudis initially said he wasn't in the building. now they finally admitted that sixty year old is dead and this statement has been issued from the public prosecutor at the cotton a while ago at the as an attorney about i'ma the first investigation into the disappearance of saudi citizen jamal khashoggi and shows that there was an argument and quarrel between him and the people he met at the saudi consulate in istanbul

the quote led to his death but the announcement from saudi arabia cuts against what turkish investigators say happened inside this building it all boils down to an eleven minute odia recording of events in which they say within minutes. was attacked and he died in a most gruesome way his body being cut up and handed part by part to other saudi officials inside the building your man wants and i entered the building. for a few minutes with the consul general to discuss his papers that he needed and he was immediately attacked by a gang of killers that were signed specifically to stumble to actually liquidate him it wasn't an accident of death it wasn't a fist fight to the point where the consul general on tape is allegedly screaming

please do not do it here you are getting me in trouble the saudis statement announced the detention of suspects those arrested and named but may well include what the turks say was a fifteen member it team at least four of them officials close to the royal household including this man mohamad tree but an intelligence official who the turks a lead the operational the ground tracked by c.c.t.v. cameras entering the consulate ahead of his death and later leaving the country. and at least five high ranking officials have been sacked a trusted advisor to mohammed bin salman is among them so do al kut sonnie also ackman siri deputy chief of intelligence and former spokesman for the saudi u.a.e. led coalition in the war in yemen the crown prince will now head a restructuring of the general intelligence agency the announcements appear to signal the mohammed bin selman is being absolved of blame for jamal khashoggi death

as the turkish inquiry continues the actions of saudi arabia leave more questions than answers among them where are the remains of general because i'm more than anything else was this really is saudi arabia portrays some sort of accident or a rogue operation from within its own well household i'm drew simmons al-jazeera is dumble. fiance had he strangles has tweeted a tribute to him following the saudi admission that he is dead new video has emerged it's believed to show the couple entering his apartment in istanbul on the day he was killed. went to the consulate to get paperwork for his marriage to change. of the head of the turkish arab media association has called for the authority who gave the orders for killing to be punished but. i would like to say

to the saudi king and crown prince they will not be able to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi how god will always punish those who have not played fair and killed other people innocent people don't necessarily even our beliefs do not allow the killing of each other this is not fair nobody can deny that this is murder. well the killing of jamal khashoggi has been condemned to german chancellor angela merkel says the explanations given so far inadequate in that she wishes that be some sort of action at the office of un chief until you get terrorists released a statement saying the secretary general stresses the need for a prompt thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of g.'s death and full accountability for those responsible while the united kingdom which like the us makes a lot of money selling arms to the saudis said this was a terrible act and those responsible must be held to account human rights group amnesty international is called saudi arabia's explanation

a whitewash saying this appalling assassination within the grounds of the consulate amounts to an extrajudicial execution the investigation findings by the saudi authorities marks an abysmal new low to saudi arabia's human rights record that's the quote that's now speak to mike hanna who is in washington tell us about the latest reaction there mike said that he is satisfied with this explanation however he insists he still wants to speak to the crown prince to get more details he made very clear his ongoing reluctance to impose sanctions against saudi arabia but not so in congress congressional leaders being very critical of saudi arabia and particularly of this current explanation issued by the saudi authorities rand paul a republican senator saying that sanctions must be imposed the mediately adam schiff who's a ranking member democrat of the house intelligence committee saying that if

president trump does not take the lead in dealing with this then congress must certainly a great divide at present between what congress is saying the anger being expressed in congress and president trump himself how might congress try to pressure the white house into taking some sort of punitive action against the saudis. well the process has already started because the senate has invoked them against the act now that is an act that provides for a come to billet for human rights abuses be it from leaders or individuals around the world now a letter invoking that act had already been said to president trump saying that a sanctions must immediately be imposed should saudi accountability be a step now that is in process of activity in terms of the act president trump has one hundred twenty days to take

a decision on that however congress is certainly not in a mood to wait for this period of time they will continue to pressure him to take some kind of action president term for his part has said yes he does want to deal with congress to establish some suitable reaction to the whole of. thank you very much for the latest from washington mike hanna. well afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in eight years have been disrupted by a series of taliban attacks at polling stations at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens more injured voting has been extended to sunday in certain areas after technical glitches also prevented people from casting their ballots national of our reports now from the capital kabul.

an act of defiance despite the growing threats and turns security situation. afghans cast their votes across the country to elect a new parliament. the voting was marred by blasts and violence between the taliban and security forces in many provinces but people here in kabul showed up in the early hours at the polling stations despite the risks although. i will vote for someone who would work for afghanistan and serve the nation we need patriots who care about the country these people that deserve to be elected to parliament as but i would call is a must have today i am exercising my democratic right i want to choose the right person who will fight for my rights in the rights of women and women in large numbers their voices will be heard. extraordinary security measures were in place in the capital kabul the authorities are taking no chances ten candidates were

killed during election campaigning. the president suspended the election in khandahar province after the taliban killed two top officials there on thursday election was also delayed in gaza province following ethnic disputes that it will what happened in kandahar was a sad moment not only for the people of kandahar but for all of us the decision to suspend the election was taken in collaboration with different institutions of the state of also appointed a committee to investigate the problems we face in gaza this election was initially supposed to take place three years ago but was delayed because of a political impasse that has crippled the country the international community has been pushing for political reforms a clamp down on corruption and we conciliation this is not like you bitch in any country it's a very special election for the afghan people so i buy their courage. their

will to choose their future. election officials are using biometric voter verification. devices for the first time to prevent voter breaking but technical glitches slowed down the vote in. this election is only a first step in a law political process it would be followed by presidents elections in april that's when the afghan authorities will decide of pursuing political talks with the taliban and forming a national unity government decades of violence a move backed by the u.s. and others who insist there is them it is solution to the afghan conflict. coupled with the violence came despite a government deploying an extra twenty thousand troops meaning seventy thousand are protecting afghanistan's twenty one thousand polling stations only eight point eight million of afghanistan's estimated thirty five million population are registered to vote the electoral commission emits a turnout of five.