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turkey's president keeps the pressure on saudi arabia over what he describes as the brutal and premeditated murder of journalist jamal khashoggi at one demands an independent investigation saying any team people suspected of involvement should be extradited to turkey to stand trial. on our intake of says al jazeera live from london also coming up. the saudi king promises action on casualties deaths shortly before he and the crown prince meet jamal khashoggi son salah to offer their condolences as the cia chief heads to
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istanbul boss president mike pence hours the killing will not go without an american response. hello it's been three weeks since journalist jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul and turkey's president says too many questions remain unanswered in an address to parliament. the one described khashoggi is death as a brutal and premeditated murder at the one demanded all those involved from top to bottom be held accountable for the crime he's called for an independent investigation into the killing and wants eighteen suspects extradited to turkey to stand trial saudi arabia's king solomon has promised to punish anyone found responsible for the death whoever they may be shortly after he and the crown prince met trees son in riyadh to offer their condolences meanwhile cia director gina
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hospital is in turkey reviewing evidence into control g.'s killing u.s. vice president mike pence warned it will not go without an american response and sectors take might compare is expected to speak on the matter in the coming hours it tore a gate and b. with force. jan didn't know who that was other now after weeks of leaks about the murder of jamal khashoggi turkish president red chip tied to an address his ruling party to announce officially what turkish investigators know so far. it was said that it was planned days in advance and included reconnaissance missions by saudi officials to the forests around istanbul. unit and we have strong evidence that this was a premeditated murder in the light of the information we have everybody has questions here are the questions these fifteen people why did they come to the temple on the day of the murder who ordered them to come to turkey we need an answer before his
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speech anyone had promised to reveal what he called the naked truth over the killing of khashoggi his address made it clear there are still many unanswered questions and the turks are demanding answers from saudi arabia. was asking what had been to the but the. while the people were expecting him to tell us what pap and. which was amounts of whether the dismemberment of the body have been the video recording the audio recording these are all questions that. i do and he's spoken to king solomon about the shows he's murder says he doesn't doubt the credibility of the king he didn't refer to crown prince mohammed bin sound man but did say that everyone involved in the killing from top to bottom must be held accountable he said he tossed king solomon the heart of course toward holy mosques or towards sites meaning i trust you still as a king and you are responsible for to the holy sites what will come will endangered
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the kingdom and when they endanger the holy sites so you have to move against your son this is the secret message the muslim world are bedouins party has described to show she's killing as a monstrous operation the president is demanding a full independent investigation and that the trial of the accused be held in turkey in doing so he's determined to keep up the pressure on saudi arabia to reveal the whole truth about what happened in istanbul three weeks ago victoria gate and be al jazeera john stratford joins us live from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul charles what's the latest on the investigation. well lauren in the last hour. turkish investigators have searched that vehicle that vehicle with diplomatic plates a consulate vehicle that was discovered in an underground public pay for car park in an area called sultan ghazi here in istanbul we understand that
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a number of things have been found in the car including a personal computer some clothing and paperwork certainly the investigators telling the media that there is no confirmation or we understand there's no confirmation as to whether any of these items belongs to jamal khashoggi jamal jamal khashoggi i so sorry. and they saying that obviously forensic analysis is needed before anything like that can be confirmed meanwhile we know that the only go there isn't this the only going search for any body. in this investigation a lot of attention being paid to they say area these two areas outside of a stand police forested areas belgrade forest and an area called yes a lot of. we heard last week that this area was of particular interest and of course president in his speech said may have been established that
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a team of saudi workers in the consulate had been seen in the same area the day before who shows he disappeared. implying that there was potentially that team doing what he describes of recognizance work out there implying that they were looking for somewhere potentially to hide the body and then of course. the hunt goes on for this person who's been described as a collaborator who we understand may well be a turkish national the reason why this this person is of such interest is because according to government leaks it's believed that this man or this person sorry may . i've been i may have handled body was reported in the to the media by government leaks again last week because she's bald eagle body parts were rolled up in it into a rug before being placed in a vehicle so as to say this investigation goes on and certainly according to the turkish government it will not stop until all the facts here in turkey. are
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established and for of course that investigation in saudi arabia goes on as well and president noted on expressing what seems to be a degree of confidence in that investigation also and i understand new c.c.t.v. is also to come tonight. that's right c.c.t.v. video footage of this team of this fifteen member so-called hit squad that we know him to turkey on the day that he disappeared filmed coming to the consulate leaving the consulate and we understand left the country on the same day this new footy apparently showing the team being split into two getting on to two separate planes we understand the first footage was shot around six forty pm. and includes around. includes sorry six members of that fifteen member team including the
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man may have more trip who it's believed was the leader of this squad the man that we understand is very close to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma. and the second second team of seven members this mall footage showing them arriving at the airport a bit later we understand to get on a plane around knowing o'clock seven members of that same understand the two other members of that fifteen member so-called hit squad traveled on a passenger plane a regular passenger plane the two an issue of flights we have been told one flew to cairo and one flew to the united arab emirates so. as expected and as we've seen in recent weeks yet another the drips of more evidence being leaked to to the media by government sources here as this investigation
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intensifies chance trap and thank you very much indeed. members of casualties family have met with saudi royalty king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin soundman welcome khashoggi family to riyadh including his son salah bin jamal khashoggi turkish president added one also spoke with casualties family members over the phone is promised to get to the bottom of casualties killing g. seven group of nations as released a statement condemning casualties made it and adding that even now saudi arabia's explanations leave many unanswered questions in the u.s. vice president mike pence has threatened further repercussions over the killing. the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in turkey was a tragedy for his family for his loved ones and for your colleagues here at the washington post it was also an assault. on the free and independent press
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and our administration is determined to use all means at our disposal to get to the bottom of it president trump has already expressed his concern that there have been lies there's been deception he dispatched the secretary of state to the region early on and the director of the cia is there in turkey now reviewing the evidence and we're going to follow the facts we're going to demand that those responsible are held accountable when white house correspondent joins us live from washington d.c. so is there any kind of new all seem to think i mean for the message from pencil. oh i think the takeaway that we can get from this is this is a very frustrated white house that is looking to get the whole truth when it comes to what exactly happened to john. the fact is that by his own admission in
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interviews that the president has given domestically he doesn't feel that he's gotten the complete picture as the vice president said there the seas echoing especially what donald trump said that there have been they believe lies and deception and they want to figure out who is lying and then calibrate their response so as you've seen in recent days not only have we had the secretary of state mike peo headed to saudi arabia and then to turkey but the president has also dispatched his top teligent director cia director gina housefull we know that the timeline for this white house is tight the president saying monday that he hoped to have the complete picture if you will within forty eight hours saying in a day or so in two days i believe is the exact phrasing he used so this is a picture of a white house that is in a fact finding effort and the response will be calibrated as such the vice president did go on to say as he continued talking there on the part that we didn't
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play however that this response by the united states is not only going to take into account the international pressure that has been focused on this white house but also that this response will be vital to american national interests and the values of americans so that certainly is something to reflect as well what about the cia chief being somewhat likely to come out about. well what's going to come out of it presumably is that the white house will then be able to act it's under an enormous amount of pressure from the u.s. congress the equal body of government who says if this white house doesn't act it will which are very strong statements just two weeks out from the congressional midterm elections from not just democrats who are usually typically critical of this white house but also republicans members of the president's own party the top ranking one of the top ranking republicans on the foreign relations committee bob
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corker who chairs that committee is basically saying he doesn't buy the explanation of the crown prince we know that donald trump has had telephone calls with the crown prince up to this point he says that he has accepted his denials but at the same time his actions say just the opposite the fact that he is sending his top intelligence officer an official to go to get to the bottom of this and that's the phrase you're hearing repeatedly whether it's donald trump whether it's the vice president they want to get to the bottom of this there is this feeling at the white house and we will be hearing from the secretary of state in the coming hours that there is more that is not being told can you how can i thank you very much. drawing on the studio is david hirst is the editor of middle east i. thanks for coming in and when we listen to add on he stopped short of directly linking the killing of khashoggi with anybody in particular but there were quite a few messages in it well yes he he did in fact i think target mom had been some on the crown prince simply by his absence he said that he had
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trust in the king but he did not say he had trust in the song. he said that he did have evidence that this was a coordinated and premeditated. attack. and pirates. he cast doubt on the theory that this somehow was a rogue units so he's piling on the pressure particularly to the white house and also to saudi arabia i mean the idea that he's asked these people to come and stand trial in turkey is that likely to happen you think it'll absolutely not because if they did then the saudis would lose all control over their witness statements of this elite unit that middle east i for one has described is very very far from being a rogue unit is very efficient unit. it's a death squad and indeed one of the members stanley who's an air force lieutenant
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has already been killed he was poisoned in prison. it was supposedly a car crash as well so he won't be returning i very much dart that they will surrender they were extradite the fifteen however it's another point of pressure as is the demand for the body and on that on the theory you mention that indirectly he's putting the pressure and is making that link that sort of an awful lot of people are making between these close aides you've been. described as responsible by the saudis for the killing. because they work for him at the moment do you think that might even someone who today was heard estimates investment conference in as many people attending as we're supposed to do you think his position is safe now no i don't i think his position is crumbling. and i think to him is is coming from. are a number of people i just think his statements are not credible i think this very
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unfortunate photo opportunity with. family was a force one as is many of such. arrangements are in saudi arabia that they were actually they were not free to say no to such. a staged encounter. and i think a huge amount of pressure now is mounting on the crown prince and it did i mean is it now up to the king and it does the king now still have the power base to do something about nominate someone that there are alternatives to him the problem is that his favorite son has taken so much power in his own hands he is the commander of the three armies of saudi arabia he controls the economic plan he is the defense minister he's the man who launched the war in yet. and he literally controls everything but to get rid of him amounts to something of a coup d'etat and just very briefly do you think if they did change the sort of the
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leadership will have him at least sidelines it would be an opportunity to reset the foreign policy in saudi arabia absolutely i mean before he turned up the policy of the foreign policy of saudi arabia of which jamal khashoggi took part he was part of the system as well it was much more balanced it was always foreign policy done behind bead curtains. they thought before they did anything they could host both for instance faction palestinian factions in peace talks fatah and hamas they were regarded as much more neutral or north or two of players and they were cautious it was a cautious foreign policy the the things we've seen since king solomon and muhammad when someone has taken place have been anything but cautious david has thank you very much dave your analysis thank you thank you still to come on al-jazeera that
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american migrants ignore trumps protests as they continue their journey to the u.s. border. the un human rights committee edges france to look again at its back a ban. hello there for the southern parts of china we're seeing a fair amount of cloud and rain at the moment showing up very clearly on the satellite picture edging its way towards the east and it's also brought us some rather shop showers to the northern parts of vietnam as well so if he had through the next twenty four hours or so it'll be the you now in provence and through towards to now where we see some of the wettest of the weather it will break up a little bit as we head through thursday but still expect a few more outbreaks of rain at times out towards the west and for most of us here there is plenty of sunshine at the moment in the far south that's where we've got a few showers and for the so far southern parts of india and through sri lanka
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that's where we catching the majority of the show is at the moment more still to come as we head through wednesday further north fine and dry forests pretty warm though still poor for to around thirty three new delhi up around thirty one even as we head into thursday towards the west of course the arabian peninsula of course we've had a loss of wet weather recently that seems to have come to an end though say thirty five degrees will be the maximum wednesday but the towards the west more in the way of cloud here that's around medina stretching towards riyadh but not quite reaching us there for wednesday and we can expect a few showers then that area of cloud just extends a bit further towards the east so more of us at risk of seeing a few showers as we head through thursday. when the going gets tough. forced to borrow.
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have met with members of family in riyadh including. on his promise to hold to account anyone found responsible for the death whoever they may be. meeting with the attending a conference to attract foreign investment in saudi arabia dozens of business executives and government leaders plan to attend. saudi arabia has been one of the biggest investors in the u.s. tech industry for years those questions grow because death these times under scrutiny reports from silicon valley. in the aftermath of the killing of jamal khashoggi at the hands of saudi government agents tech companies and their executives are distancing themselves from saudi investment but how each one of them
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makes that decision on their own i think is probably driven very much by their own moral conscience but also their understanding that other people are looking at them in their formal leadership positions for cues about what to do right now several tech leaders have already bailed out of crown prince mohammed bin some on's investment conference including google cloud c.e.o. diane green a.o.l. founder steve case and guber c.e.o. darren shockey who said he was very troubled by reports of cars show g.'s death cost for a shot he's public comments were seen as significant because the saudi wealth fund holds a three and a half billion dollars stake in the right ailing app saudi arabia has also invested heavily in tesla motors door dash the work space company we work and others much of the saudi money is funneled through the japanese bank softbank the world's largest investment fund so far saudi arabia has put forty five billion dollars into soft
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bank so-called vision fund and the crown prince says it like to double that amount of soft bank's chief masayoshi son apparently still plans to attend the saudi investment conference even as tech companies recoiled from the saudis on ethical grounds it will be difficult if not financially impossible to unravel their saudi tie as a complex tangle of contract stock preferences and legal obligations tied companies hands in such matters ordinarily companies and financial institutions follow the lead of their governments but president donald trump's response to the shoji kill. has been tepid and vacillating leaving corporations to find their own way in some ways this case is providing an opportunity for companies to really provide some
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ethical and moral leadership maybe at a time when they're not seeing or experiencing what they like to see from leadership in other sectors silicon valley corporations face a dilemma choosing between an ethical response to a shocking crime and the abundant funding that makes the tech industry flourish rob reynolds al jazeera san carlos california russian president vladimir putin says he wants to hold new talks with his u.s. counterpart donald trump in paris next month as fears grow of a nuclear arms race between the two countries national security adviser john bolton met russian diplomats in moscow just a day after the u.s. president threatened to build up nuclear arms and pull out of a cold war era treaty steadfast and has more. cameron spokesman the mutely basque of made it very clear is sad russia has no intention into looking at the new intermediate nuclear forces treaty while the other party just simply pulls out of the old one he called it a very dangerous stance by washington to withdraw from the treaty without replacing
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it john bolton the u.s. security advisor who has been touring moscow for the past two days is meeting president vladimir putin today and the kremlin wants to hear from the united states what it wants to do with the thirty one year old treaty which was meant to stop a nuclear arms race between the soviet union and the united states in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven not only in russia but around the world there has been condemnation of the u.s. plan to withdraw commentators have said that the real reason the united states wants to do this is because it wants to counter china in the asia pacific china is not bound by this treaty and trump as at the china should actually be part of the nuclear treaty but the foreign ministry in beijing sat won't be blackmailed into signing such a treaty seven thousand migrants are refugees are ignoring donald trump's protests continuing their march towards the u.s. border to escape poverty in central america
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a strong home reports they breached southern mexico and the u.s. president has threatened to cut aid to countries along the route which don't stop the migrant caravan. this is really quite a rare moment for the people that are in this caravan it's the first time that they've had a day of rest since they entered mexico the last couple of days they've been walking a marathon basically every day and they're using the time as you can see here to wash their clothes and wash themselves and just basically to relax a little bit many of them are coming with families so the families are taking a little bit of time here on the banks and in this river. also in the center of town is when so many people there they spent the night most of them out in the open they're just trying to recuperate a little bit reese beaking to one family that came from nicaragua most of the families here are from us some of them from el salvador guatemala we asked this
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family from the can i go why it is they're traveling you know only anything i want to happen. because there are do jobs even when you're trying to find a job you face vital even my child at school gets beaten up and i'm a single mother i can't leave my children alone while i work we estimate that this caravan has at least a month to go at the rate that it's currently traveling on until it gets to the u.s. border and of course there are things that get to get even more difficult really for this massive more than seven thousand people president trump has said that there is no way that he's going to let them pass the border he's threatened to send the military to that border until they get there the mexican authorities themselves haven't done anything to impede the progress of this caravan although they are offering asylum to many people but the real test is in the times to come if they manage to make it through mexico what's going to happen when they get to a large of a hostile united states france has defended its controversial ban or wearing
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clothing that covers the face after the u.n. called it a violation of women's rights them each a to has more from paris. this case was brought before the u.n. human rights committee by two women who each fined one hundred seventy dollars for wearing the full face veil now this is the just lation that was brought in by nicolas sarkozy back in twenty ten and it was meant to make sure for security reasons that nobody could disguise their face and it's been a real debate ever since i did say was passed about the secular traditions inside france the fact that there needs to be social cohesion but what the un human rights committee have said is that essentially has marginalized these women it's meant they've had to stay within within their own communities it's meant that they they
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can't go out and they in the way they want to it's restricted their religious freedom and they've given france one hundred eighty days to review the legislation and they've also asked for compensation for the two women but of course the u.n. human rights committee ruling is not binding on france in fact the european court of human rights supported the french ban in twenty fourteen so this debate continues it's a very controversial area and as i say. the most recent case where this came to notice was that a criminal who made a spectacular escape from a prison in a hijacked helicopter was only spotted by police because he was wearing a burka or apparently disguised himself but they notice he was walking like a man and that's how he was actually apprehended by the police so that's very much always coming up in press coverage here in france good when you can catch up any
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time when i website address that is al jazeera dot com and you watch us live by clicking on the live by can. and mind in our top stories on our turkey's president has called the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi a brutal and premeditated murder in an address to parliament. one demanded answers about his death inside the saudi concert in istanbul three weeks ago but. we have strong evidence that this was a premeditated murder in the light of the information we have everybody has questions here are the questions these fifteen people why did they come to on the day of the murder who ordered them to come to turkey we need an answer why was the building of the consul general not open for investigation on the same day only after so many days why so many credible explanations where's the body of jamal.
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nobody knows where the body is it is alleged that the body was given to a local cooperate or so who is the local operator we need to know who that is. saudi king and the crown prince mohammed bin salomon have met members of jamal khashoggi his family in riyadh including his son been jamal khashoggi king sound man has promised to hold to account anyone found responsible for the journalist death whoever they may be or shortly after that meeting the crown prince briefly attended a conference designed to attract foreign investment in saudi arabia had been salmond said he was satisfied with the summit despite dozens of business executives and government leaders canceling plans to attend it while the investigation into killing continues in is to istanbul police teams have found a suitcase and other items in a car belonging to the saudi consulate russian president vladimir putin says
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he'd like to hold new talks with his u.s. counterpart donald trump in paris next month as fears grow of a nuclear arms race between the two countries. one of trump's top aides national security advisor john bolton met top russian diplomats in moscow just a day after the u.s. president threatened to build up nuclear arms and pull out of a cold war era treaty. promises defended its controversial ban on wearing clothing that covers the face after the u.n. called it a violation of women's rights critics have called it a de facto ban veils that's what headlines do stay with us if you can you find asia is coming up next.
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