this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. our top stories... officials in turkey claim the washington post writer jamal khashoggi has been murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. the polls have closed in brazil's most divisive general election in decades. twenty people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. and the leader of scotland's pro—independence partyjoins the calls for a referendum on britain's exit deal with the european union. hello and welcome to world news today. fears are growing over a missing saudijournalist, after turkish officials suggested he was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. jamal khashoggi is a critic of the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, and has been living in exile in the united states. he's not been seen since he went

inside the building on tuesday. it's reported that turkey is demanded a convincing explanation from saudi arabia over what's happened to mr khashoggi. saudi arabia has denied the accusations of murder, but have not been able to explain the disappearance. mark lowen sent us this report from istanbul. jamal khashoggi, mysteriously disappeared, or brutally murdered? the high—profile saudi dissident has long been a thorn in the side of his government. he hasn't been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday to get marriage papers. his turkish fiancee waiting outside sounded the alarm when he didn't emerge. turkey says it believes mr khashoggi was killed inside the consulate in a premeditated murder involving a saudi hit squad who removed his body. the saudis said that was baseless, opening cupboards in a bizarre attempt to show the journalist is not inside. they claim he left the building

and don't know where he is. translation: i would like to confirm that the citizen jamal khashoggi is not at the do it nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia and the embassy is working to search for him and we are worried about his case. the turkish president said police are examining cctv footage and called mr khashoggi a friend. after the claims of assassination, he sounded a little more cautious. translation: my expectations are still positive, god willing we do not face a situation that we do not want. his fiancee‘s hopes are the same. if it is proved that jamal khashoggi's life ended here, it would plunge already strained turkey saudi relations into crisis and could also force london and washington and other western governments to rethink their embrace of crown prince mohammed bin salman because this would amount to state—sponsored murder on foreign soil. from exile in the us,

the washington post left blank space forjamal khashoggi's regular article, saying it would be monstrous and unfathomable if he had been killed. the man who went to his consulate to help him get married, now the subject of an international murder inquiry. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. back in november 2017 mr khashoggi was interviewed by stephen sackur on the bbc‘s hardtalk programme. he was already in exile, and spoke critically of the saudi monarchy, specifically the man he described as the real leader of the country, crown prince mohammed bin salman. we, the arabs have suffered a great deal with one—man rule. one—man rule is always a problem. always ends with a disaster,

whether in germany or in iraq or in saudi arabia. saudi arabia wasn't a democracy, but it used to be rule by consensus. not between the people and the royalfamily — between the royal family themselves. and maybe that safeguard saudi arabia in the past, from adventurous policies. but today, it is ruled by only one man. not even within the family, he has no one close to him even in the family. he is the sole leader of saudi arabia. another female on twitter says "when we speak of a leader working for the benefit of the people and theirfuture, mbs is our man". farrah says: "we have an extraordinary crown prince was the saviour of our generation, working for a great leap toward the future". there is the voice of young saudis. very much correct.

and if i was to speak like them, i would be also in saudi arabia. but there are other voices. and those voices are not being heard. they are being told to be silent. they have signed at the state security offices. they were called and they were asked to stay silent. the list of saudis who are banned from travel is growing every day. that was a year ago. polls have closed in brazil, in a series of elections which observers say is the most polarised contest for years. the frontrunner for president is the far—right politician, jair bolsonaro, who was stabbed on the campaign trail last month. the former army captain has vowed to tackle crime and reduce the high murder rate. if he fails to secure more than half of the vote, he's likely to face the candidate from the workers‘ party, fernando haddad, in a runoff at the end of october. the bbc‘s camilla costa has been following today's vote. shejoins us now from sao paulo. welcome to you. what has the turn

out that mike? what are people saying to you today about the election? 50 saying to you today about the election? so far, we still don't have numbers about the turnout. the polls are just closing but we do have a lot of reports from people talking about the lines and the immense lines to vote. not only here in brazil but also in other countries were brazilians are due to vote as well, including in london. many people have been saying this is a huge turnout. it looks to them as if they had not seen that many brazilians faulting in elections in a long time. but those are quite divisive elections. we did have some difficulties and some fights in some electoral sections around brazil. you set these elections are divisive. why are they proving so? tell us more about the front runner jair bolsonaro. some specialists really have been considering these

elections in brazil, unprecedented elections. obviously you do have far right candidate jair bolsonaro, and you also have sort of a very big hatred against the were to —— workers party, the party of the former president. you have big polarisation in brazil. you see people very involved in those discussions. another thing is the prevalence of fake news and the role that social media is playing in those campaigns. today especially, you have seen a lot of fake news, journalist, fact checking services working around the clock. even people connected to the candidates, includingjair people connected to the candidates, including jair bolsonaro's sons were also politicians. they have been talking about the possibility of fraud in the elections, which is something that the authorities deny. behind the popularity ofjair bolsonaro? asked what is behind the

popularity of jair bolsonaro? bolsonaro? asked what is behind the popularity ofjair bolsonaro? out of it is his promise to tackle security, to take a harder stance. against crimes in brazil, especially against homicides. we have to bear in mind that brazil has seen in the past year a record homicide rate, over 60,000 people murdered during 2017. part of it is also the hatred against the workers party. many people say they do not like jair bolsonaro that much, they don't really agree with them, but they will vote for him to prevent the workers party from getting to be in power again. but he is extremely unpopular in many quarters. and he survived his assassination attempt last week, didn't he? he did. the interesting thing about those elections is that the two main candidates, the two front runners for president, both jair bolsonaro and fernando haddad from the workers party, have the highest rate of rejection among voters ever in the,

after the re—democratization of brazil in 1989. so even though they are front runners, the rejection for both of them is quite high. this is another reason why those elections are so another reason why those elections are so divisive and so unprecedented in the country. thank you very much. let's bring you some live pictures now from rio de janeiro. here they are. as the polls closed in the last ten minutes or so. as you are hearing there from camilla, a time before election, the front runner being jair bolsonaro who has vowed to tackle crime and record high murder rates. we are expecting result in the next few hours. do stay with us here on bbc world news. we will bring you all the latest as soon as it comes. let's go to someone today's other news. twenty people have been killed in a car crash in the us state of new york.

police say a limousine carrying a wedding party failed to stop at red lights in the sko—haari area, about 30 kilometres west of the state capital albany. it crashed into another vehicle. according to the police, everyone inside the limousine was killed. the limousine travelled across the intersection into a parking lot and struck a 2015 toyota highlander that was unoccupied and parked. two pedestrians standing nearby were also struck and killed. in total, 20 victims were killed. all were adults. 18 of the victims were in the limousine — including the driver — and the two pedestrians that were struck. indonesian officials say the number of people missing from the earthquake and tsunami which struck the island of sulawesi has soared to 5,000. so far 1763 bodies have been recovered. but there are fears that the two worst—affected neighbourhoods in the city of palu, may contain thousands more victims, swallowed up by the liquefaction

of the ground by the quake. hywell griffiths reports from one of those areas. slowly, some sort of normality is coming back to sulawesi, a basic economy of the bare essentials. the indonesian government has told people they must start thinking about the future. but how do you do that when everything you own has been swept away? this 15—year—old and his father are hoping to salvage something from their home, but it's hard after the house was carried 400 metres by a mudslide. translation: i saw it from a distance. i was afraid. i was sad. i was searching around trying to find my mum and my sisters. his mother was found alive, but his sister and his niece were both killed in petobo's mudslide. 500 families used to live here. so far, they've found

at least 300 bodies. but in reality, they may never be able to know exactly how many people were trapped in this mud. the indonesian government has announced it will end search and rescue operations on thursday. it's likely petobo will then be declared a mass grave. nearby, this school isn't ready to reopen, but emergency tent classrooms could be set up this week. for this boy and his father, planning a future is still difficult, but they are desperate to try to rebuild their lives. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. china has confirmed it is holding the missing head of interpol, meng hongwei. in the last hour, interpol announced that mr meng has handed in his resignation with immediate effect. china's anti—corruption body say he's being investigated for unspecified breaches of the law. mr meng disappeared after leaving the headquarters of the global law enforcement agency in the french

city of lyon. a referendum in romania to enshrine a ban on gay marriage in the country's constitution has failed, due to low voter turnout. just over 20% of the population cast a vote — well below the 30% threshold needed for the referendum to be legally valid. same—sex marriage is not permitted in romanian law, but the current constitution doesn't forbid it. south korea says the north korean leader, kim jong—un, and the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, have agreed to arrange a second trump—kim summit as soon as possible. mr pompeo met the south korean president, moonjae—in, in seoul to brief him on his meeting with mr kim in pyongyang earlier today. the sandwich chain pret a manger has said another of its customers in the uk has died from a suspected allergic reaction. the company is blaming one of its suppliers. it says a yoghurt, which was supposed to be dairy—free, contained traces of milk protein. the supplier, a company

called coyo, has dismissed the claim as "unfounded". it follows the death of another pret customer, 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, from a reaction to sesame seeds. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in bath. this is the type of super veg rainbow flatbread at the centre of this incident. the person who ate one died in december last year. we don't have details about the person who bought a sandwich from the shop, but it is believed they had an allergic reaction to the product which was supposed to be dairy free, but in fact, contained some dairy proteins. the death has now led to a furious row between pret a manger and one of its suppliers, a company called coyo. in a statement, pret a manger said. it went on... coyo based in canton says the claims are unfounded.

they say they did have a recall of food containing dairy and say this was after the death. in a statement, coyo said. this latest tragedy comes after the death of natasha ednan—laperouse, who died from an allergic reaction after eating a sandwich two years ago. after her inquest, herfamily welcome the pret announcement that in future it will list all ingredients on its freshly made products. the death involving the bath pret a manger is not about labelling. instead, it appears to be another incident connected to food allergies, which affects thousands of people. stay with us on bbc

world news, still to come: the latest sports news — the four teams of the english premier leage have been battling it out. this was a celebration by people who we re this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. this was a celebration by people who were relishing theirfreedom. they believe everything is going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be. the galette llama, excise spiritual leader of tibet, has won is your‘s nobel peace prize. a group of soldiersjump a group of soldiers jump from a military taking part in the parade am went towards the president's automatic rifle. after 437 years,

the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged, but even as a diverse work to pull her up i'm a she went through another heart stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc world news today. i'm samantha simmonds. the latest headlines. turkey says a prominent saudi journalistwho's been critical of the ruling family has been murdered inside the kingdom's consulate in istanbul. polls are closing in brazil in the most divisive election in decades. the far—right presidential candidate, jair bolsonaro, has a strong lead in most opinion polls. hugh ferris has all the sport. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.

in four games last season liverpool and manchester city provided 18 goals. on sunday though the top two in the premier league couldn't manage one. although the leaders came very close to winning at anfield for the first time in 15 years. riyad mahrez missed a penalty with five minutes of normal time remaining after leroy sane had been brought down by virgil van dyck. he blazed the ball high over the crossbar, in a game that never lived up to its billing as the most anticipated match of the season so far. more than 40, 50 years of no winning here. most of the time, all the times lose, lose, so of course you have respect. but we deserve respect for what we have done. last season and this one. so we try to avoid coming to the game for the spectators, it is good, what happened now, run, run, in that they are the best team in the world. chelsea have moved above liverpool into second and level on points with city on goal difference

after a 3—0 win at southampton. eden hazard scored his seventh premier league goal of the season, and set up substitute alvaro morata for the third. ross barkley got the other one, his first league goalfor the club. iam very i am very happy with the performance, with the result. i am very happy for our supporters. we have played, i think, a good match, but i think that we can do better. especially in the defensive phase. so this is the top of the table, very tight. arsenal have now won nine games in a row in all competitions. their 5—1 victory at fulham takes them fourth. it's very tight at the top, with the top five all within two points. in italy, lazio and sampdoria are up to third and fourth respectively in serie a after wins on sunday. napoli stay second with a 2—0 win over sassuolo. carlo ancelotti's team got off to a flying start with this strike from adam ounas. but it took until deep into the second for them to score again — lorenzo insigne hit a dipping shot

into the top corner for this sixth goal of the season. and a very good one, too. in spain, sevilla are top of la liga after a 2—1win at home to celta vigo. athletico madrid moved above barcelona into second with a 1—0 win over real betis. barcelona are drawing 1—1 away to valencia with about ten minutes to play. barcelona have not won in the last regains. —— last three games. lewis hamilton is on the verge of a fifth formula one drivers championship. he could wrap it up as soon as the next race in the united states after dominating to win the japanese grand prix. his main rival — ferrari's sebastian vettel — tried to gain ground from eighth place on the grid but span to the back after colliding with max verstappen. vettel recovered but could only finish sixth. hamilton meanwhile serenely led from the front for the whole race to seal his ninth win of the season

and move 67 points clear at the top of the standings. just four races to go. i'm actually very, very happy. i think the whole weekend has been incredibly strong from the team. it's a great one, too, for mercedes and eight gershon of the real strength in depth that we have as a team. this track is the best track in the world. i don't know why they don't make tracks like this any more. every second of the run, it was just great fun. pakistan are well on top after day one of the first test with australia in dubai. it's the australians first test series since the ball tampering scandal, and their bowlers struggled as pakistan's openers put on 205 for the first wicket, mohammed hafiz making 126 in his first test for two years. his partner imam ul—haq went for 76, as austrlalia rallied, taking a third wicket, that of azhar ali for 18. at the close, 255—3. that's all the sport for now. studio: thanks very much. see you

later. the leader of the scottish national party — which wants scotland to be independent from the rest of the uk — has said her party would back another referendum on membership of the european union. the comments by nicola sturgeon are a boost to the campaign for a so—called ‘people's vote', although she said the "real solution" for scotland was independence. britain hopes to strike a deal with the eu in the next few weeks. sarah smith reports. chanting. calls for a second referendum on the terms of brexit were accompanied through central london today by hundreds of dogs. their owners delighted to hear the snp now support their cause. while labour has not ruled out supporting a so—called people's vote, theresa may has said it will not happen. nicola sturgeon told the andrew marr show that, faced with a choice between a cobbled—together brexit deal or no deal at all, mps should look at an alternative. there is no doubt the calls for a second referendum would grow in those circumstances and i've said before, we would not stand in the way of a second referendum,

a so—called people's vote. i think the snp mps would undoubtedly vote for that proposition. they would. that's a very important moment. the snp are the largest uk party to party to commit to a second referendum on brexit, with 35 mps now prepared to support it. but for many nationalists, that's not the referendum they really care about. tens of thousands joined a march in edinburgh yesterday in support of a second referendum on scottish independence. opinion polls published today suggest support is growing, but the question is when to call another vote. as soon as possible because we are out of europe by april. when would it be right to have another independence referendum? two years after brexit. i think then we will see the damage that's been done to the scottish economy. i understand why there is a delay because you need to find out what the terms of brexit are before we have a second referendum. nicola sturgeon promised an update

on the timing of an independence referendum this autumn. now she says we must wait until we know the details of any brexit deal. the challenge is how to maintain her supporters‘ enthusiasm as she keep them waiting. just before we go, take a look at this... it's a competition to build the tallest human tower and it's been taking place in the city of tarragona in spain. forty—two teams took part — watched by thousands of spectators. building human towers has deep cultural roots in catalonia. and has been recognised by the united nations cultural body unesco. not quite sure how tall they got, but it is a good effort! a jogger going for a run in the netherlands made a surprise find. a lion cub found abandoned in a field. the cub — which is believed to be four orfive months old — was found in a small cage outside the city of utrecht. vets say it was very stressed by its ordeal,

but otherwise healthy. it's now being cared for in quarantine at a wildlife park. dutch police are looking for the owners. and before we go — a reminder of our top story... president erdogan of turkey has said he's waiting for the outcome of an investigation into the case of a missing saudi journalist. turkish officials have suggested thejournalist — kamal khashoggi — was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. he's a well—known critic of the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. he's not been seen since he went inside the building on tuesday — while attempting to obtain documents for his forthcoming marriage. that isn't for me from now. you can get in touch with me on twitter. i'm @samanthatvnews. it's very are coming up shortly. best headlines are coming up shortly. thing. this weekend we always

promised you a tale of two parts and thatis promised you a tale of two parts and that is exactly what happened. what a difference a day max. plenty of cloud and rain into scotland and northern ireland in comparison to yesterday, a pretty miserable day. further south after a chilly start we have seen some sunshine. it has been a much better afternoon in parts of an richer in comparison to yesterday, temperatures into the mid—teens. cambridgeshire. further north and west we have kept the cloud and rain and also noticeable gusts of wind in excess of 40, 50 miles an hourat gusts of wind in excess of 40, 50 miles an hour at times. that rain is here to stay, not only through the night but also into monday and potentially tuesday as well. they could bring a potentialfor some localised flooding. a fair amount of cloud from the south, not quite as cold at night. overnight lows of five, 11 degrees. we start off monday, still be potentialfor some rain around as well. it is not a wash—out to start outwith. northern isles in far northeast of scotland

may be dry and bright, but there is more rain to come. itjust keeps feeding him steadily off the atla ntic feeding him steadily off the atlantic over the next couple of days. south—westerly breeze will a lwa ys days. south—westerly breeze will always drive in more clout. a little more shelterfor the always drive in more clout. a little more shelter for the east. always drive in more clout. a little more shelterfor the east. dryer temperature weather in prospect here. it does look as though we go for monday and we will see this weather front bringing in some for monday and we will see this weatherfront bringing in some rain. and it will meander north and south through the day on monday. some of the quite heavy across much of western and northern areas of scotland. the best of the sunshine is southern and eastern areas, and temperatures up 17 or 18 degrees. similar story out of monday and tuesday, still the weather front bringing the potential of further west weather into scotland and northern ireland. certainly more cloud, and more of a breeze. that south—westerly still driving and more warmth for this off with some sunshine. we will see temperatures peaking at 20 degrees. that is music to your ears, it does look as though the wind will change subtle

direction, and bring some warm both ahead of it. we could for the start of wednesday morning see the potential for some fog around. hopefully this wind well with that fog light readily away. then it will drive that would've front of scotla nd drive that would've front of scotland as well. from wednesday into thursday, it looks like it will get warmer still, even into the far north of scotland. take care. this is bbc world news, the headlines. top officials in track you say the authorities have concrete evidence that it well known journalists, jamal khashoggi, was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi officials have called the accusations baseless. they have said the election is the most polarised contest friday. one candidate was stabbed on the campaign trail. and in using officials say the number of people missing has sought to 5000. so far,

more than 1700 bodies have been recovered. police in new york state have confirmed that 20 people have died in good traffic collision on saturday.