president trump says he'll raise the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi with king salman — as the saudi authorities face growing pressure over his alleged murder. mr trump told reporters he had not spoken to the saudi ruler yet but would call him soon. washington insists no deal was done with turkey to secure the release of the american evangelical pastor andrew brunson. he's flying back to the us via germany after a turkish court freed him. president trump said he'd welcome mr brunson at the white house — most likely on saturday. rescue workers are still searching through debris for people who may have been trapped or lost their lives, when hurricane michael tore into the south—eastern united states on wednesday. 16 people are now known to have been killed by the storm — in florida, virginia, georgia and north carolina. now on bbc news, our world. india rakusen goes to the american

state of montana to find out why so many white, middle aged men are killing themselves. a warning that some viewers may find some scenes upsetting. every year, every yea r, nearly every year, nearly 16,000 people in america die by suicide. that's over double the number of homicides. in the last 20 years, suicide rates in most western countries have fallen. in the us, they have gone up i nearly one third. and there is one particular group of americans causing the spike in numbers. white, middle—aged men. causing the spike in numbers. white, middle-aged men. i was going to kill myself. i just said, middle-aged men. i was going to kill myself. ijust said, dude, you are

just a flunky in the machine and it is time to get the hell out. the largely white state of montana has the highest suicide rate in america, at double the national average. i wa nt to at double the national average. i want to try and understand just why so want to try and understand just why so many middle—aged white men are taking their own lives. and what the impact of that is here. there was another gun there, and i thought, cani another gun there, and i thought, can i catch up? how fast does us all travel, can i please catch up and be with him? —— does a soul travel? . i have come to flathead lake in western montana, where kids are gathering for a summer camp. but they are not here just for a holiday. this is a camp for grieving

children. nice to meet you finally. tina barrett is the direct of the grief resource centre which runs the four day event. kids come to us with different types of losses, the most common type of loss is suicide. the most common? yes. what other numbers? perhaps 50 members here, and about 18 are grieving the death ofafamily and about 18 are grieving the death of a family member by suicide. this is the third time thatjenny has brought her daughters at the and lily to stay here, and there is a reason why. people who lose someone to suicide are three times more likely to attempt it themselves. tell me what is going on here, what are you making? we call them flags of remembrance. is this? lilies.

what have you got here? this is a fishing boat. and who is rich? here's ourdad. when fishing boat. and who is rich? here's our dad. when i was 11, he committed suicide. i come here in prices everything. it is place where everyone understands what you are going through, you just know in your owfi going through, you just know in your own way. there is a lot of them that's a dad. —— that say. what you say to the girls when you are saying goodbye? be strong, the way that i know you are, i love you, i am be strong, the way that i know you are, i love you, iam here, connect with everyone and heal. white collar middle—aged men have the fastest growing suicide rate in the us. i

wa nt to growing suicide rate in the us. i want to get behind that this —— statistics and discover more about one of these men, one of these dads. after rick's death in texas in 2014, jenny came to montana to build a new life. she remarried, and now there isa life. she remarried, and now there is a little baby brother for lily and abbey. it is a beautiful picture, isn't it? they are a lot younger! yes, they are different. what was he like when you met? he was teaching in the same high school that i was teaching, and i was like, oh, who is that? we started having coffee, and writing letters to one another, so we fell in love with letters. and to me, i think part of the reason i was so attracted to him was because he was this really strong, powerful man. but he was a lwa ys strong, powerful man. but he was always a little emotionally standoffish. before they met, rick

had been in the army. hejoined straight out of high school and within months was deployed to frontline hospital during the first war. he returned to build a life which looked happy and successful but under the surface rick was struggling. i came home and i noticed he was off. i reassured him, i held noticed he was off. i reassured him, iheld him, noticed he was off. i reassured him, i held him, iam so noticed he was off. i reassured him, i held him, i am so glad noticed he was off. i reassured him, i held him, iam so glad i did. the next morning he dropped lily off at school, and later lily would tell me that he looked at her with really sad eyes. and then walked away from her. so that is hard. he went back to the house, he called the sheriff, and said" this is what they are about to do", and he walked out the door, took the gun with him and took his own life. he sent me a text, saidi his own life. he sent me a text, said i love you so very much, and i know by the time of death, he sent

me that text as the very last thing he did. so i went to the house and iranian to the closet, and i saw the safe open, where the guns were, and i couldn't believe it. —— i ran in. i thought, there was another gun there, and i thought, can i catch 7 how there, and i thought, can i catch up? how fast does a soul travel, to please catch up and be with him?|j cannot please catch up and be with him?” cannot imagine, like, how that they must have been. i'm so sorry. with suicide, everybody goes back to that day, or the few days before, and says, what could i have done? i think my goodness, if i had any idea what he was going to do, i would not have gone to work. i would have lost myjob, i would have gone to work. i would have lost myjob, iwould have have gone to work. i would have lost myjob, i would have done anything. to keep him from doing that. back at the grief camp, the girls

are able to relax and have some fun. a bit ofa are able to relax and have some fun. a bit of a braid? it really depends... what does the camp mean to you? it is kind of a place to come, to express yourself, be yourself and accept yourself. part of learning to deal with grief involves the girls thinking about their dad and how they want to remember him. what was he like as a dad? he was the best dad. to enter your question. —— answer. he was stern, but he was still fun and kind, and just stern, but he was still fun and kind, andjust like... like stern, but he was still fun and kind, and just like... like a stern, but he was still fun and kind, andjust like... like a best friend. to me, at least. when you found out that your dad had taken his life, can you remember... yeah. like... isaid his life, can you remember... yeah. like... i said ok. i kind of walked out. i had a different reaction. to

me it kind of felt like i was being stabbed repeatedly at my stomach, in my heart. it is a pain that you really cannot describe, that you don't feel twice. i still mad at him. my grandma is up there, she will... she will with his booty. -- whip. why are you mad at him? because he left. he left with a lot of promises... what were they? that he would never leave, that is the biggest one. and just, little things like, meeting my first boyfriend, or walking me down the aisle, or taking me to my first school bands... just things that your dad is supposed to

do with you. but he is never going to do with me. in the last 20 years, suicide rates for white—collar middle—aged men have skyrocketed. while those for black and asian americans have not changed much. just south of the camp is the largely white county of miss 0rla, where there has been a 50% increase in suicides in the last five years. —— missoula. in suicides in the last five years. -- missoula. we are moving on and to out... i came to missoula's biggest event, the county fair, to try and understand the pressures that men are facing here. the first number is be four... de four... do you think it is getting harder for be four... de four... do you think it is getting harderfor men? be four... de four... do you think it is getting harder for memm be four... de four... do you think it is getting harder for men? it is getting harder to make the money, to provide for your family. what does

it mean as a man if you are not able to provide for your family? it feels like a failed, i felt make it —— i failed my wife, i failed like a failed, i felt make it —— i failed my wife, ifailed my like a failed, i felt make it —— i failed my wife, i failed my kids. devise talk to each other about blondes? no! (laughs). in general, no. at least none of the guys that i know. i met up with mayorjohn england who was born and raised in the county. today, missoula montana when i was —— is a lot different from what i was born in 1964. we manufactured and depended on the timber industry. that industry was largely a man's world. it is truck driving, its logging, it is equipment operation. if you are a person of my generation, much of your identity is wrapped up in what your identity is wrapped up in what you do. what is the first thing you ask a stranger in a social situation, what are you do? yeah. so

for a very long time, the ants in my have been, i am a for a very long time, the ants in my have been, lam a lotto, which meant that you put in —— i am in logging. which led that you put in a solid day's work for a reasonable wage and you provided for your family, created a product. when i ask people what they do in missoula, the answers are far more complex than they used to be. i am betweenjobs, i don't do anything right now. but this is what i was, this is what i was. ina this is what i was, this is what i was. in a world where you grow up with that label and that label is important, and somebody suddenly test the tag off, who are you? —— tears the tag off. but this is not just a rustbelt town in decline. missoula's economy is thriving. but the old jobs are disappearing, and many white, working class men are feeling left behind. the folks you see here today, a lot of them are

going to be from places where what was the traditional western life style was the traditional western lifestyle is that —— still very much alive to them. that sense of self—sufficiency and you cannot really rely on anybody but yourself, and as boys we are taught from a very young age, man up, toughen up, you don't cry. when problems compile toa you don't cry. when problems compile to a point that you can't shake it off, and there is no way in hell that you are going to have a conversation with another adult human being about how miserable you are, your options start to narrow considerably. it is hard not to see a connection between the distress felt by so many of these men and the challenges of adjusting to a changing world. white guys have had a pretty good for a long time. but some of the edges are being nipped out. if i am not the boss, who am i? if my boss is a woman, what does that mean to me? if my boss is a

muslim woman, what does that mean to me? it is different to the way it was, right? the missoula police are on the frontline of this crisis, and the number of mental health and suicidal callouts has doubled in three years. christine cameron is a patrol officer with the force —— christian cameron. within seconds of being in the patrol car, a suicide call comes through. cow. copy, thank you. it draws a lot of our resources. we are responding to this right now, two offices, there could be crimes going on that we are able to response to because we are handling these types of calls. we

are pulling into the complex now. how is it going? you don't need any assistance or anything from us, no thoughts about harming yourself or anything like that? if you need anything like that? if you need anything from us at any time, call 911, ok? is he 0k? he is, we made contact with him. he works a graveyard shift so he was just sleeping. so this is the third suicide related call today for the precinct? yes. one was a person who had a residence in theirfront precinct? yes. one was a person who had a residence in their front yard holding a hand gun to their head. another individual went into one of the local sporting goods stores and was attempting to take a firearm in order to try and harm himself. and that is the thing that gets

mentioned again and again. guns. they are the most common method of suicide for american men and there area suicide for american men and there are a lot of them in the town. the men here are killing themselves with firearms at a rate far higher than the national average. in this town, people in suicidal crisis are brought to st patrick's hospital, which is under increasing pressure. brooks bear is a healthcare professional here. you're a busy man. that is the way the job goes. it isa man. that is the way the job goes. it is a lot of chaos. so you work a straight 48—hour shift? i am covering the emergency department for a 48 hours stretch. how many people would you see in your shift?

20 is probably average. if i see 20 people in 48 hours, 12, 13, you know, 14 will be suicidal. what is seen? is getting worse? i think it is getting much worse. just in the timei is getting much worse. just in the time i have been working in this hospital, i think our numbers are coming up 20 or 30% each year. hospital, i think our numbers are coming up 20 or 3096 each year. my gosh. but despite the growing need, this year, montana has seen huge cuts to its mental—health budget.” think the mental health cuts are having a pretty big impact. if there we re having a pretty big impact. if there were stronger out patient services, about 30% i would not see. because they have nowhere to turn. this place is going to go wild hours. it won't be too long. across america, many men turned to substances to cope with their distress. in montana, those who going to end their life are twice as likely as other americans to have alcohol

their system. a few hours later, i caught up with brooks bear to talk more about this. we do love alcohol here. you so our goal in any suicidal individual and you have expressly increase the risk will stop the chilly loneliness and alcohol. i talked to so many men who just talk about this crushing loneliness. loneliness literally hurts. the brain reads loneliness like physical pain. all they know is to them this pain is unbearable. and along with our goal and loneliness, there is another factor. along with our goal and loneliness, there is anotherfactor. montana has there is anotherfactor. montana has the fastest growing income inequality in the country. and it is the poorest communities that see more and more people taking their lives. the more despair between -- the more disparity between the haves and the have—nots come at the height of suicide rate. if you are rubbing

your shoulders with the wealthy, and your shoulders with the wealthy, and you are not wealthy, it makes the white middle—class males feel inadequate. we are a burden on people. we are not producing. it only highlights more that the more i am have not, the more i want to and my life. since arriving in montana, i wanted to talk to one of these white middle—aged men that wanted to ta ke white middle—aged men that wanted to take their own lives. but there is a lot of stigma around suicide. and it is difficult to get anyone to talk. right at the end of my visit, a call. as soon as i left work i was going to kill myself. ijust said, dude, you have nothing to show for all your efforts. you are just a flu nky all your efforts. you are just a flunky in the machine. and it is time to get the hell out. russell is 63 and has lived in his family home

for the last 40 years. he has suffered with depression for decades. a few years ago, he was determined to take his own life.” just ran in here and i took the shotgun out and then i looked at the dog and said what am i going to do with the dog? and then i started putting in other — i started putting another shell in the shotgun. because i thought i would have to shoot her too. and she gave me this look and it just shoot her too. and she gave me this look and itjust said what is going on? and! look and itjust said what is going on? and i just look and itjust said what is going on? and ijust said i can't do this. i can't do this. what was going on in your life, russell, that made you feel like you wanted to take your life? at the time, i was alone. a lone? it wasjust me living here.

and one dog. —— alone. loneliness can bea and one dog. —— alone. loneliness can be a terrible pass muster. —— taskmaster. this can be a terrible city to live in. if you are not a competitive person, and i am not, it is not easy. americans like a winner. they do not like people who are not winners. all our lives we are not winners. all our lives we are given this false notion of security that we are supposed to be superhuman. i am superman, clark kent. i will rip off my shirt and i will have a cape plastered on my chest and i will save the free world. and of course we are not going to. most of us are just people like me. a lot of people in montana, they reach that same level of panic because they don't make enough

money. there is a level of terror among people as they work harder and fall farther behind. i have noticed you have attached to an arm. what is this for? when you end a sentence with a semicolons, you're basically saying current that is not the end of the sentence, there is more to come after that. thank you so much. this is my way of saying there is more to come after this in my life. thank you for sharing it. thank you for giving me the opportunity. i'm not going to give in or give up. back at the greek camp at flat had late, things are drawing to a close. there is no single reason for the growing suicide crisis. ——

acquitted. what is clear is that people are not talking enough, and thatis people are not talking enough, and that is one thing this can be strained to change. it is a key to seek help. it is a key to have tough days. and when we do, it is a key to ask people. ask about suicide does not cause suicide. camps like this are rare. coming here year after year has been life changing for jenny and her girls. and it has given them hope . the three of us are sitting there with our feet in the water and i looked at my two girls and realised that life is going to be ok. that it could be good again. that we could have moments like this at this incredible lake and we actually can have a lot of fun making a lot of

new memories together. hello there. friday was a windy day across the country, thanks to the influence of storm callum, that's bringing notjust the strong winds but also heavy rain around too. this was the picture taken by one of our weather watchers in salcombe earlier in the day. this is storm callum pushing into the north—west of the uk, but we have this trailing weather front, which will be the main trouble maker in the next 24—48 hours. this is going to be bringing more heavy rain across parts of south wales. some areas have seen 100 millimetres already. we could see 160 millimetres over the hills by the end of saturday, causing significant problems with flooding and travel disruption too. elsewhere, it is going to be a very mild night. those temperatures at about 17 or 18 degrees in the south and east, a little bit cooler and fresher further north—west. heading through saturday then, we have got all this rain which is going to be ploughing in across parts of south—west england and wales too. those totals mounting up. it is notjust the rain but the strong winds too. quite widely 40—50 mile wind gusts. towards the east, things are dry and very mild. there is that heavy rain in southern scotland and england, but northern ireland and north—west scotland should stay largely dry, i think, through the course of the morning. through the morning, the rain pushing across northern ireland at times too. in south—east england,

it will stay mostly dry. that wind will bring warmer temperatures, 25 degrees in some spots. we are breaking records of this time in october. moving through saturday evening, given all the rain in the north and west, it will ease for a time. heading through sunday, eventually this front pushes further east. by the early hours of sunday, we see that rain arriving in the south—east of england. still very mild here, but things turn cooler and fresher from the north—west. during the day on sunday then, we have this frontal system across the uk. it's pushing away towards the east. so an improved day for western parts of the uk, particularly for northern ireland, for instance. we should lose the rain fairly quickly. the sunshine reappears for western parts of scotland, wales, and england. in the east though, a different feeling day, much cooler than saturday, with outbreaks of rain. but at least the winds won't be as strong. some of us are about 10 degrees cooler on sunday compared to saturday. looking ahead into next week, after all the wind and the rain, —— looking ahead into next week, after all the wind and the rain,

things are looking quite for monday and tuesday. but much cooler than they have been over the past few days. bye— bye. this is bbc world news, i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: missing, feared dead: a source close to the investigation tells the bbc there is evidence jamal khashoghi was murdered. the american pastor whose detention in turkey caused a diplomatic rift with washington is released and heading home. we are very honoured to have him back with us. he suffered greatly, but we are very appreciative to a lot of people. the cost of hurricane michael: at least 16 people killed and more than a million homes without power. and, home at last: the nigerian children taken by vigilantes to fight militants are reunited with their families.