this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has a warning for saudi arabia, if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are proved to be true. we're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. more than 70 flood warnings and alerts are in place in wales — following the torrential rain brought by storm callum. it's the worst flooding the country has seen for around 30 years. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. also in the next hour — an amnesty on hospital equipment. patients are urged to return crutches, walking frames and wheelchairs to the nhs — so they can be reused or recycled. and in half an hour here on bbc news, britain's best new building takes a look at the candidates for this year's royal institute of british architects — stirling prize. donald trump has said the us

will inflict "severe punishment" on saudi arabia — if it's found to be responsible for the death of a journalist. jamal khashoggi, a critic of the saudi government, vanished after visiting its consulate in istanbul earlier this month. turkey says it has audio and video evidence proving that he was murdered inside the building. but the saudi interior minister described the allegations as lies. mark lowen‘s report contains some flashing images. what dark secrets of jamal khashoggi's end lie within these walls? saudi arabia's istanbul consulate, a place of diplomatic protection, that it seems became a site of horror. turkish sources say they have recordings to prove khashoggi was murdered here by a saudi hit squad.

jamal khashoggi... president trump warned today of consequences if the saudis had killed him. but he said he would not cancel arm deals with them. i don't want to lose an order like that and there are other ways of punishing, to use a word that is a pretty harsh word but it is true. we're going to get the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. it's 11 days since jamal khashoggi entered the consulate to get papers for his wedding. he has not been seen since. it's alleged the body of the critical journalist was dismembered. the saudi interior minister repeated his government's denial of what he called baseless allegations and lies. rallying his supporters, president erdogan is being cautious and hasn't echoed accusations of murder. he has even accepted the saudi's request for a joint inquiry but says they must provide evidence. turkey's strategy is two—pronged.

it's treading carefully to protect an important relationship with riyadh, especially amid economic problems here. but at the same time it is leaking incriminating evidence to build international support and warn the saudis — co—operate or else. after other killings, not least in salisbury, the un secretary—general told the bbc he feared a pattern. i am feeling worried with this apparent new normal. because these kind of incidents are multiplying. and it is absolutely essential to make sure that the international community says clearly that this is not something that can happen. as they investigate the missing journalist, turkish police haven't managed to search the consulate, reportedly because the saudis limited their scope, prompting the question, will we ever really know the awful truth hidden here? mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. an american evangelical pastor

held in a turkish jail for the last two years has been released — and has been in the white house this evening being welcomed back into the country by president trump. andrew brunson was charged over links to the failed coup in turkey. earlier, mr trump tweeted that there was no deal done with turkey — but he thanked his turkish counterpart, recep tayyip erdogan, for his efforts in securing the release. well, the pastor gave president trump a prayer during his meeting with president trump. i ask that you put your holy spirit oi'i i ask that you put your holy spirit on president trump, to enable him to accomplish all the plans that he has this country, and i ask that you give him wisdom in how to lead this country and righteousness. to president erdogan, thank you very much, and to the people of turkey, thank you very much to my think this

will be a big step in our relationship. —— and i think. we have had a harsh way she should because of what is happening, and i'm not going to say anything, but this is a tremendous step toward having the kind of relationship with turkey which can be a great relationship that i know we're going to have, so thank you very much, president, thank you very much. president, thank you very much. president trump greeting andrew brunson back in america. let's speak now to hussein ibish, senior resident scholar at the arab gulf institute in washington. thanks forjoining us. how much of a crisis might the case of jamal khashoggi proved to be between the united states and saudi arabia?m is the biggest one since the 9/11 terrorist attacks but i think while it is going to be a very big crisis, it is going to be a very big crisis, it would have a significant impact

on the relationship for several months of not mother, but the basic fundamentals are not going to be shaken. —— if not longer. military intelligence and cooperation and working together to stabilise the energy markets, these are two important to be put aside. the basic relationship was not rethought after 9/11 and the occupation of iraq and the war in yemen, the fate of any individual is not going to do that. but if saudi arabia cannot exonerate itself there will be as president trump said some severe repercussions for a limited time. whether tron macro really wants to do that, the rest of the united states says we will not put up with this and by right —— whether trump really wants to do that. there will be a period

of diplomatic difficulties? weapons sales will either be delayed or cancelled and we already see investment being curtailed so it will make aspects of the vision 2030 economic and investment programme more difficult for a time. certain military ambitions may have to be rethought and big picture diplomatic public meetings are likely to be downgraded for a time. i think after period of penance and repentance saudi arabia if it behaves itself can come back, especially because the relationship is indispensable for the if the united states would like to be the predominant outside power in the gulf region it needs to partner with a local power and that means saudi arabia or iran. iran is a revolutionary and revisionist power that is largely opposed to the

status quo, but saudi arabia is largely for it so it is really no choice at all from the united states. they have do communicate to the saudi government that this kind of thing is not acceptable and get them to stop being so reckless. the united states and saudi arabia are pursuing regional stability and you can't do that with these kind of reckless and destabilising tactics if this is true, as it seems to be. you wonder how saudi arabia can exonerate itself beyond what it has already done? jamal khashoggi has been missing now for a number of days and the denials continue. what other choices does the united states have for a different partner in the region if it cannot be saudi arabia at least for a while? none. it will be saudi arabia. the 0bama administration toyed with asking the

question of whether they could be a partnership with iran but they asked the question as to whether they could ask the question regarding the nuclear deal and they found iran was totally unwilling to become a stabilising force in the region and persisted with supporting terrorist groups and destabilising its neighbours and backing these militias and the united states could not see eye to eye with iran on anything. there are other allies, bahrain, qatar, kuwait, or close allies, but it has got to be saudi arabia. saudi arabia agrees with the united states on most of its long—term goals, although not its values, that is increasingly clear, and has always been clear, but the basic goals are relatively in concert and iran's are not and so that means the united states unless it would like to rethink its strategic posture in the persian

gulf is stuck with saudi arabia and vice versa. russia and china do not have the ability and the interest in playing that role of the main guarantor regional stability from the outside, so these people are joined at the head whether they like it or not. —— joined at the hip. thanks forjoining us. for more on this we can speak to our washington correspondent, chris buckler. severe punishment says president trump if these claims turn out to be true, what would that look like? that is a very good question and one that many people are asking. donald trump has been asked this inside the 0val trump has been asked this inside the oval office where he has been welcoming back andrew brunson who was the pastor who was finally released in turkey after being convicted of charges related to terrorism. he was asked what severe punishment could look like because he has rolled out there could be

some kind of economic sanctions because he does not want to sanction to the macro —— he's not want to jeopardise tens of billions of sales of arms to saudi arabia. what else could he do? he said there is a very long list, but despite being pressed it would not give a specific answer. you get a sense that donald trump is hardening his language but at the same time he doesn't want to be seen to actually make any kind of specific threat against saudi arabia and that gives you a sense of the relationship he has tried to foster with riyadh and also the fact he does not want to jeopardise the relationship going forward. turkey says it has audio and video evidence which says it proves saudi arabia was responsible for the death of this journalist jamal khashoggi, and separately we have president trump thanking the turkish leader for the release of this american pastor.

there has been a great deal of questions asked about the independence of the turkish judicially in the last few years. independence of the turkish judicially in the last few yearsm is quite interesting. technically andrew brunson, this universal credit who was released and then went to the oval office and prayed with president trump —— this pastor who was released. it is fair to say he was released technically because of time already served through house arrest and time he spent in prison but president trumpspecifically thanked president erdogan for allowing this race to happen and while he insists there has been no secret deal done with turkey —— allowing this to happen. but he has wa nted allowing this to happen. but he has wanted to improve relationships with turkey going forward and this could allow the great relationship to develop. it is also fair to say it has come whenever there's a huge focus on what happened inside that saudi consulate in istanbul.

president trump insists it is coincidental but nevertheless building relationships with turkey especially given the question is happening with saudi arabia at the moment, could be very important for the country going forward. it needs partnerships in that area and turkey, there's a chance of an improving relationship, and turkey wa nt improving relationship, and turkey want that because of the economic pressure that has been put on its currency and economy as a result of those sanctions. chris, thanks for joining us. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are rachel cunliffe, who's the comment and features editor at cityam, and the political strategist, jo tanner — who worked for borisjohnson and david cameron. parts of wales have suffered their worst flooding in 30 years after being hit by storm callum. the heavy rain and strong winds have also left 2000 homes and businesses

in england without power — with some flood defences breached. people in one village in south wales spent last night on evacuation alert because of the rising water levels, from where tomos morgan reports. yeah, so it's streaming through the middle of the house at the moment. yeah, and you've made a kind of drainage by taking up all the panels. yeah, we're trying to keep it as central as possible. vickie leclerc‘s home in aberdulais has been ruined by storm callum. 0vernight the torrential rain that caused havoc across south wales has decimated her family's home. ijust don't know how long it's going to take for it to all go down, so it's just waiting for everything to dry out, i guess, and then see what happens from there, but now a lot of people on the street haven't got insurance so i don't know what they are going to do or i'm going to do. i'm not sure. the 29 houses on canal side

where vickie lives were offered voluntary evacuation last night, but all the residents refused and stayed with their belongings and homes. it's south wales that's borne the brunt of storm callum. travel has been severely affected, with several roads remaining closed. here on the a470 between merthyr tydfil and the brecon beacons, a jcb has been called in to create extra drainage, as water pouring down the mountain has been bringing debris with it, creating a huge risk for vehicles trying to pass on this road. in lampeter, businesses have been severely disrupted due to the heavy rain. the local superstore and its car park under a foot of water. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through and then, well, they're going through but at the other end they're just breaking down because it's so deep on the road. i've been here 26—27 years, i was born here. i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. across the uk thousands of homes have been without power. flood alerts remain in place across wales and the north of england. and the met office has warnings in place for heavy rain in these areas until midnight this evening.

for vickie and her neighbours in aberdulais, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this later storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. the headlines on bbc news. president trump says saudi arabia will be punished severely — if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are substantiated. strong winds and heavy rain brought by storm callum have continued to batter northern ireland and western parts of britain. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. yes, good evening.

wigan warriors have won super league's grand final after beating warrington wolves by 12—4 in a tense match at old trafford this evening. it was a repeat of the 2016 grand final which wigan won but tonightjosh charnley got the first points on the scoreboard for the wolves. dom manfredi and then tom davies answered back for wigan to give them an 8—1; lead at the break. the score remained the same until the 76th minute when manfredi broke through once more to seal the victory for wigan. it's their 5th grand final victory. wigan have one win to their name today, they beat leeds in the women's grand final for the first time. the match was tied at 16—16 heading into the final minute, charlotte foley's penalty handing wigan victory at the manchester regional arena. the warriors had been in front thanks to rachel thompson's hat trick. this is only the second women's grand final after bradford won the inaugural event last year. england's cricketers have

taken the lead in the one day series in sri lanka after another rain—affected match. the bad weather washed out the first match in midweek, but both sides at least got to bat in dambulla. england first and their captain eoin morgan led by example, hitting 92 from just 91 balls. it helped england set a target of 279. chris woakes took 3 of the 5 sri lankan wickets to fall when the rain arrived, and with the hosts way off the required run rate, on 140 off 29 overs, england were awarded the win, on the duckworth lewis method. bath's freddie burns had a horror show at the rec as two mistakes cost his side victory over toulouse in the champions cup. he was substituted by his coach who said he was ‘mentally gone' after the errors. while edinburgh's spirited fightback in the second half proved in vein as they lost 21 points to 15 against montpellier, but managed to come away with a losing bonus point. james burford reports. he is the tenth highest points

scorer in the history of the premiership but these will go down as two the most difficult moments in as two the most difficult moments in a freddie burns career. first a miss in front of the posts and then this happened, he thought he had made insta nt happened, he thought he had made instant amends, only for the ball to be knocked out of his hands at the crucial moment. it could have been a match—winning try but this was a match—winning try but this was a match—winning effort from. utter disbelief in the stands. toulouse held that for the most fortunate of victories. as an edinburgh, playing their first champions cup gain victories. as an edinburgh, playing theirfirst champions cup gain in five seasons, it was a rude reawakening, montpellier five seasons, it was a rude reawa kening, montpellier providing five seasons, it was a rude reawakening, montpellier providing a lesson in elite rugby. but there was no doubting the spring in the step of edinburgh and they smell the comeback, the long absence had done little to dent their confidence and they went over to set the stage. this was how close they came to a late score, the ball over the line but the whistle—blowing, not for a

try, but for obstruction. a valiant defeat but defeat nevertheless. so defeat for edinburgh and bath, but it will be freddie burns who gets the headlines tomorrow morning for that missed kick and costly error while celebrating that try early. here's the rest of the day's champions cup results. roger federer is out of the shanghai masters after losing to borna coric in straight sets in the semi—finals. the world number two was beaten 6—4, 6—4, coric also beat the 20—time grand slam champion in their last meeting injune. he'll play novak djokovic in tomorrow's final. cioric will play us open champion novak djokovic in the final after he beat fourth seed alexander zverev. 6—2, 6—1, the score in little more than an hour.

regardless of the result, djokovic willjump above federer to number two in the world rankings. that's all the sport for now. an amnesty is being launched by the nhs, to stop thousands of nearly—new crutches and wheelchairs going to waste. patients will be able to return equipment for re—use or as a donation to charity. hospital bosses say it's to reduce costs and the impact on the environment. jo black reports. crutches, walking frames, wheelchairs. if you're injured or struggling to walk, they're invaluable, but many of us are hanging onto these devices and cluttering up our homes. now, we're being encouraged to give them back. health bosses say returning equipment like this not only saves the nhs money but also helps to reduce waste. within our budget, that's £125 billion. to date, this perhaps has been seen as a small value item, that the cost of things like crutches is relatively low compared to many of the other things

that the nhs is dealing with, so i don't think it's had sufficient priority within the nhs. a set of crutches costs approximately £7. a walking frame around £18. figures provided by the department of health show that last year, 212 trusts spent £61; million on walking aids, and half of that was on crutches. here at the mid essex hospital trust, reusing and recycling equipment is a big thing. around 2,000 pieces have been returned this year — that's a saving of £25,000. but returning nhs equipment can be confusing. there's no national policy. some hospitals tell people they don't need the items brought back, and quite often, patients forget they have even got them. yes, they are some of the cheaper and smaller items used

by the nhs but if returned, they could make a big difference. jo black, bbc news. the chancellor, philip hammond, is facing what's been described as a "significant" revolt from conservative backbenchers — if he doesn't find extra money for universal credit in his budget later this month. around 30 tory mps are said to have significant concerns — after the government admitted some people would be worse off under the new benefit system. well a little earlier, i spoke about this with our political correspondent, alex forsyth. i asked her to explain the background to universal credit. the principle has got wide spread support. the government has set aside 3 billion for a transitional phase your macro buggy item is that more money is needed overall so that

people are not worse. what money has the chancellor got to play with? the principle is that the government would like people to feel better off but the reality is that finances are still tied at the chancellor will have to look at the brexit negotiations before he sees how much money he has to play with down the line. there will be relief on very high pensions, but as ever with the budget, there will be difficult choices, and where you put money in you often have to take money in you often have to take money out from somewhere else and thatis money out from somewhere else and that is not always politically popular. news from south wales. a person has been killed in a landslide after the aftermath of storm callum. the

emergency services are dealing with a landslide on the a484 in carmarthenshire. the road is closed and will be for some time and sadly one person has died at the scene and their next of kin have been informed and their families being their next of kin have been informed and theirfamilies being supported by specially trained officers. storm callu m by specially trained officers. storm callum causing a landslide which has resulted in the death of one person on the a484 in carmarthenshire. more than 100,000 people are believed to have taken part in a demonstration against the shift to the right in german politics and society. the rally comes after a number of far right protests were held in cities across the country in recent weeks. 0ur berlin correspondent jenny hill followed the demonstration and gave us this update. people are marching officially under the slogan "unteilbar" which means indivisible. the official aim is to promote a free, fair and open society. it's been organised by hundreds

of groups and individuals, many of whom have different political leanings and agendas but almost without exception everyone we have spoken to here says they are here because they are concerned about the impact and influence of the far—right on german society and politics. there have been a number of big demonstrations loosely against the far—right in germany and it comes at a time when germany has seen a lot of protests by the far—right. think back to september and the violent scenes on the streets of kemnitz by far—right anti—migrant protesters. this is designed to counter those attitudes. one woman said in the crowd that she is ashamed that germany is getting that reputation, those pictures from kemnitz that were beamed all over the world. she and others came here on berlin's streets today because they want

to counter that reputation. what is key here is three years after angela merkel welcomed refugees into germany, migration politics is still a very divisive subject and still has the power to bring people onto the streets. like this. jenny hill, in berlin. banksy‘s artwork, girl with a balloon, which shredded itself after it was sold at auction last week has gone back on display. the renamed, love is in the bin, was sold at sotheby‘s auction house for more than £1 million, before destroying itself moments later with a device built in to the frame. here's ian palmer with more. applause the moment banksy‘s girl with a balloon became love is in the bin. sold for £1 million before spontaneously shredding itself inside the auction house. today the artwork went on public display for the first time. it was a great piece of work in the first place,

but now it's just had something added to it. it'sjust interesting, how they did it — like, does it go around and down or...? but, no, it is amazing. banksy installed the shredder into the frame before donating the painting in 2006. the stunt has turned the art world upside down because no one knows how he managed to pull it off. the auction house denies any involvement. who other than banksy could create so much excitement by destroying their own work? the conception and execution of this elaborate stunt was such that it's probably worth more now than it ever was. banksy‘s identity remains unknown. he never shies away from making bold and often political statements. in this instance, by destroying his work he's created a new installation in its own right. ian palmer, bbc news. now it's time for a look

at the weather with helen willetts. good evening. although the amber warning from the met office has now lapsed, there are still lower key weather warnings out because we are expecting more rain throughout this evening and overnight, particularly in the north and west. but it's all been moving its way east. the scenario as it stands, the rain has been on and off through wales and the south—west, the heaviest rain further north and west. that's all edging slowly eastwards overnight with another pulse of heavy rain developing and moving up from the south. the further west, it gets quite chilly with patchy fog around in the morning. for many of us, mild again. misty over the hills with quite heavy rain potentially coming up in parts of wales and central and southern england for parts of sunday. takes a wee while to creep up into east anglia and the south—east but it makes its way in through the course of the day. it looks much drier and sunnier further west. yes, it is fresher, but i think sunshine will compensate, whilst further east, central and eastern england will have a much wetter day. not as windy, but wetter.

temperatures still around 18 degrees, though. the warnings are on the website. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... president trump says saudi arabia will be punished severely, if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are substantiated. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own party's mps to find extra funding for universal credit. police in wales have confirmed a person has died as a result of a landslide on the a484 in carmarthenshire following torrential rain caused by storm callum. wales has seen its worst flooding for 30 years. the fracking firm cuadrilla confirmed earlier that it wasn't carrying out fracking today at its site near blackpool, citing bad weather as the cause of the delay.