this is bbc world news today with me karin giannone. our top stories... of the journalist, jamal khashoggi — now france, germany and the uk all demand a "credible investigation". if they have got nothing to hide, then they will and should cooperate. an election shock for angela merkel‘s sister party in bavaria as a surge in support for the greens looks set to rob them of their overall majority. an unscheduled dash to brussels for britain's minister for brexit but with two days to go to a crunch summit, the eu says key issues remain unresolved. and — where there's murk, there's money: how farming sea—weed has become big business for people in the russian arctic circle. hello and welcome to world news today. he hasn't been seen for 12 days, since going into the saudi consulate in istanbul and many governments

are convinced thatjournalist jamal khashoggi has been murdered. saudi arabia has denied involvement and has vowed to retaliate — with even greater force — against any sanctions that might be imposed on it. but take a look at this tweet — sentjust a short time ago — after saudi arabia made that statement about retaliation. meanwhile, britain france and germany have issued a joint statement saying: turkey says saudi arabia has so far not co—operated with the investigation. the british foreign secretary says they should: if they have got nothing to hide, then they will and should cooperate. and i have spoken to the saudi foreign minister, i have asked him this very point,

and really now it is up to saudi arabia to show the world that all the stories that we are reading about in the press, that are causing such concern, such huge implications forfreedom of expression, freedom of the press, the direction saudi is taking itself as a country, show us they're wrong by cooperating and helping the world get to the bottom of what looks like an absolutely terrible thing. let's speak to ilan goldenberg — a former state department official during the obama administration — and middle east expert. he joins me from jerusalem. the old jamal khashoggi, real is the prospect that those words would lead to any kind of action? realistically, there will be consequences. the consequences might not even come from governments. they

might come from the fact that businesses are getting hesitant about investing, the fact that saudi arabia's reputation as early taken a hitjust from all of arabia's reputation as early taken a hit just from all of this arabia's reputation as early taken a hitjust from all of this news. and they also think you are going to have things, for example, like major pieces of and sales, or agreements discussed about the major nuclear agreement that arejust discussed about the major nuclear agreement that are just not going to get congress, the adjusted to have to die, because other countries... i also think, talking about items, with the us sanctioning a country thatis with the us sanctioning a country that is still a very important long—time partnerfor that is still a very important long—time partner for the united states and a lot of other countries in the region. i think that is also overreacting a little bit, so we are going to have to see, realistically, where this goes. i don't think it is the end of the us saudi relationship. but i do think that there will be consequences.” relationship. but i do think that there will be consequences. i am wondering why it would be different this time. it is not as if saudi

arabia's human rights record has been blemish free until now. we have had a three—year war in yemen that has killed thousands. absolutely. there is a famous quotes that there is one death is a tragedy, e—mail ian depp are a statistic. ——i million deaths are a statistic. sometimes, just the visceral, personal nature of these things can trigger a different kind of action. it also comes in a moment where saudi arabia... they haven't gotten any kind of consequence. whether it is the war in yemen, or the blockade, all picking a fight with canada over human rights issues. this in some ways the last straw, and part of it is if they faced no consequences, plenty of those other

actions, . .. consequences, plenty of those other actions,... they have orally, like i said, no matter what action happens, in terms of the decision of various governments, they're rather it be some negative consequences. of course saudi arabia denies involvement in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, do you think the outpouring of anger and outrage over his disappearance and suspected murder, has taken saudi arabia by surprise given the past and the way it's been treated. absolutely. they kill you did not expect this. there is no way if they expected this kind of reaction they would have done it. and —— they did not expect this. previous us administrations have not held saudi arabia to account. there isa held saudi arabia to account. there is a long term relationship based on oil sells. but, at least there was

some restraints, from the us administration, and with the drug administration, and with the drug administration, you had a blank cheque on everything, over the past two years,... we are out of time, i'm afraid we will have to leave it there. thank you very much indeed. in germany's largest state, bavaria, what happened in today's elections will seem almost unthinkable to many germans. the traditional governing party — the csu — has lost its absolute majority for the fitrst time in five decades. the csu, which is chancellor merkel‘s sister party, gained 35.5% of the vote according to early exit polls. but that's down 12% on four years ago. the greens made significant gains nearly doubling their previous tally to come second. a collective known as the free voters look to be in third place with the far—right alternative for germany in fourth, with ii%.

it's a major shake—up for bavarian politics but the consequences are likely to be felt in berlin as well. earlier i spoke tojeremy cliffe from the economist magazine who's in munich — and i asked him how he interprets the exit polls. i read into them that the csu, the conservative allies of angela markle's christian democrats here in bavaria have had a terrible night, perhaps not quite as terrible as they feared, based on some recent polls, but a night bad enough for them to go into a period of great introspection, and i suspect into a power struggle over the next few days. obviously, that will prompt questions about who will govern bavaria, germany's richest state by many measures. and also one of its most politically influential, but it will also provoke questions about the fragmentation that is taking hold in german politics at the moment. as you mention, the greens have done very well, have gained votes... bavarian politics used to be one of the last bastions of a strong, mainstream centre—right party, and that party has done very poorly. i am just wondering how much

this is and should be of concern to angela merkel, and berlin in general? it is a mixed picture for angela merkel. yes, the christian social union are her political partners here in bavaria. her own christian democrats don't run candidates here, they work together in berlin, she has csu ministers in her cabinet, but at the same time, the csu has really tapped to the right in this campaign, to try to head off the threat from the right populist alternative for germany, the afd, and i think it is a mixed evening in the sense that the csu has simultaneously showed the weaknesses of the german mainstream centre—right, but also shown how little they have gained themselves by running against her on record, particularly on those controversial policies that she had

on refugees in 2015. you tweeted that the csu's campaign has been at times like trump. absolutely, and part of this campaign was to stir things up in berlin, and one of the big characters there was the csu leader, and we will have to see how long he remains a leader after this result, but also the german interior minister. i suppose, it is essentially formed a sort of insurgent campaign from berlin, throwing out barbs at his colleagues, taking on angela merkel, bringing her government to the brink of collapse, on at least two occasions in the last few months. and that policy themes has backfired on the csu in a big way. listening to people talking about the election results, have really enjoy seeing their representatives bring germany to political crisis... remember, germans like stability, and bavarians are very typical german, so for that, the csu has been punished in it. let's take a look at some of

the other stories making the news... a man convicted of involvement in the deadliest bomb blast in somalia's history has been executed on the first anniversary of the blast. hassan adan isak drove one of the vehicles involved in the attack on the capital, mogadishu, which killed nearly 600 people. hundreds of somalis gathered at a ceremony to mark the anniversary. the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been released after spending 20 days injailfor staging illegal protests. he had previously served a thirty day sentence for holding an unauthorised demonstration in january when he called for a boycott of the russian presidential election. a british cyclist has been shot dead by a hunter in the french alps. the 34—year—old restaurant owner was riding a mountain bike in woods near the town of les gets. the victim who's been named locally as mark sutton had lived in the area for several years. britain's brexit secretary dominic raab has made a suprise visit to brussels for talks with the eu chief negotiator. however after the meeting michel barnier said "despite intense efforts, some key issues are still open" including measures to avoid a hard border between ireland and northern

ireland. 0ur correspondent adam fleming sent this update from brussels earlier. backstop as it is called is this back—up plan which will go into the withdrawal agreement, that is the brexit treaty that seals the eu and uk have agreed that there has to be something in there that will prevent the return of a hard border if the future trade deal negotiated months and months down the line doesn't solve that problem, the eu has put forward its version, which would be northern ireland remaining in the eu's customs union, its customs arrangements, and the elements of the single market that were necessary to avoid a border. the uk is ok with the principle of a backstop, but it doesn't like the idea of northern ireland being part of a separate customs territory than the rest of the united kingdom, so the uk has put forward a temporary customs arrangement, which would be northern ireland and the uk in a customs arrangement with the eu,

it would prevent you having a border, and then they would do something else to have separate arrangements to deal with rules and regulations on products and goods and agriculture and stuff like that. and that is what they put forward, but the eu says, we are not too keen about the word temporary, and does your customs arrangement need to include the whole of eu trade policy as opposed to just tariffs, so it is a real head scratcher. and if any proof was needed of its head scratching nature, it is today. officials have been working on this for months, but when the politicians coming, dominic raab looks at it, and says, no, that does not fly for the british government. i am not entirely sure what happens over next few days, now, but the choreography was supposed to be that eu advisers come to brussels tomorrow afternoon, to lay the groundwork for a summit. then you would have a british cabinet meeting on tuesday, and then eu leaders on wednesday, basically saying that enough progress. i don't truly know what happens now. that is the honest answer.

. albeit‘s sports news. the pressure on saudi arabia increases — of the journalist, jamal khashoggi as france, germany and the uk all germany and the uk all demand a "credible investigation". angela merkel‘s sister party has suffered an election shock in bavaria as a surge in support for the greens robs them of an overall majority. pope francis has created seven new saints, including the revered murdered archbishop of san salvador, 0scar romero, at a ceremony in the vatican attended by tens of thousands of pilgrims. the pope wore the rope belt stained with the archbishop‘s blood when he was shot dead at the altar in 1980. during his life romero regularly spoke out against military atrocities during el salvador‘s civil war. john mcmanus reports. 1980.

as el salvador‘s bloody civil conflict rages, another victim's funeral. but this was not just another critic of the military government, it was archbishop 0scar romero. he was killed during mass. his weekly sermons called for an end to the violence. he told soldiers and police that their loyalty to the state was less important than the christian injunction "thou shalt not kill." his opponents called him "a guerilla in a cassock." his killers were never brought tojustice. today in rome, pope francis wore romero's bloodstained belt as he declared him a saint. some in the vatican oppose this canonisation. they thought romero's teachings veered too close to marxism, which the church has traditionally opposed. but pope francis, himself from south america, smoothed the path, with the pontiff confirming romero died a martyr for his faith, not his politics.

in el salvador, where 75,000 died in the civil war, it has been a day to celebrate a man who paid the ultimate price for standing up for justice. six other saints were also created today, including pope paul vi, who led the church for 15 years. he began a long process of reform, rejecting some of the more ostentatious trappings of papacy. for a long time, many catholics wondered why the church refused to canonise archbishop romero. for them, today's celebration by the pope is a long overdue correction. a clean up operation is under way in portugal following one of the most powerful storms to hit the country since records began. the remnants of hurricane leslie swept through the country, bringing down hundreds of trees and power lines. from lisbon alison roberts reports. across portugal, people are picking

up the pieces after a night of hurricane—force winds left a path of destruction. 13 out of the country's 18 mainland districts had been on red alert, and people warned not to leave their homes. hurricane leslie, the first ever to hit portugal, arrived late on saturday. 0n making landfall it weakened to a tropical storm, but still packed plenty of punch. translation: the wind broke the windows and came in. i told my staff and clients to hide in the bathrooms on the kitchen, in areas protected by walls, to prevent more serious situation. in central portugal, 61 people were forced to leave their homes. there, and further north, more than 300,000 people were without electricity. at lisbon and porto airports dozens of flights were cancelled or diverted. translation: i came to get my son,

who was arriving from poland, and should be arriving at midnight, but because of the bad weather the flight was diverted to spain. across the border in spain, leslie also brought high winds, with gusts of up to 100km/h. alison roberts, bbc news, lisbon. the form. novak djokovic won his fourth shanghai masters title on sunday after beating 21 year old croatian borna coric in straight sets — 6—3, 6—4. the win for the serb which tookjust over an hour and a half made it 18 in a row — and he'll move ahead of roger federer to world number two when the rankings are released on monday. the 31—year—old who also won wimbledon and the us open this year can still overtake rafael nadal before the end of the year. mac i couldn't ask for a better

scenario. so i am very close to nadal in the rankings, and i put myself in a very good position for the last period of the year. we will see i am planning to play right now, paris and london, maybe another tournament first, maybe not, but the game is working really well, and ending ita game is working really well, and ending it a year as number one would definitely be the biggest achievement of this year. the uefa nations league continues with seven matches on sunday. poland are currently hosting italy in league a group 3 with both sides having played out a 1—1 draw last time they metjust over a month ago. it's currently goalless while israel are taking on albania and victory for either side would take them three points clear at the top. earlier russia beat turkey 2—0 in sochi with denis cheryshev picking up the second goal that

takes his side four points clear at the top of the league b — group 2 table. eddie pepperell won his second european tour title with a two—shot victory at the british masters on sunday the englishman shot victory at the british masters on sunday. the englishman shot an even—par 72 in his final round in wet conditions but a miraculous eagle on the par four 10th hole went a long way to securing the title. the victory takes pepperell into the world's top 35 and almost certainly secures him a first appearance at augusta in 2019 with the top 50 at the end of the year guaranteed a place in the first major of the year in april. now to cricket and umesh yadav claimed a 10—wicket match haul as india again beat tourists west indies inside three days to win their two—test series 2—0. india bowled the tourists out for 127 with yadav taking 4 for 45 to add to his 6 wickets from the first innings. that set his side a target of 72 in hyderabad, which they reached without loss and this was west indies‘ fourth straight three—day defeat in the country. next up is a five—match one day international series which begins next sunday.

now to major league baseball and game 2 of the american league division championship gets underway in just under three hours. reigning world series champions houston astros won the opening match of their series against the boston red sox 7—2 at fenway park — and short stop carlos correa who spent six weeks out with a back injury recently says he's feeling good for the challenges ahead. injury recently says he's feeling felt really good. i'\ feeling i felt really good. i've been feeling great since the series in clevela nd. feeling great since the series in cleveland. the back is in the best they did has been in, since i came back from the dl. very positive on the field right now. i feel really good. iam hoping the field right now. i feel really good. i am hoping for a the field right now. i feel really good. iam hoping for a really the field right now. i feel really good. i am hoping for a really good series. the momentum from scoring two runs previous innings, so that was huge, but most importantly, it gives me a lot of confidence, which is key. the game played in wembley

stadium, the sea hawks is key. the game played in wembley stadium, the seahawks were 23... tellson, thank you very much. good to see you. it's tough work but it can be very lucrative. farming seaweed in the russian arctic. seaweed is used in medicines and cosmetics. and on a good day it is possible to collect more than a tonne. that can be worth $2000 a month — but there's loneliness and isolation too — as this farmer explains. translation: just before we go i want to show you these pictures:

this is a sandstorm near the town of tell hamis in north—eastern syria. a cameraman captured this footage from a vehicle driving away from its path. the bad weather has raised concerns for conditions at refugee camps in the area. thank you for watching world news today. after storm callan, the next few days will be a fair bit quieter. we have got everything coming in from the atlantic. very slowly. this cloud all the way across the other side of the atlantic arrives june to stay. that cloud will probably die down towards iberia, where we are feeding most of our cloud at the moment, still bringing rain. it has been much dried earth —— dryer

across wales. the number of flights warming is have been dropping, and levels generally dropping in the rivers, as well. the rain was much further east, and here in lincolnshire, we struggled to make double—figure temperatures today, compared with the 26 guest today. now the rain has used for a while, but it could return, and turn further westwards, towards the west country and south—east wales. their bit of gathering good and wales, temperatures budget in eastern scotla nd temperatures budget in eastern scotland would be far away on freezing. scotland northern ireland, more sunshine developing more widely. showers fading away in the northwest. england and were thing a lot of cloud. some outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, mainly in the midlands, literature, east anglia and in the south east, although we could get some late sunshine giving tebbutt is a bit of a boost, otherwise 11—15 sums it up. two weather fronts on the scene. both

slowing down and weakening. that first one responsible for the rain on monday is more going to bring a area of cloud the midlands and eastern areas. mist and fog slowly lifting. narrow band of rain and drizzle, tuesday, and i decided that we should get them brighter skies and some sunshine, as well. those temperatures probably a bit higher across the midlands, the weather fronts coming in from the app can do, that one, there, take the rain eastwards, and the next weather fronts focuses the showers on to the north west of scotland the knowledge. one of two coming in, those tending to fade away later in the day. still stuck with this area of cloud, which could produce some rain and drizzle across the east anglia and the south—east. a quieter day, and those temperatures typically 13—17dc. this is bbc world news.

the headlines: saudi arabia is coming under intense pressure, over the disappearance of the journalist jamal kashoggi. the uk, france and germany have demanded a "credible investigation" into the case. saudi says it will retaliate if it's hit with any form of sanctions. angela merkel‘s sister party, the csu, has suffered a big electoral shock in elections in bavaria. a surge in support for the greens looks set to deprive the party of its overall majority for the first time in 50 years. the uk's brexit secretary dominic raab has met the eu chief negotiator for crunch talks. the eu says progress has been made, but there are still some key issues to be resolved, including the future of the irish border. and pope francis has conferred sainthood on the murdered