welcome to newsday. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: saudi arabia's king discusses the investigation into the missing journalist jamal khashoggi with the turkish president, as international pressure mounts on the saudis. including this in the uk. if they have got nothing to hide, then they will and should co—operate. nepal's worst climbing accident for two years claims the lives of five south korean climbers and four local guides. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: could malaysia be about to get rid of the death penalty? lawmakers are due to debate new government proposals. game, set and match. djokovich. 6-3, 6-4. back on top. the winning streak continues for novak djokovich, as he cruises to victory in the shanghai masters. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday.

good morning. it's 7am in singapore and midnight in london. as international pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi increases, king salman has spoken by phone with turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, to discuss the investigation. mr erdogan has been urging riyadh to explain the fate of mr khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia denied involvement and have said they'll retaliate to any sanctions. our diplomatic affairs correspondent paul adams reports. almost two weeks on and still no answers about what happened behind these walls. did a man die here, and was it all recorded? saudi arabia's allies are increasingly impatient, hence today's joint statement demanding answers. germany, the united kingdom and france, it says,

are treating this incident with the utmost seriousness. what happens from now on is absolutely up to saudi arabia. they must have seen the huge international concern from the united states, now from britain, france and germany, and what they need to do is to co—operate fully with the investigation that the turks are asking us to do and to get to the bottom of this. a saudi delegation arrived in turkey on friday. if saudi arabia has nothing to hide, mr hunt says, they should and will co—operate. it's been 12 days since jamal khashoggi disappeared. most officials here at the foreign office already fear the worst.

the hope is that by issuing this highly unusual joint statement, britain, france and germany can persuade saudi arabia, finally, to tell us what they know. but will that happen? in its own statement today, saudi arabia dismissed called "a campaign of false allegations." and it issued a warning of its own... that sounded like a thinly veiled threat to wield oil as a weapon. the saudi embassy in washington struck a more conciliatory note, thanking governments for not jumping to conclusions. but from an alleged murder in istanbul to a war seemingly without end in yemen, saudi arabia's role on the world stage is now under the harshest spotlight. we will have more on that story for you looking at the details of this

joint investigation and of course, what happens next in the case of jamal khashoggi. stay tuned for that. our other top story — elections in germany's biggest state, bavaria, have left the traditionally dominant conservatives with their worst result since 1950. the christian social union or csu won with just 37% of the vote, according to latest exit polls — losing their majority in power. they are the regional sister party of chancellor merkel‘s cdu. the green party doubled their vote to come second. our correspondent in berlin jenny hill says it's a terrible result for angela merkel. be csu is almost the very itself, it is traditionally very much a part. it is used to reigning there supreme. it is used to reigning there supreme. it looks to have lost its absolute majority. interestingly, the csu actually picked a fight, several fights with angela merkel on immigration policy, it has shifted itself to the right on the policies over migration and it seems to have

backfired. voters have been deserting the party in droves and they had gone yes into the arms of they had gone yes into the arms of the far right afd and other smaller parties, but in significant numbers into the arms of the green party. they are the real success story of this election in bavaria. the reason they are winning this matters, and i think angela merkel will be watching very closely and no doubt with dismay, is that what is happening in bavaria near as what is happening at federal level here. voters are starting to walk away from the old, traditional centre right and centre left parties. also making news this hour: us president donald trump and chinese leader xi jinping are likely to meet at a g20 summit next month. speaking to us media, president trump's economic adviser larry kudlow said a meeting could happen and that trade talks with china had so far been "unsatisfactory". each side has imposed a series of heavy tariffs on the other. the g20 is scheduled to meet at the end of november in buenos aires.

thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of hong kong to oppose a government plan to build new houses on an artificial island. hong kong has a pressing shortage of affordable housing. critics say the multibillion dollar project is expensive and environmentally harmful. anti—government protesters have clashed with riot police in the streets of the capital of nicaragua. human rights groups say 26 people were arrested as they gathered for a march. the opposition is calling for the resignation of president daniel ortega, blaming him for more than 300 deaths since the unrest began in april. a former indian newspaper editor and junior minister in the current bjp government has dismissed accusations that he sexually harassed several women. mj akbar has called the claims "false and fabricated". several women have accused him of inappropriate and predatory sexual behaviour. mr akbar is one of the most prominent figures named in recent accusations by indian women, linked to the global metoo campaign. have a look at this 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. nine climbers have died in nepal after a violent snowstorm destroyed their camp on a himalayan peak. record—breaking korean climber kim chang—ho is among them. rachel stanton has more. this is the moment that rescuers in nepal retrieve the bodies of nine climbers killed on mount gurja. they are trying to piece together what led to this accident. the expedition set off on the seventh of october. organisers raise the alarm after losing contact with the group for 2h hours. translation: there were four

nepali ‘s and five south koreans, in all there were nine people. this is the latest sofar. it took helicopter seven trips to bring the bodies down from the camp. they were then taken to in kathmandu. families can be seen to in kathmandu. families can be seen waiting outside. nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, including mount everest, and the climbing season is now at its peak. income from foreign climbers is a major source of revenue for the country. the accident is believed to have happened late thursday or friday, but there are no surviving "key issues" are still to be resolved in the brexit talks, according to the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier. with three days to go before eu leaders meet, it is still unclear whether the two sides will reach agreement. the irish border remains a central issue. and in westminster, pressure is mounting on the british prime minister theresa may. our political correspondent vicki young reports.

it's crunch time for brexit talks, and time for a flying visit to brussels by the man in charge of the uk's negotiations. dominic raab spentjust over and hour with his opposite number, michel barnier, but there's no deal yet. the foreign secretary said this diplomatic dash was a sign of the effort going into the talks. there is no—one who is going to be able to negotiate the right deal for britain better than theresa may. she is battling for britain. this is the crucial stage in the negotiations. we can get there. i believe we will get there. but this is the time to stand rock—solid behind theresa may to back our prime minister to get the best deal for britain. mr hunt's been hosting foreign ministers at his country residence and, on twitter, compared complex brexit talks to a maze. and there's still no way through when it comes to the so—called irish backstop, a way to guarantee no hard border between northern ireland and ireland if a suitable trade arrangement isn't in place.

theresa may is suggesting a temporary customs union with the eu for the whole uk. conservative brexiteers insist that arrangement has to be clearly time—limited. and the former brexit secretary david davis is calling on the cabinet to exert its authority and get mrs may to change direction. many colleagues agree. i do say to anyone who's in cabinet, who has concerns about this, you have to make them very clear to the prime minister. and we mustn't have a little cabal outside the cabinet running this. it has to be a cabinet decision. the labour leadership is scathing about mrs may's plans. frankly, if she comes back with something which is just a fudge that she's cooked up with brussels, and it doesn't meet our tests, we're not going to vote for it. and the british people are not stupid, we're not stupid. we're not voting for something which is essentially a bridge to nowhere. we need to know what our future relationship with europe is going to be, and a fudge won't fix it. but if there is a deal,

some labour mps are considering backing the government in a parliamentary vote. if a reasonable deal‘s on the table, the question, i think, for some of my labour colleagues is, why wouldn't you support a deal? why would you stand alongside borisjohnson orjacob rees—mogg who want us to crash out without a deal? and that's the choice before us. for more than 18 months, the prime minister has persuaded, cajoled and argued with eu leaders. tonight, mr barnier said that despite intense efforts, key issues were unresolved. this week could be crunch time for theresa may's leadership too. now, malaysia's new government is expected to put forward amendments to its capital punishment laws when parliament resumes later on monday. on thursday, ministers said they intend to abolish the death penalty and halt all pending executions. this is a rare move against capital punishment in asia, that human rights groups say

is a major advance. earlier i spoke to phil robertson from human rights watch, who's in chiang mai, and i asked him why malaysia was taking this step. this is part of the new manifesto, this is the new government that took overin this is the new government that took over in may and they have as part of that manifesto, pledged to the voters that they were going to do away with the mandatory death penalty. the important thing is to ta ke penalty. the important thing is to take this a step further and not just look at the mandatory death penalty, but also abolishing the death penalty completely. we had a meeting last week with the attorney general of malaysia and when he told us general of malaysia and when he told us this comment was a great start to the meeting. it was really something that we have not seen in this region, andi that we have not seen in this region, and i think it is an example to countries around the region that they can go further and do away with they can go further and do away with the death penalty. as you say, it may serve as an example. part of the reason analysts are saying is, as you say, it was a key election promise during the campaigning, but

to some extent, it was also to try to some extent, it was also to try to discover more information over the previous government's involvement in a murder in 2006. so, tell us a little bit more about that. well, what we have is the case of the mongolian model, a woman who was suspected of being a mistress to a very high—level she was killed by bodyguards and the bodyguards, after being convicted, initially one of them was then freed on appeal and fled to australia. he is in immigration detention in australia and can't be sent back unless the death penalty was abolished in malaysia. if they go forward with that, that person may be sent back and they have another prosecution. that, that person may be sent back and they have another prosecutionlj think and they have another prosecution.” think malaysia has moved to abolish the penalty? will go far with influencing the rest of the region? we know countries like here in singapore, china, thailand, the

unarmed, they still impose capital punishment. what we're hoping is that this will be an indication that the global consensus against the death penalty is finally making in inroads into southeast asia. —— vietnam. and we expect that european nation and other nations that have already gone away from the death penalty will put pressure to get rid of the death penalty. —— european union. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: as the saudi king discusses the disappearance of jamal khashoggi with the turkish president, we ask what next for the investigation? also ahead on the programme for you: the pope canonises archbishop oscar romero, nearly a0 years after his murder in el salvador. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary

to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20lb bomb which exploded on the fifth floor of the grand hotel, ripping a hole in the front of the building. this government will not weaken. democracy will prevail. it fills me with humility and gratitude to know that i have been chosen as the recipient of this foremost of earthly honours. this catholic nation held its breath for the men they call the 33. and then... bells toll ..bells tolled nationwide to announce the first rescue, and chile let out an almighty roar. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london.

our top stories: saudi arabia's king discusses the investigation into the missing journalist jamal khashoggi with the turkish president, as international pressure mounts on the saudis. nepal's worst climbing accident for two years claims the lives of five south korean climbers and four local guides. an australian wildlife carer has suffered a punctured lung after an attack by a savage kangaroo at her home. linda smith from queensland fought off the attack using a broom and shovel for protection. and that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the south china morning post. it's been looking at the downfall of the interpol chief, meng hongwei. it says his fall completes the changing of the guard in the top ranks of the police force inherited by xijinping. the japan times leads with a prediction

of tax rises ahead. it says shinzo abe has decided the economy is strong enough to raise consumption taxes from 8%—10% next year. and the philippine star has a heart—warming picture on its front page. it's of swimmer ernie gawilan, who won three gold and two silver medals at the asian para games. congratulations to him. that brings you up to date with some of the papers. now, babita, what stories are sparking discussions online? it's all about novak djokovic, who's just cruised to victory in the shanghai masters. he beat borna coric 6—3, 6—4 in china and that let's watch that matchpoint. umpire: call stands. that impressive win gives the serbian player 18 straight

victories and he's rapidly catching up with rafael nadal, in the race to end the year as world tennis number one. he's only the third player to win a masters 1000 event without dropping a serve. last three, four months have been terrific for me. you know, not many holes in the game in general, especially this week. everything worked perfectly. ithink especially this week. everything worked perfectly. i think this was definitely one of the best serving weeks i had, i think i only faced two, maybe three break points the entire week, didn't drop the serve the entire week. that hasn't happened too many times, don't know if it's ever happened, so i'm just very pleased with that part of my game and with the overall result. the winning streak continues. more on that win with novak djokovic later this hour in sport today. let's return to our top story. king salman of saudi arabia has spoken by telephone with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan to discuss a joint investigation into the disappearance in istanbul of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. i spoke to the co—author of politico playbook daniel lippman, who's in washington.

in terms of this joint investigation, it is unclear whether such an investigation would actually deal with anything because the saudis are seen as the perpetrators in this. it's almost like having the hen investigate whether you have... a bad situation. i'm not sure what that's going to uncover and it looks like there are going to try to blame rogue versions of the saudi government so they can try to absolve the saudi king himself. we've got trouble with our line too, daniel, at the moment, but we're going to try to persist if we can. having heard what you just said, the conversation will turn to what pressure can be put on the saudis and what international pressure will yield results. what's your assessment of that? us senators and

congressmen are calling for sanctions against saudi arabia. they're very disappointed that mbs has not proven to be a reformer, and that he has really disappointed the west in terms of those hopes for him. and so, in terms of punishment for saudi arabia, president trump has promised severe consequences if it's proved saudi arabia did this. so there's going to be an investigation. i think the us government wants to hear those audio and see those video recordings of jamaal‘s death. and once they do, the us government will have some decisions to make. we're also looking at the magnet ski act in terms of punishing human rights abusers in terms of state governments. daniel lippman speaking earlier to the beta. —— to babita.

pope francis has created seven new saints, including the revered murdered archbishop of san salvador, oscar 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 sore conflict rages, another victim's funeral. this was no ordinary government credit, though. archbishop oscar romero was targeted as he celebrated mass. his weekly sermons called for an end to the violence, but he also warned soldiers and police that their loyalty to the state was less important than the christian injunction thou shalt not kill. his opponents call him a gorilla in a kasich. his killers were never brought tojustice. kasich. his killers were never brought to justice. today, kasich. his killers were never brought tojustice. today, rome, pope francis walrond aero's blood—stained belt as he declared him a saint. —— war romero's. but

some in the vatican opposed 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, smooth the path with the pontiff confirming romero died for his faith, not his politics. in salvador, where 70,000 died in the civil war, it's been a day to celebrate a man who paid the ultimate price for standing up for justice. six other saints were all s0 justice. six other saints were all so created today, including pope paul vi, who led the church for 15 yea rs. 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 of the pope is a long overdue correction. john mcmanus, bbc news. it's tough work but it

can be very lucrative. farming seaweed in the russian arctic. it's used in medicines and cosmetics, and on a good day it is possible to collect more than a tonne. that can be worth $2,000 a month, but there's loneliness and isolation too, as this farmer explains. you have been watching newsday. live from singapore and london. stay with us, headlines next. hello there, good morning. the last 24 hello there, good morning. the last 2a hours has seen a number of flood warnings reducing as the wettest weather moved its way little bit further east. gradually everything will come in from the atlantic over the next few days, this band of cloud working its way to our shores by tuesday and that area of cloud contains a bit of ex—hurricane ain't michael slipping to iberia, that's where we get our cloud and outbreaks of rain at the moment so more of that coming back into england and wales, a cold start for scotland and northern ireland. cold skies developing with a few showers in the

north—west. this rain might not be in this exact position, affecting the south—west for a while, south and east wales, moving north and becoming lighter and may be missing the rain in the south—east, sunshine later giving the temperatures a boost but sunniest skies will be further north in scotland and northern ireland, 13 or 1a. that weather front is bringing the rain into england and parts of wales but into england and parts of wales but into tuesday, much lighter by this stage, a weaker weather front with another coming in from the atlantic responsible for the rain. ahead of it, a band of cloud across england and wales and it could be misty and murky before it brightens up as the wind picks up an our weather front this narrow band of rain from scotla nd this narrow band of rain from scotland and northern ireland into the irish sea. followed by blustery showers, warm when the sun comes out in the south—east and east anglia. the windiest weather close to this area of low pressure and that's pushing this weather front in to england and wales but it's slowing down, some discrepancy as to where it's going to stop. at the moment it

looks like the south—east might be brighter, the band of cloud and not much rain stuck across the macro what into the south—west of england and behind that, more sunshine following on, where it should be a lovely day for the time of year. temperatures not bad as well. colder overnight. an area of low pressure building in from the south—west but cold air around the top of that in between these weather fronts, so a cold start to thursday and still a bit great in southern counties of england even though that weather front is out of the way. away from here, plenty of sunshine, a nice day. a chillier start with plenty of sunshine to come. we'll start to see changes by the time we get to friday, still high pressure for a while but there are these weather fronts toppling into that and that will increase the breeze and picked up will increase the breeze and picked up more cloud and rain in the north—west. this band of cloud and rain will trickle down into scotland and northern ireland, might get stuck in the far north of england and north wales later. further

south, sunshine after a cool start with some mist and fog. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story. saudi arabia is facing growing pressure over the missing journalist jamal khashoggi. king salman has spoken with the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, to discuss a joint investigation into the disappearance of the prominent saudi journalist. he went missing after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul 12 days ago. rescuers have recovered the bodies of the nine victims of nepal's worst climbing accident in two years. five south korean climbers and theirfour nepali guides were killed after a storm hit their basecamp in the himalayas. and this video is trending on bbc.com. tennis, and novak djokovich has cruised to victory in the shanghai masters for a fourth time. the serbian beat borna coric 6—3, 6—4, and is now in a race with rafael nadal to end the year as world number one. stay with us. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.