welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: pressure mounts on saudi arabia over the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. britain, france and germany demand answers. if they have got nothing to hide, then they will and should co—operate. going round in circles. britain's brexit negotiator makes an impromptu trip to brussels but finds no way forward on key issues. angela merkel‘s conservative allies suffer massive losses in bavaria's state elections — her coalition‘s in question. no more fish in the sea. how a shortage means south africa's penguin population needs a helping hand. the turkish and saudi arabian leaders have spoken on the phone

about the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist in istanbul earlier this month. jamal khashoggi went missing after visiting the saudi consulate, but riyadh denies allegations that he was murdered. senior bankers and business leaders are pulling out of an investment conference in riyadh later this month amid calls for a boycott over the case. 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. there needs to be a credible investigation to identify those responsible for the disappearance ofjamal khashoggi and ensure that they are held to account. what happens from now on is absolutely up to saudi arabia.

they must have seen the huge international concern from the united states, and now from britain, france and germany and what they need to do is 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 feared 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 what it 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. let's get more on this now. jonathan scha nzer is senior vice president of the foundation for defense of democracies. he joins me from washington ifi if i may, can i begin by asking you about turkey. how do you think it is

handling this case? it is an interesting thing that this happened in turkey in the first place. the reason is because they are the number one jailers of journalist in the world and they have been guilty of illegal renditions over the last year as they hunted down movements of the girland year as they hunted down movements of the girl and movement. so they are not credible people to talk about this case. nevertheless, of course this did happen in the consulate in istanbul and they are defending their rights as a country. they do not want to see this sort of thing happen on their soil and gnawed away. but what is interesting about this, about the turks, is that we have seen a lot of this information emerge from their media, probably half the story is don't exactly check out. in the meantime, the intelligence services are also not exactly trusted. so this is really a thorny case for western intelligence agencies as they try to get to the bottom of this. it is

interesting you use the word this information because the picture is so information because the picture is so convoluted isn't it? coming out of turkey. what do you think is going on behind the scenes? some frantic gameplay in, i imagine?” would think so. firstly it is important to note that the saudis are on the other end of the title with the country of qatar. the turks have sided with qatar. this explains some of the motivation for the disinformation and the acrimony that exist between the two countries. that said, neither country, neither saudi arabia nor turkey has the stomach for an all—out war with one another, the eight this information warfare, financial warfare, these are not the sorts of tensions that either country really have an appetite for. we now understand that there is a new commission that has been set up. this is a ladder for

both countries to climb down should they wish to take it. i think it will really be a matter of what the terms of both leaders. remember here, that the saudi arabian crown prince is brash and does not like to be told what to do and neither does the turkish presidency we have two scorpions in a bottle here and we are hoping they find a way to climb down from the crisis. as we mentioned in the report that, the possibility coming out, a veiled threat emerging of saudi arabia and oil experts —— exports. saudi arabia really have that power? they do. they still sit on the largest proven oil reserves in the world but remember, this is touchy timing for the united states. we are now set to rely on saudi arabia to make up for the gap in oil production as we cut

the gap in oil production as we cut the run—off from the global economy. this is a core pillar of the trump administration's foreign policy and the saudis said that they would step up. now as they pull back because of the relationship with the united states, right now things seem to be fine but if that things get rocky, you can only imagine what that would do for trump foreign policy in regards to run. and president trump is innate tricky position and that is innate tricky position and that is perhaps why we are seeing such hesitant language from him over the last two days. i think that is right. we know he has a good relationship with the crown prince and there was that famous picture of him with some of the other arab leaders in saudi arabia holding and all the ad a counterterrorism is —— seminar. saudi arabia will be crucial to the run policy here in washington b you hear rumours of the saudi arabians playing a key process

in the —— key role in the peace process between palestine and israel. and president trump is not wa nt to israel. and president trump is not want to see the price of oil rise in the us given the focus he has placed on such things. ‘key issues' are still to be resolved in the brexit talks — according to the european union's chief negotiator, michel barnier. with three days to go before eu leaders meet — it's 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 an 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 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, you know, for some of my labour colleagues is, why wouldn't you support a deal? why would you stand along 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, monsieur barnier said that despite intense efforts, key issues were unresolved. this week could be crunch time for theresa may's leadership too. 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. regional elections in the german state of bavaria have led to an historic upset for the christian social union. the formerly dominant party — an ally of chancellor angela merkel — lost its overall majority. the greens and the anti—immigrant afd both saw big gains. our correspondent in berlin, jenny hill, says it's a terrible result for the chancellor. the csu is almost bavaria itself. it is traditionally a part of bavaria and it is used to reigning there supreme. it looks to have lost

its absolutely majority. interestingly, csu picked several fights with angela merkel over immigration policy. it shifted itself to the right, in terms of rhetoric, over migration and it seems to have backfired. voters have deserted the party in droves and they have gone into the arms of the far right but, more significantly, into the arms of the green party who are the success story of this election. the reason that this matters and the reason why angela merkel will be watching closely and with dismay is that what is happening in bavaria mirrors what is happening at the federal level. voters are starting to walk away from their old traditional centre right and centre left parties. 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. on 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, in 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: it's more than 200 years old, so why is napoleon's barge back on the move? 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 bbc news, the latest headlines: the uk, france and germany have issued a rare joint statement

calling for answers over the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. it's almost two weeks since the journalist was last seen alive entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says some key brexit 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. it's a rare move against capital punishment in asia, which human rights groups say is a major advance. earlier we spoke to phil robertson from human rights watch, who's in chiang mai, and asked him why malaysia was taking this step. this is part of the new manifesto, 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 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 this comment was a great start to the meeting. it was really something 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 the death penalty. pope francis has created seven new saints, including the revered murdered archbishop of san salvador, oscar romero. the ceremony in the vatican was 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. this was no ordinary government critic 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 called him a gorilla in a cassock. his killers were never brought tojustice. today in rome, pope francis wore romero's blood—stained belt as he declared him a saint. but 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's been a day to celebrate the 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 16 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. john mcmanus, bbc news. the african penguin population is rapidly declining. conservationsists say their habitat is being hit by rising tides caused by climate change. now campaigners are looking

at new ways to protect the birds. eliza philippidis reports. boulders beach, home of one of the 28 african penguin habitats. this birds can only be found in south africa and namibia but their survival is under threat and one of the reasons is there is not enough fish in the sea. the african penguin have to swim further to find their food where in the past this wasn't the case. we suspect this could be from commercial trawling or over exploitation of the food sources of the african penguin. in just three years the number of breeding pairs has dropped by a fifth. here at boulders beach in simon's town, the rangers are encouraging the penguins to use artificial nest boxes, hoping to increase their chances of breeding successfully. this colony is the only place in the world where people can swim freely with these endangered wild birds. as a result, they get millions of visitors every year.

it's really amazing to see them there. i didn't think i'd get this close. i really think it's very important that we do everything that we can to preserve these wonderful animals. stabilising the population and increasing penguin numbers is a priority here. the aim, that children can see the african penguin in the world. since the lebanese civil war many, buildings still lie in ruins, like the grand sofar hotel — which once was a famous meeting point for celebrities and politicians around the middle east. it is now open to the public and one woman, samira saig, went back for the first time in more than 50 years. that photograph was taken exactly where i'm sitting now.

i had a white dress, it was different to other people. it was sleeveless. i was so moved when i saw the photograph, i did a painting of it. my name is samira sayegh, i am 80. i got married in the grand hotel in september 10th 1965. unfortunately, it closed in '75. my name is tom young, i'm an artist from england. this building is one of the most remarkable places in the whole country, if not the middle east. it was one of the most famous hotels where kings and princes and generals and famous singers used to dance and gamble in the casino. it was a legendary place for 100 years until the great trauma of the civil war. i was, like, this feeling like

a princess because i was standing and all the crowd down, all loving faces, smiling faces. the civil war attacked many, many, many good and nice places like the grand hotel of sofar. a royal barge, built on the orders of napoleon bonaparte, is being moved from paris to its former home in north—west france. the craft was originally designed so napoleon could inspect his imperialfleet, but he only used it once

before his abdication. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. there's moving house and then there's moving house. this, so epic a job, they would have to knock a hole in the outside wall to make the move. clearly a precision operation, every inch could make a difference. translation: it is a sensational event, absolutely unique. a movement of a piece of this scale is already something exceptional, by the means used, by the technical complexity of the transfer and because of the difficulty we have experienced conserving it as well. and this is what they were moving. napoleon's imperial barge. it wasn't quite as fancy as this when it was first built. his successor napoleon iii adding the crown and other royal flourishes. most of them had to be removed before the craft could be transported. translation: it was built in 1810 for napoleon and it was built in 21 days. it was only used once by napoleon.

the boat was transferred to brest where it remained till 1943 when, to keep it safe, it was decided to transfer it to paris to avoid being bombed. spectators looked on as the barge emerged into the daylight. the journey had begun. soon it will be restored and then put on display to the public. napoleon's royal barge, back home where it belongs. tim allman, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have arrived in australia ahead of their first royal tour as a married couple. prince harry and meghan arrived in sydney at the start of a 16—day visit to australia, fiji, tonga and new zealand. the royal couple had attended princess eugenie's wedding on friday. their main focus will be the invictus games, which they will officially open next weekend in sydney. hello there, good morning.

the last 2a hours has seen the number of flood warnings reducing as the wettest of the weather moved its way a little bit further east. gradually, everything will come in from the atlantic over the next few days. this band of cloud working its way towards our shores by tuesday. that area of cloud contains a bit of ex—hurricane michael. that's going to slip its way into iberia. that's where we're feeding up all our cloud and outbreaks of rain at the moment, so more of that coming back into england and perhaps into wales as well, a cold start for scotland and northern ireland. sunny skies developing here with a few showers in the north—west. this area of rain might not be in this exact position, affecting the south—west for a while, south and east wales, it's moving its way northwards and becoming lighter and maybe 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, where it's 13 or 1a degrees. that weather front is bringing the rain into england and parts of wales, but as we head into tuesday, it's much lighter by this stage, a much weaker weather front.

we've got another coming in from the atlantic, that's 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, and our weather front brings this narrow band of rain from scotland and northern ireland into the irish sea. followed by some blustery showers. it'll be windy in the north—west of scotland. 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. there will be some discrepancy as to where it's going to stop. at the moment, now, it looks like the south—east might be brighter. the band of cloud and not much rain stuck across the wash into the south—west of england. behind that, more sunshine following on, where it should be a lovely day for the time of year. those temperatures still not bad as well. it will turn colder overnight. yes, we've got an area of high pressure building in from the south—west, but there's some colder air around the top of that in between these weather fronts, so a cold start to thursday and still a bit grey in southern counties of england even though that weather front is out of the way. but away from here, plenty of sunshine. it looks like being a nice day.

temperatures won't be quite so high i think on thursday because of that chillier start, but plenty of sunshine to come. we'll start to see some changes by the time we get to friday. still got high pressure for a while, but there are these weather fronts toppling into that and that will increase the breeze and pick up some more cloud and a bit of rain in the north—west. this band of cloud and rain will trickle down into scotland and northern ireland. may get stuck across the far north of england and north wales later in the day. further south, some sunshine after a cool start, with some mist and fog. this is bbc news. the headlines: pressure is mounting on saudi arabia almost two weeks after journalist jamal khashoggi disappeared while visiting the country's consulate in istanbul. the uk, france and germany have issued a rare joint statement demanding answers and saying they're treating the incident with the utmost seriousness. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier says some key brexit issues are still unresolved including the backstop to avoid a hard border in ireland.

he hosted unscheduled talks with his uk counterpart to try and make progress just days ahead of a crucial meeting of eu leaders. angela merkel‘s conservative allies appear to have suffered massive losses in bavaria's state elections. early results put the csu at a low not seen since the 1950s. their losses come as the green party celebrates a surge in support. now on bbc news, dateline london.