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. president trump defends saying he loves north korean leader kim jong—un. get along with him really well. i have a good energy with him, i have a good chemistry with him. look at the horrible threats that were made. no more threats... 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 ending yemen, saudi arabia's role on the world stage is now under the harshest spotlight. here's a clip from cbs 60 minutes programme where in an interview with lesley stahl, donald trump said

the saudis "vehemently deny" allegations that they were involved in the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. as of this moment, they deny it and they deny it vehemently. could it be them? yes. did he denied on the phone? they denied it every way you can imagine. in the not too distant future, i think we will know an answer. we make what are your options? let's say they did. would you consider opposing —— imposing sanctions? it depends on the sanctions? it depends on the sanctions will stop i will give you an example. they are ordering military equipment. everyone wanted that order. russia wanted it, china wa nted that order. russia wanted it, china wanted it, we wanted it. we got it. would you cut that off? tell you

what i don't want to do, i did want to hurtjobs. i don't want to lose and order like that. there are other ways of punishing, to use a word thatis ways of punishing, to use a word that is pretty harsh but it's true. president trump has been defending his relationship with the north korean leader kim jong—un. the president was pressed on why he continued to ignore the human rights abuses in the country and suggested the two countries were heading for war before they started talking. lets cross to seoul now and speak to our correspondent laura bicker. president remaining positive? what mrtrumpfailed to president remaining positive? what mr trump failed to mention in the interview is that the threat of fire and few re— raining down on pyongyang and consequently it would have also affected many millions here in seoul came from him and then things escalated between donald

trump and kimjong—un things escalated between donald trump and kim jong—un last year. that was last september— october after pyongyang had its sixth successful nuclear test and donald trump and kimjong—un successful nuclear test and donald trump and kim jong—un were exchanging insults. more recently, mrtrump said they exchanging insults. more recently, mr trump said they fell in love. that was put to him in this interview. he presides over a cool kingdom of oppression. starvation, reports he had his half brother assassinated, slave labour, public executions. this is a guy you love? i'm nota executions. this is a guy you love? i'm not a baby. yes, i know. but why do you love this guy?|j i'm not a baby. yes, i know. but why do you love this guy? i get along with him, ok? do you love this guy? i get along with him, 0k? it's like an embrace. let it be an embrace. yeah, but he isa let it be an embrace. yeah, but he is a bad guy! let it be whatever it is. i get along with the guy. i have a good energy with him, a good

chemistry. look at the horrible threats that were made, no more threats, no more threats. so while we are apparently talking about embracing, laura, where are we on a second summit? well, we are waiting to find out a date and location for the second time kim jong—un will meet donald trump. we know it will not be before the november mid—term is but i spoke president moon jae—in, the south korean leader, just last week. he said it will be —— he said he is hopeful it will be sometime soon. president trump will also visit seoul soon. there is a lot happening in this potential. today, north and south korea all meeting and at various acts backs, including whether or not to set up a permanent place that divided families can meet. he is trained to increase his

support in europe when it comes to his mediator role between the us and korea. we are still waiting for the date and location for a second summit. while all of these diplomatic events are going on, we have yet to see any progress with regards denuclearisation from north korea. they say they are waiting for the us to make some kind of concession. we are still at a bit of an impassively comes to the idea that north korea might give up its nuclear weapons. hurry up and wait, isn't it? thank you very much, laura. 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. 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 world 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. staying with that story, earlier i spoke with jonathan scha nzer, senior vice—president of the foundation for defense of democracies. i began by asking how he thought turkey was handling this case. well, it is an interesting thing

that this well, it is an interesting thing that this happened well, it is an interesting thing that this happened in well, it is an interesting thing that this happened in turkey well, it is an interesting thing that this happened in turkey in well, it is an interesting thing that this happened in turkey in the first place. the reason for that is that the turkish are the number one jailers of journalist that the turkish are the number one jailers ofjournalist in the world, and they themselves have him guilty of illegal renditions over the last year as they have hunted down members of the gulan movement. so they are not exactly the most credible people to talk about this case. nevertheless, this did take place in the consulate in istanbul. they are defending their rights as a country. i don't want to see this sort of thing happen on their soil, and nor do we for that matter. —— they don't. what is interesting about the turkish is that we have seen about the turkish is that we have seen a about the turkish is that we have seen a lot of disinformation coming out of their media. i would say probably half the story is don't exactly checkout. in the meantime, the intelligence services are also not exactly trusted. so, really,

this is a thorny case for western intelligence agencies as they try to get to the bottom of all of this. intelligence agencies as they try to get to the bottom of all of thism is interesting you use that word, disinformation, because the picture is so convoluted, coming out of turkey. what do you think is going on behind the scenes? some frantic gameplan, i imagine?” on behind the scenes? some frantic gameplan, i imagine? iwould think so. gameplan, i imagine? iwould think so. it is important to note that the saudis are on the other end of a battle with the qataris, as we all know. it is a gulf spat that is going on. the turks have sided with the qataris. this explains some of the qataris. this explains some of the disinformation, and the acrimony that exist between the countries. nonetheless, neither country, not saudi arabia and not turkey, has the stomach for an all—out war with one another, whether it be disinformation warfare, financial warfare, these are not the sorts of

tensions either country really has an appetite for. so we now understand that there is this new commission that has been stood up. this is the latter for both countries to climb down, should they wish to take it. i think really it is just wish to take it. i think really it isjust going to wish to take it. i think really it is just going to be a matter of what the terms are for both leaders. we have to remember here, mohammad bin salman is brash. i don't think he likes being told what to do. neither does president erdogan, the leader of turkey. so we are really putting two scorpions in a bottle here, in the hopes that they find a way to climb down from this crisis. as we just mentioned in our report, the possibility coming out, a veiled threat coming out of riyadh about oil exports. does saudi arabia really have that kind of power any more? they do. they still sit on the largest proven oil reserves in the world. remember, this is very touchy timing for the united states. we are

now set to rely on saudi arabia to make upfor now set to rely on saudi arabia to make up for the delta, the gap, in oil production, which has happened because we cut iran from the global economy. this is a core pillar of the trump administration's foreign policy, and the saudis have said they were going to step up. now, if they were going to step up. now, if they pulled out because of the relationship with the united states, and of course right now things seem to be fine, but if things do get rocky, you can only imagine what that would do to the trump foreign policy as it pertains to iran. and president trump is in a tricky position with this, perhaps why we are seeing such hesitant language from him in the last few days. yes. i think that is right. we know that he has a good relationship with the crown prince and would be king. there was the famous picture of him and some of the other arab leaders in riyadh holding the so—called orb at the counterterrorism centre. again, saudi arabia will be crucial

to the iran policy here in washington, but we have also heard rumours of the saudis playing a key role in the company stretch and's peace process between israel and palestine. and of course trump does not want to see the price of oil go up not want to see the price of oil go up in his country, given the focus that he has had on the economy domestically. a clean—up operation is underway 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. 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. 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. their main focus will be the invictus games, which they will officially open next weekend in sydney. before we go i want to show you

these pictures. this is a sandstorm in north—eastern syria. a cameraman ca ptu red 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 that refugee camps in the area. “— conditions that refugee camps in the area. —— at. a reminder of our top story. the uk, france and germany haveissued story. the uk, france and germany have issued a rarejoint story. the uk, france and germany have issued a rare joint statement calling for answers over the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. calling for answers over the disappearance ofjamal khashoggi. it is almost two weeks since the journalist was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. and thatis the saudi consulate in istanbul. and that is the way it is looking. you are watching bbc world news. i am duncan s be. —— golestani.

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. donald trump's defended his relationship with kim jong—un. speaking to us broadcaster cbs, president trump said the two had good chemistry and that his approach to the north korean leader had seen an end to threats being made to the west. 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. now on bbc news, hardtalk.