hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm duncan golistani. saudi state media has confirmed in the past few hours that the journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul. a statement said he died after a fight and that 18 saudis have been arrested in connection with his death. king salman is reported to have ordered the dismissal of a royal court advisor, seen as the right—hand man to crown prince mohammed bin salman, and the deputy chief of intelligence. president trump spoke a short time ago. this is some of what he had to say: "$450 billion, there has never been anything like it, the last thing i want to do is say we are not going to supply you with that. if you add the whole thing up, with the military and 600,000 jobs, now you are talking about $110 billion, you are talking about over a millionjobs. i would rather keep

the millionjobs, and i would rather find another solution. but this was a good first step today, right? reporter: lindsey graham said he is very sceptical of the saudi narrative. do you share that scepticism and do you intend to speak with the crown prince or the king in the next day or two to get their side? yeah. before i start making those calls i will speak to the crown prince. i have spoken to the king, i want to speak to the crown prince. i think we are getting close to solving a very big problem. again remembering, people around this table know better than anyone, they have been a great ally in the middle east, and we need them as a counterbalance to iran, so it is not the simplest solution, it's not the simplest situation to be in. well, watching those comments by president trump was our north america correspondent chris buckler. isa

is a the rest of the investigation in saudi arabia was a good first step. even at one stage calling it a great first step. but it was obvious that he was looking at the end —— economic benefits of a relationship in saudi arabia and he went on to talk about how important it was to have an ally in the middle east. there were some who will be surprised, to an extent, that president trump is still maintaining that kind of line, now that it are ready has acknowledged that jamal khashoggi did die in the istanbul consulate and some saudis may have been involved in it. their suggestion was that it was a fist fight, but also they have mentioned that there are some people who are deeply sceptical of that and that includes members of donald trump's own republican party. i will read you what the graham has said. —— lindsey graham. what president trump also said in

that brief interview was that he wa nts that brief interview was that he wants congress to be involved in all of this. that does suggest he is trying to move it away from the white house that he does want senators and congress people to get involved in the about what should happen next and they have already launched an investigation. but that investigation could lead to sanctions and you heard the president, he wants to try to stop anything that could jeopardise lucrative arms sales and indeed sales of other things that he says and outs to hundreds of billions of dollars from the us. —— and outs. —— amounts. simply said it was a horrible event

that has not got unnoticed. many in washington will be asking around the world exactly what action will he ta ke world exactly what action will he take then? let's get some of the day's other news. at least 60 people have died and more than 200 have been injured in northern india, when a commuter train ploughed into them near the city of amritsar. the victims were standing on the railway tracks to watch a hindu festival, and it's believed people didn't hear the train approaching. the palestinian health ministry says 130 people have been injured in a protest near gaza's border with israel. the demonstrations have been taking place every friday since march. an israeli military spokeswoman said about 10,000 protestors had gathered along the crossing. some threw burning tyres and explosive devices at the troops over the fence. 20 men have been found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that raped and abused girls in huddersfield over a 7 year period. the men, mostly of pakistani heritage, were convicted of more than 120 offences against 15 girls, the youngest of whom was just 11.

the girls were plied with drink and drugs, and some were abandoned on the yorkshire moors. from leeds crown court, danny savage reports. a bus station. the car park of a diy store in huddersfield. a lonely moorland. just a few of the places where vulnerable children were groomed and sexually abused by men of mainly pakistani heritage. so many men were involved that three trials were needed. a judge has now ruled the 20 who were convicted can now be publicly identified. one of them was mohammed ibrar, nicknamed "bully", a huge man who used his physical presence to intimidate. one of his victims was thrown out of his car when she refused to give in to his depraved demands. he kept punching me and punching me, it felt like my nose was broken.

they kicked me and i got out of the car and i started running. i jumped over the fence and i started running down the moors, then i ran back up and saw them drive off. i had tojump in front of a car covered in blood at 4am in the morning to get a lift back to huddersfield. the ringleader, amere singh dhaliwal, was jailed for life and told he must serve a minimum of 18 years. the judge said his treatment of the girls was inhuman. 0ne scenario which kept cropping up in these cases is that victims were driven up here onto the moors at night. if they didn't do what their abusers told them to, they were beaten up and dumped. imagine being a child, left in this wilderness in the dark, having been physically and sexually assaulted by someone you thought cared for you. it's a very frightening place. there's so much moorland up here, they can be anywhere, can people. this farmer vividly remembers distressed teenage girls knocking

on the door of his remote hilltop home. over the years, he's had to take several to safety. as i looked out there was three girls, that obviously looked roughed up and confused. they didn't know where they were and they asked could they come in and could i help them? and what was the impression you got of what had happened to them? it looked like they'd been knocked about by somebody, something funny... something very suspicious had happened, i could tell by their hair, it was everywhere and they were just... she would come home disorientated, scratches, bites... the mother of one schoolgirl victim told us what everyday life was like. on one occasion she came home and her neck was completely black with bites from one side to the other. a taxi had just pulled up outside and pushed her out. i could see another girl in the back and then itjust drove off. i changed my hours so i could pick her up after school. i used to dread bank holidays, when i knew she was going to be

at home and i couldn't monitor her. victims and their families said they repeatedly told west yorkshire police what was happening here, but no arrests were made until years later. today, the force refused to answer criticism from the prosecution that their conduct was disgraceful. the local council says it all happened when child sexual exploitation was effectively ignored. these crimes took place a number of years ago at a time when, as we know sadly from other cases, in other parts of the country, that the issue of child sexual exploitation was not well defined or understood. since then, lessons have been learned. most of the men so far sentenced for this litany of abuse have each been jailed for at least 15 years. another four defendants will be sentenced next month. danny savage, bbc news, west yorkshire. a brexit deal may never be reached, according to the european union's chief negotiator. michel barnier says 90 percent of the deal is done,

but that the problems surrounding the irish border could collapse any agreement. and the prime minister is facing a fierce backlash against the idea of extending the uk's transition period after leaving the european union, as john pienaar reports. still in brussels, still turning on the charm, or trying to, still getting nowhere fast. not many more leaders‘ club photos like this before britain leaves. but now, mrs may has been handed a set of politically impossible demands as the price of a deal. she went on her way with eu leaders like donald tusk, sympathetic but still leaving her to face mutinous tories and angry unionists. brussels‘ chief negotiator took to french radio to say britain was behind its own problems. brexit has numerous consequences, it was chosen by the british, he said. and at home today, the consequences included her scottish secretary openly demanding no extension to eu fishing rules in scotland. what i want to be quite clear

is that we are still leaving the common fisheries policy at the end of 2020. so, resistance to brexit, compromise on a possible extension, has spread to scotland. the scottish tories want scottish fishing fleets free of eu rules and quotas. at westminster, tories on all sides hate the idea of extending the brexit transition, with its further delay and further billions to the eu. they want the prime minister to mean it when she says she would walk away with no deal. it would help if the government started to demonstrate more confidence that we will leave if they can't get a deal. what we cannot countenance is the idea that the european union has to give us permission before we leave. but mrs may is sticking to the hope she will never need to lengthen the brexit transition. her aim is a trade deal without britain having to stay under eu rules longer than planned. and if it does, she wants

the uk free to pull out. easy to say, hard to negotiate. and harder still to get past her party. 0nce supportive or at least tolerant tory mps now say they are impatient that a vote of confidence in her leadership now looks more likely. and even if she survived that, she would likely emerge damaged, politically weakened. there is also more muttering amongst tories about the succession, who in the cabinet and who outside is manoeuvring for a future contest and who tory mps want next. brexit was always about high principles of sovereignty. it's coming down to the lower politics of power, plotting, and political survival. john pienaar, bbc news, downing street. hundreds of central american migrants heading for the us have broken through barriers on a bridge crossing between guatemala and mexico. mexican police in riot gearfired tear gas, forcing them to retreat into no man's land. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool reports from tecoon 0oman

on the guatemala—mexico border. they have come in their thousands, on a march towards what they hope will be a better life. their week—long trek through central america from honduras, one of the poorest countries in the region through guatemala has brought them here, to the gates of mexico. their dream is to keep going and get to the united states. many in this convoy are upset that they are being betrayed by some as the worst of humanity. translation: the majority of us are hard workers. we want something better. we are not here because we are criminals, we are here because we want to help our

families and our children. donald trump has called it an assault on the us border. if the large caravan of people heading to the us is not stopped and brought back to honduras, no money or aid will be given to honduras, he warned earlier this week. i must in the strongest of terms ask mexico to stop this onslaught, he added later. since those threats, the number of peoplejoining this convoy has only increased. but not all want to use the official border crossing and risk being turned back. already trying other means of continuing theirjourney north. if they do manage to get to the us border they have the legal right to claim asylum, but donald trump says he will close the border and ahead of mid—term elections is not missing the chance to make political capital of it all. as you know, i am willing to send the military to defend our southern borders if necessary. cheering and applause. all cause, because of the illegal immigration onslaught brought by the democrats because they

refused to acknowledge or to change the laws. they like it. they also figure everyone coming in will vote democrat, you know. people here do not care about politics. for many, it is desperation that is there a driving force. the mood here has changed in the last ten minutes. thousands of migrants have pushed past guatemalan security forces under now facing mexican security forces. with the promise that things could get more confrontational now. what is clear is that donald trump's attempts so far to deter migrants like separating parents from children, as he did earlier this year, is not stopping them coming. ultimately, these people feel leaving behind the hardships back home are worth what ever risks they may have ahead of them. let's get a reminder of the

headlines: . .. saudi state media has confirmed that the journalist, jamal khashoggi, was killed in saudi arabia's consulate, in istanbul. 20 men are found guilty of being part of a grooming gang that abused girls as young as 11 in huddersfield. well, let's get more on our top story. earlier i spoke to barak barfi, a research fellow at the new america foundation. i asked about the significance of the saudi's statement. this is an unending saga where we don't know what will happen next. it is clear that this was not a rogue operation, that it was led from the top, that there was no fight in the embassy. you had an autopsy expert, dr salah tubaigy, who was brought in especially for this episode, incident. that this was an unplanned, unmandated attack, a killing againstjamal khashoggi is unbelievable at this time. by putting a time limit

on their investigation of around one month, do you think they are hoping to buy themselves some time, but have they done enough given that there are even more questions now? well, the biggest question is why did the saudis just announce, in the last five or ten minutes, that there is going to be a committee studying the reorganisation of the intelligence services and who will lead it? crown prince mohammed bin salman, who is believed to have been the moving force behind the killing ofjamal khashoggi, so there is no indication that the saudis are going to make any accounting at the top levels about this killing. we should say that the ruling family deny any knowledge, personally, of what happens to mr khashoggi. but on that point, by putting him in charge of this committee, isn't it clear that he is not going anywhere? that is what the saudis say and what the saudis

are trying to express. however, if you listen to the voices from congress, such as senator lindsey graham, who is a republican, very close to donald trump, and has a loss of influence in the republican party, and has a lot of influence in the republican party, for him crown prince salman is toxic, he is miasma. he is not going to deal with him any more. that could reverberate in other halls in the republican party. if that is the case, trump will have no choice but to have to sever contacts with these elements in the saudi royal family. with what president trump just said about iran and about trade, it is clear this is just business as usual, isn't it, from american presidents with their relations with riyadh? well, if you listen to what president trump says about this, on monday he says a, on tuesday he says b. he says that there will be severe punishment, severe repercussions — he said that in the 60 minutes interview — then he said it could be a rogue

operation, now he says he believes what the saudis are saying. there's plenty more to the latest develpoments in saudia arabia and reaction in turkey and washington on our website. or download the bbc news app. the founder of wikilea ks, julian assange, is launching legal action against ecuador, the country in whose london embassy he's been living for the past six years. he's accusing the ecuadorean government of violating his fundamental rights and freedoms, after conditions were imposed on his communications with the outside world. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. some might say he was being a little ungrateful. for six years, julian assange has lived in the ecuadorian embassy in london. confined to quarters,

he has not been able to set foot outside. and now, after strict new rules were imposed, he has decided to take his hosts to court. translation: we believe these rules violate fundamental rights. it limits the exercising of the right to a defence. it affects the privacy of people who might spend time with julian assange, and above all his lack of communication with the outside world should immediately cease. this all began in august 2010, when the swedish prosecutor's office issued an arrest warrant over allegations of sexual assault. he denied those claims, but in december that year he was arrested in the united kingdom and eventually given bail. injune 2012, after the uk supreme court said he should be extradited to sweden to face questioning, julian assange into the ecuadorian embassy in london and was later granted asylum by the then

president, rafael correa. five years later, in may 2017, sweden's director of public prosecutions announced that the rape investigation was being dropped. assange could, of course, choose to leave the embassy. although he no longer faces charges in sweden, there is still the small issue of skipping bail. his main fear seems to be the threat of extradition to america. washington angry over his website's release of sensitive documents. but now he has been told to pay his own phone and medical bills and take better care of his pet cat. the current president of ecuador has described assange as being like a stone in his shoe. this latest move is unlikely to make relations any warmer. tim allman, bbc news. 0n the eve of afghanistan's elections, kandahar has been forced to delay its poll for a week,

after the assassination of the powerful local police chief. general abdul raziq, along with two other officials, was shot dead by his bodyguard after meeting us commander general scott miller inside the governor's compound to discuss election security. his funeral took place in kandahar earlier on friday. the taliban, who say they killed general raziq, referred to him as a "brutal police chief". but the american general paid tribute, saying he had "lost a great friend" and afghanistan had lost a patriot. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the afghan capital kabul. she says the nation is realistic about the security situation, but people are determined to have their say. no one is expecting a perfect election in afghanistan, it is simply not possible at a time afg ha ns say

simply not possible at a time afghans say they have never seen the situation so bad as it is now and thatis situation so bad as it is now and that is something to be set right country that has been through four decades of war. there will be violence, fraud at the polls but will this election be regarded as legitimate enough to allow the political process to move forward. presidential elections are meant to be held next year so they have more than 50,000 police, army and intelligence officials, spread across the country to secure the polling stations, a new biometric device — it has to be set a very controversial one — fears it will not work and that people have not been trained ropley, but it has been brought in to try to minimise the fraud. as always, what will be the turnout? the taliban have made it clear time and turnout? the taliban have made it cleartime and again turnout? the taliban have made it clear time and again that they will attack the polling stations and security forces. they have told afg ha ns security forces. they have told afghans knocked to go out and vote

and yet i have been here at every election since the fall of the taliban and the threats are always there but afghans are defiant. they have shown this election after election, that they are willing to risk their lives to take part in this process. afghans say we are not scared of the taliban and we will not let them intimidate us and we wa nt to not let them intimidate us and we want to show this process matters. a lot at stake in these elections and the world will be watching and afg ha ns the world will be watching and afghans will be watching to tell us what it says about afghanistan. yoga has been part of the duke and duchess of sussex's morning routine in australia — as they continue their tour down under. harry and meghan went barefoot on bondi beach and then there was a climb over sydney harbour bridge. jonny dymond was watching from solid ground. the police in sydney don't normally dress like this. but on the city's legendary

bondi beach today, things were far from normal. welcome to fluro friday, where surfing and yoga meets mindfulness. and harry and meghan. harry opened up to the group about his experiences. it's part of his big push to promote mental health. this is called an anti—bad vibe circle. at the end, a group hug. the house of windsor brought the house down. yoga is part of the cure, and the duchess is a big fan. she told the yogis just how keen she is. she says she does it every day and she even got up at 4.30 this morning, completely jet—lagged, and she's pregnant, so i understand how exhausting that can be. and she did yoga this morning at 11.30. the duke went from beach to bridge. up he went — and up.

and at the top, a new flag rose. this is the moment that the duke and duchess' trip to australia pivots, away from the walkabouts and the beaches and toward the biggest project of harry's life. this is the start of the countdown to the invictus games, the sporting celebration of wounded warriors. invictus is at the heart of harry's journey. he has walked with the military. now he will lead the games he created. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. blue skies in australia, what about closer to home? hello. the weekend is upon us and the weather overall is not looking bad at all across most of the uk. all of us should get some sunshine at least at one point or another, but there will be some fog around on saturday morning, and also on sunday.

let's have a look at the forecast, through the early hours and the weather is a little bit split. in the north—west of the country we have freshening wind, clouds are streaming in, there is a weather front approaching so there are some fog problems here. further south we will have clear skies and the temperature will dip down to maybe 2—3 degrees above freezing. perhaps across parts of the midlands and into wales fog could be thick, it could affect some of the country routes, there could be some delays, some delays at airports as well. bearthat in mind across england and wales. a lot of sunshine for many of us and just in one or two spots the fog may linger but in the north—west of the country we have those stronger winds with that weather front approaching, outbreaks of rain for a time in the western isles, in the south much lighter winds, you can see the windspeed arrows here. temperatures around 17 in london for example, very pleasant indeed. even 17 expected in aberdeen on saturday of afternoon. saturday night into sunday, weather front still very close to the north—west of the country,

a new one coming in bringing some fresh rain and fresher conditions. to the south of that we still have high pressure, meaning the weather is looking very decent for the rest of the day, fog in the morning could be a problem on sunday. the weather front is a very weak one, it moves across, you can make out this line of cloud, that is a weather front behind it, it is starting to freshen with some cooler air coming from the north which heralds a change for next week. once this weather front moves through, you can see it here, behind this area of high pressure the wind is blowing like so, that cooler atlantic air is coming in. let's have a look at the forecast for monday, we are further away from the high pressure here in scotland so weather fronts are coming in. here we have those settled conditions but there is quite a brisk wind blowing out of the north—west, quite gusty around some of the coasts. the temperature is quite a bit lower, 13 in london, whether you are in the south or the north it should be around 13 degrees.

a quick outlook into next week, a lot of dry weather without high pressure close by, a lot of sunshine with further morning mist and fog turning a bit cooler later in the week. this is bbc news, the headlines: saudi arabia has confirmed that the missing journalist jamal khashoggi died during his visit to the country's consulate in istanbul earlier this month. saudi state media said a fight that broke out between the journalist and the people he met at the consulate led to his death. at least 60 people have died and more than 200 have been injured in northern india, as a commuter train ploughed into them near the city of amritsar. a religious festival had been taking place — and it's believed people didn't hear the train approaching. hundreds of central american migrants travelling in a mass caravan to the united states have tried to breach mexico's southern border and enter the country. the migrants broke through guatemalan border fences — but were halted by police as they streamed onto a bridge

leading to mexico. the islamist preacher anjem choudary has been been released from prison on licence. he has served half of a five year sentence handed down to him in 2016,