this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11: saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul. they claim it happened in a fight. they have been a great ally in the middle east. we need them as a counterbalance to iran. and so it's not the simplest solution. two men have been charged with murdering father—of—two ian tomlin, who was beaten to death outside his home in south—west london. protestors prepare to march through london, demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. also coming up this hour, bepi—colombo blasts off. two satellites developed in europe and japan are on their way to the planet mercury. it's hoped that together they can resolve the puzzles of the mysterious planet closest to the sun. and in half an hour: we'll discuss the big issues of the day in detail, in dateline london. after a fortnight of denials,

saudi arabia has admitted that the missing journalist, jamal khashoggi, died during his visit to their consulate in istanbul earlier this month. saudi state tv says the initial findings of an investigation suggest he died when a fight broke out. president trump has described the latest version of events as "credible". 18 people have been arrested and two seniorfigures have been sacked, as jon donnison reports. after weeks of denials, saudi arabia is changing its tune. the admission thatjamal khashoggi is dead, finally came on state tv. more than a fortnight after the journalist walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul, never to be seen again, the saudis now say he was killed in a fight that broke out turkish officials say audio tapes prove otherwise. someone who heard the tape described

it to me in great detail. what happened is unacceptable. they have arrested a large number of people. do you consider it credible, their explanation? i do. many disagree, including within his own republican party. saudi arabia

announced it was sacking the deputy chief of intelligence but that could be seen as a move to protect saudi arabia ‘s de facto ruler, who many believe must have sanctioned the killing. saudi arabia will hope its partial admission will dampen down international criticism but for those who believe it is a cover—up, many more questions remain. i'm joined now via webcam by middle east analyst hazhir teimourian. what has been the reaction to this explanation that has been offered by saudi arabia? i think many people believe this is almost beyond contempt. this is clutching at straws. this is a major, major earthquake in the history of the saudi kingdom. in the past, there has been to some extent a committee of senior rulers who have ruled the

place but suddenly, a few years ago, king salaman suddenly appointed his hot tempered sent to succeed him and ever since, he has been behaving very recklessly. i have been watching him unfortunately it reminds me of the rise of saddam hussein in the 1970s and all the wa i’s hussein in the 1970s and all the wars he caused. the world must expect now for these trained killers who were sent to turkey to talk to this unarmed journalist to be given over to the international criminal court for a trial that we can believe in. i'm sure that these people if they are not handed over to the outside world will be, will come to sort of agreement with the crown prince, to protect him,

whatever he wants them to say, they will say on television. this is unbelievable. whatever concerns you pointed to about the apparent recklessness of the crown prince, we are told the king is not able to focus fully on state affairs, and his son remains in place. it is hard to see him being dislodged. he has appointed himself chief of this committee that is supposed to investigate this crisis, can you believe it?! we all believe it was these people he sent over, they include some of his top bodyguards and advisers. and office workers. we have been hearing that one of them was a seniorforensic have been hearing that one of them was a senior forensic scientist in the saudi armed forces and he actually took with him a bone saw.

why do you take a ball saw abroad to talk to an unarmed journalist? we heard from president trump saying actually he thinks this is a big thing that the saudis have done by making this admission. he seems very keen this should blow over. is there a sense that actually governments, and other government in the last few minutes praising the saudis for doing this, united arab emirates, is it possible that many countries will seize on this admission and say, that's all right, we know what happened now, let's get back to as usual? i am sure president putin would like to say something like that and i would not even put it beyond president erdogan of turkey to come to an agreement to say the evidence we thought we had does not stand up to investigation. i would expect that from people like that. but europeans cannot accept this.

after a ll but europeans cannot accept this. after all the protests in this country we have made because of the salisbury poisoning, the expulsion of large numbers of russian diplomats from the west, the british government will not be able to look into the eye of the nation and say, well, we will talk to the saudis personally, diplomatically, because thatis personally, diplomatically, because that is how we think we will achieve more. this will not be acceptable. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. let me bring you some more reaction to the saudi explanation for the death of jamal khashoggi. this is coming from the hague. the dutch prime minister has said that further investigations are needed, a lot still remains uncertain, he said. what happened? how did he die? who is responsible? i expect all relevant facts will be clear as soon as possible, he told

reporters, a thorough investigation is necessary. it reinforces what was said there, it will be hard for european countries to say this is a sufficient explanation because they made such an active protest over the allegations of the poisoning said to have been committed by russia against said a script and his daughter in salisbury earlier this year. protestors calling for a referendum on the final brexit deal will march through central london today before gathering for a rally in parliament square. the event, which has been organised by the people's vote campaign, is being supported by mps from all the main political parties. chi chi izundu is in westminster. hello. yes, as you can see behind me, a number of protest as are starting to gather. the march does not kick off until midday, from park lane towards parliament square. the organisers have told us they have managed to gather people in clusters, so effectively students, communities from the lgbt queue

community will be marching, but also as well as that, we have groups that represent the nhs and we are joint now by doctor mike goldsworthy, the director of nhs against brexit. why did you decide to be part of today's march? we have been campaigning against brexit because brexit is attacking the nhs from all angles. our government is burning up money on civil servants and customs officers and throwing billions at brexit instead of our nurses and doctors. it is a bonfire of money. and with staffing, we are chasing of eu nurses. they used to provide all the growth in our nursing staff, now they are leaving and leaving our nhs overstretched. and then also we are stuck by the medicines because our medicine supplies are being jeopardised and on top of that, what is the first thing that will happen if we do brexit? trade deal with donald trump. he wants to privatise

the nhs. no one wants that but will we be able to stop it? 83% of doctors think brexit will be bad for the nhs. the british medical association, the royal college of nursing and midwives, they are all for a people's vote. the association, it was neutral before, has now said it is against brexit outright. and that is why we are here today and gathering in our nhs against brexit with banners and placards, british medical association, british medical journal, we are all congregating because we absolutely need a people's vote with the option to ditch brexit entirely, if the people no longer wanted then let's ditch it because the pain is absolutely all there but there is no gain coming along. why did you feel it necessary to bring your sons with you. did they come by choice? we had lots placards. so they have had a power screwdriver reach and they have been

assembling them alongside all of the other campaigners. you don't feel like they should be made aware, this is their future, effectively? absolutely it is their future. my boys are british boys but they are also wants levine passports. this is what they got british families look like. the amount of strain it puts on national in our country, these are british families and the treatment by the government has been appalling of this whole circumstance. it is about their futures but it is about everyone's futures but it is about everyone's future in this country, if our government is going forward with something chaotic that only about 10% of the population support the checkis 10% of the population support the check is planned for the moment and who supports a crash out no deal? no one. what option are you left with? you have to bring it back to the people and say what are we going to do now? theresa may has said there is no possibility of a people's vote. and there will be no snap

election, so what. why should she determine what we do now. if it is a democracy, it should be the people that have the say over this. we should have control over what is going on. whether you voted leave or remain, when a contract comes back, you do have the right to read the small print and say, no, this is not what we want to be signing up for. it isa what we want to be signing up for. it is a fundamental right when you go shopping, when you get engaged to get married, if the person you got engaged to turns out to be a cycle, you are not beholden to get married with them anyway. it is about reasonableness. if there is going to bea reasonableness. if there is going to be a plan for leaving, let sign off up be a plan for leaving, let sign off up on it or let's ditch it. thank you very much for your time. on midday there will be a speech from sadiq khan. and then they will march towards parliament square. a little earlier my colleague at bbc breakfast spoke to richard tice, co—founder of leaves means leave, a cross—party group campaigning for a swift exit from the eu.

they asked him what he makes of todays march. makes of today's march. this is a march by people who basically are losers. they lost the vote in 2016 and they then lost again in 2017 and these people, whether it is 50,000 or 100,000 people, they think they know more than the 17.4 million people who voted to take back our laws, trade and borders. we spoke to one of the organisers today and they are making the point that as this process has unfolded as the way it has, the deal thatis unfolded as the way it has, the deal that is thus far being presented by theresa may and we understand there still is a way to go yet, it would offer less control, the same restrictions and we gain very little and on that basis, they are saying, why not have another vote? because thatis

why not have another vote? because that is a complete con. perpetrated by people who just cannot accept the fa ct by people who just cannot accept the fact that they lost. they need to get over it. yes, the prime minister on the cabinet are putting forward a really bad deal, so the answer is, let's change the deal. we had a vote and we voted to leave. the idea you should have a second referendum would be incredibly damaging. most of all to the trust in democracy from people up and on this country. let me tell you, we have been holding rallies all over the country, the anger that is growing is absolutely palpable. i had a trucker come to me at the end of one rally recently and he said, richard, just give me the word and i will block them would rattle london. people need to be under no illusions as to how people feel about a significant potential for rape democracy betrayal in this country. two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a father in battersea in south london on wednesday. ian tomlin, who was forty six,

died from a head injury caused by blunt force trauma. michael swan aged forty five —— and gary beech aged forty eight —— both appeared at wimbledon magistrates' court this morning. the headlines on bbc news: saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul. they claim it happened in a fight. two men have been charged with murdering father ian tomlin, who was beaten to death outside his home in south—west london. protestors prepare to march through london demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. polls have opened in afghanistan's long delayed parliamentary elections, with over 2,500 candidates and nearly nine million registered voters taking part. however, the build up has been marred by violence and the taliban has ordered afghans to boycott the vote. nearly a third of all polling stations remain closed because of security concerns. 10 candidates have been killed and there are fears of electoral fraud. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet sent us

this update from kabul. it is voting day in afghanistan. security is exceptionally tight right across kabul. these are the lines, they are also exceptionally long. on the men's side of this polling station, they are queueing up polling station, they are queueing up to cast their ballot. polling station, they are queueing up to cast their ballotlj polling station, they are queueing up to cast their ballot. i have a son and daughter. we have spent two and a half hours queueing. we are not afraid because we are muslims and we are afghan. we want to select and we are afghan. we want to select a good person for a better future for us and our family. are you optimistic there will be a better parliament in afghanistan? maybe. maybe. this is what you hear time and time

again, they say we're not afraid, we are still going to cast our ballots. it is clear the taliban threats are going to keep some people away from these polling stations and a third of polling stations are shut because they are in areas controlled by the taliban or they are not safe enough for people to vote. look at the scene at this polling station. it is absolutely packed on the women's side. this is not the sound and face ofa side. this is not the sound and face of a people cowed by the taliban threat. it is truly an act of bravery in afghanistan to cast a ballot but so many people are here very early in the morning. in the early hours of this morning, europe and japan launched two spacecraft on a mission to mercury, the planet closest to the sun. the joint project is named bepi—colombo and it will take the probes seven years to reach their destination. scientists hope it will allow them to discover more about the planet's origin. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more details. the beginning of a very long journey.

bepicolombo is setting out on a 9 billion kilometre trek to the inner solar system. this is europe and japan's first mission to the planet mercury and it'll be hugely challenging. where the joint probes are headed so close to the sun, it is as hot as a pizza oven. novel technologies must protect the spacecraft from the hellish conditions. scientists hope they will make a raft of new discoveries. mercury is an oddball, it has an oversized iron core that no one has yet explained and surface materials that shouldn't be there in so hot an environment. british teams are heavily involved, they have built instrumentation and spacecraft components. if we want to understand how our solar system formed and evolved, then mercury is a key part of that. our current theories of solar system formations, including the earth and other planets, cannot explain mercury, it is an anomaly. so we need to go to mercury and find out more information about the planet so we can really understand how our solar system formed. the sun's immense gravity will pull

hard on bepicolombo, this means the probes must be careful not to go too fast and overshoot mercury. an arrival date has been set for 2025. only when they are in orbit can the probe can split apart and begin their parallel investigations. jonathan amos, bbc news. the fourth edition of the invictus games starts in sydney today and will see 500 competitors from 18 nations taking part. the event was set up by prince harry to give recovering armed forces personnel a new way of dealing with the traumas of combat. the opening ceremony takes place later at the sydney opera house as our correspondent hywel griffith explains. for michael, the next week is going to be intense, as he prepares to represent britain in rugby, volleyball and basketball. he says competing at last year's games in toronto was life changing. since been discharged from the air force in 2005, he'd struggled with depression. but being part of a team again saved him. being in the military, obviously you trust each other with each other‘s lives, really.

when you do sporting events like the invictus games, you are working in tight—knit groups, just like within the military. you can read each other‘s plays and games, its like you're on the same wavelength. last year's games in toronto saw teams from romania and ukraine join invictus, this year poland will make its debut, bringing the list of countries to 18. after months of training camps, now it is down to last—minute fine—tuning. invictus is still in its infancy, with just 500 competitors, it's not on the same scale as something like the paralympics. but within four years it has succeeded in giving sick, wounded and injured veterans from across the world a new focus in life. it's certainly been given prominence here in australia, yesterday's flag raising ceremony on sydney harbour bridge was shown on live television. the games themselves have been on primetime every night.

it maybe still seen as prince harry's pet project, but the games are growing into a serious sporting competition. hywel griffith, bbc news, sydney. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's katherine. good morning. let's start with the cricket. england batting against sri lanka in the fourth one—dayer. the england and lancashire bower kate cross is here, she's part of the team on 5 live's cricket social, which you can watch and listen to right now via the bbc sport website and app. thank you so much forjoining us. u nfortu nately, thank you so much forjoining us. unfortunately, england are off due to rain. it has come again. i have asked a few people this, why do you

think a series was organised during monsoon season in sri lanka?m think a series was organised during monsoon season in sri lanka? it does seem daft, doesn't it? it is purely down to the scheduling. the men's game is so hectic. we have a world cup coming up and theyjust needed to get the games in, so they have had to chance it and there has been a bit of cricket played, which has been the main thing. they got 50 overs in in the first innings. let's hope they get back on because it'll be good to see england chased down this total. let's have a look at this total. let's have a look at this morning ‘s action. sri lanka making 270 from their 50 overs. england let show anchor off the hook a couple times. i thought they started really well. but i thought they let themselves down a little bit with the fielding, by their standards. it is difficult. but i thought they had some ups and downs in the field. they had a

period in the 40th over, where they we re period in the 40th over, where they were a few miss fields. by their disciplined —— standards, they will have been disappointed. but they we re have been disappointed. but they were back themselves to be able to chase down that total. these are the couple of england winning is lost. you mentioned the world cup next yearin you mentioned the world cup next year in the west indies. michael vaughan saying earlier on they will be favourites going into that and this is good practice. do you think thatis this is good practice. do you think that is true? i think the white ball format at the moment is something england are excelling in. hats off to them, they have worked hard and a couple of years ago they played that series... it was the world cup, actually, they were knocked out quite early. since then they have turned it around and it is an exciting brand they are producing, which is nice to see. in tournament, thatis which is nice to see. in tournament, that is really important. they will

go over there and i think the main thing with 2020, it is who turns the day. they will look forward to challenges over there. the weather will play a part. it is really hot obviously in the west indies but they have some real depth in that squad. i think they will be excited. they have never won a 50 over world cup. absolutely chucking it down in this rank at the moment. thank you so much for coming down. get back up to that studio and hopefully they will be back on soon. the premier league is back after the international break, and the early kick off is a big one — chelsea host manchester united, and united bossjose mourinho's been up to his old tricks. he says he'd love to sign his old club's star man eden hazard, but admits that it would be impossible, because chelsea are led by intelligent people. this fixture's been a bit fiery over the years, but both managers say they going into today with plenty of respect. middlesbrough have gone top of the championship with a 2—1 against sheffield wednesday at hillsbrough after a poor first half boro scored twice in six minutes, a terrible defensive mistake lead

to britt assombalonga's scoring the second. wednesday did pull a goal back late on but tony pulis' side held on for the win. lewis hamilton could win a fifth world title this weekend, with success at the us grand prix in texas. he posted the fastest time in practice yesterday — and his cause has been helped by the fact his nearest rival sebastian vettel has been given a three place grid penalty for not slowing sufficiently for a red flag. hamilton needs to beat vettel by eight points to be crowned champion again. that's all the sport for now. time now for the weather forecast. the last two days have been pretty glorious. we have seen plenty of sunshine around. chilly mornings with mist and fog. some of which has been quite dense. that is how it is looking for most of us this weekend.

england and wales will hold onto the dry weather. some rain in the forecast for parts of scotland and northern ireland, especially tomorrow. this afternoon, lots of sunshine across england and wales. a little mist and fog stubborn to clear. it should clearfor little mist and fog stubborn to clear. it should clear for most places. thicker cloud around, more ofa places. thicker cloud around, more of a breeze, quite windy across the western isles. eastern scotland, we could see 17 or 18 degrees. very pleasa nt could see 17 or 18 degrees. very pleasant in england and wales. as we head on into this evening and overnight, most places stay dry. clear skies. we could see mist and fog developing as those temperatures fall back into single figures. rain across the north and west of scotland. some of it quite heavy by the end of the night. we will hold onto double—figure values because of the cloud. this is the culprit for the cloud. this is the culprit for the rain. this red —— weatherfront pushing into scotland and northern

ireland as we head into sunday morning. a disappointing start to the day across scotland and northern ireland. rain pushing on into northern england but it will fizzle out. skies brightening up nicely behind it. a little bit fresh air. a few blustery showers. another nice day for the south—east. quite warm. 18 degrees. as we head on into monday. bad weatherfront 18 degrees. as we head on into monday. bad weather front flips off into the continent. a strong area of high pressure for much of the upcoming week. it will continue to hold onto weather fronts across the north of the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. northern scotland and the northern ireland is, certainly. it will be windy here but breezy further south. we are importing kula and drier airfrom the north—west. some good spells of sunshine but the temperature is much lower than what we have had recently. for much of the new wii,

it looks like it'll be largely dry thanks to the high pressure. turning colder by the end of the week. hello and welcome to dateline london — the programme which brings together leading political commentators in the uk with the international correspondents who file their stories with dateline london. this weekend, saudi arabia announced that the journalist jamal khashoggi is dead. will that long awaited admission, dismissals, and arrests be enough to restore business as usual in its relations with the outside world?