this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 3pm... saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul. the uk says it's those responsible must be held to account. 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. hundreds of thousands of protestors are marching through london demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. organisers are claiming it is the biggest march in the capital since the demonstration against the iraq war in 2003. two men have been charged with murdering father—of—two ian tomlin, who was beaten to death outside his home in south—west london. 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 visit an otherworldly digital art exhibition in click. hello, good afternoon. after two weeks of denials, saudi arabia has admitted for the first time that the journalist, jamal khashoggi died inside its consulate in istanbul. state television reported that he died in a fight. turkey claims he was tortured and killed by a team sent from the saudi capital, riyadh. the foreign office here says it's considering the saudi explanation and what britain's next steps might be. martin patience reports from istanbul. this was the last time that jamal khashoggi was seen alive, entering the saudi consulate.

on saudi state tv, riyadh finally admitted, after more than two weeks, that he'd been killed. translation: the discussions that took place between him and the individuals that met with him during his presence in the saudi consulate in istanbul led to an argument and fistfight with jamal khashoggi, which led to his death. us president donald trump said he found the explanation credible. saudi arabia's been a great ally, but what happened is unacceptable. we are going to see they've arrested, just for the people at the table, a large number of people having to do with the event that took place in turkey in the consulate, the saudi consulate, and, er... it's a big first step. it's only a first step, but it's a big first step. you consider it credible,

the explanation? i do, i do. but even members of his own party simply don't believe it. senator lindsay graham tweeted: many believe that this killing could only have happened with the permission of this man, the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. and critics will see the saudi explanation as an attempt to shield them from any blame. there is now no dispute that jamal khashoggi died after going into the saudi consulate behind me, but how he was killed and who is ultimately responsible still hasn't been answered. when the turkish police release their report, we may well see things very different from the saudis. martin patience, bbc news, istanbul. i'm joined now by our turkey correspondent mark lowen.

where does this take us in terms of what the saudis are saying now compared to what they said before? it isa compared to what they said before? it is a radical change of story. for i7 it is a radical change of story. for 17 days they were saying that nothing happened inside the consulate, initially he said that he left the consulate building —— they said that he left the consulate building. the saudi media said this was a building. the saudi media said this wasa campaign building. the saudi media said this was a campaign of lies and disinformation and even claimed that the saudi hit squad, the 15 men being investigated, where saudi tourists. clearly it is a change but it there are still big questions. what happens to be a body? debate dismember him as the macabre rumours are? did they take him back in pieces to saudi arabia? they change their story? why did they live for such a long time? who will be held responsible? did this go to the

saudi crown prince salman? or was it some kind of unauthorised official job and not actually officially sanctioned by the crown prince? that will be very difficult to believe, certainly for turkey and for western governments as well. what more will turkey have is to say on the subject they haven't yet set? the foreign ministry gave a statement saying they will not allow this to be covered up, they vow to reveal what ever have has happened and to share the evidence. clearly, even if the us tries to build a narrative images is swept under the carpet and the crown princess left off the hook, turkey will not allow that. what is interesting is that there is a real division between saudi's allies in the arab world and western europe. britain and the netherlands are being far more cautious saying they wa nt to being far more cautious saying they want to find out who is responsible and consider the next step, hold those responsible to account, a statement by the british foreign

office says, but the uae, bahrain, egypt, they're all praising saudi arabia, the egyptians even saying that that it respects the principles of law and the application of justice. it almost seems like a choreographed torrent of reactions from saudi's allies in the middle east. the word about mr erdogan, tu rkey‘s east. the word about mr erdogan, turkey's leader, is not renowned for being a restrained man, he is outspoken at large, but he's been quite cautious with this one. he's being cautious because of the relationship between ankara and riyadh. there he has played this very strategically. he is drip feeding evidence to turn western thoughts against saudis and put pressure on donald trump to show his hand. mrtrump is pressure on donald trump to show his hand. mr trump is of course in a position where he is standing up for the saudis but members of his as ministrations are being far tougher as well and they are more critical

of the saudis. he's been much more withheld than usual, we will have to see whether he maintains that stance when turkey wraps up its own investigation. mark, thank you very much indeed for that. two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a father in battersea in south london on wednesday. ian tomlin, who was a6, died from a head injury caused by blunt force trauma. michael swan, aged a5, and gary beech, aged a8, both appeared at wimbledon magistrates' court this morning. at least 60 people have been killed — and more than 200 have been injured in northern india. the accident happened when a commuter train ploughed into them near the city of amritsar. the victims were standing on the railway tracks watching a hindu festival, and it's believed people didn't hear the train approaching. a man's appeared at newcastle crown court charged with making false claims of child sexual abuse and murder against establishment figures. prosecutors say the defendant, who is not being named for legal reasons and is known publically as "nick",

falsely told police he was abused as a child in the 1970s and 1980s by senior people in public life. they say he also falsely claimed he witnessed the murders of three young boys. hundreds of thousands of protestors are marching in london this afternoon calling for another referendum on brexit. the event, organised by the campaign group the people's vote, involves a march and then a rally in parliament square. let's take a look at some live pictures showing the crowds in westminster. i mention hundreds of thousands, the organisers are claiming a figure as high as 500,000 as people have made their way initially from marble arch, along park lane eventually down trafalgar square to whitehall where they are now assembling around parliament square. there is the

stage where various speakers have already been addressing the crowd. our reporter chi chi izundo is in central london for us. what is a scale of all this? as you can see there are tens of thousands of people walking behind us. as you say, organisers have put the figure at around 575,000 people. we are joined now by adrian and james... sorry, adrian and dave, who are part of the march, talk us through your poster. it is just of the march, talk us through your poster. it isjust a parody on the banks the picture that self—destructed a few weeks ago after auction. i thought it was an appropriate statement to say that the vote to leave promises and campaign pretty much self—destructed immediately after people voted for it. i thought it was appropriate. dave, why did you think it was importance to join today's march?m has become clear lap to leave

campaign lied to people. as we get closer to brexit, the reality has kicked in. it is really important i'iow kicked in. it is really important now that people have a say on the final deal. how do you envisage that say being? mosby won't even read the terms and conditions of a new mobile phone contract. how do you envisage people having a say in the final deal? we have to be given a vote that includes the option to remain in the eu as well as any deal that is given and we have to make it very clear that if we do not get a good deal then going back to the status quo is the least bad option. adrian, you said you were from ireland and this is a particular significance for you. i have lived in the uk since university, over 15 years, but obviously the status on the island of ireland is free trade on the movement of people and peace. brexit poses a risk to all of those things. a lot of brexiters claim that the uk

can leave the customs union and still have an invisible border, unfortunately there is nowhere else in the world where that has been successfully done. until there is sufficient technology that has been prove n sufficient technology that has been proven for that to happen there needs to be a legal backstop. if the brexiters believe in the technological solution they should have nothing to fear. technological solution they should have nothing to fearlj technological solution they should have nothing to fear. i think there isa have nothing to fear. i think there is a lot of confusion about exactly what it is that you are marching for. are you marching for a referendum another referendum or a vote on the current steel in negotiations? the vote in 2016 was very vague. now that there is greater clarity on what they actually final deal will look like, we believe it is appropriate that people get the chance to vote, not a second referendum, but a final say on the technical clarity of the deal we have been offered or to remain. that is what we would like to see.

as you can see and probably here, the thousands walking past us are heading to westminster where they have been a number of speeches that have been a number of speeches that have taken place including from mps. it is due to go on until later on this evening. for the moment, thank you very much. speaking at the ‘save brexit‘ rally in harrogate, the former ukip leader and vice chairmain of ‘leave means leave' — nigel farage — said the general consensus across the country is that people want to "just get on with it..." nobody in the referendum talked about hard brexit or soft brexit. this is an invention that has come in since the referendum. there is one thing we voted for and we voted to become an independent country, not locked into a customs union which is what mrs may and now the labour party wants. that is a betrayal of what people voted for. evidence suggests that about a third

of those that voted remain now say, "we are democrats and we think the government should simply get on with it." that is our message. get on with it, fulfil the promises to us. he said if we voted to leave it would happen, it needs to. the general mood across the country is just get on with it and that is what the majority of people are saying. we will push hard. we want our mps to understand that if they do the trade brexit if they do ——betray brexit there will be a electoral consequences to pay. nigel farage there in harrogate. polls have opened in afghanistan's long delayed parliamentary elections, with over 2,500 candidates and nearly 9 million registered voters taking part. however, the build up has been marred by violence and the taliban has ordered afghans to boycott the vote. according to a security official, a suicide bomber blew himself up in an area in the north of the aghan capital kabul, killing at least ten people and wounding many more. nearly a third of all polling

stations remain closed because of security concerns. well, our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in kabul. how would you sum up the day so far? no one was expecting a perfect day. you could never achieve that in afghanistan which is in the midst of the worst crisis in its a0 years of war to stop with the taliban not just threatening to attack these polling stations, they were attacking every day in the run—up with candidates and security forces dying. yet again we saw the defiance of afg ha ns dying. yet again we saw the defiance of afghans determined to turn out and exercise their right to cast their ballot. at the polling station we visited in trouble it was absolutely packed. they were saying, "we are not going to let the taliban win. unfortunately there was a dark shadow over these polls. the suicide bombing that you mentioned in the

north of the capital. reports are that a suicide bomber detonated his vest at a checkpoint where he was stopped. possibly five policemen killed and civilians. there were other explosions at poly stations in kabul. there has been another enemy of this process and that is poor organisation. some stations open so late that the electoral commission had to apologise and apparently some voting could take place tomorrow. the polling has closed but by now, the sun has set and everyone who turned up to vote has been told they will be able to cast their ballot. a mixed picture but even holding this election at all is an achievement for afghanistan. when you spoke to voters what kind of meaningful choice do you think they had in front of them? how about a ballot that looks like a newspaper? 16 pages that you had to flip. 800

people running in kabul. some of them are the sons and daughters of them are the sons and daughters of the warlords and the millionaires in kabul and certainly some of them will get in because anywhere in the world money does matter. but more young educated afghans are running than ever before. everyone is saying that we hope these new faces get in because quite frankly the last afg ha n because quite frankly the last afghan parliament which has been in the assembly for three years longer than they should have been is known for taking bribes and not taking the country in a better direction. kabul, thank you very much for that, our chief international correspondent in kabul. —— lyse doucet, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul. the uk says it's those responsible must be held to account. thousands of protestors are marching through london demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. two men have been charged

with murdering father—of—two ian tomlin, who was beaten to death outside his home in south—west london. and in sports, chelsea came back to equalise at stamford bridge against manchester united. jose mourinho had to be restrained by stewards. england have won the third odi against sri lanka in another rain affected match. and danny cipriani was sent off in their champions cup defeat against munster for a high tackle. bobby back with another update in the next hour. two spacecraft have been launched on a mission to mercury by europe and japan. it's a joint project

to reach the planet which is the closest to the sun — a journey that will take seven years. our science correspondent jonathan amos has more. 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 will be hugely challenging. where the joint probes are headed, so close to the sun, it's as hot as a pizza oven. novel technologies must protect the spacecraft from the hellish conditions. scientists hope they'll 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. our current theories of solar system formation, including the earth and the other planets, can't explain mercury. it's 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. british teams are heavily involved. they've built instrumentation and spacecraft components. 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. jonathan amos, bbc news. rail passengers in the north of england are facing another weekend of disruption due to a long—running dispute over the role of guards on trains. northern rail says it will operate around 30 % of services , and there won't be many trains running after 6pm. members of the rmt union are planning further strikes for the next three saturdays — and there'll be a five days of action next tuesday on south western railway. around 1,000 protestors have been demonstrating outside the cuadrilla fracking site in blackpool this lunchtime. it follows the release of three men on weds — who had been jailed following a previous

protest at the same site. our correspondent judy hobson is there. this rally is right in front of cuadrilla's fracking site. there are about 1,000 people here today. right at the front of the march that we have just had were the three men who were jailed for causing a public nuisance here last year. they were lorry—surfing and they were jailed, but they had the jail sentence quashed and were freed on wednesday. one of the problems that people are saying here, it's not just against fracking, they are also protesting against climate change. they are saying they want the government to do more about it. but their concerns about fracking are that they don't think it's a safe industry. now, cuadrilla began fracking on monday. they say it is safe. they are saying that this is an important part of our energy mix. they say for the next 30, a0, 50 years this could be home—grown energy — a stopgap while renewables get up and running.

people here say they don't want it, and they say they will carry on protesting until this industry is stopped. judy hobson in blackpool. the family of a man who died whilst on holiday in egypt has told the bbc of their shock after his body was repatriated, and laterfound to be missing several organs. 62—year—old david humphries from milton keynes, collapsed at a beachside resort in september. a post—mortem examination in the uk found his heart and kidneys had been removed. the family has instructed a legal team to investigate what happened. i was with my son. ijust collapsed to the ground because it was bad enough losing him. they had misdiagnosed him and done a postmortem without my consent, saying he had been embalmed and he hadn't. to find out his heart and kidneys had gone, knowing that over

there it is a vital organ they leave in so they can go further on. so why ta ke in so they can go further on. so why take my husband's? hundreds of central american migrants travelling to the united states have clashed with police on the border between mexico and guatemala. the mexican authorities have told migrants only those with valid documents will be allowed in. president trump has thanked mexico for stopping them far from the us border and said the military would be called upon if needed. the migrants, mostly from honduras, say they are fleeing violence and poverty. the majority of us are hard workers. we wa nt the majority of us are hard workers. we want something better. we're not here because we are criminals. we are here because we want to help our families and our children. prince harry and meghan have attended the opening of the invictus games, for injured service personnel, at sydney opera house. the start of the ceremony, the latest stage of the couple's australian tour, was

delayed by thunderstorms. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. the duke and duchess of sussex. in the shadow of sydney opera house, with the eyes of australia on him, the duke of sussex came to open the games that he'd created. 500 competitors from 18 different nations have come to this, the largest games yet. the duke spoke of a new generation of warriors, an invictus generation, their struggle for too long unrecognised. and he told the competitors here that they are an example to all. when all of you compete over the next week, remember that you do so not just for yourselves, not just for your families, not just for your nations. you are competing with different flags on your chests, but you are competing together for one invictus generation. tonight in sydney, a triumphant celebration of life and perseverance.

a week of fierce competition and even greater inspiration begins. jonny dymond, bbc news, sydney. and as the athletes prepare for the invictus games down—under, an australian team has just become world champions in the uk. timber—sports involves competitors sawing and chopping wood, at speed, using axes and saws. there are six disciplines, including the underhand chop, the stock saw, the standing block chop and the hot saw. great britain were knocked out by the eventual winners in the last 16. the event has been taking place in liverpool and it's the first time the championships have been held in the uk. the individual world champion will be crowned later today. almost a million people

across the uk have taken part in beat the street — a free challenge which rewards competitors for exploring their town or city on foot or bicycle. the idea's to get people more active, and is currently being played in poole, weymouth, torbay, southwark and swindon. mike bushell has beento find out more. suddenly one day they appeared — nearly 200 grey boxes on lamp posts around swindon. ping. from a distance they might look like new parking meters, but when approached they make funny noises. fanfare. they're not parking meters or anything of the sort. no, these are part of the beat the street game. 175 boxes have been put around swindon, just like this, and other towns and cities around the uk, so we can get out there and explore more our urban environment.

and tap our cards on here, make it light up, and score points. and onto the next one. these little boxes have helped this family settle into their new home in swindon. they now go exploring after work and school, making friends with the place and people. ping. we are new here, but we don't have feelings like that. it encourages us to spend more family time together. i wasn't really encouraged by it, like, i thought it was boring, but once beat the street came i'm very competitive so i wanted to win. voiceover: your town is transforming into a giant, fun, free game... it's the brainchild of a doctor in berkshire who wanted to find a way to persuade his patients to be more active. and help from sport england, the national lottery and local councils means the game is free to play. check your place on the leaderboard. you can win prizes. and help your team lead the way. many people, when they hear the word fitness or physical activity they think, i have tojoin a gym, i have tojoin a running club.

and beat the street is meant to kind of bypass the barriers and show people that actually getting physically active is really simple and really fun at the same time. in swindon, this family are among the 30,000 who have been out finding the boxes, using the maps and swipe cards they got through the door. he loves it — it's something he can do. he can be a part of something that is completely mainstream. it brings the whole community together, you know? that's what i've seen. if you're not sure where a box is you can call a friend and be like, "have you seen this one on this road?" and it's like, "yeah, yeah, literally whereabouts are you? " and they will guide you that way. dumfries, one of the first towns to play the game, saw the number cycling go up by 19% and walking by 25% in the six weeks it was in town. back in swindon, it has brought new members to the running club. pop out for a 30 minute walk into town, and two and a half hours later i came home. still looking for boxes? yeah. there's always the next box to find. it's notjust families and, say, running groups involved — there are now 68 schools around swindon, primary schools,

playing the beat the street game. and they score ten points for their team, their school, if they can swipe the boxes with one of these tags. we've got to find the boxes first, though, haven't we? but it's notjust phones or apps, it's now the old—fashioned maps that they use as well to try to find them. so if we are there, what do you reckon, around this corner? oh, you know, don't you? you've been looking. glad i've got you by my side. right, let's go and find it and swipe for those points. ping. it makes a funny sound. like what? ding! when you find a box you get happy and then you just feel really proud. probably done over a mile already, haven't we, i think. we've still got another box to find, if you want to get those points. do you want to get those points? a bit further? up for it? some boxes will score you a whopping 30 points — you just never know. and with the game soon coming to 59 more towns and cities, there is still a long way to go. mike bushell, bbc news, in swindon. we wa nted

we wanted to wait for her to do that and it didn't leap. but anyway... a fireworks display in kent is being postponed so as not to disturb a beluga whale in the river thames. the whale, nicknamed benny, was first spotted in the river near gravesend on the 25th of september and shows no signs of wanting to leave. the fireworks were due to be set off from a barge in the thames on november the 2nd , but gravesham borough council says that benny's safety while he's in the gravesend area "must take priority". now, it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. it's been quite a sunny afternoon across parts of north—east scotland and also across much of england and wales. but with clear skies in place across england and wales, temperatures will fall away quickly this evening and it will be a chilly night in the countryside — temperatures down to two or three degrees. at the same time, thicker cloud works into northern ireland and scotland, with some heavy rain working into the western isles and the highlands, the south—westerly wind ensuring it

stays mild across these northern areas — temperatures 11 to 1a degrees. as i say, chilly in the countryside. further south, lows of two or three degrees in the countryside, and some mist and a few fog patches across the south to start the day on sunday. these will burn away with time to reveal some sunshine, the best of it across southern and eastern areas. outbreaks of rain in scotland and northern ireland push into northern england and wales whilst turning lighter and patchier as we head into the afternoon. the rain is brought in by a cold front, and behind our cold front it will be turning much cooler for northern ireland and also for scotland, compared with the weather we've seen today. that is your latest forecast.