this is bbc news. the headlines. organisers say over half a million protesters have marched through london, demanding another referendum on the uk's membership of the european union. saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul — the united states says it's unaccpetable — but admits the countries have close ties. they have been a great ally in the middle east. we need them as a counterbalance to iran, so it's not the simplest solution. 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. prince harry has opened the fourth invictus games in sydney, dedicating them to all veterans who have served in dangerous conflicts. when all of you compete over the

next week, remember that you do so notjust for ourselves, next week, remember that you do so not just for ourselves, not just for your families, notjust not just for ourselves, 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. and coming up at five 40, we follow the story of us gymnast simone biles and her return to the sport — after revelations she was sexually abused. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. hundreds of thousands of protesters have been marching in london calling for another referendum on brexit. the event, organised by the campaign group the people's vote, involved a march and then a rally in parliament square. our correspondent chi chi izundo is in central london for us. as you can see, not that many people

are as you can see, not that many people a re left as you can see, not that many people are left as part of the rally, but organisers had estimated more than 700,000 people have taken part in the march through central london reiki here in parliament square where there was a rally held earlier. and they had speeches from the likes of london mayor and mps from every major political party or represented here and also give their own thoughts on present. they said he had a clear message. their message is that voters will not forgive orforget message is that voters will not forgive or forget that any mps have allowed any bad deal through parliament, and what they want his options. 0ptions parliament, and what they want his options. options to stay in the eu may also want the option to get a better look at the terms and

conditions of any deal that is negotiated. it does notjust end here and today. they are also encouraging a lot of people whether they could not march today or get here to write to their mp. they've been handing out postcards that message that they will not forget that will not forget. marchers and protesters to write their own personal message to mps. those were collected in boxes along the march route through park lane to parliament square. and they're due to be handed it houses of current comments next week. 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. earlier i spoke to our turkey correspondent mark lowen who told me the saudi admission

of what happened inside the consulate in istanbul is a radical change of story. for 17 days they were saying and nothing happened is the consulate, and initially they were saying that you simply left the consulate building and the saudi media said it was a building and the saudi media said it wasa campaign building and the saudi media said it was a campaign of lies and misinformation. they claimed that the hit squad were saudi tourists. clearly it's a change by the authorities, but they are still big questions. what has average the body, what do they do with the body? today dismember him as the macabre rumours are? today take him in pieces? why did they live for such a long time? and who was going to be held responsible? did this go to the crown prince or held responsible? did this go to the crown prince oi’ was held responsible? did this go to the crown prince or was it as the us president was trying to create the story or some kind of unauthorised

officialjob and not actually sanctioned by the crown prince? that's going to be very difficult to believe for turkey and for western governments as well. two men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a father in battersea in south london on wednesday. ian tomlin , who was 46, 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. viewers on bbc one willjoin us shortly for a round up of the day's news with simon mccoy, before that afg hanistan‘s long delayed parliamentary elections have been taking place, 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 — nearly a third of all polling stations remain closed because of security concerns. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the capital, kabul. no one was expected in a perfect day

and you can never achieve that in afghanistan, which is in the midst of the worst crisis and its a0 years of the worst crisis and its a0 years of war. but the caliban notjust threatening to attack these polling stations as you say, they were attacking every day in the run—up with candidates and election officials and security forces dying. and yet today we saw yet again the defiance of afghans determined to turn out to exercise their right to cast their ballot of the polling station we visit here. it was absolutely packed saying we're not going to let the taliban win. there we re going to let the taliban win. there were dark shadows of these polls. the suicide bombing you mentioned at the north of the capital. we have reports coming in that the suicide bomber detonated his fast at point where he was stopped. possibly five policemen killed in civilians as well were killed in this explosion. there were other explosions at

polling stations and there has been another an enemy of this process and that's the organisation. some polling stations opened at so late that the election commission had to apologise and said the voting could ta ke apologise and said the voting could take place tomorrow. the polls to be closed by now and you see the sun has set with is that again because there were some new problems earlier in the day that everyone who turns up in the day that everyone who turns up the votes come and they are turning up in large numbers, will be able to cast their ballot. a mixed picture but it has to be said that even holding these elections at all is an achievement for afghanistan. and when he spoke to voters, what kind of meaningful choice did they feel they had in front of them? how about a ballot. it looks like a newspaper. 16 pages that you have to flip. 800 people are running and of course some of them are the sons and daughters of the warlords and millionaires section that some of

them will get in because as we know anywhere in the world money does matter. but more young educated people are running than ever before. so everyone is saying we hope that these new faces get in because quite frankly the last parliament which has been in the sibley for three yea rs has been in the sibley for three years longer than he should have been and is now more known for taking bribes and for trying to take this country in a better direction. thank you very much indeed, to garth, dion mark clemmit. plenty to come with the red good afternoon. 0rganisers say more that 600,000 people havejoined a demonstration in central london calling for a referendum on the final brexit deal. they marched through the capital, where a rally has been held in parliament square. it's thought to be the largest brexit demonstration to date, with a number of mps from all the main political parties supporting the demonstration. prime minister theresa may has already ruled out another referendum. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, reports. they came from every corner of the

uk and beyond. it is a campaign that wa nts uk and beyond. it is a campaign that wants what it calls a people's vote. in other words, another referendum. there were some political face as you mightjust there were some political face as you might just recognise there were some political face as you mightjust recognise here. but the vast majority of ordinary people, still deeply angry about brexit. it has all been lies from the start and it needs a second vote. get us out of this mess! to what extent can today persuade people who voted a different way from you to vote a different way in future if there was another vote?|j am future if there was another vote?” am not sure that today will, it is seeing the politicians making a com plete seeing the politicians making a complete mess of the negotiations that will persuade them. on the first vote we thought the brexiteers knew what they were doing. now we know they couldn't organise a party

ina party know they couldn't organise a party in a party shop. i feelvery strongly that people were i am from in the north did not vote to lose jobs or close factories and i think that it jobs or close factories and i think thatitis jobs or close factories and i think that it is right to make it clear to people that that is the consequence of what they voted for. more than anything, order 1982, i of what they voted for. more than anything, order1982, ifeel of what they voted for. more than anything, order 1982, i feel more european than british in some ways so on european than british in some ways soona european than british in some ways so on a personal level, i feel like my identity is being lost. a noisy walk in the autumn sunshine ended, for those at the front, at least, in parliament square. where politicians from a range of parties and some celebrities addressed the crowd. there is no doubting this is a big march or doubting the passion of those taking part but their demand for another referendum collides with the government's opposition to one. they hope that with politics as turbulent as it is at the moment, anything is possible. good morning. the march in london wasn't the only brexit related event today. in harrogate in north yorkshire, a much smaller gathering but one of the series from leave campaigner ‘s.

that is our message, get on with it. fulfilled promises to us, you said of the voted to leave it would happen and it needs to. and some ukip supporters decided to take their pro—brexit argument to the anti—brexit march in london. they we re anti—brexit march in london. they were not well received... it was a reminder, not that it is needed, that the divisions, anger and open hostilities provoked by the referendum have not gone away. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. after two weeks of denials, saudi arabia has admitted for the first time that the journalist, jamal khashoggi did die 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. president trump has tried to play down the crisis, calling the admission a "good first step". 0ur diplomatic affairs correspondent, james robbins, reports. after two and a half weeks of

denial, saudi arabia is changing its story. state tv announced the admission that jamal khashoggi was killed by its officials. 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 a fist fight with jamal khashoggi, which led to his death. that's also the admission of a big saudi lie. previous insistence that the journalist didn't just walk into the consulate, he left safely, too. many believe the killing could only have happened with the permission of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman and that the new story of a fight rather than premeditated murder is designed to shield him. president trump, who has been torn between criticising the saudis and protecting business with them, now appears willing to accept the new

saudi explanation as credible. they have 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 it's a big first step. it's only a first step but it's a big first step. do you consider it credible, that explanation? i do, i do. but many disagree, including within his own republican party. senator lindsey graham said, "to say that i am sceptical of the new saudi narrative about mr khashoggi is an understatement." so will the saudi admissions and arrests solve britain's's dilemma — how to respond? hardly. the government is committed to uphold a world order based on rules but it doesn't want to inflict too much damage on saudi partnerships it values enormously. the foreign office confined initial reaction to a short statement.

it begins... we send our condolences to jamal khashoggi's family after this confirmation of his death. we are considering the saudi report and our next steps. but don't expect action before turkey publishes some of its evidence. turkish officials have suggested a grotesque sequence of torture and killing inside the saudi consulate. turkey is promising to reveal all its findings. james robbins, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the opening of the invictus games — the organisation set up by prince harry four years ago for injured service personnel. but the start of the ceremony at sydney's opera house was delayed by thunderstorms. the couple are on the fourth day of their tour of australia. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has more. in sydney's olympic park, the scars of war. the wounded of 18 nations‘ militaries have come together for this year's invictus games. after losing all feeling in his feet on a military exercise, andy white's road to recovery

was a long one. invictus gave him a goal to ride for. invictus games for me is about wearing the unionjack on my chest again. and being around like—minded people. we're all here for a reason and we've all got that common goal of getting better and getting on our road to recovery, whether this is the start or the finish of our recovery. 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 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. england's cricketers have won the one day series against sri lanka after an 18—run win in a weather—affected match. captain eoin morgan helped guide his side to a winning position when rain stopped play. in football, tempers flared during a dramatic end to chelsea's match against manchester united at stamford bridge. a 96th—minute equaliser prompted scuffles in the dugout involving united and former chelsea managerjose morinho. jo currie has more. familiar faces and a warm welcome.

a return to stamford bridge for the man who delivered chelsea three premier league trophies. but times have changed. jose mourinho's manchester united starting the day uncharacteristically mid—table. and it didn't take long to see why. antonio rudiger, with a stinger of a header, put the home side in front. the guilty party? paul pogba. losing his man, much to his own dismay. whatever mourinho said at half—time, it had the desired effect. anthony martial quickest to react as he drew his team level. not that his manager was getting carried away. martial was a man on a mission, firing into the corner for his second of the game. but chelsea haven't lost this season and they weren't about to let that record slip. first, david luiz rattled the post, then rudiger forced a save before england's ross barkley settled things on the pitch. off it, mourinho was writing his own headlines, reacting to a member of chelsea's backroom staff to ensure the match ended in chaos. jo currie, bbc news.

that's it for now. we're back with the late news at 10.10pm. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. more on our top story — the foreign office says it is considering its next steps following the confirmation by saudi arabia of the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. joining me now from istanbul is borzou daragahi, international correspondent for the independent. good evening to you. good evening to you as well. reflections perhaps on this confirmation because we now know for sure, and of course there we re know for sure, and of course there were many suspicions to this effect, that jamal khashoggi has were many suspicions to this effect, thatjamal khashoggi has now died. i wonder how you reflect on his loss asa wonder how you reflect on his loss as a journalist and as a saudi dissident. i think what is most shocking to me and others who have

watched him and worked with him in some capacities is that this was the quy some capacities is that this was the guy that was killed in this situation. i always thought of him as the guy to call when i needed a pro saudi comment. i never really thought of him for years as an opponent of the saudi system. he was a nuanced critical if anything. he did become more critical in the recent months and was free to speak. i talked to some dissidents in a women's rights activist in particular who said that she's just wracked with guilt because he was reached out to in the us and she had been very standoffish because she still suspected that he was collaborating with the saudi government. the fact that this person, this very nuanced and very balanced person would be a target of

the regime that makes us think about what is going on in these countries. are we focusing enough on the issue of civil liberties in this country? we talk about iran and egypt and the human rights violations there, but we seem to be content to treat these monarchies as these kinds of benign authoritarian systems. maybe they're not so benign. does that imply to you a lasting change in the way former allies will now look at saudi arabia? i think it definitely implies a lasting change in the way that allies will look at mohammed bin saman, the crown prince. that's something to be concerned about, how this young man is operating the country. how he is functioning there and what some have described as his

reckless behaviours. this is not the first wild thing that he has been connected to. viewers may recall that he was behind the kidnapping of the prime minister of lebanon. he jailed hundreds of royals in the ritz—carlton hotel in riyadh last year. he has continued this disastrous war in yemen that has been criticised by many people and has been a real humanitarian disaster. so you anticipate that lasting change among allies despite those trade links and security links which is certainly the americans and others stressed as being so important here? i think definitely in terms of this image of saudi arabia as this reforming kingdom under this modernizing young prince, that's gone. for many years maybe and maybe forever. as far as business dealings i see the trump

administration pretty much dead set on continuing its partnership with the saudi government and especially with regard to his apparent lust in confronting iran. i don't see germany or the uk curtailing arms sales at a time of economic uncertainty for domestic populations and so on. i don't see any big business changes coming, but i see that this sort of understanding of saudi arabia and willingness to take money from educational organizations, think tanks and the etc that might change. what about the possibility of more information emerging and possibly gruesome information? might that change things further do you think?” information? might that change things further do you think? i think that's a different dynamic. you're talking about turkey and the president there. paprika does not like the crown prince. he the king

andi like the crown prince. he the king and i think that's, this is my analysis. you think you would like to get rid of the crown prince. he has been possibly orchestrating this campaign of leaks that has forced saudi arabia into making this admission of culpability and his death. and could they introduce more information that would even further wea ken information that would even further weaken the crown prince? i can see turkey wa nted weaken the crown prince? i can see turkey wanted to do that. thank you very much for your thoughts. 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. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos has more. the beginning of a very

long journey. setting on eight 9 billion, or the solar system. this is the first mission to the planet mercury it will be hugely challenging. thejoint probes mercury it will be hugely challenging. the joint probes are headed so close to the sun it as hot asa headed so close to the sun it as hot as a pizza oven. no technologies must protect the spacecraft from the hellish conditions. scientists hope they will make a raft of new discoveries and marker is an oddball. his oversized iron core that no one has yet explained and service materials that should not be there and so hot and environment. 0ur there and so hot and environment. our current series of solar system formation including earth and other bats cannot explain mercury, it's an anomaly and sony to go to mercury and find out more information about the planets and so we can understand how the solar system formed. british kids are heavily involved and instrumentation and spacecraft components. the sun puzzling immense gravity will pull hard. this means

the probes must be careful not to go too fast and overshoot mercury. an arrival date has been set for 25. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there, it's an exciting afternoon across parts of northeast of scotla nd afternoon across parts of northeast of scotland and also across much of england and wales, but with clear skies embrace across england and wales tortures will fully quickly this evening. it be a chilly night in the countryside. the same time figure cloud works in the northern ireland and scotland and the southwest wind ensuring its ismael across the northern areas and temperatures 11 to 1a degrees and chilly in the countryside further south lows of two to three degrees and some fog patches across the south on sunday. this will burn away with time and the best of it across southern and east areas. brexit ran scotla nd

southern and east areas. brexit ran scotland and northern ireland was turning lighter and pet year as we head into the afternoon. the rain is brought in by cold front and behind our cold front much cooler and northern ireland and also for scotland. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. protest organisers estimate that over half a million people have joined a march through central london, to call for a referendum on the final brexit deal. the people's vote campaign say it's the biggest demonstration against brexit so far. saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in the consulate in istanbul — the uk says those responsible must be held to account. europe and japan have launched two spacecraft on a mission to mercury. the joint project will take the probes seven years to reach their destination. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc

sport centre, here's 0lly. eight. we've had some great matches in the last hour. chelsea came from behind to draw 2—2 at home to manchester united. jose mourinho played down an incident on the touchline when he had to be restrained by stewards after chelsea's injury time equalsier. the blues took the lead from a corner, antonio rudiger had a free header to make it 1—0 at half—time. anthony martial scored twice in the second half to give united the lead, the first from close range. he curled a great second just over 15 minutes from time and that looked like it would be the winner, but in the sixth minute of injury time david de gea pulled off a great save to keep out rudiger but berkely pounced for the equaliser, mourinho reacted when chelsea assistant coach marco ianni celebrated in front of the united dugout.

he had to be restrained by stewards. he was very impolite. he apologised immediately and after the game, his assistant also apologise to me. which i accept his apology. for me, the story is over. but don't do what everybody else does that says... i don't know his name, i don't even need to know, and i apologise because i also made some mistakes on football matches. so i accept his apology. i think we are the best thing. even in the first half, when we we re thing. even in the first half, when we were losing and we were not dangerous enough we were in control. i understood immediately that we we re i understood immediately that we were on the wrong side in the wrong

way of the situation. sol so i have spoken with the member of my staff and i have dealt with this immediately. 0ne one point for chelsea that means manchester city are top of the table now. beating burnley 5—0 at the etihad stadium, it was 1—0 at half time thanks to sergio aguero but two goals in as many minutes midway through the second half from bernardo silva and fernandinho selaed the win. riyad mahrez and leroy sane scored late on there was also a welcome return for kevin de bruyne, he came off the bench. his first game since a serious knee injury on the first day of the season. for staying on target, it is quite good. at the beginning, it was a little bit tough in the first half because i think... the second half

was much better. and after the second and third goal, was scored quicker and it was more easier, but playing the buzz natural position because kyle and daniel, but he did so well. many good things and the good news of kevin coming back and the performance of all of the guys. manchester city face tottenham a week on monday. spurs are up to third in the table after a tough 1—0 win away at west ham. eric lamela's first half header was the only goal of the game. but spurs can also thank hugo lloris for a string of saves to preserve their lead. we played really well in the first half. i think we deserve to score one or two more. a very good performance i am very pleased. the second half was so competitive. they push the lines and try to score and create chances, it was unbelievable. i was one of the best keeper then

the world. when you need him, he is a lwa ys the world. when you need him, he is always here. elsewhere in the prmier league it was goaless on the south coast, bewteen bournemoutgh and southampton. cardiff are out of the relegation zone after an incredible a—2 win at home to fulham. the cottagers drop into the bottom three. newcastle are now bottom, beram kayal scored brightons winner at stjames park and two goals inside a minute saw watford beat wolves 2—nil. huddersfield have just kicked huddersfield havejust kicked out. no sadio mane, he picked up a head injury on international duty. mo salah thus the start. —— has to start. a much a liverpool team. but still goalless in the early stages. in scotland, hearts are still top of the prmiership after holding on for a 2—1win against aberdeen celtic stay second after a a—2 win over hibs. livingsone beat bottom club dundee a—0. motherwell lost 1—0 at home to stjohnstone and kilmarnock are third in the table after a 2—1 win away at struggling st mirren.

england's cricketers have won the one day series against sri lanka. they are now 3—0 up with one to play but it was another rain affected result. they won by 18 runs in kandy, under the duckworth—lewis stern method. david domb has the details. early overcast conditions in the backdrop of this rain affected series was a game against the weather in england looked determined to get the better of the elements, but they lead when chris woakes may be early breakthrough. spend proven effective strategy and had an impact as mole valley tried. rashid dismissed in the same fashion. select the's codes that could only watch on as it was set 27a. that was more than achievable with the top an opening stand of 52 with alex hales when he was stumped thanks to the quick thinking. captain 0wen morgan

and joe root kept the scoreboard ticking over, they were unbeaten at the redhead and the total has already passed but 18 brands in the series one was a gear with a masters mayor. —— and the match was secured with a win. it is not to continue this format build partnerships with other guys. and continue to win. it is frustrating we don't play a full game and you don't... today would have been a good run chase. i also thought we had the best conditions. it was tough upfront for silica for the first 20 overs against harsh winters. but it did get better. that's right up sri lanka. it hasn't been great couple of days for danny cipriani, overlooked by england for the autumn series, he's now set to miss a some matches with gloucester. he was sent off in their champions cup match against munster. something the home side took full advantage of at thomond park. they won 36—22. claire thornton has the details. despite the warm irish hospitality,

film and part is proving to be one of the least welcoming grinds for visiting sides. it was monster who opened the scoring. my kelly strike coming as the hose capitalised on tom savage timing. danny cipriani kept gloucester within reach but little did he know that savage was merely keeping the bench warrant for him. no sooner had the second returned with the stars led to cipriani's dismissal. you showed it directly on the face. i have no option. —— your shoulder is directly. with the man advantage, monster blasted their way to a try bonus point. secured by the 56 minute. a spark ignited in gloucester, two tries in six minutes was followed by this by ben morgan. but with just a minute left, the coveted fourth try eluded them. munster marsa onto the top 0pel to an gloucester leave with nothing to show but their fighting spirit.

it was a much tighter affair at the ricoh arena, where one of england's newest recruits got the scoring underway. joe cokanasiga just managing to ground the ball and get bath off the mark against wasps. the visitors looked to be running away with it by the break — semesa rokodugkuni's intercept try helping them to a 1a point lead as he crossed for bath's third in opening half hour. but wasps then went on the charge scoring three tries of their own before the teams exchanged points throughout the remainder of the match. this try by thomas young was converted to seal the draw as both teams left with a try bonus point. elsewhere there castres beat exeter and edinburgh thrashed toulon a0—1a. lewis hamilton could win a fifth world title this weekend — final practise gets under way in austin ahead of qualifying later this evening for tomorrows us grand prix hamilton posted the fastest time in practise yesterday — and his cause has been helped by 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. it's champions day at ascot, and cracksman has won the champion stakes again— a son of the great frankel, and the six fifths on favourite, was racing in blinkers for the first time but frankie dettori brought him home six lengths clear of crystal 0cean. cracksman also won this race last year. that was a part of a treble for trainerjohn gosden.