this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at eight: the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement condemning the killing ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul — and call for urgent clarification of what happened. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months — but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland ‘backstop‘ if you think about it, as important as it is, these are the outstanding issues that ought to be the stumbling blocks. on the vast range of other issues, we are pretty close to getting them. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable and dangerous. ryanair says it will ban unruly passengers from travel in future — after video shows a man racially

abusing a black woman on a flight to sta nsted airport. and prince harry goes solo in sydney. it comes after kensington palace announced the duke and duchess of sussex are cutting back meghan's schedule during their tour of australia. can lewis hamilton make history in texas — the british driver is trying to clinch his fifth formula one title in the us grand prix. and in half an hour the travel show has tips on how to get the best out of a visit to america's deep south. britain, france and germany have condemned in the strongest possible terms the killing of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi.

in a statement, they say there's an ‘urgent need for clarification' from saudi arabia. yesterday, the saudi government admitted for the first time he did die in its consulate in istanbul — but said it was in a fight. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports new pictures have now merged of jamal khashoggi walking towards the saudi consulate in istanbul and towards his death. more and more countries are demanding the truth, the whole truth. the saudi explanation that he died in a fight has been all but rejected by many governments. where is his body? europe's three major powers have come together to condemn the killing in the strongest possible terms. the joint statement says... they continue...

we condemn this act in the strongest terms, as we made clear yesterday. that isn't urgent need to clarify what happened. we are far from having this cleared up those responsible held to account. i agree with all those that say that the limited arms exports cannot take place in the current circumstances. the world is waiting for turkey and its president. he is any position to reveal much more. turkey's police and security services are leading the investigation and have leaked stories of torture and murder by saudi officials. the president is

pointing to revelations on tuesday. we are seeking justice and this incident will be revealed, entirely. why did 15 people come stand bill? why did 15 people come stand bill? why were 18 people arrested? this must be revealed in detail. will the story increase suspicions of this man, the crown prince. many people incest... —— incest. will saudi arabia really be... most governments are waiting forfuller arabia really be... most governments are waiting for fuller answers before deciding. ——they will insist. earlier our middle east correspondent martin patience said all eyes were now on turkey, who have vowed to "reveal all" about mr khasoggi's death. the turkish intelligence forces had

lea ked the turkish intelligence forces had leaked reports to influential newspapers in this country that have been picked up around the world. if that had not happened, the world perhaps would not have known about this story. turkey is utterly key to getting to the truth of all of this. they say the police had been investigating this matter for a couple of weeks now. they say it has taken them so long because the saudis have been dragging their feet. what will be critical is whether or not turkey releases and alleged ordeal recording and in that audio recording it apparently details the grew some final moments. why that is important is it contradicts saudi arabia's events, there was a fight that led to his death. unnamed turkish officials are saying that he was tortured and then murdered. that is now the official

attackers position but that could change on thursday. perhaps they do not want to do that. i think more realistically, turkey wants to reach some kind of agreement with saudi arabia. it wants to put pressure on saudi arabia. saudi arabia, along with turkey, i lead to region's powers. perhaps they want to come to a diplomatic resolution were turkey would get economic support for flagging economy or perhaps turkey would get concessions in syria, both of which saudi arabia, america and turkey are all involved. what we are seeing is this thing out in public but there is a lot of ministers behind the scene. i think it should become clear as to exactly what turkey once come tuesday. well, in an interview with us network fox news — the saudi foreign minister has described the death ofjamal khashoggi as a" murder," and a huge, grave mistake.

adel al—jubeir said he did not know the location of khashoggi's body while insisting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman had not been aware of the incident. we had an individual who came to be consulate. he was approached by members of the saudi security team. the dispatched a team to investigate in turkey with the turkish authorities. the reports we are getting with turkey do not connect with the ones we have received. the kingdom direct to the public prosecutor is launch an investigation, which he did about nine days ago. he discovered there we re nine days ago. he discovered there were discrepancies. we discovered he was killed and the consulate. we do not know the details how, we do not

know where the bodies is. the public prosecutor put out orders to detain 18 individuals, possibly facing trial. the king also dismissed a number of senior officials. this is the first of a long journey. we are determined to uncover every stone and find out all the facts. we are determined to find out who is responsible for this murder. that is the saudi foreign minister. the government has suggested that any extension to the brexit transition period should be about three months. the brexit secretary dominic raab also called on conservatives to pull together as a team and hold their nerves. here's our political correspondent chris mason. chanting: what do we want? people's vote! when do we want it? now! a day on from this — hundreds of thousands of marchers demanded another referendum on brexit — today, it's back to the political slog of trying to reach a deal with the european union.

and a slog accompanied by a noisy soundtrack of grumbles from the conservative backbenchers. so, the brexit secretary pleads... it's understandable that there are jitters on all sides of this debate. we need to hold our nerve. the end is in sight in terms of a good deal. the prize that we want — a good deal with eu. and those jitters go something like this when you stare across the channel. this withdrawal agreement is almost ready, but we still have to fix the question of the irish border. and we have to have a definitive answer, or at least no temporary measures which disappear and we don't know what to do after that. the current plan if there's a withdrawal agreement with brussels is for a transition period after brexit lasting until the end of 2020. but, the government accepts that might now have to be longer, as it thrashes around for a plan it and the eu can live with to keep the border with ireland open.

ministers are suggesting a so—called backstop, where all of the uk stays in a customs arrangement with the eu until the government decides not to. but that, mr raab said, could come after an extension to the transition period of three months or so. it's an obvious possible route. but as long as it's short, perhaps a few months, and, secondly, that we know how we get out of it. and obviously it has the solve the backstop issue so that that falls away then as a possibility. if a deal is done with the eu, it'll need to be approved by parliament. and given some on her own side don't like what's being cooked up by the government, the prime minister might need some labour mps to vote for it. but... we're not going to accept that this argument that it's either my deal or no deal, because on that logic, you would be putting to me that the labour party should back anything that the prime minister brings back. and the slog continues. and it gets noisier by the week. with me now is vicky pryce,

chief economic advisor to the centre for economics and business research here in london. thank you very much forjoining us this evening. dominik still standing positive about the possibility of a deal. we are quite a long way from the certainty that businesses want, aren't we? i think businesses will be happy having the transition period. it is going to take forever to have a trade arrangement agreed ina way to have a trade arrangement agreed in a way that satisfies them, in terms of either going to be able to import things easily, is going to be friction in any trade arrangements? be supply train, in europe. there are tight constraints and margins are tight constraints and margins are very, very tight. i think the expectation is that process will ta ke expectation is that process will take quite a considerable amount of

time. no deal would be very bad news for them, and they would all say that. the government has suggested they should be stockpiling, medicines, everything you can think of and some of the big firms are doing that. some of the smaller firms cannot afford to do that or any proper planning for eight no deal, or brexit, frankly. as we get a withdrawal agreement, there will not be a transition period. it will then be a pretty radical big change for a lot of businesses. how much concern is there in the business community about this? a huge concern. we had really huge firms, the car manufacturers have been vocal about this, in some cases they are also blaming brexit and the uncertainty, the plans they have right now, to stop producing as many goods and as many cars, for example, as they did before. they have stopped investing to a considerable

extent. yes, the diesel problems are there. in particular, were very concerned about utilising right now all of the parts that they bring in from the continent before they know how easy it is in the future to get access to them without the extra costs that they are about to get from any brexiteer, not only in ordeal brexit. in the run-up to the brexit vote, there were lots of dire warnings about what was going to happen for the we haven't yet seen a really significant economic downturn in the way that was predicted. that is true. we have not left yet. what did happen is the pound went down, exports up to a point. even there, the benefit has not been that great because manufacturing has been in recession for the first and second

quarter of this year. it fell in terms of the output. it is a bit of a shock, given manufacturing has benefited from the weak pound. we have had a great injection of liquidity. though interest rates, quantitative easing, buying lots of bonds and the secondary market. corporate bonds, of course. it put a lot of credit into the economy as well through banks and the subsidised rates. all of that has helped restore confidence up to a point, and only up to a point. in fa ct growth point, and only up to a point. in fact growth has been moving to one of the lowest in the g—7, instead of being where we were before and there has definitely been a slowdown. so, the economy cannot take an awful lot. in ordeal brexit would probably swing it into, as most forecasters think, into another short recession. the bank of england would try and smooth things out. but wouldn't that

perhaps the a short time impact, but businesses will adapt. businesses will adapt to new changing market conditions if it becomes difficult for them to sell their goods to the european union. perhaps we will see different trading relationships. different businesses thriving, perhaps, who cut look at different ways of doing their business —— who can look at different ways. is there a danger that big businesses are too negative, without looking to the potential long—term gains?” negative, without looking to the potential long-term gains? i think the big terms will survive and do quite well. a crisis is good for them, they can take advantage of it. some of them are moving their purchases, supply chain purchases out of the uk to europe to be on the safe side. what we are seeing increases in rates is there a gap

between optimism by big firms, they can do all sorts of things, just as you describe, but the smaller firms cannot do that. yes, many are not affected directly but many are. we do rely on things coming in from elsewhere and the cost will be significant. the ones not thinking of investing. if you look of the services being done recently, they are not looking at hiring people in the future. there is a gap there and thatis the future. there is a gap there and that is the worry because they are so that is the worry because they are so important for the economy. that is the worry because they are so important for the economym theresa may does manage to get a deal, even if it is a withdrawal deal. we know a lot of the future trading details will be left for the transition period. that could provide a boost for the economy. there have been predictions saying ita there have been predictions saying it a lot of firms who have been holding off investing might begin to do so. we might see a list if we do get a deal. i think that is possible. philip hammond is relying

on this, up to point, for his budget. in terms of having loads of extra money, but perhaps the economy doing better. yes, perhaps dozens have been looking at the worst possible scenario and they will be relieved if there is a deal. they will still be worried because that is not going to be any final detail of what the relationship will be. thank you very much forjoining us. russian president vladimir putin says he wants the united states to explain why it's pulling out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty. the agreement, signed 30 years ago, eliminated short to intermediate range nuclear missiles. president trump has accused moscow of developing a weapons system that violates the agreement. here's our north america correspondent chris buckler — and a warning there is flash photography in his report. this was a moment and an image that let the world know that the cold war was coming to an end. three decades ago, the then

american president and soviet leader agreed the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty that led to hundreds of missiles in both countries being destroyed, but that was a different era. while the nuclear threat isn't what it once was, for years, america has been concerned about russia's testing and deployment of a cruise missile that it says breaches the treaty. and with concerns that other countries including china aren't tied by the accord, donald trump says he's had enough. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement, and we've honoured the agreement, but russia has not unfortunately one of the agreement, so we're going to terminate the agreement and pull—out. the president has spent the week campaigning ahead of next month's crucial

congressional elections. he has visited troops, posed with missiles, and now he's talking tough about russia. some will say he's thinking about domestic concerns as well as international ones, and there some members of his own republican party worried about mr trump undoing the work of one of his presidential predecessors. i think it is a big mistake to flippantly get out of this historic agreement that reagan and gorbachev signed. it was a big part of reagan's legacy and we should not get rid of it. the us national security adviserjohn bolton is visiting moscow where he will meet with russian leaders. they already know what he plans to say. over the last year, president putin has accused america of bad faith and attempting to destroy the treaty. translation: they are constantly searching for some violations from our side, and are consistently doing it themselves. mikhail gorbachev, who signed the treaty with ronald reagan, today warned that withdrawing from the agreement was a dangerous step backwards and

threatens what was once seen as a historic leap forward. the headlines on bbc news: the uk, france and germany issue a joint statement condemning the killing ofjournalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul — and call for urgent clarification of what happened. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months— but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland backstop. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable and dangerous. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre.

lewis hamilton is on the hunt for his fifth world title. it was not the start he wanted. he was beaten to the first corner to take the lead and there was some drama to come. sebastien vetter crashed into the red bill while they were battling for fourth. it led to a safety car, which hamilton had been leading. he had just stopped for fresh tyres. he dropped to fourth. if it ends like that, hamilton will not win the title. 16 laps still to go. one game in the premier league this afternoon. just one game in the premier league this afternoon.

everton scored two late goals to beat crystal palace at goodison park. alex gulranjani was watching.... three points after two defeats in a i’ow. three points after two defeats in a row. going closer than anyone else. there was every right to be worried because after the break, there was the breakthrough palace needed. a penalty. a chance was burned. with time running out, it was the turn of 221 your olds. everton were not finished there. another substitute completed the win. three subs, three points and a third win in a row for everton. n the scottish premiership, rangers are up to fifth after an emphatic 4—1win over hamilton — who came very close to edging a draw. rangers took a first half lead thanks to great run and finish

from ryan kent and heading into the final ten minutes that looked like being the winner, but steven boyd let fly with a glorious drive to equalise for hamilton in the 80th minute. this is 1—1. but the hosts then concded two penalties within four minutes. before alfredo morelos rounded off the afternoon. that was rangers first away league win under steven gerrard and puts them five points off leaders hearts. arsenal have maintained their 100% record in the women's super league with a 6—0 thrashing of reading. jordan nobbs netted this goal, that was the second in the first ten minutes of the game. then a neat finish for beth mead just before half—time, bringing the score up to 3—0. and then finally, the third of vivianne miedema's hat—trick was the final goal of the match. that's now six out of six wins for arsenal, with a goal difference of 24. newcastle falcons may be

bottom of the rugby union premiership but they have made it two wins out of two in the european champions cup. they beat toulon last weekend, and today they beat another french powerhouse in montpellier. they were trailing at the end of the game but callum chick scored in the eighth minute of stoppage time for a 23—20 victory. elsewhere, leinster were beaten by a point by toulouse and glasgow bounced back in style from an opening week defeat with a bonus—point victory away to cardiff blues. tennis now and a memorable day for kyle emund as he claimed his first title on the atp tour. britain's number one had to battle from a set down in the final of the european open to beat frenchman gael monfils in three sets. he'd lost his only previous final appearance in april in marrakesh but there was no repeat in antwerp and lifted the trophy. it's a night of celebration for two—time olympic

gold medalist jade jones at the world taekwondo grand prix. jones has won her seventh gp gold, beating china's lijun chowe with a dominant performance in the final. it's the second gold for great britain in the manchester event with lauren williams also taking top spot earlier in the weekend. damon samsun picked up silver in one of the men's categories too today. that's all the sport for now. back to you, carol. many thanks. the duchess of sussex is cutting back on the number

of engagements she'll attend during the remainder of the royal tour of australasia. meghan, who is pregnant with the couple's first child, was present yesterday as prince harry launched the invictus games for wounded veteran athletes, (ani) but the duke will now conduct some royal engagements alone. our correspondent hywel griffith is in sydney. the duchess was cutting back on her engagement. not much more was said. we understand she is still in good health. she was out and about later on in the day. she did not go to the cycling. she did watch the sailing competition. she will be travelling with the duke but will not be taking pa rt with the duke but will not be taking part in engagement again. the games have got off to a good start. there does seem to be support behind the games. once again, people turning out to see the royal couple. we have seen thousands in some places, people, to see them. that is a fascination with the young royals. if not necessarily support for the future here in australia, the polls suggest a majority of the australian

people want this country to become a republic. even though harry and meghan are very, very popular here, we do not necessarily want to see the family continue as the australian head of state. ryanair has been criticised forfailing to remove a passenger from a flight after racial abuse of a woman in her 70s. the incident, on a flight from barcelona to stansted on friday, was recorded by a fellow passenger and shared on social media. many people said ryanair should have removed the man from the flight and have threatened to boycott the airline. ryanair said it "will not tolerate unruly behaviour like this". david lawrence who filmed the footage on the flight from barcelona on friday — spoke to us about what he witnessed. i tell you this. i will push you... everybody was calm. we were getting ready to take off and then a man came on board and arrived at his

seat and then spoke very harshly to eat women who were sitting in the aisle seat. that is what got my attention because it was very loud and aggressive. i turned round and he started used shout at the women, seeing move out of the way, move your feet, you should not be sitting here. next thing i knew, a lady came from the back who was the woman's daughter and from the back who was the woman's daughterand an argument from the back who was the woman's daughter and an argument started. she was telling this man, do not speak to my mother like that. and what use are on the video took place. it was disgusting exchange of racial slurs. stop. there is money true that at all. just stop. —— there is no need for that. the young man who intervened, he was sitting behind. he was compelled to step

forward and try. this man felt no one had the right to sit next to him, no one should tell him what to do and all of the passengers come they were just frozen. —— all of the passengers we re frozen. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins for those in the channel islands, sunshine. not a cloud here in the sky. further in the north, the weakening front. more cloud, patchy light rain and drizzle into northern england, wales. that continues overnight. by this stage, just a band of cloud. behind it, clearer skies, showers for northern and western scotland. windy here, 50 to

60 mph. the cold night for northern ireland scotland and northern england. temperatures close to freezing. windy in the far north—west of scotland. it may fringe the northern highlands. much of scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, a fine and dry start the new week. a good deal of sunshine. windy for the northern and western isles, gusts of 60 these are the average strength. 12 celsius across scotland, england and wales. for most, a fine end to the day tomorrow. that breeze will strengthen further. more persistent rain pushing into tuesday, courtesy of this front. still that squeeze and the isa buyers. windy conditions. a more north—westerly wind. a monster a. conditions. a more north—westerly wind. a monstera. more conditions. a more north—westerly wind. a monster a. more cloud.