murdered in a planned operation. president erdogan dismissed the suggestion that mr khashoggi's death was an accident and said those responsible must be tried in turkey. translation: the body ofjamal khashoggi is still missing. why is that? we want to know the answer to that question. we'll be live in riyadh. also this lunchtime: chanting: what do we want? equal pay! when do we want it? now! thousands of council workers are out on the steets of glasgow as part of a 48—hour strike about equal pay. putting bitter differences aside. president trump campaigns for former rival ted cruz, as the us midterm elections approach. harry and meghan greet the crowds in fiji, 65 years after his grandmother did the same, during her coronation tour. and, the world's longest sea bridge opens in china.

it contains 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 eiffel towers. coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, cristiano ronaldo once again denies a rape allegation against him as he prepares to face manchester united in the champions league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. president erdogan of turkey says there's strong evidence that the journalist jamal khashoggi was savagely murdered in a planned operation. he dismissed the suggestion that his death, in the saudi consulate in istanbul, was an accident and said those responsible must be put on trial in turkey. saudi arabia has insisted that the journalist died in a fight. frank gardner reports.

three weeks to the day since he disappeared, jamal khashoggi, outspoken saudi critic of his own government, last seen alive entering the saudi consulate in istanbul shortly before he was murdered by those inside. today, turkey's president erdogan addressed parliamentarians and gave his first full public reaction. translation: all information and evidence shows that jamal khashoggi was killed in a violent, savage murder. the details of this incident, this murder, is capable of hurting our hearts. lurid details ofjust how khashoggi died have been leaked to turkey's pro—government media. there's said to be an audio tape from a turkish surveillance device hidden inside the saudi consulate that recorded his agonising last moments.

president erdogan made no mention of this today but he did challenge the latest saudi version of what happened. translation: this was a planned operation. it is not going to satisfy either us nor the international community that this was just a rogue operation by a few. over in the saudi capital riyadh, it appeared to be business as usual today. this was the grand opening of a huge investment conference dubbed davos in the desert. it's been boycotted by many multinational ceos due to the khashoggi murder. even as opening speaker could not avoid mentioning it. the terrible acts reported in recent weeks are alien to our culture and our dna. and i'm confident that with the support of the government, concerned authorities and leadership, the truth will emerge.

the investment conference is the brainchild of saudi arabia's maverick crown prince mohammad bin salman. western governments suspect he ordered the operation against khashoggi. something saudi arabia denies. turkey's president conspicuously avoided mentioning the prince by name, praising instead the sincerity of his father, the ageing saudi king salman. but he also demanded answers to hard questions, such as where is the body? and who helped dispose of it? he also wants the suspects brought back to turkey for trial. translation: the 18 people must be tried in istanbul. this is my proposal. as the crime was committed in istanbul, they should be tried in istanbul. in life, jamal khashoggi had a huge following on social media but his violent death has rocked relations between the west and saudi arabia. after this, they may

never be quite the same. frank gardner, bbc news. tim willcox is in the saudi capital riyadh. will what president erdogan had to say give any pause at all to anyone where you are? i don't think it will give pause to the pressure, which the saudi royal family give pause to the pressure, which the saudi royalfamily in particular, crown prince mohammad bin salman is facing about that investigation but when you look at what was happening here at the time president erdogan was speaking, it was interesting because several key business figures were up on stage pledging $12 billion each towards new investment opportunities involving saudi money. that was timed to coincide with president erdogan because the timing of his speech was set, but there are about four and speech was set, but there are about fourand a speech was set, but there are about four and a half thousand people

here, fewer europeans i'm told than last year, and one man conspicuous by his absence is mohammad bin salman himself, the crown prince, last year this was seen as his baby. he was talking to people, sitting on podiums, with people talking about how he wanted to get rid of corruption, wanted more transparency in saudi arabia and how, quite frankly, they needed investment here, when that oil business, the oil side of the economy here dries up oil side of the economy here dries up and a few years‘ time, so he was looking for money. he has not been seen here so far today. everyone i spoke to said, yes, we expect him to come forth we don‘t know when. maybe even his father, as well, but as far as the european, chinese and russian businessmen i‘ve been speaking to here today, of course they know about the killing, the murder, but they are here for business. thank you. what is thought to be the uk‘s biggest ever strike about equal pay is under way in glasgow.

thousands of council workers are striking for 48 hours, resulting in the closure of hundreds of schools, and affecting some care services. campaigners say many women are being paid three pounds an hour less than their male counterparts, and that progress on the issue is too slow. lorna gordon is in glasgow. lorna. yes, parts of the city centre came toa lorna. yes, parts of the city centre came to a halt a little earlier as this march, many thousands strong, made its way through the city‘s streets. you know, some of these women have never been on strike before. but such is the strength of their feeling they felt they had no other option but to take action and in the shadow of the city chambers, they are determined that their voices are heard. they say they are the workers who get glasgow up in the workers who get glasgow up in the morning. the council carers, cleaners, dinner ladies and nursery

workers, in scotland‘s biggest city. 0n the march in a decade—long dispute over equal pay. we want the same ages as men. we‘ve fought for this for 12 years. we still haven‘t been paid. all we're asking is for the to sort it out. there has been delay after delay and delay and nothing is done about it. the dispute dates back 12 years to when new pay scales were introduced with the aim of addressing pay inequality. but female employees complained it has instead resulted in men injobs of a similar level being paid more. carol is one of those taking part in the strike also she holds down three jobs at two different schools but each month still struggles to pay the bills. we just want to be paid equally, same as everybody else. i mean, honestly, the wages of ridiculous. i‘m working threejobs, and the wages of ridiculous. i‘m working

three jobs, and i‘m the wages of ridiculous. i‘m working threejobs, and i‘m still struggling month—to—month. i borrow from my kids, which is shocking. as soon as i get kids, which is shocking. as soon as iget paid, kids, which is shocking. as soon as i get paid, i pay all my bills and advocate i have £50 to last me for the next three weeks. they've shut down primary skills and nurseries, and glasgow city council said it had been working hard to try to resolve the dispute and added there was no justification for the disruption which, it says, will head the city ‘s most vulnerable the hardest. which, it says, will head the city 's most vulnerable the hardest. it's really unnecessary. i don‘t think it‘s there on the claimants, on the women. they all lose pay over the next couple of days. those who are not going to work, who will go out on strike. and there is going to be enormous disruption caused in glasgow. to some of the most runnable people in the city. the council said it committed to making an offer to those on strike. is not been made clear how they will settle the bill, which could run to hundreds of millions of pounds. but those looking for equal pay say time

has run out to recognise the true value of theirjobs and they must now pay up. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. well, it's hard to see where this dispute goes from here. the leader of glasgow city council says she is entirely on the side of the women taking action and determined that a meaningful offer is on the table soon, but the unions say no serious negotiations have yet taken place as to the women taking pa rt taken place as to the women taking part in this action, they tell me they are upset that they are on strike, but they say they will considerfurther strike, but they say they will consider further action strike, but they say they will considerfurther action if strike, but they say they will consider further action if an offer isn‘t on the table soon. consider further action if an offer isn't on the table soon. lorna, thank you. lorna gordon in glasgow. theresa may has been updating her cabinet on the latest in the brexit negotiations as she tries to shore up support for her plans for the irish border. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in downing street. was it another difficult cabinet meeting? well, it was certainly a

marathon cabinet session. it went on for more than three hours, which probably points to the ongoing difficulties and tensions over the state of the backs of negotiations in mrs may‘s plan for breaking the deadlock with the eu over northern ireland, the latest option being the suggestion of extending the transition period, that the standstill nothing much changes period, beyond december 2020. an idea which was savaged by mps on all sides in the commons yesterday. mps unhappy at the potential costs, saying it could amount to an extra 20 billion, and happy they would be no real incentive for the eu to end it, and also a sense that for many voted it would feel a prospect of leaving the confines of the eu is just disappearing further and further into the future. in better news for mrs may, though, there is i think a sense of the brexit has been

forced onto the back foot, the critics, after the backlash against the language of some of them were using about mrs may, the suggestion she was entering the killing zone. and we now know they have not yet mastered the required signatures, the letters to demand a leadership contest, because i‘m told the chairman of the tory backbenchers has not received 48 letters demanding a leadership contest, so, for now at least, despite all the speculation, mrs may is not facing a contest, at least not now. norman, thank you. norman smith. two weeks today voters go to the polls across the us, in the biggest electoral test for donald trump since he became president. one key contest is for a senate seat in the usually staunchly two weeks today voters go to the polls across the us, one key contest is for a senate seat in the usually staunchly republican state of texas, which is held by the president‘s former rival ted cruz. donald trump has been campaigning in houston, in an attempt to see off the challenge from the democratic candidate.

james cook reports from houston. the president came to texas to give aid and comfort to an old enemy. senator ted cruz once called donald trump utterly amoral, a snivelling coward and a pathological liar. one key contest is for a senate seat in the usually staunchly now he will take any help he can to see off a left—wing challenge, yes, a left—wing challenge, here in conservative texas. you know what i am? i‘m a nationalist, 0k? as the midterms approach, the polls are improving for the republicans. they are celebrating the confirmation of brett kavanaugh as a supreme courtjudge. and mr trump is reviving the animating passion of his presidential campaign — immigration. he has seized on this caravan of central american migrants who say they are trying to reach the us to escape poverty and violence at home. and in that caravan you have some very bad people. this will be the election of the caravan, kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts

and common—sense. that‘s what it is, common—sense. hello, vegas. after many months enduring the trump era in silence, the previous president is now campaigning hard again, telling democrats the stakes are high. the consequences of anybody here not turning out and doing everything you can to get your friends, neighbours, family to turn out, the consequences of you staying home would be profoundly dangerous to this country. to our democracy. but back in houston, trump supporters also think the nation is under threat from invasion. i didn't see a caravan full of refugees. i saw an army coming across our borders and it scared me. it an invasion of our country, an illegal invasion of our country, without weapons. mr trump is now threatening to cut aid to honduras, guatemala and el salvador trying to evoke a sense of crisis just as early voting begins.

as he approaches the midpoint of his presidency, donald trump is supplying exceptionally divisive rhetoric, painting his opponents not just as a threat to the country, but as a disloyal radical mob. james cook, bbc news, houston. the allegation of contempt of court against the former leader of the far right english defence league, tommy robinson, is being referred to the attorney general. mr robinson appeared at the old bailey this morning, to face an allegation that he‘d committed contempt by filming people before a criminal trial. the time is quarter past one. our top story this lunchtime. turkey‘s president says there‘s strong evidence that the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, was savagely murdered in a planned operation. coming up: mysteries of the deep — researchers discover the oldest

intact shipwreck a mile down in the black sea. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: england may have already won the series, but sri lanka make a very quick start in the final one dayer in colombo. the longest sea bridge in the world has been opened by the chinese president, xijinping. the multi—billion pound bridge and tunnel project links hong kong, macau and mainland china. the infrastructure project has been designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons — it contains 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 eiffel towers. but the construction has been dogged by safety concerns, and fears about its environmental impact. robin brant reports. it‘s another vast infrastructure project in china. this one took nine years and almost

£12 billion to build. the mega bridge spans 34 miles, crossing the mouth of the pearl river in china‘s south. linking hong kong and the casino hub macau with zhuhai on the chinese mainland. the big idea is to create a new bay area powerhouse to rival tokyo or san francisco, china hopes. it links to more than 60 million people in china‘s high—tech manufacturing base. it‘s the place where this country first experimented with economic reform, 40 years ago. translation: i think this bridge will bring great convenience to the whole of zhuhai, hong kong and macau and promote the economic development of the whole area of the pearl river delta. it was a brief, in fact very brief ceremony for china‘s president. xi jinping simply declared the bridge open and then

went off to inspect it. what has immediately become a tourist attraction comes with a very heavy price tag. the bbc understands 18 workers were killed during construction. hundreds were injured. the structure is not all bridge, tunnels were built as well, dug to allow shipping to pass freely. but some in hong kong and in particular worry it‘s another symbol from beijing of encroaching sovereignty onto its special status. 0thers claim it will be woefully underused. there are traffic quotas, different insurance requirements and the practicalities. 0n the chinese mainland you drive on the right. in hong kong and macau, the left. robin brant, bbc news. dyson, the british company best known for its vacuum cleaners, has chosen to build its new electric car in singapore. the firm insists the decision has nothing to do with brexit. our business editor simon jack is here.

so, why singapore in that case?‘ few months ago we learned that james dyson was going to start using his know—how from vacuum cleaners and other electric products to go into the electric car market, two and a half billion pounds being thrown at it but the big question was where will they build it, and their hq in watcher or singapore? this morning we found out they are going with singapore. it‘s not an enormous surprise, none of the dyson product actually manufactured here, design and sales and marketing happens here but the manufacturer happens in south—east asia. as a prize it‘s singapore, one of the highest cost places to do business in the world but the company said the access to engineering talent, supply chains that work in asia and crucially access to markets that this car will be in that, most notably china, all

made it made sense to build it they are. people say that‘s not very good, why could we not do it here at your place in wiltshire. he is saying that as i say the technical expertise they get over here, and although we‘re not making the cars over here, the research and develop mintand over here, the research and develop mint and testing and sales and marketing, the brains trust will be located here and in fact the uk workforce for dyson has nearly tripled to 4800 over the last five yea rs. tripled to 4800 over the last five years. i think locally there were not high hopes it would be there and they also think dyson has done its bit. sirjames dyson was a very big advocate of brexit and people are saying this is a sign of no confidence in the uk, he is saying we will continue to do the high value functions here. one interesting point is that through a trade deal the eu has done with singapore tariffs on electric cars being exported from singapore into the eu will be tapered down to zero so if the uk crashes out of the eu

was no deal and we have these world trade organisation rules it will be cheaper for dyson to send his cast to europe than it will be to the uk. interesting. thank you very much, simonjack. the number of fast food businesses in the uk has risen by more than a third since 2010. research by bbc news found nearly 40,000 fast food outlets. the sharp rise comes at a time when doctors warn that costs of obesity could bankrupt the nhs. david rhodes reports. it is the food that is fast, convenient and an everyday part of some people‘s lives. i really hated how i looked. it‘s not normal to be 30 stone. at the age ofjust 16, joe from rotherham was morbidly obese. so in a typical week, joe, what were you eating? probably five chinese takeaways, couple of pizzas, fish and chips. joe has managed to shed over ten stone, but in rotherham three quarters of adults are overweight or obese, and six in every ten food businesses are takeaways.

you seeing more takeaways than you‘re actually seeing corner shops. i think they should definitely limit the number of fast food places massively because it‘s just taking over. it‘s part of everyday life now. i mean, you haven‘t got time to cook? mcdonald‘s. it‘s, haven‘t got time to cook, we‘ll have a takeaway tonight. analysis of official figures by the bbc has found that in 2010 there were just over 29,000 fast food businesses in the uk. this year, that number has reached over 39,000, an increase of over a third in the space of eight years. there are over 170 fast food businesses in rotherham. for example this fish and chip shop has just begun to offer low fat fish and chips. but its owners say the town has been swamped by new takeaways in recent years. i've seen a lot of little ones open up and close down. i've seen a lot that are just afloat. i've seen a lot try to undercut. recently i went to a council meeting to propose an objection to another business that is going to be setting up soon.

but unfortunately my efforts were not heard, or not considered. six in every ten adults in england are overweight or obese according to public health england, and some doctors believe obesity is the biggest challenge facing the nhs. 0besity has been linked with fast food, and we‘ve had projections that suggest that, by 2050, which is only one generation away, the direct and indirect costs of obesity will cost nearly £50 billion, and that‘s enough to bankrupt the nhs. the government and devolved administrations across the uk have all set out plans to reduce obesity levels whilst in england ministers say local councils can control the number and location of takeaways. but on current trends, the number of these food businesses is set to rise and the battle to control bulging waistlines looks likely to become harder. david rhodes, bbc news, rotherham. women and girls across the uk face relentless harassment

on the street, and not enough is being done to stop it, according to a group of mps. the women and equalities committee says the amount of harassment means it‘s became normalised for goals growing up, and says the government must do more to tackle the issue. women and girls across the uk face relentless harassment it‘s calling for a range of measures including forcing rail and bus operators to take tougher action on the issue, and to block the viewing of pornography on public transport. the department store chain, john lewis, says it plans to stop selling dvd players. the retailer has said it will not be putting more devices on the shelves when stocks run out. bosses pointed to the rise in the number of people watching films on streaming services such as netflix and amazon for decline in popularity of dvds. the world‘s oldest intact shipwreck has been discovered, more than a mile deep in the black sea. a team of british and bulgarian researchers has carbon—dated the greek trading vessel to around 400bc — and says its shape

hasn‘t been compromised, despite spending more than 2400 years underwater. lucinda adam has the story. deep down in the black sea, archaeologists have been discovering dozens of wrecks, almost perfectly preserved in the dark waters where there is little oxygen. this wreck is from the byzantine period, around 1000 years old. but deeper down beyond the reach of human divers are much older ships. this is the oldest ever found, a classical greek trading vessel which has laid on the sea bed for 2400 yea rs, has laid on the sea bed for 2400 years, from the time when aristotle was alive. this is diagnostic in the sense that rogers were not used in this way before the 1300 hundreds and in this particular style goes

back to the classical world and then we escalated down the shaft of the rudder until we got to the blade and that said its greek, not roman. this and more than 60 other wrecks were mapped by remote operated vehicles. delving more than two kilometres below the surface where organisms that usually eat the wood cannot survive. this astonishing preservation, an entire ship with rodders in place, what‘s amazing about it is when you look at pictures of it you kind of recognise it. we‘ve seen these ships before and we‘ve seen them in paintings. it looks something like this image on a greek vase held by the british museum. the ship has a mast, a single row of oars, and is about 13 metres long. but it‘s unlikely it will ever be raised. its timbers are probably much too fragile to be brought to the surface. because of that, preservation by

recording means we are able to get all of this information up and we are able to leave the wrecks so future generations with better technology are able to come and use their skills to find it even more. for no these wrecks will remain deep underwater about marine archaeologists will work to bring the history they hauled to the surface. the duke and duchess of sussex have been offered roast pig, a whale‘s tooth and a traditional drink of kava as they were welcomed to fiji on the second leg of their southern hemisphere tour. the arrival ceremony, under cloudy skies in suva, mirrored one attended by the queen and duke of edinburgh back in 1953. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. they brought the british weather with them. but neither rain nor wind would get in the way of this welcome. fiji is a long way from pretty much everywhere, and this visit is a big deal. 0n the way in

from the airport the locals waited to catch sight of the royal guests. in the centre, the crowds grew and grew. around 15,000 fijians have turned out in the heart of the capital to welcome them, they may be here for only the two days but this looks like it‘s going to be a huge event for fiji. it used to be no cheering at a welcoming ceremony. cheering not any more. the couple watched as a local drink was prepared, made from a plant with deep roots in fiji society. then for the duke, more than just society. then for the duke, more thanjust a society. then for the duke, more than just a set. laughter applause after drinking, of course, dancing.

more than six decades ago, the same ceremony for harry‘s grandmother, the queen. afterwards she came out on her hotel balcony to greet the crowds. and tonight, so did harry and meghan. the locals were thrilled. we just love them. and she is so beautiful. and harry, he‘s blessed to have our! you know? we love them to bits. the royals are like family to us fijians. and we fijians always think of them as a family to us. lots of royal history then here in fiji, and also a glimpse of the future.

time for a look at the weather. here‘s nick miller. mostly dry here but not everywhere, this picture if you look closely has a hint of a rainbow on it. this picture if you look closely has a hint ofa rainbow on it. a this picture if you look closely has a hint of a rainbow on it. a bit of rain per some of us but by no means all, for most of us even know there‘s a bit more cloud compared to yesterday it‘s brightening up and its drive to the course of this afternoon. big area of high pressure a lwa ys afternoon. big area of high pressure always indicates a settled weather close by which is the case for most of us, clothes coming under high pressure. northern scotland close to a weather front pressure. northern scotland close to a weatherfront again, pressure. northern scotland close to a weather front again, there are outbreaks of rain particularly into 0rkney and north north—west of the mainland.