today at five — saudi's crown prince vows to punish all culprits responsible for the murder ofjournalist, jamal khashoggi. in his first public comments since the killing in istanbul — mohammed bin salman insisted there will be no rift with turkey. we will prove to the world that the two governments are cooperating to see that all perpetrators are taken to court and justice will be seen in the end. we'll be getting the latest on this from our security correspondent frank gardner. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. the us secret service says suspicious packages have been sent to the home of barack obama, and to hillary clinton. theresa may prepares to face conservative mps within the hour as she tries to convince her party to support her brexit plans. it comes after a government watchdog warns that the uk border may not be ready to cope with a no—deal brexit — and that criminal gangs could take advantage. and a lottery ticket holder in south carolina wins wins $1.6 billion — one of the largest

jackpots in us history. the crown prince of saudi arabia has said the people responsible for the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi will be brought tojustice. mohammed bin salman was speaking publicly for the first time since mr khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul. earlier, the united states had announced measures against some of the saudi officials it has linked with the murder — 21 of them will have their us visa revoked. the president described the killing as "the worst cover—up ever". naomi grimley has the latest. what really happened to jamal

khashoggi? the saudi authorities had given up the pretence he is still alive, claiming he died in a fist fight with rogue operatives. but does the world really by that version of events? the turkish president is sure the plot went higher up the chain of command. translation: we are determined not to allow a cover—up of this murder and to make sure all responsible, from those who ordered it to those who carried it out, will not be allowed to avoid justice. as an investment conference, all eyes on the man many think ordered the killing, the crown prince mohammed bin salman. he told the audience the perpetrators would be brought to justice and suggested the scandal had been manufactured to harm saudi arabia. we know that many are trying

to use this painful thing to drive a wedge between saudi arabia and turkey. i want to send them a message. they will not be able to do that as long as there is a king called king salman. and a crown prince called mohammed bin salman in saudi arabia. this was jamal khashoggi's body double stage by his killers to give the impression he was still alive. it is this level of premeditation and manipulation that has lost saudi arabia credibility in the eyes of loyal allies, as the evidence trail increasingly leads to the heart of the saudi state. we have identified some of the individuals responsible, the intelligence services, who we suspect to have been involved. we are taking appropriate action is

that include revoking visas, and other measures. in london, theresa may echoed that, saying the uk will revoke visas of any complicit officials. president trump was at first sympathetic to the saudi explanation of why the journalist disappeared, but, a week later, he sounds incredulous. they had a very bad original concept. it was carried out poorly and the cover—up was one of the worst in the history of governments. very simple. the officials' saudi account of what went on in the consulate was supposed to draw a line under this disturbing episode. the last 2a hours have shown it has done anything but. our security correspondent frank gardner is here. this was the first time we heard from the crown prince publicly. what

did you make of it? has anything he said shifted the dial? i'm do not think so. this was a piece of public theatre. the conference, future investment initiative, was his showpiece. dubbed davos in the desert. he needed to be able to mention it. and not avoid it altogether. go ahead. so you are making the point... we have a slight problem with the microphone but your point is this was a piece of theatre, first public appearance, he is at the investment conference, has he changed anything with what he said? there are two audiences, the domestic within saudi arabia and the gulf and the international one. domestically, he is still enormously popular. this is a young prince, who

millions of young saudis look to as the hope the future for jobs millions of young saudis look to as the hope the future forjobs and investment to lead their country into the 21st century. internationally, in the west, there is deep suspicion the buck with him, and it leads to his office and inner circle. i have met one of the fall guys, one of the two people removed from their post. he has worked closely with the crown prince. and another person removed from their post. the fact that two private planes landed in istanbul with this 15 man hit team. it is hard to imagine all of this was conducted with no knowledge from somebody at the top but the final smoking gun proof is not there yet. if turkey has it it is not revealing it. why? probably because they want a bargaining chip over saudi arabia.

how long can they hold onto it? because what do countries like this country and america do without hard evidence? let's look at who is investigating this, three countries, saudi arabia, usa and turkey, who all have a chip in the game. none of them is impartial. saudi arabia has an interest in ring—fence is the crown prince and putting him as far away from the hideous operation as possible. turkey needs money and saudi arabia has money. they might also want to carve up northern syria, do a deal on that, but there is already a rift between turkey and saudi arabia will stop there was already a wedge. turkey equals political islam which is anathema to saudi arabia. apart from all the jobs and investment, the arms contracts, this is the big barrier.

these are the calculation is taking place, losing the ally. a few days ago, someone place, losing the ally. a few days ago, someone who place, losing the ally. a few days ago, someone who ran place, losing the ally. a few days ago, someone who ran the spy agency in britain, he blames president trump for this are tearing up so many deals and things like the paris accord and iran nuclear deal. he says his erratic behaviour has encouraged autocratic regimes to carry out their own actions and that possibly this was a miscalculation on behalf of the crown prince. there is still no absolute proof that links him. there are suspicions and circumstantial evidence but no smoking gun yet. frank, thank you. and after five thirty we'll be talking to jane harman — a former us congresswoman —

about this. the fbi says it has intercepted two suspicious packages, one sent to the home of former president barack obama, another to the former secretary of state, hillary clinton. the packages were identified during routine screening procedures as potential explosive devices — and a criminal investigation has been launched. andy moore has the latest. we are going tojump in, there is a fire alarm. cnn was reporting breaking news when the own studio alarm went off. employees streamed out of offices in new york. police said they had the incident under control. cnn reported a device with wires sticking out has been found in the mail room. it did not explode.

an airof alarm the mail room. it did not explode. an air of alarm was reflected in american television coverage. this comes to us from american television coverage. this comes to us from our american television coverage. this comes to us from our producer. she received one of those emergency alerts on her phone. it says, police activity, residents between columbus and eighth ave shelter in place immediately. the first package was found yesterday in the mailbox of george soros, billionaire financier. his luxury home in upstate new york close to whether clintons live. the device was opened by a member of staff. it was later detonated by the bomb squad. george soros, who has donated millions to liberal causes, was not at home. he has become a figure of hate for many on the right. late last night, another package addressed to hillary clinton was found during the screening process close to her home and the

secret service said the device was in their words appropriately handled. it is not known if the cli nto ns were handled. it is not known if the clintons were at home. and then another package, this time at the home of barack obama in washington, dc, and again it was founded the screening dc, and again it was founded the screening process dc, and again it was founded the screening process and security sources indicated it was a pipe bomb similarto sources indicated it was a pipe bomb similar to the other devices. the police response at cnn is ongoing and there are now bomb alerts at several locations across the country. some may be false alarms, but it is an indication howjittery the usa has suddenly become. our correspondent sumira hussain is in new york. reports come through all the time. it appears a pretty complicated situation. absolutely, the fact we are seeing several of these bombs

sent to different places, it is leading to a lot of confusion and people are asking many questions. what is happening in new york is that the cnn building has been evacuated and we have seen the device that was sent to the building where the cnn new york headquarters are, it has left the building and is making its way to a new york police department facility where they will presumably be detonating a bomb far—away from the downtown area. the new york city police have asked people in the current area to shelter in place, meaning to stay put until the new york police say it is safe to start moving about freely. it is still pretty tense around that area. we have to make it clear that as far as we understand we do not know about a link. there

are obvious links we have discussed but nobody has said anything publicly. that is clear, to point out, no links have been made. in terms of the actual devices that have been sent, there are some early reports suggesting some of the devices sent to the obamas and cli nto ns devices sent to the obamas and clintons there some resemblance to what was sent to cnn but again this is very early and this is a preliminary look at what has been sent. it will be awhile before we anything concrete. and a quick thought about timing. we are less than two weeks from the mid—terms. it is probably dangerous to make any sort of proclamation about what may be behind this but it is worth pointing out it is coming at a time

in which politics have become increasingly divisive and it is just a few weeks before the mid—term elections. thank you. if we get more on that we will let you know. in about half an hour, the prime minister will meet her backbench mps to address their concerns about her brexit plans. the meeting comes after she suggested she could agree to an extension of the transition period — which is meant to run until the end of 2020. our political correspondent leila nathoo is in westminster. it is worth reminding people just how important this meeting could be, the meeting of the 1922 committee. this is the first time theresa may will come face—to—face with backbenchers in private. where she will face questions about her brexit strategy. there was talk about threats and plots against her, to

oust her, and she was supposedly in for a oust her, and she was supposedly in fora bumpy oust her, and she was supposedly in for a bumpy ride. we will have to wait and see in the next half hour what sort of reception she gets but iamjoined by what sort of reception she gets but i am joined by a conservative mp who will now be at the meeting. andrew bridgen has been one of the prime minister's fiercest critics. why are you going? i have nothing personally against the prime minister it is the policy on how we leave. i have urged her with many colleagues to chuck chequers and adopt a super canada brexit negotiating styles that will give us the brexit we promised and the best post— brexit give us the brexit we promised and the best post—brexit opportunities. what reception can she expect? there will be a warm reception for the prime minister, i have no doubt the whips will have done their work and it will be fully orchestrated. that

is -- it will be fully orchestrated. that is —— that it is what mps say in the corridors and outside the room. is —— that it is what mps say in the corridors and outside the roomm no showdown tonight, when?” corridors and outside the roomm no showdown tonight, when? i will hope to have a chance to question the prime minister and hope to have a chance to question the prime ministerand i'm sure there will be planted questions helpful to the prime minister. this isa helpful to the prime minister. this is a test and let's see how she performs. the fact she decided she had to do this says a lot. you and collea g u es had to do this says a lot. you and colleagues who are critical of the strategy, are you aware the eu is looking on into what is going on in westminster and that is playing a pa rt westminster and that is playing a part in negotiations? yes, but the harder we pushed the prime minister, actually, it strengthens her hand in negotiation because the eu must know they cannot get many more concessions from the prime minister. i think it strengthens our country's position in negotiations that we cannot give any more. we have

already given too much. she has shown no sign of changing strategy. yet political voices still persist. is it not late to try to persuade her to change at this point?m is it not late to try to persuade her to change at this point? it is never a bad time to do the right thing. i put my letter of no confidence in straight after the chequers proposals and i think a lot of colleagues have been hoping, praying that the prime minister will move her position and chuck chequers and go for super canada. i think the prospect of that happening now is diminishing. ithink prospect of that happening now is diminishing. i think the reality is coming home that the lady is probably not for turning on this. thank you. andrew bridgen, one mp who said he submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. he has not been joined confidence in the prime minister. he has not beenjoined by confidence in the prime minister. he has not been joined by the critical number needed to force the vote but we will be watching what will happen u psta i rs to we will be watching what will happen upstairs to see what reception the prime minister gets. thank you.

the headlines on bbc news... the crown prince of saudi arabia says the people responsible for the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, will be brought tojustice. the us secret service says suspicious packages have been sent theresa may will face conservative mps in the next half hour as she tries to convince her party to support her brexit plans. liverpool fans need to create atmosphere tonight, according to jurgen klopp. fans have been banned from overseas to travel to the match tonight. and a warning to one—day players they may miss out on the world cup next year if they repeat the performance that saw them thrashed by sri lanka. and top seed angelique kerber has beat the us

open champion in 3—sets at the wta finals in singapore. i will be back with more on those stories after half—past five. the public spending watchdog says new complicated border controls which will be needed if there's a no—deal brexit may not be ready in time. the national audit office says businesses who rely on smooth border checks will pay the price — and that criminal gangs could take advantage of weaknesses. the government says it's confident of striking a good deal with the european union for as frictionless trade as possible. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. this is how easily goods flow into and out of the country now. roll on. . . roll off. and this is what might happen to the m20, according to the government and the national audit office, if we get a no—deal brexit next march. the government said if there is no deal, the border will be less than optimal. what exactly does that mean? if we get a no—deal brexit next march, the government says

its priorities at the border will be security and traffic flow. what the national audit office says is that carries its own risks. if you neglect customs, you may exacerbate a problem as old as national boundaries — smuggling. the risks and patterns of movement through the border will not change on day one. over time, organised criminals could take advantage of any weaknesses in the regime that it perceives. that could mean that it is easier for goods to be smuggled into the country without paying the due customs duty. and it could be easier for people to be trafficked into the country. the national audit office also says there is a risk that 11 out of 12 critical systems needed to manage the border will not be up to scratch by the day we exit the eu on march 29th. infrastructure to track goods coming in and out cannot be built before then. up to a quarter of a million trading

businesses will have to submit customs declarations for the first time, but the national audit office says it is already too late to ensure they are prepared for a no—deal, and businesses agree. i was hearing from a big supply chain operator and they told me they needed 600 additional trained staff if they were going to have do entries on all the european stuff. i would struggle to find six in felixstowe, let alone 600 at the biggest port we have. in the last three years, border force staff numbers have been cut by 7%. they are advertising for more staff, but there is a risk new recruits won't be deployed before brexit date, and the biggest uncertainty surrounds not ourfuture border enforcement but the eu's. we need to understand, in the event of no deal, what will we be able to do to persuade french ports, dutch ports. they all gearing up and recruiting additional

border force staff there, i know, to persuade them to keep people and goods flowing. because that is the biggest challenge of all, in my book. brexiteers save the nao is playing up the risk. what we are working to make sure across a variety of areas is that we have the capacity and systems and plans in place to deal with all eventualities. i'm expecting the uk and the eu to reach a sensible agreement. all we are doing is what people would expect, to make sure we have done proper plans for all eventualities. if the government and the eu agree a deal, many of the risks will be put off until december 2020. but the nao's clear prediction is that by next march 29th, there will be much about our borders that will not yet be under control. andy verity, bbc news. i will speak to the immigration services union in a moment but first, our correspondent richard lister is at the front line of all

of this. it certainly is, the port of this. it certainly is, the port of dover is the busiest ferry port in europe and handles about one fifth of the uk trading goods and it does that by processing 2.6 million lorries, a figure for last year, 2.2 million cars and motorbikes, 80,000 coaches, almost 12 million people, and it can do that over the course of the year because it knows the rule book inside out, knows how to handle that capacity, but what it doesn't know is what the rule book will look like after brexit. people here are really concerned about that because time as this report underlines is running out. 0fficials here say if there is a new customs regime that as just another two minutes onto checks for each lorry, it would cause tailbacks of 17 miles. they really do need to know what they will be dealing with and

the national audit office report saying in the case of a no—deal brexit, even the limited plans available may not have progressed in time to meet that deadline, well that makes people here unhappy. richard, thank you. with me now is lucy moreton — general secretary of the immigration services union, which represents nearly half of all immigration officers. does what the national audit office say, does it resonate with you and people you talk to? is their concern? absolutely. at the moment we do not know what it is we are trying to plan for so effectively we are trying to hit a moving target and we do not know if conde one nothing will change because we have something interim in place —— come day one. we do not know what we will do with parcels, freight, and it is the uncertainty. we have reached the point of no return, we cannot do any

more, we cannot recruit enough staff in time and we cannot redeploy them because we do not know where we are redeploying them too. time has run out if we need new infrastructure. you cannot recruit enough people in time? we are talking about next year. people watching will say it is not tomorrow, it is a few months away. the civil service recruitment process is slow and we have individuals who have gone through the first stages and waiting to be offered jobs and the first barrier is security clearance which is slow and the other is that we cannot post them if we do not know where we are posting them to. it is unfair to say we need you at heathrow and in february ‘s sake actually we need you in northern ireland, milton keynes, france. until we you in northern ireland, milton keynes, france. untilwe know you in northern ireland, milton keynes, france. until we know where they need to be we are stuck. would you say that is the main area of concern, as in people, or is it it?

the main area of concern is not knowing what target we are having to meet. there are bits that are challenging we have not had to do, such as rail freight which enters the uk and disperses without interference, it is done by preclea ra nce interference, it is done by preclearance and if we had to stop the freight, we would need warehouses, of freight depot, trained officers, a massive undertaking we cannot achieve. if the problem is that we only need to see more people or the people we see subject to more checks, that is almost the easy part because all that would happen is queues would get longer. that is not great but thatis get longer. that is not great but that is simpler than figuring out what you do with the train of goods that in the past we have not needed to see. when people think about this, perhaps it is queueing at ports and airports they think will

be the primary problem, but you are saying it is bigger. that is a big deal if you run a business but are you saying it is bigger thanjust that? it is bigger than that. we have done big queues before but when you get a big queue at ports like dover, if the ferry cannot off—load lorries or people fast enough, it cannot turn around in time and all those timetables would be tied and then the traffic would start to back—up. it might not be the uk government that is the problem, the uk government might say we are not controlling freight so lorries can come into the uk but if they cannot come into the uk but if they cannot come off and go into france fine, they will back—up down the motorway system in france, which makes them vulnerable to a regular migrants who will try to break him and puts the drivers at risk and create new problems. very interesting. thank you. just to tell you in other news,

the story we were talking about in new york. we have been reflecting on suspicious packages that have been sent to a number of people including barack obama. you will know if you have been following this that there was a suspicious package at the time warner centre and we are just hearing from the states that package has been safely removed. there was a shelter in place order as they call it in the us, warning to people to stay undercover. that been lifted. these pictures, columbus circle, in new york city, the package has been removed from the time warner centre. there are reports coming through of suspicious packages periodically and it is fairto suspicious packages periodically and it is fair to say it is a confusing situation and we are trying to keep across that and we believe we will

have an update from the us authorities in new york may be around quarter to say when that emerges we will bring it to you. time for a look at the weather, with nick miller it has been lovely if you had sunshine. 19 celsius in southern england. we will not see that again for while. by the end of the week you will be lucky to see nine celsius. such is the temperature drop. rain in parts of scotland. as the cloud thickens through western parts, you could see drizzle. some clear spells especially by the end of the night in north—east england. and down into single figures. further south, you could see fog tomorrow. more cloud compared with today where you had sunshine. most

will be dry. still patchy rain in western scotland turning heavier and more persistent into the north and north—west in the evening and the wind coming in from the arctic that this rain will change things on thursday night into friday, sweeping away the mild air as this weather front away the mild air as this weather fro nt m oves away the mild air as this weather front moves south and it will be arctic air following behind. front moves south and it will be arctic airfollowing behind. more just before six. this is bbc news. the crown prince of saudi arabia has said the people responsible for the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, will be brought tojustice. the us secret service says suspicious packages have been sent to the home of barack obama, and to hillary clinton. theresa may will face conservative mps in the next 15 minutes as she tries to convince her party to support her brexit plans. it comes after a government watchdog warns the uk border may not be ready to cope with a no—deal brexit — and criminal gangs could take advantage. much more to come on all of those

stories in the next few in it. now time for a look at the sport with sarah. let's start with some team news for tottenham as christian eriksen is back in their starting line—up for their champions league game at psv eindhoven, which kicks off at five to six. he's not started for over a month and comes in for erik lamela. the other change from saturday's win at west ham is moussa dembele for harry winks in midfield. spurs travel to psv knowing defeat would leave them on verge of going out. there's commentary on 5live sport and you can also follow it on the bbc sport website. the other english team in action this evening are liverpool, they host red star belgrade in one of the later kick offs at 8pm. forward sadio mane could feature a week after having surgery on a hand injury. the serbian champions are bottom of the group with one point from two games — butjurgen klopp has warned his players to beware of their opponents. however they line up, they are a top

tea m however they line up, they are a top team in serbia which brings them confidence. they are used to winning football games. that is how it is. we have to make sure they cannot come in that mood. eden hazard will miss chelsea's europa league home game against bate borisov tomorrow because of a back injury. hazard is the club's top scorer this season with eight goals in 11 appearances. his manager maurizio sarri says they're "trying to solve the problem for sunday" when they travel to burnley in the premier league. england cricket coach trevor bayliss has warned his one day players they could miss the world cup next year if performances don't improve. his comments come after england suffered their heaviest ever defeat — a 219 run thrashing by sri lanka in the final match of the series. they did take the series win, but bayliss says time is running out for some fringe players. come world cup time, we are going to

need more than 11 guys in form. it was an opportunity to give some of those guys gametime, giving them an opportunity. we are looking for some of those guys to take hold of that opportunity. if they do, they might find themselves in a world cup squad, if they don't, they might miss out. there are not too many more opportunities before the world cup is picked so some of the guys will have to turn it around pretty quick. india's virat kohli has become the fastest batsman to reach ten thousand runs in one day internationals after a second consective century against the west indies. it was the 37th hundred of his one day career. it's taken him 205 innings to reach that mark — overtaking his compatriot and india legend sachin tendulkar who did it in 259. top seed angelique kerber gave her semi—final chances a boost at the wta finals in singapore with a hard fought

win over naomi 0saka. kerber was serving for the match in the second set but 0saka fought back to force a decider. however, the us open winner produced too many unforced errors of her own — including this at match point down — to give the wimbledon champion a three set victory. kyle edmund's return to court after his first atp tour title began well as he beat diego schwartzman in the vienna 0pen first round. edmund won the european 0pen in antwerp last week and followed it up with a 6—3 7—6 win today against the argentinian. the rugby football union say they're prepared to consider appointing a premiership coach with no international experience, to succeed eddiejones as england boss. jones is set to leave in 2021 but he could quit next year, if england underperform at the world cup in the autumn. the search for his replacement has already begun and director of professional rugby nigel melville

says they are looking at all the options, overseas and in the premiership, which may mean going for someone who's yet to coach at international level. gloucester fly— half danny cipriani is due to be having his disciplinary hearing right about now. it follows his sending off for a high tackle during saturday's champions cup defeat by munster. cipriani was shown a red card after his shoulder made contact with rory scannell‘s head in the 29th minute. he faces a minimum six—week ban for the offence. it's not been a great week for him, his dismissal came two days after being left out of england's squad for the autumn internationals. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. let's return to our top story now, crown prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia has said those responsible for the murder

of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, will be brought to justice. he was speaking publicly for the first time since mr khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago. earlier, president trump had described the saudi response as "the worst cover—up in history". what does this do for international relations? let's talk about the us situation. joining me now is jane harman — former democratic congresswoman who also served in us presidentjimmy carter's administration — she's now director and president of the wilson centre. it's lovely that you are in london and can talk to us tonight. very good to see you. what is your response first of all to president trump's outlook on this so far? they

have been evolving. we should remind british viewers that you are from the other side. i'm a centrist democrat. 0ne the other side. i'm a centrist democrat. one of the five left. both of our parties are moving to their more liberal or conservative wings. president trump's view is evolving. he has his cia chief in the turkey andi he has his cia chief in the turkey and i am guessing there is some form of tape that he will see or hear and it will become more clear whether the crown prince is involved in this. it is unlikely that people did this. it is unlikely that people did this on their own, the rogue operation theory seems to be fading. he is saying now it is a bad cover—up. i wish he would also say it isa cover—up. i wish he would also say it is a jimenez crime and cover—up. i wish he would also say it is ajimenez crime and a cover—up. i wish he would also say it is a jimenez crime and a bad cover—up. i think the —— it is a

—— a heinous crime. if the act is invoked that means the 18 people disclosed by the saudis have their visas revoked. if this goes up higher, there will have to be consequences. 0ur relationship with saudi arabia matters. we have values and interests. the value is the rule of law and the freedom of the press. the interest we have is the working with an ally against challenges. iran's malign behaviour in the

region is something we are working on with saudi arabia but saudi arabia is also involved in a war without end in yemen. and also a strange war with cat over alleged transgressions. —— war with cattai. as there will be much more serious consequences imposed by congress and they will have to pay attention there. i wonder what any us administration would feel it can do in this circumstance given what you described, that saudi arabia is a important partner and bulwark against iran. i don't think we will cut ties with saudi arabia. saudi arabia may think that the king who is failing may feel that he should

consider the line of succession one more time. he has done that a couple of times. mohammed bin salman may in some ways be tarnished goods. he is also vulnerable to the kingdom, many of whom are deeply offended by him. remember the stay at the ritz—carlton, maybe even by his own security the people in this detail who did this bungled operation, some of them may lose their lives, certainly lose their livelihoods. they have a grudge, as well. he's going to have to be extremely careful. the sadness is that the country is modernising. that is something that khashoggi was celebrating. the problem is, people

there are stepping on their own story. instead of letting this come out as emancipation for women and diversification of the economy away from oil and the employment of a huge cadres of people notjust in public servicejobs, huge cadres of people notjust in public service jobs, instead huge cadres of people notjust in public servicejobs, instead of huge cadres of people notjust in public service jobs, instead of that it is about the war in yemen and the crazy fight with qatar. this was about a saudi national who wanted to write positive things about modernisation in saudi arabia. your collea g u es modernisation in saudi arabia. your colleagues knew this man very well. people are watching this unfold thinking, is anything going to change? i think that is true. they are starting to ask is anything going to change? there was such a

hopeful moment when the crown prince did a world tour and certainly came through washington like a rocket, very energetic man, saying all the right things and having the right people around him. his reputation is tarnished. will that stay with him forever? i think so. 0ne tarnished. will that stay with him forever? i think so. one more point, the midterms in the united states, the midterms in the united states, the president has said that congress will respond. congress has already invoked the act. further response will be delayed because of the election in two weeks and congress is not in the session. congress may respond in four weeks, or whatever. by respond in four weeks, or whatever. by giving the speech today in the saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman signalled that he is still in power and he was talking about the relationship with turkey. the conference has gone on, even with empty seats. i think the saudi royal

family and the trump administration will hope that people will start to forget about this in four weeks. i don't think so. this has more legs than any story i have seen in a long time. it is on every channel everywhere and people are riveted with this. it didn't happen in britain, it wasn't happening to a british citizen but you are watching this as closely as you are, even with the brexit negotiations going down to the wire. fascinating to talk to you. very grateful that you could come in and see us. jane harman, director of the wilson centre. staying with matters in the united states, we have been talking about the suspicious packages that were sent to barack obama and hillary clinton. hillary clinton has been

talking in the last few months about this story. before i begin, iwant to say a few words about the news this morning of suspicious packages being sent to various public figures and a news organisation. many of you and a news organisation. many of you and others across our country have asked after me and my family and i'm very for that. we are fine, thanks to the men and women of the secret service who intercepted the package addressed to us, long before it made its way to our home. every day we are grateful for its way to our home. every day we are gratefulfor their its way to our home. every day we are grateful for their service and commitment and obviously never more than today. but it is a troubling

time, isn't it? it is a time of deep divisions... and we have to do everything we can to bring our country together. we also have two select candidates who will try to do the same. who will set goals that will lift up every single floridian and american. who are looking to the future to understand... we are going to leave the statement there from hillary clinton about this because, as you will see, we are live in new york because we are expecting a briefing for journalists york because we are expecting a briefing forjournalists about this situation. we were told we were going to hearfrom situation. we were told we were going to hear from the mayor, the head of the new york police, let's

just listening. we will find out how many people will be speaking in just a moment and get a full update on the situation. let's listen in. be good to go? good to go. good afternoon everyone, i want to add knowledge everybody, our partners from the nypd and the secret service. today, all of our law—enforcement partners responded toa law—enforcement partners responded to a suspicious package at cnn, our intel and emergency services responded immediately in the security area and began a search of the building. they identified a device which appeared to be alive explosive device. bomb squad responded, secured the device and

removed it for investigation. additionally, there was an envelope containing white powder that was discovered as part of the packaging and we are investigating that right now. the area has been swept with dogs and equipment and found no additional threats beside the white powder and working with law enforcement officers we are securing the scene. we are deploying officers around the city out of an abundance of caution. if anyone sees anything suspicious call 911,. we have seen this before. we have seen worse and we will not be intimidated and we will bring these perpetrators to justice. thank you much, commissioner. what we saw here today was an effort to terrorise. this is clearly an act of terror attempting to undermine our free press and

leaders of this country through acts of violence. i want to make very clear that the people of new york city will not be intimidated, that we are going to go about our lives undeterred, because the very concept of terrorism is to change us and we will not allow that to happen. you cannot be terror arise if you refuse to allow the terrorists to win. people of the city have shown time and again that they stand up in the face of these efforts to intimidate andl face of these efforts to intimidate and i want to thank the people of new york city for the way they are handling this today. i also want to thank our first responders, all the men of the nypd, our state partners, federal partners, everybody who has

worked swiftly to contain the situation. i want to congratulate cnn for the professionalism with which they handled this very troubling incident. at this time, we do not have credible and specific threats against locations in new york city. i want to let all new yorkers know you can go about your daily routine knowing that the nypd and other agencies are here to protect you. it's important to note that this is ongoing investigation as we have more information, we will provide it. iwill emphasise as we have more information, we will provide it. i will emphasise that there is no specific threat against any other location of the city at this time. that said, the nypd and all of our partners have reinforced our very clear visible presence at key media locations around new york city and other important locations. so you will see a lot more police presence which should be reassuring

to all new yorkers. finally, i want to all new yorkers. finally, i want to say this is a very painful time in our nation. it is a time when people are feeling a lot of hatred in the air. incidents like this exacerbate that pain and that fear. we cannot let the acts of a very few jane chilton we are. it's really important to remember that the vass majority of americans and new yorkers are good people trying to live in peace with each other. there are a few people, we don't know who they are today, but they are trying to tear us they are today, but they are trying to tearus apart they are today, but they are trying to tear us apart through acts of violence. it is imperative to ensure that they fail. it is imperative that they fail. it is imperative that we act as the good and decent people that we are. this is a moment in history that is painful but it will pass. this too shall pass.

today everybody can rest assured that the nypd and all other agencies will make sure they can go about their lives safely. thank you maher. let's that we have the best police force and law enforcement agencies. we wa nt force and law enforcement agencies. we want to thank the nypd, state police, fbi, and thejoint terrorism task force, the secret service, all who have worked seamlessly together and are coordinating and we should ta ke co mfo rt and are coordinating and we should take comfort from that level of professionalism that we have in this city and in this state. as everyone is aware, there have been a number of packages that have been received.

last night, it was the secret service that detected a package at the residence of president clinton and hillary rodham clinton. they notified the state police and the nypd. we personally checked on the president's residents at around 430 this morning. everything was fine there. this morning, we have the cnn package and i want to echo the professionalism with which cnn has handled the situation. and the cooperation that they brought to the situation. i would like to thank them for that. this is the world we live in. terrorism, the attempt to spread fear, is the world that we

live in. it is heightened lately. the mayor is exactly right. there are more tensions than usual. but this is the world that we live in. also, a little perspective. the first terrorist attack in new york city was 1993. 25 years ago. the bombing of the world trade center. in some ways, this is nothing new. we have lived with this for a long time. actually, my father was governor at that time. this has been a circumstance of being the —— who we are and where we are, new york is an international icon and force an

international target. terrorism only works if you let it work. what they are trying to do is scare us and destabilise us and we will not allow that to happen. we are new yorkers. we are smart. we are tough. we are a resilient people who will not allow these terrorist thugs to change the way we live our lives. they fail u nless we way we live our lives. they fail unless we allow them to win. and we will not allow them to win. now, as the commissioner said, you will see increased police presence from the nypd, state police, mpa police, port authority police, you shouldn't be alarmed. there will be more police on subways and on the streets and at crossings, as the mayor said it's not because we know of any specific

threat, it is just a precaution because we are smart and because we have the best talent on the globe when it comes to this. so, we will ta ke when it comes to this. so, we will take every precaution that we can. but we will not let terrorism win. not today, not ever. thank you. that latest briefing in new york city to say that they live explosive device has been removed from the offices of cnn. there was white powder in it, according to what we were hearing there. but stressing, all the authorities, we have heard from the nypd, the police department and the mayor among others, stressing that there was no credible, specific threat anywhere else. the package has been removed from the cnn building, safely removed. more

tensions in the world than usual, is what we were hearing. this is the world we live in. however, stressing that there are no other threats, awareness that there are threats anywhere else. we will very much keep an eye on that developing situation in new york city. we will pause now. the six o'clock news is coming up. we will pause for the weather prospects with nick miller. lovely su nset lovely sunset for some parts of the uk today after what has been a lovely one day. this is a view from earlier today and it's been a gorgeous day across many parts of the uk. but things are about to change as we look at the longer forecast. some outbreaks of rain in western scotland, patchy in nature overnight. a lot of cloud drifting in across the uk from the atlantic.

some spells in eastern parts, more some spells in eastern parts, more so towards north—east england. no frost. a bit of patchy mist and fog across southern parts of the uk tomorrow where winds are lighter. we're not going to see as much sunshine tomorrow. still some sunny spells across eastern parts. the rain gathering becoming more heavy and persistent across the afternoon. this is a cold front, it will sweep away the mild air tomorrow and turn things very different by the end of friday. the start of friday for some. the cold arctic air plunging southwards. not a huge amount of rain on it by friday. showers that followed with areas exposed to northerly winds experiencing wintry

showers. foremost, a dry day with some sunshine. clean, crisp, great visibility but temperatures much lower than have been. they stay low into the weekend. predominantly coastal showers, a future inland. that's the wind, from the north, quite a brisk wind, as well. it has an impact on the feel of the weather. hardly anybody getting into double figures. it will feel like mid—low single figures. not the cold est mid—low single figures. not the coldest weather we've had but after the weather we've had it will feel very cold indeed. to sum up, dry with some sunshine, wintry showers on hills in northern britain will stop where it is clear, some frost and some i swear it has been wet. the headquarters of the news

broadcaster cnn were evacuated in new york with police telling people nearby to take shelter. we are fine, thanks to the men and women of the secret service, who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it made its way to our home. tonight, the mayor of new york has described the packages backs —— as a cts described the packages backs —— as acts of terror. we will have the latest. also tonight. the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi. saudia arabia's crown prince salman finally speaks out and says those responsible will be brought tojustice. so—called gagging clauses under fire, as the prime minister says