welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: reports in the us that the cia believes saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi, in istanbul. more than a thousand people now reported as missing in california's deadliest wildfire. 71 people are confirmed to have died. it's thought many of the missing are elderly. written, but not submitted. president trump says he's finished writing his answers to questions posed by the mueller inquiry into alleged russian election meddling. the british prime minister tries to sell her brexit deal, but the bbc understands that five of her top ministers want her to make changes. and he was the king of rock ‘n‘ roll. now, a0 years after his death, elvis presley is awarded america's highest civilian honour. hello and welcome.

the cia believes that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us. it follows a detailed assessment of evidence by the intelligence agency. however saudi arabia has called the claim false and insists the crown prince knew nothing of the plans to carry out the killing. our washington correspondent chris buckler gave us his assessment of the report. what more can you tell us? the cia has been looking at details of the evidence that is available and coming up with this assessment. is important to say it is an assessment but it is the most detailed report that they have gathered a doubt jamaal kircher g's murder. while there is no direct evidence that

muhamed prince albert ordered the murder of him, it comes up with the conclusion that that is what the cia believes based on what they know. there is some evidence that we understand is in this particular report, including details of a phone call, according to a report by the washington post. that phonecalls allegedly made like mohammed bin salman‘s robert to jamal khashoggi, reassuring him that he would be safe going to be consulate in istanbul, where he was killed. he was going to visit the consulate to get papers for his marriage, the belief is that the crown prince's brother told him that he would be safe. while there isa that he would be safe. while there is a suggestion that he would be killed, it does leave a link to his brother, mohammed bin salman himself. there was a phone call allegedly made one of the crown crisp‘s top aides by one of those involved in the murder itself. a p pa re ntly involved in the murder itself. apparently that calls made by the istanbul consulate directly to that top paid shortly after that murder

took less. what are the implications if these reports are to be confirmed, of the relationship now between the cia and the white house and the white house and saudi arabia? well, there was undoubtably tension between riyadh and washington, we have seen that over the last six weeks and we have seen us tried to distance itself from saudi arabia over the war in yemen, not providing support it once provided and calling for them to go to the negotiating table to get that saudi led coalition around the table to solve the war in yemen. i think it will put more pressure on. saudi arabia were rightly say at this stage that they believe this is the case, show us the evidence, they say, believing ultimately that these claims are false. but there is undoubtedly going to be more pressure in the us, in washington and on administration to take action against saudi arabia. has been some action to this point, sanctions have

been placed on 17 saudi individuals that they believe were involved in the killing. but congress is going to put russia on for more and the cia report is certainly going to give them some were breached to call for that to happen. thank you very much. giving us the latest on the case on the death of jamal giving us the latest on the case on the death ofjamal khashoggi. the death toll in the northern california wildfire has risen to 71 after the discovery of eight more victims. authorities say the number reported missing could be as high as 1,000 although there are warnings there could be duplicate names on the list. meanwhile, monitoring groups report the area's air quality has become the worst in the world as the state battles the devastating blaze. the famous golden gate bridge in san franciso is barely visible through this thick cloud of smog which now blankets the region. air quality network purple air says the air is now worse than cities in india or china. dave lee has more from paradise, in northern california.

we have been here a few days now and still the sight of such dedication page you by surprise. still the areas of thick with smoke because the fire is still burning. that there is travelling over 100 miles down to san francisco, where schools have been closed and businesses have shut because the error is simply too thick for people to be comfortable. what we are seeing around this area todayis what we are seeing around this area today is the search process, trying today is the search process, trying to find remains of some of those more than 600 people who are still unaccounted for. it is long process, it requires teams to go in, pulling off roost to get access to the houses so that the dogs are able to find human remains at. the next

thing comes in from the coroner ‘s office and will start the painstaking process of trying to identify the dead. many of those who did get out our still in shelters, hundreds of them, and they will be a waiting the visit of president trump on saturday. he will have to answer questions about what is go to happen next for all of those people who had those homes completely destroyed. in the past, trump has said that wildfires are not the result of climate change, but instead bad forestry management. i think the people who are affected by this, they don't care about the cause, what they want to know is what the president is going to do to help get their lives back on track. president trump says he has personally finished writing his answers to questions posed by the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the last us presidential election. mr trump said he had not yet submitted the responses because he'd been very busy. he again denounced the investigation as a witch hunt. there should have never been any mueller investigation because there was never

anything done wrong. there is no collusion, there never has been, you would have known about it long ago if there was. they shouldn't have had it. they wasted millions and millions of dollars. there should have have never been a so—called investigation, which in theory, it is not an investigation of me. as far as i am concerned, i like to take everything personally because you do better that way. the witch—hunt, as i call it, should never have taken place. it continues to go on. i imagine it is ending now, from what i hear, it's ending. and i am sure it will bejust fine. do you know why it will be just fine? because there was no collusion. the british prime minister will try to sell her brexit deal to conservative party members, and the wider public, over the weekend. but five of theresa may's leave—supporting cabinet ministers are likely to press for further changes before a special eu summit later this month. that's despite the eu saying earlier it wouldn't agree to further ammendments.

0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. this weekend, theresa may will take to newspapers, television and social media to try and sell her brexit proposal to the public. but she may have a tougher task selling it to her party. if 48 of her mps call for it, she will face a vote of no—confidence. last night she called dozens of leading lights in local parties to try and persuade them to support her. and one of her allies has returned to the cabinet with this message. this is not a time for changing our leader. this is a time for pulling together, for making sure that we remember who we are here to serve and to help, the whole of the country. i worry sometimes that my colleagues are too concerned about the westminster bubble rather than keeping their eye on what ourjob is, to serve people. but other cabinet members are not quite as supportive. five leading leave campaigners including michael gove, andrea leadsom and liam fox will meet within days to call for further changes to the brexit deal. if the prime minister

or the eu will not give away, then further resignations can not be ruled out. so far, theresa may has confounded conventional wisdom by surviving a series of setbacks. any further loss of support could leave her vulnerable. china's president xijingping has told a summit of world and business leaders in papua new guinea that protectionism is ‘doomed to fail‘ — and hampering global growth. he's joined other asia—pacific leaders in pushing free trade at this weekend's apec summit in the pacific island nation. translation: the world today is going through major development and transformation and change. while economic globalisation surges forward, global growth is shadowed by protectionism and unilateralism. president trump has stayed

away from the summit, instead sending his vice president, mike pence. he's been defending washington's trade war with china — saying it won't end until beijing changes its policies. they have tremendous barriers and tremendous policies and they engage in quotas for technology transfer, intellectual property theft, industrial subsidy on an unprecedented scale. such action has contributed to a $375 billion trade deficit with the united states last year alone. as the president said today, that has all changed now. we have taken decisive action to address the trade imbalance with china. we put tariffs on $250 billion of chinese good and we could more than double that number. but we hope for better. the united states, however, will not change course until china

changes its ways. the un says both sides in the war in yemen, which has triggered a vast humanitarian crisis, have promised to attend peace talks soon in sweden. the un's envoy to yemen, martin griffiths, told the security council the commitment could be a crucial moment in the war between the government and houthi rebels. i have received some assurances from the leadership of the yen many parties, the government of yemen, that they are committed to get attending these consultations. i believe they are genuine and i expect them to continue in that way and to appear for those consultations and indeed, so do the yemeni people, who are desperate for a local solution in a war in which they are the main victims. 0ur correspondent nada twafik, who's at the united nations headquarters in new york, gave us her assessment

of the announcement. according to martin griffiths it is a major development, we have to remember that in september there were peace talks planned in geneva, and they collapsed when the houthi delegation did not turn up and made last—minute demands. what martin griffiths said to the security council is that the increased international concern about what is happening in yemen led the parties to recommit to these talks. it was not long ago when the united states and britain and other western powers said they wanted a ceasefire and political talks to get under way. martin griffiths said he will be travelling to yemen next week to finalise logistics. he said he would even escort the houthi delegation to sweden himself to make sure the talks take place. he also said there was a lot of progress made on other issues including the exchange of prisoners and also the critical issue of the hodeida port which is responsible for 80% of yemen's imports, until a deal is reached. stay with us on bbc news,

still to come: oh boy! the world's most famous rodent turns 90 this weekend, and he's just as popular as ever. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. she has asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening the country's remaining whites only beaches to people of all races.

this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the cia believes that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us. the number of people missing in california's deadliest wildfire has risen to more than 1000. 71 people are confirmed to have died. it's thought many of the people missing are elderly. some breaking news now, argentina's

armada has found a submarine just over a year ago with 44 people on board. you might remember that submarine was returning from a routine mission to the southernmost tip of the country in 2017 when it reported an electrical breakdown on the morning of november 15, it was ordered back to base but the crew was not heard from again. a ceremony to mark a year since the tragedy earlier this week, the president vowed to keep up the search for the missing saab, it looks like they may have found it, argentina's armada tweeting that it found the submarine that went missing just over a year ago with 44 people on board, we will keep across that as it develops. let's return to one of our main stories — the political turmoil in britain over brexit. one key issue is the invisible border between northern ireland, which is part of the uk,

and the republic of irealand, part of the eu. the chief constable of northern ireland has rejected claims that threats to security at this border are being exaggerated. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page begins his exclusive report on patrol with an officer based in the south of county armagh. six zero, six zero. radio: two boys made off in a van across the border, windscreen smashed. we have got proof they've taken drugs. 0n the uk's only land frontier, police are on the front line. 0fficers routinely patrol in a convoy of four armoured cars. they are conscious of the risk of being rammed or trapped on narrow roads by cross—border criminals. crime gangs and individuals use the border as a way of evading capture by police. we have good cooperation with our colleagues in the south, but we cannot cross the border because we're carrying firearms. so, if you are involved in a pursuit and the car goes across the border somewhere like this...

that's it. that's us stopped. and then would the police force in the irish republic pick up the pursuit? yes, they would pick it up. even in recent years, paramilitaries have targeted police with murderous intent. you can see the hedge line and the hedge line is the border. they planted a landmine here and they used the border conveniently to get away. the police service of northern ireland says its task is set to become even more demanding. it is recruiting around 100 extra officers to prepare for brexit and is likely to ask the government to fund more. the chief constable is hoping for a brexit deal, but thinks that would not solve all the issues. even a deal scenario, you know, we would need to try to work out and protect the likely responses to it. there are people in the brexit debate who will say that the threat of violence at the border, or the threat to stability in northern ireland is being exaggerated. what are your thoughts on that? those that say that we or others are overplaying the border of brexit in policing terms,

they are simply wrong. history tells us that these issues around identity and people's position, as irish citizens all british citizens or both, all of that plays out at times into increasing tension. and the man in charge of the police in the irish republic says any increase in organised crime like smuggling would benefit dissident republicans who are opposed to the peace process. one of the principal issues might be about driving funding for terrorist groups. but also then they will wish to use any difference in the border arrangement as a rallying call to their campaigns. in spite of the continuing threat, the border beat‘s changed remarkably since the frontier looked like this. no—one is expecting military watchtowers to return, but police who built up relationships with previously hostile communities hope the gains of relative peace will be protected. i'm not a politician, i'm a police officer.

but small decisions that are made can have massive implications for me working along the border. without seeing this, you perhaps don't realise what it's really like. let's get some of the day's other news. ten days after the midterm elections in the united states, the democratic party candidate who hoped to become the country's first black female governor has acknowledged that her republican rival will be sworn in. stacey abrams says she's run out of legal options to challenge the outcome of the contest in georgia. the official result has yet to be declared. in florida, a manual recount of votes in the race for a senate seat is under way, more than a week after voting took place in the us midterm elections. an initial, electronic recount revealed that the margin of victory for the republican candidate, rick scott, was less than 0.25% over his democrat challenger. more than a0 years after his death, the king of rock ‘n‘ roll,

elvis presley, has been awarded america's highest civilian honour. he's among seven recipients at president donald trump's first medal of freedom ceremony since taking office. gareth barlow reports. # down the end of lonely street at heartbreak hotel. ..# an icon, a legend, the king of rock ‘n‘ roll: elvis presley led a music revolution, and over a0 years after his death, he's still winning awards. # for brokenhearted lovers...# the man behind hound dog and heartbreak hotel was among seven recipients of the presidential medal of freedom, america's highest civilian honour. elvis presley remains an enduring and beloved american icon. the united states is honoured to honour this legend. jack soden, president

of elvis presley enterprises collected the medal on the king's behalf. one of the most beloved artists and most enduring cultural icons that has ever lived. the king of rock ‘n‘ roll — the true king, and you have to say that — elvis aaron presley. among the other recipients in the white house were the 20th—century baseball legend babe ruth and the late supreme courtjustice antonin scalia. elvis presley now joins other music legends, like ella fitzgerald and bob dylan, in winning one of the nation's highest awards — a true sign that he remains one of america's — and music's — biggest stars. mickey mouse is celebrating a milestone on sunday — his 90th birthday. the disney character first appeared

on the big screen in 1928, and then went on to become the company mascot. he's now one of the most successful cartoon characters of all time. and there's no chance of slowing him down — even in old age. peter bowes reports from los angeles. the world's most famous mouse. whistling through his debut film steamboat willie in 1928.” whistling through his debut film steamboat willie in 1928. i only hope we never lose sight of one thing, but it was all started by a mouse. mickey mouse was created in the first drawn by walt disney himself. he went on to appear in more than 130 films. his distinctive appearance often changing with the times. they were cartoons that forever changed the entertainment landscape. some silent film

comedians when animated is —— animations started to be popular said things like, charlie chaplin said things like, charlie chaplin said "how can we even compete? they don't have to stop to take a breath." and animation character can literally do anything that you can make physically believable. i think mickey is the embodiment of that. the first mickey mouse comic strips we re the first mickey mouse comic strips were published in the early 1930s and they were drawn at this desk by the legendary animator floyd got britain. —— gottfriedson. mickey mouse is far from britain. —— gottfriedson. mickey mouse is farfrom history. at 90 yea rs mouse is farfrom history. at 90 years alive and well on screen and at disney theme parks around the world. he is real, there is only one mickey, you can see him, he plays the role of many. at the start of their day it will want to give him a ha rd their day it will want to give him a

hard or they can see him in the parade or a show, mickey is the easiest guy to work with, i'm glad he's my boss. at 90, he has incredible stamina. it is that disney magic, walt disney sprinkled that magic across our parks and it keeps us young at heart. it takes you back to watching cartoons on a saturday morning and mickey mouse was always that cartoon, even as it has evolved at mickey mouse has evolved over the years, he is that classic character that brings happy memories. for a company built on the image and fortunes of a mouse, a cartoon character is an invaluable asset. mickey is a mouse of many talents. he is the company mascot and here at disneyland he has taken pa rt and here at disneyland he has taken part in countless parades and ceremonies over the past 60 years or more. but one of his mainjob is it supposed to photographs, isn't it? good job. you are not looking your rage. you looking pretty good. the timeless of a lot of mickey mouse.

—— allure. now let me show you some pictures coming in from portugal — hosts of the world surf league's big wave tour at the country's famous surf venue, nazare. this year's title was taken out by south african surfer grant ‘twiggy‘ baker. he played it safe during the opening rounds, and peaked atjust the right time to catch this massive 40—foot wave, riding it to victory. a reminder of our top story. the cia believes that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us. graduate websites are much more. —— go to our website for much more. hello.

some of us got to see sunshine on friday but for many more the day was spent under cloud shrouded in mist and murk. but as we progress through the weekend, more and more of us will see that sunshine. with that though, it will start to turn chilly. high pressure anchored across the heart of europe, winds moving high pressure around in a clockwise direction, that gives us a south—easterly wind which will bring us some dry air. watch the cloud, it starts to break up. we will see more and more sunshine. let's look at that in more detail. a lot of cloud, some mist and murk and fog to start the day, the odd spot of drizzle. east anglia and the south—east first to emerge into brightness, northern scotland seeing some brightness, the cloud retreating westwards during the day, more and more of us see those blue skies overhead, so by lunchtime devon and cornwall and west wales might still have some cloud but for east wales, the midlands, east anglia and the south—east there should be some sunshine. similar story for north—west england. north—east england and eastern scotland, particularly around higher ground, may well keep more cloud.

it will take awhile to brighten up across northern ireland, but western and northern scotland will see some sunshine. temperatures generally around 11 or 12 degrees, but there will be a noticeable easterly breeze particularly in the south, making it feel cooler than that. into early sunday with clear skies overhead, it is going to be a cool night, probably too much of a breeze to allow things to get really cold, but your towns and cities will get down to 11—5 degrees, maybe just a bit colder than that in the countryside. getting on into sunday it is a beautiful looking day for most of us, we will see plenty of sunshine, still perhaps some cloud at times feeding into some of the eastern slopes of the pennines, parts of eastern scotland, and those temperatures, 9—12, just subtly creeping downwards. a sign of what is to come, because going into the start of the new working week, high pressure will still be sitting here, those winds moving clockwise, but that will introduce some colder air from the east and that will also bring back the cloud. more cloud around on monday,

perhaps the odd spot of drizzle, still a keen breeze particularly in the south, and the coldest feel will be in southern areas. single digits here, we may get to 10 degrees for belfast and glasgow, but it does look decidedly chilly into the middle part of the week. there will be cloud and the odd spot of drizzle, and over high ground maybe just a flake or two of something wintry. this is bbc news. the headlines: the cia believes that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi, according to reports in the us. however, saudi arabia has called the claim false and insist the crown prince knew nothing of the plans to carry out the killing. the number of people missing in california's deadliest wildfire has risen to more than 1,000, but the local sheriff said some of the names on the list might be duplicated. 71 people are confirmed to have died. it's thought many of the people

missing are elderly. donald trump says he has personally finished writing his answers to questions posed by the mueller inquiry into russian interference in the last us presidential election. mr trump said he had not yet submitted the responses because he'd been very busy. those are the latest headlines. a woman who accused a senior peer of sexually assaulting her says it's a disgrace he isn't being suspended from the house of lords.