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well you. this. from berlin tonight the endangered journalist around the world reporters being targeted. for daring to dissent the salty journalism all concert she was a known critic of these salty. turkey believes he was murdered inside the solti consulate investigators are now searching these all the consul's residence possibly looking for a body it has been a year since malta as best known investigative journalist was killed by a car bomb police charged three men with murder but critics say the people who
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ordered the are still at large and are being protected and the trial of german journalists most all of a total of resumes in turkey on charges that critics say are politically motivated . it's good to have you with those turkish police tonight are searching the home of the solti console in is stamboul the diplomats the consul himself reportedly however has left the country raising speculation that he has fled the search is part of the investigation into the whereabouts of missing journalist jamal. who has not been seen since he entered the saudi consulate two weeks ago saudi arabia has come under intense international pressure to explain what happened to the missing.
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this car is purported to be carrying the saudi consul in istanbul as he left his residence on choose day. turkish officials mohammed to be one of riyadh's chief diplomats to turkey then traveled to saudi arabia on an unannounced trip. his istanbul home is now part of turkey's official investigation into that this appearance of saudi journalist and critic of the oil rich kingdom jamal khashoggi investigators were allowed to search the saudi arabian consulate building on monday work a shock she was last seen on october second but only after saudi officials and a team of cleaners armed with mops had been let in turkish officials believe he was murdered and dismembered by hit team agra appears determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. we have to learn the fate of khashoggi
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carter how he went missing in the saudi consulate the whole world has turned their eyes to us and are wondering if there is a human being there it's important that he's a journalist but more importantly he's a human being and we have to solve this issue. also on tuesday u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or travel to riyadh for crisis talks with king solomon and other saudi leaders the kingdom faces mounting pressure to explain the fate of who is a u.s. resident riyadh has been denying any involvement in the journalist's disappearance despite growing international pressure but a number of u.s. media sources say the saudis are preparing to admit that khashoggi died during an interrogation at the consulate that went wrong. we'll travel to turkey on wednesday . our correspondent dorian jones he is on the story for us tonight in istanbul good
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evening to you dorian let's start with the whereabouts of the syrian or the saudi rather consul can we confirm that he has fled the country tonight and do we know what investigators are looking for inside his residence. media have confirmed that he has left the country where he's actually fled or has just been recalled by riyadh it's still unclear. to the death of. they say that the saudi journalist was beaten and interrogated in the. main office at the consulate in the presence of the consul general and then he was subsequently murdered and his body then with dismembered in the in the office of the consul general in itself and these forces coming from turkish sources that say they have to back their claims old of has to be said this is an anonymous source and riyadh is. but it does appear that the investigators are all focusing on these
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and now his residence possibly looking for the remains of the body which is believed to have been dismembered and we confirmed that they are looking for the remains of the journalist. remains the chopped up remains may actually be inside the consul's residence. well i mean there are a lot of unknowns about this and it's a pretty dreadful and my carb story but i mean there's been so many sources being anonymous sources from the turkish investigation they have been pointing to the fact that they believe that one possible scenario is that after the body was dismembered it was dissolved in caustic soda that was one scenario that's been put forward and in fact the turkish president speaking today said they were looking a toxic substances that were found at the saudi consulate possible indication that they are following that possibly may not be anything left there's also talk that
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they even sewers have been examined underneath the consulate and the saudi residence to look for the possible remains of the body it is a truly dreadful mccullagh story and there's all the people concerned that they may never even find any remains of this saudi journalist the u.s. president don't trump for saying again that the saudi king and the crown prince saying that they know nothing about what happened inside the consul's residence in is still on board at the same time the u.s. secretary of state mike pumping he is due to travel to turkey tomorrow after meeting with the soul of the keen do we know what role he could play in this. the tragic story of this dark investigation. well that very difficult to say the very little is being said of secretary of state. meetings with the saudi king and the crown prince other than saying that they are both committed to a transparent investigation there is growing speculation that the possible creation
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of a way out of diplomatic out for riyadh is being created these ongoing reports from the american media that riyadh at some point will acknowledge to have responsibility in the deaths saying it was a botched interrogation carried out possibly by rogue agents president trump has a loose elucidated to that scenario and interestingly also advises lead to the turkish president for several days to have said that this is a possibility it's all in the case of possibly pump a visit to her will be part of the diplomatic corps graphy to create a diplomatic out for riyadh at what price what price we had will have to pay for that remains to be seen and whether they will take that opportunity. or corresponded dorian jones on the story for us tonight is stamboul doria thank you. a one million euro reward for information on who ordered the murder of his best known journalist is still available a year after her death daphne. was killed in
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a car bomb attack three hundred sixty five days ago today and occasion marked by a vigil at the site where she was killed in a car bombing in december police charged three men with believes she is murder but critics believe the people who ordered the attack are still at large and that they are being protected use. reports tonight from. remembering her hero one year after her murder activist meant the journalist death . on the activities of the corrupt and criminal. why did she have to die she did not die because she lied she died because she told the truth and she was uncovering too many uncomfortable truths for too many people this is the spot where karen was assassinated just after three pm on the sixteenth
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of october twenty seventeen she was driving down this hill one remote controlled bomb detonated under her seat the explosion through her be off the road and into this field this memorial at the side of the nation pays tribute to the journalist asked the powerful of this country difficult questions questions. government corruption and the breakdown of the rule of law these questions haven't gone away and neither has the question who wanted. that in the first place. police were quick to arrest three man suspected of planting the bomb. still no closer to finding the ringleaders those who ordered these hired to kill the journalist concerned are growing over the rule of law. parliamentarians mangold visited the island on a fact finding mission for brussels after all what's happened i have of course no
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trust in the multis all forward to use the real murders and they have not been found and we learned during the delegation that some evidence so. far has made many powerful enemies some suspect that the investigation into her death important leads have not been followed and in another step back. magistrate in charge of the investigation was promoted and taken off the case as minister of justice insists that everything is being done. no no no do police is doing it such most do it to solve this horrendous marriage there and i have to congratulate him for different from testing whether they are doing. outside the ministry of justice is one of many activists who say that there is a conspiracy of silence around the investigation they have brought over the flowers and candles and we have laid them at the cemetery of freedom of speech this is
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where freedom of speech has come to die the activists say that they will keep on fighting until those responsible for the matter of deafening car on my god are found and brought to justice. for the trial of german journalists mazola told resumed in turkey today that she and her husband are facing charges of publishing terrorist propaganda and of being members of a terrorist group they were among tens of thousands of people detained after turkey's failed coup attempt back in twenty sixteen after spending seven months in a turkish prison misawa told who was allowed to return to germany her husband was not. michele a tolu was relieved following the court proceeding the judge lifted the travel ban that prevented her husband from leaving the country she had come to turkey to advocate for him now the couple can travel to germany and be together with their three year old son gets us to my country i now we can be safely together again in
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germany for the first time and we might be able to process this two year ordeal as a family and strike out on a new path. and it's not invade and. this legal process has been going on for more than one and a half years we were both in pretrial custody for eight months being allowed to travel outside the country is long overdue but the couple could face up to fifteen years in jail the proceedings will continue in january the two are accused of being members of a terrorist organization but observers are skeptical. finished input first of all but all together the prosecution lacks any constitutional basis this relaxing of constraints is not an indication of due process. the german consul general was on hand to congratulate them but michelle a total who has not yet decided whether she will return for the next round of judicial proceedings. well here's some of the other stories now that are making
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headlines around the world european council president have demanded british prime minister to resign may make quote concrete proposals for ending the break sit impasse this is made cabinet has been meeting in london to prepare for the two day summit of the e.u. used twenty eight leaders which begins on wednesday in brussels officials in morocco say at least six people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train derailment near the capital robot so the train was traveling on the busy coastal wind connecting the capital to the town can each of the calls of the incidents is being investigated a new study suggests that female lawmakers in europe experience widespread sexual harassment the independent enter parliament terry union says that nearly half of more than one hundred twenty women interviewed in forty five countries reported being threatened with sexual and physical violence most also said that comments had
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been made about their appearance. fee and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you turkish police are searching the home of these all the console in stamboul as part of the investigation into missing journalist jamal thanks so the consul has left the country fueling speculation that he fled to turkey believes that it was murdered in the saudi consul that two weeks ago. i don't forget you can always get your news on the go just download from google play or from the store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use with to send us photos and videos when you see news happening. you're watching live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more bold new followed by the day tonight an in-depth look at journalists around the world being. targeted and being killed for trying to
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