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this is you know we newsline from girl and evolving explanation new video of slain a saudi journalist from official she emerges as the kingdom doubles down and denies the crown prince's evolvement turkey's president is tightening the screws and promising to reveal just how she died also coming up u.s. national security advisor john bolton is in moscow for talks and threats of a new arms race and all this after washington said it's ready to cool out of a historic treaty on intermediate range nuclear missiles and president trump says
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thousands of central american migrants marching toward the u.s. border are a national emergency he says he's putting the u.s. military and good or guards on alert. thank you so much for your company everyone where we begin our broadcast with saudi arabia's evolving explanation of how saudi journalist from official she was killed turkey's ruling party has said she was the victim of a monstrously planned murder at the hands of riyadh saudi arabia meanwhile says she died in a brawl in the saudi consulates and now u.s. broadcaster c.n.n. has released c.c.t.v. footage which it says shows a saudi operative dressed in kushal she's close. leaving the consulate on the day
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he was killed c.n.n. quotes a turkish official saying the man was brought in to act as a body double in a separate development and apparently abandoned car belonging to the saudi consulate has been found in an estimable parking garage turkish president richard type area one is said to present details of the investigation to the turkish parliament on shoes day. also help shed some light on all this let's cross over to d.w. correspond to yulia han in istanbul for you yulia first to that video that's been released by c.n.n. what exactly does that purport to show and what does it mean for the ongoing investigation. well yes later this is one of the latest pieces of evidence in this very complex and mysterious puzzle security camera footage obtained by c.n.n. showing a man apparently disguised as jamal leaving the saudi consulate here in istanbul
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through the back axid this a man we're seeing there is reportedly dressed in mr suit with a fake beard and glasses we see him leaving the consulate then taking a taxi to the world famous sultan ahmed mosque here in istanbul and then according to this foods we see him going into a public bathroom and then reappearing in a different outfit now turkish officials seem to believe he was a body doable and part of a fifteen member team from saudi arabia civically to istanbul to target saudi writer jamal khashoggi they also seem to believe this charade was part of the plan from the very beginning you have been citing an a.k.p. spokesperson there saying it was a seven planned killing that were his words and he believes that africa had been made to cover it up now let's briefly recall the saudi narrative here after two weeks of denying any involvement in mr disappearance they later admitted he was
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killed at the consulate but blamed his death on a fist fight a war a chokehold in another version they now say it was a rogue operation without any involvement of the saudi leadership. here we've also heard that a car belonging to the saudi consulate has been found in a park car park in istanbul what more can you tell us about the. well according to turkish media reports this car has a diplomatic plates suggesting it belongs to the saudi consulate here in istanbul it was found abandoned in a parking lot in the sultan ghazi district here in istanbul which is about fifteen kilometers away from the consulate investigators are expected to search it now but the reports say this car matches one of the cars seen outside the saudi consulate that day mr. disappeared so this car as far as the theories go go here might have even been used to dispose of his body. in conclusion. the new
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development president and one has announced he will reveal details of the investigation in a speech in parliament on tuesday firmly get go there has been this drip drip drip of information being leaked by turkey why not just release what they know now well that's the big question of course maybe to keep the attention alive but for everyone as journalists as well covering the story it gets more complicated by the day more complex it's more difficult to distinguish facts from fiction so we really waiting for the statement by president out on the big question is of course what will he say will he openly blame the saudis of murder he has so far refrain from doing so or will he as some theories go adopt the narrative of the rogue operation the saudis are trying to as stablish in exchange for some kind of deal the
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spokesperson of his party it today denied these claims that there are some kind of negotiations going on between turkey and saudi arabia but of course all eyes on turkey tomorrow all eyes on this out on they are in the driver seat at the moment in the story here leon reporting from istanbul thank you. u.s. national security adviser john bolton is in moscow for what are expected to be tough talks on arms control a softer the top administration announced it would pull out of a nuclear arms deal with russia dating back to the cold war president trump has accused moscow of violating the treaty russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned of consequences we just witnessed that it was the shits but it's you know i just don't wish to start again actions that in face of reactions. because true teachings stability can only be ensured when there is heresy it would be sure hope so yet still we are still with us there is
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a parent who must be maintained under all circumstances that those are your tickets that's all you do that it's responsible for global stability and expect that the u.s. won't renounce their share of that responsibility either listable reaction there from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov all right let's take you now to moscow to do w's a correspondent there and we share when she is standing by good to see you and u.s. national security adviser john bolton in moscow where you are scheduled to meet with putin and lab rough what can we expect from those talks. well a lot of arms control will certainly be one of the main topics that will be under discussion today and tomorrow the kremlin spokesperson to meet if you scoff said that putin and bolton will certainly be discussing the i.n.f. treaty and the topic is also on the table today bolton has already met. russia's security council head and the u.s.
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embassy said that they also discussed arms control and lavrov has also said that that will be an important topic but though this is on the table it doesn't seem there is much cause for optimism bolton himself has. shown that he's kind of in he opposes these arms treaties and the russian military expert today told me that russia also thinks that they're actually bad for the country he said that putin came out criticizing this agreement in the past and that actually trump has literally taking taken this decision off his hands now emily the e.u. is significantly alarmed by trump's statement and urges both sides to preserve the ins the treaty as it's known for short which is crucial for this continent to europe and global security let's take a quick look at what the agreement is about and then we'll continue our conversation at the other end of it. the nineteen eighty seven intermediate range
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nuclear forces treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by suvi to mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven the treaty replied the u.s. and the soviet union to give up all of the nuclear and conventional ground launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of five hundred to fifty five hundred kilometers it marked the first time the superpower was had agreed to reduce the nuclear arsenals and eliminate an entire category of nuclear weapons. as a result of the irony of treaty the u.s. and the soviet union destroyed a total of two thousand six hundred ninety two short medium and intermediate range missiles by the treaties implementation deadline of the first of june in one thousand nine hundred one and only this is by all accounts a historic treaty now president trump has accused russia of repeatedly violating
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this i.m.f. agreement his predecessor president obama made similar accusations when he was in office is moscow not abiding by the terms of this treaty well a lot what's happening here is that the u.s. says russia is testing and deploying an intermediate range cruise missile which is prohibited under this nuclear arms agreement russia denies that the missile could actually fly that far which would mean that it doesn't fall under the treaty and as you say these are new accusations u.s. leveled similar accusations against russia under the obama administration and nato has also expressed its concern that russia might be violating the agreement but considering how important the agreement is which we just saw how historic it is and how it has basically provided the foundations first post cold war security in europe and in the world you might even say the question is whether pulling out is
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really the solution and experts say that perhaps russia could have been brought into line and into the agreement in another way for it to be continued and we sure when that reporting from moscow russia thank you. like to bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. but number of people killed in a coal mine accident in eastern china has climbed to three state media says eighteen people remain trapped underground two days after part of a tunnel collapsed in the mine and more than one hundred fifty rescuers are involved in the recovery operation. nineteen people are dead and dozens more injured after two buses crashed in the east in punjab pakistan police say both buses were speeding when they collided twelve members of one family died in the accident and authorities say the death toll may rise. a major hail storm brought flooding and traffic destruction to rome on sunday night across the italian
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capital drivers were forced to abandon their cars and thick sheets of ice left behind by the storm floodwaters also retaliate with the world's freezing weather system followed a period of unseasonably warm weather. u.s. president donald trump says a caravan of central american migrants heading toward the country's southern border is a national emergency and it's put the military and border guards on alert he's also threatening to cut foreign aid to the region thousands of mostly hundred migrants fleeing violence and poverty have reached southern mexico and could trek to the u.s. border within a month. they feel safer traveling in a large group they say they're in their thousands men women children many are suffering from dehydration stomach infections and foot injuries from their long
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journey. but most have one goal in mind to reach the united states for a chance at a brighter future. even if they can execute should lead to strew and support us. we're not coming here we want to go here. we need transportation if we go without food for three days it's not a problem the united states should open its doors to let us work even if it's just for six years and that's it. in the southern mexican town of touch but surely one sunday sympathetic villagers offered exhausted migrants food water and clothing. the migrants had walked thirty kilometers in the blazing sun from the guatemalan border many of them without any provisions hundreds of locals driving vans and trucks stopped to let them climb aboard. the mexican authorities have been urging the migrants to apply for asylum in mexico and offered to bus them to
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a shelter set up by immigration officials but most refused fearing they would be deported. since the convoy formed last week u.s. president donald trump has been threatening to call in the military to close the border with mexico and we're going to have the military stationed there not coming into this country. in a tweet trump send the migrants should apply for asylum in mexico first otherwise the u.s. would turn them away he also threatened to cut off aid to one duras guatemala and el salvador. but the migrants are undeterred whatever hardships they may face along their journey many see that life back home is much worse with rampant violence poverty and hopelessness. to accompany it and before i let you go just a reminder of our main headline this hour a top official from turkey's governing a k party says the killing of
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a saudi journalist or mushy at his country's istanbul consulate was planned in a savage matter and world leaders have questioned saudi claims that the killing was an accident thank you so much washington but you know it isn't like a rock and girl anymore coming up at the top of the hour for now thank you so much for spending this part of new day with us. who've been fighting for decades to be taken seriously in the world of war here's what's coming up. women's talk on t w they do the female superhero funimation smart women smart talks smart station and legend please and by no means missed out on it we're increasingly dangerous time to make sure moments.

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