istanbul. saudi state television reported that he died in a fight. turkeyortured by a team sent from the saudi capital, riyadh. turkey has promised to reveal every detail about the killing, and said it wouldn't accept a cover—up. president trump has tried to play down the crisis, calling the admission a "good first step". 0ur diplomatic affairs correspondent, james robbins reports. after two and a half weeks of denial, saudi arabia is changing its story. state tv announced the admission that jamal khashoggi was killed by its officials. translation: the discussions that took place between him and the individuals that met with him during his presence in the saudi consulate in istanbul led to an argument and a fist fight with jamal khashoggi, which led to his death. that's also the admission of a big saudi lie. previous insistence that the journalist didn't just walk into the consulate, he left safely, too. many believe the killing could only have happened with the permission of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman and that the new story of a fight rather th

saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi was killed in its consulate in istanbul. turkey vows to reveal all details, and president trump says he wants an explanation. iam not i am not satisfied until we find the answer, but it was a big first step, it was a good first step, but i want to get to the answer. there are other things that can be done, including sanctions. also coming up this hour: bepicolombo blasts off. two satellites developed in europe and japan are on their way to the planet mercury. it is hoped that together they can resolve the puzzles of the mysterious planet closest to the sun. prince harry has opened the fourth invictus games in sydney, dedicating them to all veterans who have served in dangerous conflicts. when all of you compete over the next week, remember that you do so not just for yourselves, not just for yourfamilies, not not just for yourselves, not just foryourfamilies, notjust not just for yourselves, not just for your families, not just for your nations. you are competing with different flags on your chest, but you are competing together fo

they were finally allowed to scour the home of the saudi consul in istanbul turkey believes the journalists body was disposed don't hear. a critic of the saudi leadership was last seen entering the nearby consulate turkish officials claim they have an ordeal recording of his much inside. a tape the u.s. president who's been accused of covering up for the saudis says he hasn't heard we've asked for if it exists drive it over nope i'm not sure yet that it exists probably does possibly they're an important ally but i want to find out what happened where is the fault and we will probably know that by the end of the week but my company is coming back we're going to walled off the top u.s. diplomat has been traveling to meet with saudi then turkish leaders. gave little away about what he'd learned about the probe on the plane home but he was recorded saying deserve more time. i keep hearing that we're giving them some benefit of the doubt they're going to do an investigation. and when the investigation comes out will a value weighted it's not about benefit of the doubt it's that it is reasonable

former saudi journalist jamal khashoggi who disappeared after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey trying to get a marriage license well now reports from turkish authorities are that the worst case scenario feared by many has they say occurred that mr is dead killed in a consulate in peru in a premeditated attack if this proves to be true it raises all kinds of questions about future relations with the saudis and how that might impact barrak on a me and others here to help us understand more about the circumstances and what it may mean for international relations business and finance our conservative t.v. and radio commentator steve malzberg and ali all of the men who are pleased to. obviously director of the gulf institute thank you both for being here steve let's start with you give us a brief summary we spoke a little bit about this last week when we were talking about saudi arabia but where are we with mr kushner disappearance well of course. it was a saudi journalist who was very supportive of the monarchy and then when the prince started rounding people up and putting them un

disappearance of the saudi journalist of completed searching two saudi diplomatic buildings in istanbul turkey sources have told al jazeera that important samples been found. more now on the jamal khashoggi case the suspected killing of the saudi journalist it's now fifteen days since he entered saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul turkey as investigators suspect a fifteen man hit squad killed him rob matheson has more on some of the saudi men that have been identified by the media. these other fifteen men turkish media say are linked to the disappearance of saudi journalists as. their regional line up was first published in the turkish pro-government newspaper new york times says it's identified that some of them may have links to saudi prince muhammad bin salma knock out other lizzie's more threat is described as a diplomat assigned to the saudi embassy in london eleven years ago this is one of several photos the newspapers published showing the tread with prince solomon another man is named as. a hobby and york times says a saudi news has reported that someone with that name was promoted to

khashoggi was last seen alive entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in turkey on october 2. erdogan said a team of saudi officials had planned khashoggi's murder days in advance. during a speech before the turkish parliament erdogan , called for the saudi suspects to be tried in turkey. information and the evidence that we have so far jamalted in the case that khashoggi was slain in a vicious, violent murder, whitewashing such -- will of course injure the conscience of all humanity. and we are looking forward to the same sensitivity being demonstrated by the administration of saudi arabia and all other parties. dear friends, the saudi arabian administration took an important step by acknowledging and , and now the murder our expectation from them going forward is that all those responsible from the highest level to the lowest level will be highlighted, will be brought to justice, and will get the punishment they deserve. and there are strong signs that the incident was not a momentary issue or result of something that erupted on side, but rather the result of a planned opera

khashoggi was last seen earlier this month entering the saudi consolate in istanbul, turkey.n any developments there. >>> also breaking, a search underway for this missing 13-year-old girl after her parents are found dead in their home. authorities believe jamie kloss is in danger, working to enhance a short 911 call is what they're doing right now. the only word that can be understood is "help." police believe she was taken by somebody with a gun. they don't have any leads on a suspect at this time. a horrifying story there. an urgent health warnings about the flu. a child who did not get vaccinated has child in florida. it is the first child to die from the flu this year. 183 kids died from the flu in the u.s. last year, the deadliest season in 40 years. a terrible season. about 80% of those kids were not vaccinated according to the cdc. >>> megan hai meghan markle ande harry making their first appearance as parents to be. they visited an australian zoo, meeting their baby koala. namesake. the royal couple already receiving gifts for their little one who is expected in the

who had been living in self-imposed exile in the united states, entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, seeking a document he needed to get married. he has not been seen since. "the washington post" reports a turkish investigation has revealed that a group of about 15 saudi men traveled to istanbul to kill him as he visited the consulate. saudi officials have denied the report and say they don't know khashoggi's whereabouts. democratatic senator chris murpy of connecticut tweeted sunday -- "if this is true -- that the saudis lured a u.s. resident into their consulate and murdered him -- it should represent a fundamental break in our relationship with saudi arabia." we'll have more on this story later in the broadcast. in afghanistan, at least 54 people were killed across the country on sunday, on the 17th anniversary of the start of the u.s. invasion. the death toll in afghanistan included at least 19 afghan civilians. american and afghan airstrikes have increased in recent months as the conflict shows no sign of slowing down and the taliban remain undefeated. the united nations says t

saudi arabia admits journalist, jamal khashoggi died in its consulate in istanbul. turkeyas vowed to reveal all the details about the killing, and said it will not accept a cover—up. afghanistan has held its first set of parliamentary elections since international forces ended their combat mission in the country four years ago. the duke and duchess of sussex have attended the opening ceremony of the invictus games in sydney. the sporting event is for injured current and former servicemen and women. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political editor at the sunday mirror — nigel nelson, and political commentatorjo phillips. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we will have a chapter some of the stories with brexit dominating. the mail on sunday claims that theresa may will this week face a last—ditch fight to save her leadership as back bench mp's question her brexit strategy. the sunday telegraph leads with a piece the brexit secretary dominic raab has writen for the paper. in it he says the eu mus

saudi arabia admits journalist jamal khashoggi died in its consulate in istanbul. turkey has vowed to reveal all the details about the killing and said it will not accept a cover—up. europe and japan have launched two spacecraft on a mission to mercury. the joint project will take the probes seven years to reach their destination. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and holly hamilton. hello there. these are our headlines tonight. the red mist. manchester united throw away an injury time lead to draw at chelsea as morinho takes exception tio the the cheslea celebrations. he was very polite. he apologised immediately and after the game, as assistant also apologised, which i accept. another rain affected match in sri lanka, but there's enough cricket for england to win the one—day series. and in the headlines again — danny cipriani is sent off, as gloucester lose to munster. good evening, lots coming up for you over the next half an hour but the premier league is back with a bang, a big win for manchester city as they

the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi may have been murdered inside his country's consulate in istanbul turkeyprosecutors are widening their investigation into his disappearance after a group of saudi officials flew into istanbul and visited the consulate on the day she went missing she was last seen entering the building on tuesday the reuters news agency however says a source at saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul has denied the reports showed she was killed the consulate. he is in istanbul. talker's occurs officials are now dealing with the case of them on such a regime as a murder investigation late on saturday they had said that they had information that fifteen saudi nationals amongst them officials had flown in on tuesday on two separate flights had gone to the consulate the same time that such ill she was there and then they had left still now there has been no disclosure of the whereabouts of his body however we do understand that a funeral will take place in the coming two or three days or whether that's going to be a funeral with demands by the president or whether it will be a sym

turkey and europe fear that a majority of the three million people living here will try to flee initiating another refugee crisis preventing this will be the main goal of the political summit in istanbul. the syrian conflict is dominated by foreign powers mainly russia iran and turkey they have different interests at stake and support different sides in the conflict with weapons logistics and personnel russian president vladimir putin is president assad's closest ally russia has been taking an active part in the war since two thousand and fifteen putin wants to strengthen russia's military presence in the region syria is its sole access point to the mediterranean sea president hassan rouhani of iran is the other major assad supporter from day one to iran has supported damascus with advisors weapons and troops syria in return provides iran with a crucial route to the hezbollah militia in lebanon. yes turkish president rich one would like to topple assad supported various radical rebel groups from the start and since january turkey has had troops of its own in syria one of at of on his goals is to limit kurdish influence in the region. during recent visit to berlin german chancellor ang

the saudi government admitted that jamal khashoggi was killed at their consulate in istanbul, turkey. state television reporting discussions between khashoggi and people questioning him led to an argument. and then fighting. and a hand-to-hand fighting that led to his death. 18 people have been arrested in connection to that death by the saudis. the majority of those 18 are said to have been seen on surveillance footage at the consulate. much of it provided by the turks. saudi king bin salman fired his deputy intelligence chief and a royal advisor. president trump in arizona tonight. he's repeating he'll work with congress to couple with any appropriate consequences for saudi arabia. president trump: i would certainly make that recommendation to congress. but i would have much like to listen to what congress has to say. they feel strongly by the also. so i'll be doing this with congress. lou: the president seated there during a ceremony to sign a presidential memorandum that assures water supplies for the state of california. we'll be keeping you updated throughout the night as the st

and saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul turkey is government has also rejected allegations that they're negotiating with the kingdom about its investigation. and in the search for body police are inspecting a saudi diplomatic car found in istanbul three weeks after she disappeared meanwhile indonesia's president has joined a growing chorus of world leaders calling for a thorough investigation. told the visiting saudi foreign minister a full transparency was needed his comments echo those from germany the u.k. and frogs. the u.k. prime minister to resign may has just addressed parliament about plans to leave the european union that negotiations have been stalled over the issue of the ira sporter now dean baba is joining us from london what did the prime minister have to say. well she's been outlining what she says has been a positive. outcome from the summit last week and she says that ninety five percent she says of the withdrawal agreement and its protocols are now subtle she's talking about the deal that the u.k. must strike with the youth to avoid crushing out by the end of next marc

us that a prominent saudi journalist may have been murdered inside his country's consulate in istanbul turkey as prosecutors are widening their investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate on tuesday. but cavanagh president trump's supreme court pick has been sworn in after a contentious senate vote followed thirteen hours of intense debate for and against the candidate who was subject to an f.b.i. investigation into sexual assault allegations and flattened neighborhoods in indonesia to the way sea island may soon be declared mass graves following last week's earthquake and tsunami more than sixteen hundred people are confirmed dead and there are growing concerns about an operation to see its. at least fifty people have been killed one hundred others have suffered serious burns when a fuel tanker collided with a vehicle in the democratic republic of congo happened in the town of q some too close to the capital kinshasa president joseph kabila has now announced three days of national mourning victoria gay should be as the story. it was earl

to what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in istanbul turkey claims he was murdered something nice. and the german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies.

following the disappearance of the dissident journalist over a week ago in the saudi consulate in istanbul turkey accuses saudi arabia of torturing and killing inside the complex and say it has evidence saudi arabia calls the allegations baseless. this is the last public footage of jim out. walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul or not with this second the washington post where she is a columnist says secret audio and video footage shows the journalist was detained inside by a saudi security team who two shooting killed him and dismembered his body a turkish newspaper now claims the killing was recorded on the journalist's apple watch. his fiance had d.j. jenga is was holding his i phone outside the saudi consulate which was apparently sync to the device that reports remains unconfirmed. she who lived in self-imposed exile in the u.s. was a vocal critic of the saudi regime riyadh denies all involvement in the journalist disappearance but criticism of the regime is growing. u.s. president donald trump says there will be severe punishment if the saudis are found culpable this month the gulf k

i'm becky anderson live from the center of that mystery for you in istanbul in turkey. >> and i'm rosemary church here at cnn center where we are also following a defiant president trump who says both russia and china have been involved in election meddling. that and more coming up. you're watching cnn newsroom. >> there is no let up in the international pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. saudi arabia's king spoke with turkey's president by phone sunday about jamal khashoggi. the two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. now, khashoggi has been missing nearly two weeks. he hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in

what remains of it's absolutely ok jamal for the moment thanks very much the update there from istanbul. turkey has links saudis crown prince to the med. and they say men from his security detail are part of the fifteen member hit squad and reports from istanbul. saudi crown prince mohammed bin sound man offering condolences to the son salah who is believed to be under a travel ban and may not be acting on his own free will the facial expressions are telling the younger she reached out his hand to a man many believe was behind the murder of his father king some man who has been somewhat out of the public eye for a while is now trying to contain an international crisis that could have repercussions on the kingdom and the royal family he chaired a cabinet meeting and reiterated that those responsible for the death of the saudi journalist will be held to account ho the meeting was held just hours after president reza kind of a decline of turkey appealed to the king to act and to do what is correct. we will follow this incident until the end whatever is required by our laws and by international law

punishment of suspicions are confirmed that he was murdered and dismembered inside riyadh's embassy in istanbul turkey. germany france and britain have called for a credible investigation walked away as announced its support for saudi arabia. jordan has reopened its main border crossing with syria to civilians for the first time in three years the move restores a crucial commercial lifeline to war torn syria clearing a route for its exports to arab countries reopening comes after syrian government troops three tuck. their side of the crossing in july. he wants jailed malaysian politician on more abraham has been sworn in as member of parliament two days after a landslide by election victory this move seals his political comeback following a two thousand and fifteen sodomy conviction which he claims was politically motivated prime minister mahathir mohamad has designated him bring him as his successor. kensington palace says prince harry and his wife the duchess sussex ours expecting their first baby come spring now spent comes as harry and megan arrived in sydney at the start of a sixteen day trip to

saudi arabia claims a missing journalist died in a fistfight inside the country's consulate in istanbul turkey says it has proved it was murder.

tuesday indeed thank you very much for that child's chance stratford's reporting there live from istanbul in turkey while let's take a look at what else the technician vesa geisha has revealed so far jamal has entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second he was killed within seven minutes his body was dismembered in fifteen minutes investigators were finally allowed into the consulate almost two weeks after his show he went missing they were able to isolate exactly where the matter happened there were traces of blood found suggesting a violent death or the mutilation of his body his sources say the head squad contacted the private secretary of conference monod bin salman in saudi arabia four times during the window of time when the crime was committed this suggests the crown prince was getting updates we also know that the consul general was in the building during the time of the may day he later gave janis a tour of the consulate in a bid to prove had nothing to hide but then he left the last week this narrative leads us to believe the hit squad came to turkey with the intention to ki

i've got nistery for you from istanbul in turkey. >> i'm rosemary church here in cnn center where we are also following a defiant president trump who says he doesn't trust everyone in the white house. that and more coming up. you are watching cnn newsroom. >>> as we see mixed messaging from inside the kingdom itself, international pressure mounting on saudi arabia for answers in the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. saudi arabia's king spoke with turkey's president by phone sunday about jamal khashoggi,. the two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. now ka shhashoggi has been miss nearly two weeks. he was in the saudi consulate in istanbul. they say he was murdered inside the building, a charge the saudis vehemently deny. they expect to get more information from turkey this week. president trump has threatened severe punishment if it turns out the saudis were involved in his disappearance and responsible for his death. meg robinson has more on the deepening diplomatic crisis. >> reporter: amid escalating diplomatic tension, saudi officials

cnn's jamonika is following live in i istanbul, turkey. first, what do we know about his disappearance and the investigation that is now underway? >> reporter: well, george, it has been this past week we have been getting these conflicting reports, these different messages coming from different sides, different version, events. you mentioned we heard from senior advisor to the turkish president saying he believes that there is a strong possibility that he was killed inside the consulate. something we also heard in the past 36 hours or so coming from different media organizations also being told by a number of other senior turkish officials that this is the conclusion they are reaching. but so far we have not seen any evidence to support these allegations. you have saudi arabia, george, maintaining that this is not true. they're calling this baseless allegations. they say that he was in the consulate on tuesday and that he left afterwards. and at the same time, we're not seeing any proof of that either. you know, outside the consulate, geor

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statement, they've demanded urgent clarification over how he died in the saudi consulate in istanbul. turkey'ssident has said he will soon reveal "the truth" about what happened. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. new pictures have now emerged of jamal khashoggi walking towards the saudi consulate in istanbul, and towards his death. more and more countries are now demanding the truth, the whole truth. the saudi explanation that he died in a fist fight has been all but rejected by many governments, and where is his body? europe's three major powers have now come together to condemn the killing in the strongest possible terms. their joint statement says. .. the foreign office is pleased that europe's key powers have spoken with a single voice, but tonight britain is under additional pressure to suspend weapons sales to the saudis. chancellor angela merkel has taken a lead and called a halt to germany's arms exports. translation: although they are limited, i agree with those who say that arms sales cannot take place in the current circumstances. and saudi arabia is changing its s

to what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished have entering the saudi embassy in istanbul turkey claimed it was something riyadh denies. the office for german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria he risk losing their majority in regional elections that as the far right in the greens make the story. good evening you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international. investigation is underway into what went wrong during a failed launch of a space rocket to create a now really scary disaster on thursday just minutes into that flight. all right i know you didn't. really know the authority here to. say. anything. but. we were at the launch site doing live coverage of so i use m s ten's blast off into the cosmos we saw the rocket go into the sky the tourists that were watching friends and family other journalists they were taking pictures smiling clapping congratulating the crew on their successful blast off into the sky but then we started getting signs that something was wrong because minot aleksei off chin in and astronaut nick cake had to make an emergency land

to what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in istanbul turkey claims he was murdered something riyadh denies. and the german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria they risk losing their majority in regional elections started the far right in the greens make his story again. for joining us this evening you're watching the weekly here on out into an. investigation underway into what went wrong during a failed launch of a so you space rocket two man crew narrowly escaped disaster on thursday just minutes into that flight. q. right i know you did. you. say. we were at the launch site doing live coverage of so i use m s tens blast off into the column of america nights and so we do not see that there is a change in plan. for. almost two weeks since the mysterious disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and there's still no definitive answer as to what happened to foreign ministers from the u.k. germany and france they've issued a joint statement calling for a quote credible investigation into the case urging the saudis to pro

he was last seen nearly two weeks ago entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey. y williams is there. >> reporter: officials in turkey say they have an audio tape of jamal khashoggi being tortured and killed, according to a turkish newspaper. we cannot independently verify their reporting. the journalist visited this saudi consulate in istanbul on october 2. this surveillance video appears to show his arrival. he apparently needed paperwork to marry his turkish fiance, and when he didn'tlarm. ish official told jourhey believe khashoggi was murder i the saudi consulate. turkish media printed the names and faces of what they claim was a 15-man saudi assassination team that arrived that day and left turkey in the evening. >> so we proved that he's inside now. that is all proof. they should explain how he went out. >> reporter: saudi arabia calls the allegations baseless. khashoggi was once a saudi government insider, but went into self-imposed exile in the u.s. last year over fears for his safety. he became an outspoken critic of the saudi government and the country's

to what's happened to a prominent journalist who vanished after entering the saudi embassy in istanbul turkey claims he was murdered there something riyadh's denies. and a bad day at the office for german chancellor angela merkel's conservative allies in bavaria who risk losing their majority and we election to the far right on the greens make historic gains. to. a warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international with me and now our top story an investigation is underway into what went wrong during a failed launch of a soyuz spacewalk it's on thursday its two month crew narrowly escaped disaster after a boost a mole functions just minutes into their size. you . think. you're thinking. well we were at the launch site doing live coverage of so i use m s tens blast off into the cosmos we saw the rocket go into the sky the tourists that were watching friends and family other journalists they were taking pictures smiling clapping congratulating the crew on their successful blast off into the sky but then we started getting signs that something was wrong cosmonaut aleksei of chin and

last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, about two weeks ago. turkish officials claim to have images and audio which they say proves he was killed there. now president trump today says he is sending secretary of state mike pompeo to meet directly with the saudi king. i'm pausing for just a moment because i'm just learning in my ear that the secretary of state has just left. so he's on his way to meet the saudi king right now. earlier today president trump spoke to the king by phone and the president says he denies any knowledge of the columnist's disappearance. >> president trump: i just spoke with the king of saudi arabia saudi arabia who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabian citizen. the king firmly denies any knowledge of it. he didn't really know -- i don't want to get into his mind, but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers, who knows. we will try getting to the bottom of it very soon. >> harris: meanwhile, senator marco rubio says the united states may need to back o

well for all you know since the crime scene was istanbul saudi consul general insight turkey president dan has been personally following this investigation that has been conducted by the assembled persecutors office and he's been a defender of innocence in this case actually yes he talked to prison trant last night as far as we know they agreed on the cleric agreed that the case must be clarified as soon as possible but of course we don't have much detail as about the rest of the conversation between the two leaders because there are also some other issues waiting on the table between united states and turkey but presenter don was so determined during his speech yesterday and it seems today he is going to be discussing the details with his cabinet to during the cabinet meeting in the following hours but we are expecting it to reveal we are expecting that here every detail every small detail of this investigation because until now since the investigation file has not been completed as. body a were not able to be found. it was only the leaks to the media that was able to put saudi arabia