the journalist widely believed to have been killed by king salman. >> i just spoke to the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he says, his saudi arabian citizen. i have asked and he firmly denies that. i have asked the secretary of state mike pompeo to immediately get on a plane and go to saudi arabia, go to other places if necessary. the king told me that turkey and saudi arabia are working hand in hand very closely on getting to the bottom of what happened. >> it had been nearly two weeks

the journalist widely believed to have been killed by king salman. >> i just spoke to the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he says, his saudi arabian citizen. i have asked and he firmly denies that. i have asked the secretary of state mike pompeo to immediately get on a plane and go to saudi arabia, go to other places if necessary. the king told me that turkey and saudi arabia are working hand in hand very closely on getting to the bottom of what happened. >> it had been nearly two weeks since the journalist disappeared. the turkish government told officials that they have audio and video of the journalist being killed inside the turkish embassy. today turkish investigators have been told they will be allowed to inspect the consulate for the first time, accompanied by saudi officials. >> bill neely is in istanbul. kristen, first to you, the president now just commenting on this, he was leaving to go to the gulf, to florida to inspect the hurricane damage. but revealing that the secretary of state was leaving, which we just saw, pompeo

her new piece in "the new york times" is headlined "why king salman must replace mbs." her edited collection titled "salman's legacy: the dilemmas of a new era in saudi arabia" was published earlier this year. welcome to democracy now! thank you so much for joining us. beginsor, why don't you by responding to this latest news that president trump has acknowledged that jamal khashoggi is probably dead. >> yes. but this is in line with a series of tweets and statements made by mr. trump from the very beginning on the second of october. i think we are getting contradictory messages from the american president over the khashoggi affair. so the latest is that he is dead were probably dead, but the investigation will actually lead, hopefully, also to a clear resolution. because it has been more than two weeks now and we keep hearing leaks and news about .ideo that are not made public most of the sources come from turkish newspapers or from sources in the turkish investigation team. we really i think need to concentrate on the context of all of this and how the united states i

>> you know, david, listen to the president right after his phone conversation with king salman of saudirabia. he walked out to reporters and said this. >> i just spoke with the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabian citizen. i've asked and he firmly denied that. the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know. maybe -- 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're going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon, but his was a flat denial. >> what do you think? >> a couple of things. first of all, it is possible the king didn't know everything that the crown prince knew or the crown prince didn't know everything, but i have my own degree of scepticism. the other thing is that the president has gone out of his way in a number of interviews to point out this isn't an american citizen. okay, but he is a "washington post" colleague of mine and he is a journalist and he is a person, and the united states is supposed to at leas

>> reporter: well, we just heard this morning that the attorney general here was ordered by king salman to open an investigation into what is officially characterized as a disappearance. it is also telling, i think, that mr. pompeo is scheduled to meet the king about now, but to spend most of his time and indeed dinner tonight with mbs. muhammad bin salman, the crown prince, who has been the force in the land. it is him who said to the bloomberg news agency more than a week ago that mr. khashoggi had left the consulate in tact and anybody was welcome to go and inspect the premises anytime they wanted. it is believed he was behind the hard liene narrative of denial until his father stepped in. we are getting from several sources this idea that the royal family is distancing themselves of what went on inside the consulate. projecting downwards toward subordinates and suggesting this was an unauthorized attempt or capture of saudi dissident and saudi journalist to criticize the government and something went wrong. it is interesting that mr. pompeo is spending so much time with the crown pr

number one, the fact that it was king salman who got involved rather than bin salman, his son, maybe shows that the king isn't so happy with the mess that his son has gotten saudi arabia into. in washington, we see u.s. senators now turning up the heat. senator marco rubio, in fact, said if the investigation shows that, in fact, drab was responsible, then there will be some form of sanctions. the white house is saying similar things, trying to figure out whether or not treasury secretary mnuchin will go to this big davos in the desert. so i think what turkey has done is positioned itself in a dangerous, but a potentially advantageous position. it can go public with more details if it looks like that's going to win more support from washington. or if need be, it can help quiet things down if washington doesn't respond in turkey relations the way ankara would like. >> as you rightly point out, president erdogan isn't one to stay quiet on things on a regular basis. how will this administration deal with the next stage of all of this? >> yeah. well, first of all, they are being really car

in the last hour, president trump said he'd be calling king salman of saudi arabia soon to get answersmr khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on the 2nd of october. turkish sources say they have evidence that a saudi security team murdered the journalist but saudi arabia denies this. what dark secrets of jamal khashoggi's end lie within these walls? saudi arabia's istanbul consulate, a place of diplomatic protection, that it seems became a site of horror. turkish sources say they have recordings to prove khashoggi was murdered here by a saudi hit squad. jamal khashoggi... president trump warned today of consequences if saudia arabia had killed him. but he said he would not cancel arm deals with them. i don't want to lose an order like that... and there are other ways of punishing, to use a word that is a pretty harsh word but it is true. we're going to get the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. it's 11 days since jamal khashoggi entered the consulate to get papers for his wedding. he's not been seen since. it's alleged the body of

he's said he will call king salman to try to establish what happened to jamal khashoggi. journalist vanished 11 days ago after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving that he was murdered inside the building, an allegation that saudi arabia strongly denies. our washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. it contains some flashing images. a consulate is supposed to be a place of diplomatic protection, but the turkish authorities believe that behind these walls, jamal khashoggi was lured to his death and they're said to have recordings of the washington postjournalist being murdered by a saudi hit squad. there is pressure on donald trump to take action. lord god, i ask that you pour out your holy spirit on president trump, that you give him supernatural wisdom... inside the oval office, he prayed with an evangelical pastor released after months of detention in turkey. but the questions were about what action he would take against the saudi government — if they were involved in mr khashoggi's death. he sai

president trump spoke to king salman on sunday and seems to be accepting his denials. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know -- i don't want to get into his mind, but it soupnded to me like maybe it could have been rogue killers. who knows? all i can do is report what he told me. he told me in a firm way they have no knowledge of it. it sounded like he, also the crown prince, had no knowledge. >> the washington post where khashoggi was a writer published an op-ed "who needs saudi arabia." the president is overvaluing his relationship with the kingdom writing the reality is saudi arabia has everything to lose with a break in relations while the united states is no longer needing the kingdom as much as it once did. whatever the outcome of the khashoggi case, reshaping of the relationship by congress if necessary is imperative. >>> james mattis made it clear overnight he never talked with president trump about leaving the administration. this comes after the "60 minutes" interview where trump said mattis was sort of a democrat and acclaimed he knew more about n

meetings, extended meetings with king salman, the crown prince, and in each of those meetings, i stressed the importance of them conducting a complete investigation into the disappearance of jamal khashoggi and ansett —— they said it would be thorough and complete. it would be thorough and complete. it would show them tie results of the investigation. i don't know the precise timeline. they said they would understand the importance of getting it done in rapid fashion. they can begin to answer the important questions. the us secretary of state mike pompeo — and we'll be live in turkey for the latest on that story

international pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi increases, king salmanas spoken by phone with turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, to discuss the investigation. mr erdogan has been urging riyadh to explain the fate of mr khashoggi, who went missing after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia denied involvement and have said they'll retaliate to any sanctions. our diplomatic affairs correspondent paul adams reports. almost two weeks on and still no answers about what happened behind these walls. did a man die here, and was it all recorded? saudi arabia's allies are increasingly impatient, hence today's joint statement demanding answers. germany, the united kingdom and france, it says, are treating this incident with the utmost seriousness. what happens from now on is absolutely up to saudi arabia. they must have seen the huge international concern from the united states, now from britain, france and germany, and what they need to do is to co—operate fully with the investigation that the turks are asking us to do and to get to the bot

. —— king salman. is appropriate for me to ask in what is going on. -- king salman. of wales suffered their worst flooding in 30 years as storm callum causes chaos. more than 20 people killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan, as the country prepares for its parliamentary elections. at 11:30pm we will be looking at the papers with our reviewers. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. president trump has promised to inflict severe punishment on saudi arabia if it's found to be behind the disappearance of a journalist in turkey. jamal khashoggi vanished in ii jamal khashoggi vanished in 11 days ago after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul to obtain paperwork to marry his fiancee. turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving that he was murdered inside the building, an allegation that saudi arabia strongly denies. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. it contains some flashing images. a consulate is supposed to be a place of diplomatic protection, but the turkish authorities believe that behind these walls, jamal khashoggi was lured

donald trump has finally spoken to his close ally, king salman, who rejected the allegations, and maybe raised an idea that can shift the blame. the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know. maybe... 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're going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. the secretary of state, mike pompeo, is off to riyadh in a sign the us is engaging more. though washington says arms deals between the two won't end. tonight, turkish police arrived at the consulate to join the saudi team. riyadh is starting its own investigation too, worried as foreign businesses rethink their ties. after all their blanket denials, the saudis are being pushed into a corner by a growing international outrage. their allies are demanding answers and big companies are pulling out of the riyadh investment conference. the saudis are being forced to co—operate, to limit what is becoming a pr crisis. but on saudi tv, the line is to hit out. one analyst calling it fake news by enemies of the

that revelation came right after a phone call with saudi arabia's king salman. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know. maybe -- 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're going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. but his was a flat denial. >> reporter: the president didn't explain how these suspected rogue killers would have made their way into the saudi consulate in turkey. local investigators believe operatives tied to the kingdom in riyadh murdered khashoggi. >> who else would be in saudi arabia? >> i don't know. we're going to get to the bottom of it. >> the president appears to be focused on khashoggi's saudi citizenship, taking note of that with reporters. >> i just spoke with the king of saudi arabia, who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabian citizen. >> reporter: it's a distinction he made last week, as well. >> well, it's not our country. it's in kirky. a turkey. >> reporter: the president's critics wonder whether h

on the left, you see saudi king salman, and also in that earlier photograph, his controversial favouritecant. he said, i believe in the sincerity of king salman, i have spoken to him on the phone, and i‘m certain he wants to get to the bottom of this, and that may well be the case, but certainly, western governments, perhaps not the white house, but in europe, are adamant that they do not accept the explanations of the saudis so far, nor does president erdogan of turkey, but turkey is on the other side of the political divide from saudi arabia. they are essentially political foes. so a saudi arabia. they are essentially politicalfoes. so a lot saudi arabia. they are essentially political foes. so a lot of negative publicity has come out in the turkish press which wasn‘t matched, actually, in president erdogan‘s speech. a lot of people very disappointed, because he trailed this as, this is the moment i reveal all. he revealed very little. it was going to be the naked truth. the pictures we are seeing there, of course, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, and thugs like king abdullah of

come out with any facts so far, but president trump earlier today getting a chance to speak with king salmane phone, said the king firmly denied any saudi involvement, so if they find saudi involvement in an internal investigation, there will be consequences and the president speaking to reporters a few hours ago from the white house, essentially saying rogue elements were involved potentially. a lot of speculation on what happened to jamal khashoggi. we understand a saudi and turkish delegation are inspecting at the consulate in istanbul and the internal investigation is on-going. on the other side of this is the billing -- bigger questions of the relationship how it impacts oil saw a report from a state owned news organization, though the saudis came out quickly to deny this was their intention essentially the report was suggesting da suggesting dirty measures that they might be able to apply to pressure from washington, one of which was raising oil prices the saudis denying this is something they intended to do, but speculation remains and we'll be bringing to you all of the latest guys,

i will be calling at some point king salman. >> bret: where does this go? there's reporting, multiple news organizations, saying there's u.s. intelligence showing there are intercepts or calls or recordings. turkish say they have heard and seen evidence of this. although we have not been privy to that as far as we know, correct? >> that's right. and the other thing, though, that we have gotten from the u.s. intelligence, the "washington post" reported, that the crown prince had, in fact, okayed an earlier plan to lure jamal khashoggi to saudi arabia and essentially abduct him there. so there are a lot of signs, a lot of arrows, pointing to the very top, top levels of the saudi government. >> bret: this is heinous, if it happened, and if they find out it happened it's horrific. from people who look at regimes, and how they deal with things around the world, is there any daylight in dealing with the regime that it turns out did this? >> it's very hard. this is, i mean, both criminal and it's a betrayal, personal betrayal. president trump has embraced the crow

turkey's president erdogan visited king salman, father of the crown prince, in saudi arabia in 2015.wo countries are on opposite sides of the argument in many middle east disputes, and now turkey is manoeuvring to take advantage of saudi weakness. prince mohammed bin salman, only 33, has been welcomed at downing street as well as the white house, seen in the west as the great saudi hope for the next half—century. time to think again? if the stories that we are reading turn out to be true, will that have an effect on our relationship with saudi arabia? yes, it will. because if the stories are true and it is still an if, they will be totally against our values and what we stand for as a country. jamal khashoggi was a loyal critic of his country, the manner of what seems to be his death is damaging the saudi regime more than anything he ever wrote. jeremy bowen, bbc news. just to update you on this story, we are getting some news at bbc, unverified reports coming from a riyadh and also istanbul. saudi state tv are reporting that saudi arabia has now confirmed that jamal khashoggi is ind

he's meeting at this very moment we believe with king salman.met at the airport by the foreign minister. all this comes on the heels of president trump's phone call with king salman who firmly denied any involvement in khashoggi's death and saudi arabia may be preparing to admit that they accidentally killed khashoggi in an unauthorized interrogation gone wrong. the president floating his own thoughts on what may have happened. >> it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. who knows? we're going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. >> reporter: in addition to secretary pompeo's meeting with king salman, it will also include meeting with the crown prince, a lunch meating with the foreign minister and later tonight continu dinner with then prince. we were told the u.s. will continue to ask for a thorough investigation into what happened to jamal khashoggi. the devastated family issuing a statement saying we are following the conflicted news regarding the fate of our father after losing contact with him two weeks ago

he kept repeating talking points that king salman gave him. that it was not saudi arabia that perpetrated this crime, that he firmly denied it. what was the president's message to the king about human rights, about freedom of the press, and about the need to have a credible investigation? we didn't hear that. of course, the king of saudi arabia is going to deny this, just like the kingdom has done in other instances historically, just like vladimir putin does on election meddling and other issues. i would like to know what president trump's message was to king salman and what secretary pompeo's message is going to be when he visits the kingdom i believe tomorrow. >> as we're watching for that, you bring up such an interesting point about him also taking vladimir putin at his word. he was asked specifically last night, he talked to leslie stahl, and in many ways, we heard him talking again about siding with these leaders over his own intelligence. take a listen. >> do you agree that vladimir putin is involved in assassinations, in poisonings? >>

i love the king, king salman. but i said, king, we're protecting you, you might not be there for two weeks without us, you have to pay for your military. >> phil rucker, "washington post" bureau chief, and also joining us, michael allen, former senior director at the national security council under george w. bush, and also a pal of the show. michael, let me start with you and phil as we dig into this question, who really needs who more here, the united states or saudi arabia? because right now there is a real break point potentially coming up, a very consequential decision that president trump will have to make on how to deal with the disappearance and presumed death, allegedly, of this journalist. >> it is true that they need us more than we need them. but we still need them. they are a chief, huge ally in a critical region where iran and russia are in the ascendance. this was a medieval act that they need to be held accountable for. >> "the washington post" point out that saudi arabia only supplies the u.s. with

he's going out there and parroting the version of the story that he got from king salman. what does the rest of the world make of that? >> if you look upon this in context, if you look at the body of work of mohammad bin salman, this is pretty consistent with some things, other things that he has done over the past year or so. let me be very harsh right now with regard to this administration, john. the president has personally put his energy into bettering relationships with three heads of state around the world, putin, kim and mohammad bin salman who is effectively the head of state in saudi arabia, and one thing those three individuals have in common is that their governments have been involved in murders of their citizens abroad in the last two years. and that's a pattern of behavior that's going to impose a cost on america globally for a long time. >> and we talked about this yesterday as being the trump doctrine because when he talks about vladimir putin poisoning and assassinating and jamal khashoggi being assassinated, he's saying maybe it happened but it didn't happ

he said he would call king salman and threatened the possibility of severe punishment if the country is responsible for mr khashoggi's disappearance and death. president trump says no bargain was reached with turkey to secure the release of the american evangelical pastor, andrew brunson, who had been held in detention there for two years. mr brunson prayed with president trump during a meeting in the oval office. rescue teams are renewing efforts to find hundreds of people still missing after hurricane michael struck in the us state of florida on wednesday. at least 17 deaths are confirmed. there are fears the death toll will rise. tens of thousands of anti—racism demonstrators have been marching in berlin. an outbreak of the disease myxomatosis is being reported in british hares for the first time. scientists fear it could infect hares in a similar way to rabbits, killing huge swathes of the population. countryfile‘s tom heap reports. myxomatosis is a viral disease causing inflammation of the eyes, ears and lungs with death following extensive convulsions. it's been present in uk r

he is going there to meet king salman.sident trump of course has spoken to king salman on the phone, who denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of the journalist jamal khashoggi. there you see pompeo arriving in riyadh, going in to meet the king. it is possible we learn more about the khashoggi case within minutes, within hours. definitely a developing story the market is following. it really hits market -- hit markets hard on sunday, especially the tadawul, which fell at 1.7% -- which fell at recovering to a loss of only 3.5%, gained all that bad yesterday, and now down to percent at the open. nejra: speaking of the open, of course we are closely watching as you say saudi arabia and developments there mike pompeo, secretary of state, arriving. we can see seats being taken, ready for a discussion. of course, the oil markets are much in focus with this. we saw strength in wti and brent in yesterday's session. 0.4%.now, wti down brent holding above $80 a barrel, $80.57, but down 0.3%. a lot for the markets to digest. we hav

one thing i thought was interesting that he said was that he believes in the sincerity of king salman. he drew a sharp distinction between the ruling saudi king and those beneath him. first and foremost, of course, the crown prince, the m.b.s. as he's known. that i think is a crucial point. t's one, i think, it's a position of difference that president erdogen will seek to exploit. we -- he would be very happy to see the crown prince brought down a peg or two or sidelined. whether that's possible. whether it will happen is another matter. it certainly seems to be the direction i would surmise that -- in which the president is moving. >> both friends and foes of saudi arabia have rejected its explanation of events since the crisis broke a few weeks ago. who are riyadh's allies right now? >> few and far between. it's interesting that russia has kept pretty much silent on this. the russians simply said they had noted what the saudis said. they clearly noted that the saudis have changed their position over the last couple of weeks. but more support, more actively supportive we're seeing s

king salman is still the leader of saudi arabia and apparently the people responsible for this are theeople below him. we have to court the king to do the right thing. if necessary he needs to rein in the people under him who are responsible for this provocation they will were should the president and his son-in-law recalculate their relationship with bin salman? >> i think they have to. if evidence shows the saudi crown prince is responsible, they have to recalculate that and wonder whether their close relationship made him think he could do something like this. that the u.s. wouldn't take a response against saudi arabia. that was the wrong calculation by him if that is what he was thinking. arthel: the treasury secretary steven mnuchin will be attending the conference later this month in saudi arabia. should this trip still happen. >> it's a conference called davos in the desert. it's something the crown prince has taken to move saudi arabia forward. there has been some liberalization in saudi arabia we should applaud. it's not my role to say whether the treasury secretary should att

, king salman, the official announcements coming ing's name but he is quite on in years. u.s. officials throughout the week have pointed out king salman may not be fully aware of everything all the time going on due to his advanced age. he has placed a lot of power in this crown prince who is in his 30s. indeed, for u.s. intelligence services around the world, it is vital for them to rapidly understand tonight what is the crown prince's role. is there a possibility tonight, since his name is not being mentioned, that there is even a power struggle inside the royal family that may take some days, weeks, even months to sort out. the saudis do not like international attention placed on them, and that is what they have had now for many, many days. some of the older princes in the kingdom are very reluctant to get so much public attention on how they operate, on how the kingdom operates. look, what the saudis are also reacting to is economic and financial pressure in the oil kingdom. we have seen over the last several days u.s. companies,

he said he would call king salman, and threatened the possibility of severe punishment if the country is responsible for mr khashoggi's disappearance and death. president trump says no bargain was reached with turkey to secure the release of the american evangelical pastor, andrew brunson, who had been held in detention there for two years. mr brunson prayed with president trump during a meeting in the oval office. tens of thousands of anti—racism demonstrators have been marching in berlin. the organisers say they want it to be a show of solidarity against the politics of xenophobia and exclusion. rescue teams are renewing efforts to find hundreds of people still missing after hurricane michael struck in the us state of florida on wednesday. at least 17 deaths are confirmed. there are fears the death toll will rise. now on bbc news, david sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings, including the winner, for this year's riba stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. how much? i think it was over $1.5 billion, maybe $1.75 billion by the time we got done. you

king salman changed the norm and he gave it now to his son.ertainly angered a lot of people, no doubt. in this enormous royal family? to go back to jamal khashoggi's location or place in that set—up, he has always been a close, loyal to the authority and to the establishment itself. if there was anything which led to his murder, in my view, it was not political but personal more than anything else. but it is a warning to every dissident. well, yes, the warning has been there forever. in the entire middle east. that, "we can get away with anything? " yeah. do you think there will be consequences for mbs because, as you said, he is upset with a lot of people and has changed the system, he has cut out other strands of the royal family and locked up all those princes in the ritz carlton hotel. locking up the other princes in the ritz hotel was welcomed by the people of saudi arabia. i'm talking about other people in the royal family now being upset with him. this is nothing new, it is coming to the surface, maybe. it has always been there, hidden

he said he would call king salman, and threatened the possibility of severe punishment if the country is repsonsible for mr khashoggi's disappearance and possible death. president trump says no bargain was reached with turkey to secure the release of the american evangelical pastor, andrew brunson, who had been held in detention there for two years. mr brunson prayed with president trump during a meeting in the oval office. tens of thousands of anti—racism demonstrators have been marching in berlin. the organisers say they want it to be a show of solidarity against the politics of xenophobia and exclusion. more than twenty people have been killed by flooding and landslides in indonesia. officials say 2a small villages in the country's north sumatra province have been hit by heavy rain since wednesday. at 10:00pm we'll have a full round up of the day's news. first, in our world, india rakusson goes to the american state of montana to find out why so many white, middle aged men are killing themselves. some viewers may find some scenes upsetting. every year, nearly 16,000 people in ameri

. —— king salman. is appropriate for me to ask in what is going on. -- king salman. storm callum causes chaos. more than 20 people killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan, as the country prepares for its parliamentary elections. at 11:30pm we will be looking at the papers with our reviewers.

speculation that came after the president spoke with king salman of saudi arabia. ng denied to trump what reportedly turkey has told u.s. government officials, that the saudis tortured and killed khashoggi. the father of four is an outspoken critic of the king's government, run by his son, prince mohammad. >> the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. he didn't really know, maybe -- 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're going to try getting to the bottom of it very soon. but his was a flat denial. it was one very fast phone call. probably lasted 20 minutes. his denial to me could not have been stronger. that he had no knowledge, and it sounded like he and also the crowned prince had no knowledge. >> let's go straight to our cnn senior international correspondent, arwa damon, who's there outside that saudi consulate in istanbul. and so, arwa, what kind of access are these turkish investigators, this forensic team getting to go as they're in the building? >> reporter: well, wihere's th

this is -- this is a strange situation, bill, because king salman by a lot of accounts doesn't know a good amount of what's going on in saudi arabia. >> reporter: ali, case definitely not closed. in fact, case very much open and turkish police now for the first time inside the saudi consulate here in istanbul. interestingly, president trump repeated a lot of lines that the saudi arabian media have been propagating really for a few days including the idea it was possibly rogue killers who were responsible for jamal khashoggi's disappearance. remember, the turks are convinced that the 15 men who got off 2 private saudi registered jets were all employees of saudi state security including 1 forensic expert so it's interesting that president trump is repeating the lines of the saudi king saying he's absolutely no knowledge of what happened, maybe they were rogue killers, repeating the line about our saudi citizen. again, president trump almost distancing himself from the fact that jamal khashoggi was a u.s. resident and wrote for the last year for "washington post." just to bring you back

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clearly that came from his discussion with king salman and, you know, you have mike pompeo sitting there in these cheery pictures. despite the fact he only got 15 minutes with the king and 30 minutes with prince mohammed bin salman that, you know, is trying to put a good face on this thing. i think that's appalling. you have the death of a u.s. resident, journalist for "the washington post," brutally murdered. and you've got the united states covering for it. final thing i'd say though, and this is with reference to your clip of lindsey graham. michael rubio has also come out against this. there is growing consensus in both housings of the congress that what the saudis have done is crossed a red line, that the -- mbs is going to have to play a price. the relationship with saudi arabia is going to pay a price. it is going to be a long time recovering i think because both parties are so outraged by what has happened. >> all right, congressman, to david's point, i want to play what marco rubio said. >> this is going to alter the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia for th

it was all smiles as king salman met mike pompeo.e could have been rogue killers, who knows? we're going to try getting to the bottom of it soon. but his was a flat denial. so why might jamal khashoggi have suddenly vanished. he had once been close to the saudi royal family, but after he moved to america he began writing for the washington post and voiced misgivings about the ruling prince salman. mystery surrounds the two planes seen landing in turkey of the day of his disappearance. the turkish authorities the believe a 15—man team left the planes to silence him. saudi arabia has denied anything untoward took place. but there is speculation they may reveal it was an interrogation gone wrong. 0ne things remains clear, the vanishing of a journalist will continue to haunt international diplomacy until a plausible explanation is given. earlier in the hour we heard about the rise in hate crime, and a dramatic spike in incidents directed at people due to their religious beliefs. police in england and wales say religious hate crime has in

and that is pretty much what king salman did tell president trump. that he had no information, that nbs had no information as to what was going on. it seems, according to these two sources that it was an interrogation gone wrong, or perhaps they were intending to try to take him, smuggle him out of the country. but again, we'll have to wait and see. this has been a story, a tragedy that has been fraught with all sorts of, as i was saying, different competing narratives at times and all sorts of twists and turns. >> but to your point, arwa, this is 13 days after he walked in and no one ever saw him walk out. and you have been standing there in istanbul reporting on these forensic teams, these turks who have been inside the saudi consulate. and i'm wondering, do you know if that has anything to do with the timing of this potential saudi statement? >> reporter: it most certainly would appear on the surface if it does. one also has to look back at what happened over the last 24 hours. you know, sunday morning, there was some pretty harsh rhetoric that ca

it has been reported that king salman has ordered a restructuring. get a handle on it. he is restructuring the command of the general intelligence agency and also an order has gone out saying that he wants regulations updated determining the agency's powers and evaluating its methods and procedures. so sort of saying i did not know what was going on. this isa did not know what was going on. this is a country like a mediaeval kingdom. king salman can make this announcement, but it is like saying because the torture did not take place in my dungeon but in that of another castle i own, because of what we have got, he has spent the la st two what we have got, he has spent the last two years trying to present an image, using the pr companies mentioned in the guardian, to present an image of his country which is not true. he has done some cosmetic reforms, some of which were welcomed, like women driving, but it is still a very repressive regime. i don't think the rather synthetic way he is trying to present his country's modernisation is watching. the whol

the question about is king salman standing behind the crown prince. we didn't get a definitive answer from the foreign minister. saying the investigation will continue and the cards will fall where they may. i think we'll see a few more shoes drop in coming days in all of this. howie: as an interviewer you want to be fair. but you are asking him about a timeline of nine days when they discovered khashoggi didn't walk out of the consulate like the saudis originally claimed. it's a situation where he's trying to defend a story that frankly on its face seems ludicrous. i think you had to decide how you would approach that. bret: i just went point by point on the scepticism. he's going to and the way he's going to answer. i think that in itself is newsworthy. when pushed about the authoritarian government when he came back, we are not authoritarian, we are a monarchy. look at abu ghraib, the u.s. didn't have an explanation of what happened there. i cover the that story. but to bring up that suggests that that's the pushback. that's the defense. we are a s

the us secretary of state mike pompeo has met king salman of saudi arabia, and told him he is deeplyc of the crown prince — hasn‘t been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago. reports in the us media suggest the saudi government is preparing to say that mr khassoggi died accidentally while under interrogation. mark lowen is in istanbul. so, a full two weeks, where is the investigation today? well, saudi and turkish investigators spent the whole night inside the saudi consulate here in istanbul. they will be other consul general‘s resident today —— residence today. president erdogan said some toxic materials will be looked at and other material had been painted over. this comes amidst those us media report that the saudis are perhaps preparing to announce that jamal khashoggi was killed by mistake as a result of an interrogation that went wrong. that would tally with president trump‘s comments yesterday after speaking to king salman of saudi arabia in which he suggested that rogue killers might have been responsible for the journalist‘s there. i think both

i don't know how much king salman understands at all. mbs, let's say, the crown prince, do you think he understands what's going on? >> no, not at all. when you have the president saying the king told me they didn't do it, and i agree with him, we'll never know. that's just -- you know, why don't the chinese just pick up the phone and call the president and deny anything he's ever accused them. >> call in and say, i was one of the hackers. it's just -- this is -- he's not doing what he needs to do here. >> what does he need to do? what do you think president trump needs to do? >> i think what a lot of members in congress are calling for him to do. which was to -- which is to make it clear that we want to get to the bottom of it. we're not going to take their word for it. we want facts. and that we're not going to take that this was some kind of accident. >> are we ever going to get facts? you saw them sending in a cleaning crew two weeks after the date. i'm sure there have been a few cleaning crews. >> look, thanks to reporting, we know

journalist jamal khashoggi with king salman as the saudi authorities face growing pressure over his alleged murder. mr trump told reporters he had not spoken to the saudi ruler yet, but would call him soon. washington insists no deal was done with turkey to secure the release of the american evangelical pastor andrew brunson. he's flying back to the us via germany after a turkish court freed him. president trump said he'd welcome mr brunson at the white house, most likely on saturday. rescue workers are still searching through debris for people who may have been trapped or lost their lives when hurricane michael tore into the south—eastern united states on wednesday. 16 people are now known to have been killed by the storm in florida, virginia, georgia and north carolina. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, and welcome to the week in parliament, our look back at the last few days here at westminster. coming up: jeremy corbyn tackles theresa may over one of her party conference promises. isn't the claim that austerity is over simply a great big conservative con? but the pri

king salman says he didn't do it, these are rogue killers. he's reindicating the basis for them to put this on a glide path to avert the attention of the west, avert the consequence they should be facing. >> he is the blocking back for a regime that stands accused of murder. this is the president on denials, forcibly deny it only if it's the right person. take a listen. >> he denies it. that's all i can tell you. he denies it. by the way, he totally denies it. >> i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >>> he says he's innocent, and i think you have to remember that. he said very strongly yesterday that he's innocent. >> i just spoke with the king of saudi arabia who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabian citizen. i've asked, and he firmly denied that. >> the add verb doesn't work, strongly firmly truly denies it. >> meanwhile elizabeth warren has to produce dna evidence. barack obama has to provide a birth certificate. the saudis and russians a