there since then i was just earlier talking to a to run the show who is the head of the turkish arab media association here in istanbul and calls himself a close friend of mr. and let's let's listen to what he had to say he also made some pretty strong accusations. after jamal khashoggi entered the consulate fifteen people came by two different planes he was murdered inside the consulate assumed that he was cut into pieces and they put his body in bags and left. it was killed because of his opinions about the wars in yemen and syria he was too much trouble for the saudi government to tip she goes to. yuliya what have the saudis been saying about all this. well big media are citing a source inside the consulate basically denying all of these murder accusations as a baseless interesting lead the saudi consulate yesterday opened up the consulate to a number of journalists basically giving them a tour inside the building to convince them nothing happened over there and we also hear that saudi arabia send a team of investigators to work together with the turkish authorities to find out what happened so fro

the bbc has interviewed turan kislakci, the head of the turkish arab media association. s the turkish government claims the evidence is extremely compelling. ian black is a senior visiting fellow at the middle east centre at the london school of economics. he said the pressure on saudi arabia to co—operate in an investigation is building. the saudi reaction of silence to all these leaks the saudi reaction of silence to all these lea ks and the saudi reaction of silence to all these leaks and rumours and reports that we have been hearing now for close to ten days, it is just not going to work. we are going to have to, in the light of the international interest in this story and the pressure on saudi arabia, we are going to have to find out more clearly what happened. and that will require the cooperation of the saudi government with turkey. and there is huge, huge international interest in this case. i just huge, huge international interest in this case. ijust don't think huge, huge international interest in this case. i just don't think there is any alternative. i think t

make you aware of this that's going on it's a statement being read by the head of the turkish arab media association and friend of jamal khashoggi a to run case laci. before we move on and let's just listen in briefly to what's being said. announcement of jemaah staff and what. they actually kidnapped if you asked you'd not the or how he was killed it where he buried his body now pete we need to know very generally is now although he's dead it's confirmed that he's dead so and and rest of the world we want the rest of the verse to know that. how it happened and what happened exactly and regardless whether it is indonesia or philippines or what i would in the world . anyone from end religion any believe anyone who has the actually lou freedom of opinion who believes in the freedom of opinion. really need to know what happened and any idea to silence. during a list like joe or anyone who has free. support and he who has supported freedom of press freedom of opinion then we all need to know. what happened exactly. so now we have raised the flag to keep that was the head of the turkish arab media sessio

speaking outside the saudi consulate in istanbul, the executive director of the turkish arab media associationment for those who ordered his killing. we wa nt we want justice for jamal. we wantjustice forjamal. we want jamal ‘s murderous to be punished. but also the authority that gave the orders. who desperately attacks the journalist? earlier, i spoke to the middle east analyst hazhir teimourian. he told me that the revelations by the saudi authorities are unprecedented. this is a major, major earthquake in the history of the saudi kingdom. in the history of the saudi kingdom. in the past, there has been to some extent a committee of senior rulers who have ruled the place but suddenly, a few years ago, the king suddenly, a few years ago, the king suddenly appointed his own strong and hot tempered son, prince mohammed, to succeed him and ever since, he has been behaving very, very recklessly and i have been expecting this sort of behaviour, i have been watching him, u nfortu nately, have been watching him, unfortunately, it reminds me of the rise of saddam hussein in the 1970s and all the war

parliament and dutch prime minister have called for an urgent investigation the head of the turkish arab media association and a friend of the show. she called for justice for the journalist and his family. i would like to say to the saudi king and crown prince they will not be able to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi god will always punish those who have not played fair and killed other people innocent people will necessarily even our beliefs do not allow the killing of each other this is not fair nobody can deny that this is murder they have been several attacks on polling stations in afghanistan as people vote in the first parliamentary elections there since twenty ten at least three people have been killed and explosions around the capital kabul at least fifty nine people have been killed in the indian state of punjab were train traveling at high speed running to a large crowd thousands of people were attending a festival there on route so when the crowd spilled over onto the train truck. tens of thousands of people have been protesting in taiwan against what they call an accession efforts by ch

killed inside that consulate in istanbul during what it described as a brawl ahead of the turkish arab media association has called for whoever gave the orders to be punished. i would like to say to the saudi king in chrome koreans they will not be able to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi who always punish those who have not played fair and killed all their people innocent people will necessarily even are believed they do not allow the killing of each other this is not fair nobody can deny that this is murder. and our other top stories this hour afghanistan's first parliamentary elections in eight years have been disrupted by a series of taliban attacks at polling stations at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens more injured voting has been extended to sunday in certain areas after a technical glitch is also prevented people from costing the ballots. the conservative government for straitly is new prime minister scott morrison has lost its parliamentary majority votes has deserted the ruling party in a by election held in the east in sydney electorate it means the government will now

we did hear the head of the turkish arab media association here saying that jamal khashoggi was slaughtered by bloody murderers. so if anything, the saudi statement has added increased emphasis on the part of many to get to the bottom of this grisly story. >> so ben, help us understand what this is mend, by -- meant, by a collaborator. that is a pretty big umbrella. there are a lot of different people who could fall into that. so if the story is, you know, according to our clarissa ward's reporting, according to sources, saying that the body was handed over to a local collaborator, does that suggest that saudi authorities willingly were looking for another participant in which to hand over the body? help us understand what that could mean. >> reporter: we assume, and really, the details are pretty slim coming from a source in the saudi royal palace, that they found some turkish national whom they handed the body over to, we assume, with the instructions of dispose of it somehow. now that is different from the narrative being put out by, multiple times, by unnamed turkish officials who say t

parliament and the dutch prime minister of called for an urgent investigation the head of the turkish arab media association and a friend of. his last she called for justice for the journalist and his family. i would like to say to the saudi king and crown prince they will not be able to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi god will always punish those who have not played fair and killed other people innocent people don't necessarily even our beliefs do not allow the killing of each other this is not fair nobody can deny that this is murder in other news there's been several attacks on polling stations in afghanistan as people vote in the first parliamentary election since twenty ten at least three people have been killed in explosions in the capital kabul. thousands of people are marching in london calling for a second referendum on britain's exit from the european union organizers say it's going to be the biggest rally of its kind with activists bussed in from across the country there are growing fears of a no deal exit which could create chaos at the borders and in the economy at least fifty nine peopl

the turkish and arab media association is monitoring. for more on this story, i am joined by a reporter who has interviewed him in the past. what are your thoughts on the disappearance? >> it is not surprising. he himself was involuntary -- was in voluntary asylum. it is shocking because it has happened in turkey. we have two versions of the event. turkey saying he is in the consulate. saudi arabia saying he is not. people who know saudi arabia believe he is in the consulate. he is very much a saudi insider. he was a very good source on what was going on in the world of saudi power play. in the past year, he has been increasingly critical of the crown prince or envious as he is known. the fact that he went into the consulate and was being held, that is shocking. it is not that this has not happened in the past. they have conducted these detentions over the past year. if you remember the lebanese prime minister, he was summoned to saudi arabia and was held there. it took the french resident to -- the french president to defuse the situati

of the head of the turkish arab media association has called for the authority who gave the orders for killing to be punished but. i would like to say to the saudi king and crown prince they will not be able to cover up the murder of jamal khashoggi how god will always punish those who have not played fair and killed other people innocent people don't necessarily even our beliefs do not allow the killing of each other this is not fair nobody can deny that this is murder. well the killing of jamal khashoggi has been condemned to german chancellor angela merkel says the explanations given so far inadequate in that she wishes that be some sort of action at the office of un chief until you get terrorists released a statement saying the secretary general stresses the need for a prompt thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of g.'s death and full accountability for those responsible while the united kingdom which like the us makes a lot of money selling arms to the saudis said this was a terrible act and those responsible must be held to account human rights group amne

turkish media reports the investigation pointing to associates of crown prince mohammad bin salman. the editor said he held off on publishing khashoggi's last column hoping he would return and work on it. he said arabovernments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media. the arab world is facing its own version of an iron were taken imposed not by ex teernl actors but through domestic forces vying for power. liz: fox business in no longer going to attend the economic conference. a top four-star general nearly assassinated in afghanistan. the taliban behind the attack in kandahar province. the general escaped unharmed but two american workers were wound. also this, general joseph dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said yesterday isis is far from defeated. it's evolved into an ideological attack attracting terrorists from europe and africa to do attacks. >> you are getting mixed signals out of the military. on the one hand it looks like isis is defeated as a military force. it cannot take and hold land for any significant period of time. of course, it will exist as a loose network. there is also a little bit of posterior covering going on with generals in the herks ring not