our top stories: as turkey prepares to reveal all about the murder ofjamal khashoggi, the us treasury secretary holds talks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. spanning 55 kilometres, the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is open for business. in the light of the khashoggi murder, top business leaders are pulling out of the major investment conference that kicks off today in saudi arabia — what difference will it make? a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and the united states is gripped by lotto fever. the latest mega millions draw on tuesday has a potentialjackpot of $1.5 billion — the biggest payout in history. —— of $1.6 billion — the biggest payout in history. so today, i'd like to know — if you struck lucky, what would you spend it on? let me know. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. let's get started with the programme. i

what you think is going to come out of this us treasury report?ney manipulator and, if they do, what will happen next? i don't think they will and there was an indication last week that they will probably not be pointing the finger at china, but it has to be said the yu china managed their currency against the us dollar, they do that, but managing it to keep it further. if they were to walk away from managing the currency, there would be a huge outflow from china and the currency would fall. the yuan has weakened against the us dollar the ship but so against the us dollar the ship but so has almost every currency in the world. the dollar, since the start of debris, is one of the best currencies in the world and that is because the federal reserve, the central bank in the us, is putting up central bank in the us, is putting up interest rates and it is one of the few jee ten up interest rates and it is one of the fewjee ten central banks be sheer to be doing that progressively. if the us believes it so progressively. if the us believes it so vehemen

the us treasury secretary drops out ofa the us treasury secretary drops out of a global investment conferencen saudi arabia, as the country is accused of killing a us —based journalist. and what value does the british royals‘ brand ring to the british royals‘ brand ring to the british economy? we try and pin down a figure as prince harry and meghan wrap up the australian leg of their tour. good morning and welcome to asia business report, live from singapore, with me, mariko oi. as we told you on tuesday, a mass exodus is continuing from a saudi investment conference. in a tweet, us treasury secretary steven mnuchin said he will not be attending the event next week. it is of course a growing list of international leaders and businesses who have pulled out after the country has been accused of killing us —based saudi journalistjamal been accused of killing us —based saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. our business reporter in new york explains why the move is significant. this business summit in saudi arabia gives attendees an opportunity to secure lucrative contracts in the country, so the fina

about the murder of the the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasuryiyadh with the saudi crown prince. president trump has warned that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china, as he has threatened to pull out of a landmark treaty. the longest sea bridge in the world has opened with a ceremony which the chinese president, xijinping, has attended. the bridge links hong kong and the macau peninsula to mainland china. now it is time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the arab news. it leads with the so—called davos in the desert business conference in saudi arabia, or future investment initiative, to give it its proper title, which starts on tuesday. it says big investment deals are planned involving russia and china, despite several western countries pulling out after the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. on to germany's frankfurt allgemeine. it is highlighting italy defending its budget and spending plans, saying it had to take hard decisions to boost

making the case for money manipulation — the us treasury publishes a report today on currency practices it name and shame the chinese? and asian markets are making up some ground in early trade, but fears continue over the state of the global economy. microsoft co—founder paul allen has died aged 65 after complications arising from cancer. mr allen made his fortune at the software giant and went on to own several top—flight sports teams as well as becoming a leading phila nthtropist. according to forbes, he was the 21st wealthiest person in the world. dave lee reports from san francisco. paul allen and bill gates were childhood friends and they created a company that bought personal computers to the masses. it was mr allen who convinced mr gates to drop out of harvard to devote his time to microsoft, a decision that led to both men becoming among the richest in the world. as mr allen prepared to leave the company due to ill—health, they had fierce disagreements but they were on a similar page when it came to spending their vast sums of money. like mr gates, mr allen was an enormous phil

all about the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasury secretary holds private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince. saudi—led forces attack the city of hodeidah in yemen. the un warns the closure of its port would lead to widespread famine. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it isa it is a through to whoever you are and it includes china and it includes russia and it includes anybody else who wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. hello. turkey's president has promised he will present new information within hours about the death of the saudi journalist

all about the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasury riyadh with the saudi crown prince. president trump has warned that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he's threatened to pull out of a landmark treaty. president trump says the us will begin cutting off foreign aid to guatemala, honduras and el salvador in response to the unfolding migrant crisis. the president criticised those countries for failing to stop thousands of migrants from heading towards the us. the migrants say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries. aleem maqbool sent this report from mexico. more than a week trekking hundreds of miles is taking its toll. a town square just inside mexico has become a makeshift camp. a place to rest on this long punishing journey to the united states. but two thirds of the route from their home country of honduras still remains ahead of them. translation: every day we get more and more tired. but everything that is happening back in honduras, and the thought of the

about the murder of the the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasury secretary holds private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china, as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it's a threat to whoever you want, and it includes china, and it includes russia, and it includes anybody else that wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. spanning 55 km, the world's longest sea bridge, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is opening for business. turkey's president has promised he will present new information within hours about the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi at his country's consulate in istanbul. the saudi foreign minister has now acknowledged that mr khashoggi, a critic of the government, was murdered, and called it a tremendous mistake. he also called it a rogue operation, a line echoed by president trump, who has

the us treasury secretary becomes the latest big name to pull out of saudi arabia's investment conferenceas the boycott widens over disappeared journalist, jamal khashoggi. and on the markets, us shares tumble again, wiping out most of their gains from tuesday's rally, as those concerns over trade wars and rising rates resurface. on the sell—off has continued across asia, not helped by those growth numbers from china coming in much weaker than expected, particularly on industrial production. this hello. we are going to start in china, where in the last few hours, official figures have confirmed the weakest economic growth since the end of the financial crisis almost a decade ago. gdp growth in china slowed to 6.5% in the three months to september, weaker than expected and a level that we've not seen since early 2009. these are the very first growth figures we've had since that very big escalation in america's trade war with china. there are now us import taxes on $250 billion worth of chinese goods. it's not the only concern though. the credit agency standard & poor‘s has warned of a debt

a report by the us treasury has not accused china of manipulating its currency, despite concerns thatina keeps the yuan artificially weak to give its exporters an unfair advantage. sharanjit leyl is following this for us in singapore. lovely to see you, sharanjit. i would imagine in china they are relieved they have not been named and shamed as a currency manipulator. but relations are far from good. absolutely right, sally. the irony of ironies, china escapes being slapped with the label currency manipulator and guess what has to happen, but the chinese yuan hitting a 20 month low against us dollar. the currency slid as much a 0.3% against the greenback. no big surprise china remains on a watchlist that us treasury officials monitor. the exchange rate practices and the declines are according to them particular concern. the trump administration has, as you said, it has long argued that china keeps it artificially low. it raises particular concerns. it has strengthened relative to where it had been. economists now say it is more in line with china's economic fundamentals. the story is

earlier, the us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, pulled out of a major saudi investment conference.gain. most of us saw some decent sunshine on thursday, and after a sunny day, we've kept those clear skies for the first part of the night as well. this is how things looked at the end of the day in east yorkshire. with those clear skies and light winds in place, temperatures have been falling pretty quickly. but we do have quite a bit of cloud now working into the north—west of the uk, along with strengthening winds. so the coldest part of the night is past us in northern ireland, and across the north—west of scotland, with temperatures actually rising over the next few hours as this band of rain arrives. also some gale—force gusts of wind working into the western isles, becoming quite blowy as well for the northern isles of scotland. further south, well, we've got some frost around to start the day in the countryside in northern england. cold, some cold spots in wales, again with temperatures just dipping down, and there could be one or two patches of frost elsewhere first thing. but

this is a tweet from us treasury secretary steven mnuchin.out this, an event that has been dubbed davos in the desert. companies and politicians from round the world were scheduled to come. less so now, that's because of the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. the washington post has published what it says is his last column. it's headlined, "what the arab world needs most is free expression." at the top of it is a note from the opinions editor karen attiah, saying... she spoke to the bbc earlier. he can't see how much of an impact his pieces already having around the world, translating into arabic, seeing that it is spiking in traffic on our side right now. this is the exact audience he wanted to reach. in some ways, this was his dream. and i'm heartbroken that he is not here to see it. mr khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul more than two weeks ago. he hasn't been heard from since. turkish officials say they have evidence he was killed. here's mark lowen in istanbul. details have been leaked from them ove

the us treasury secretary pulls out of an investment conference in saudi arabia, but the white house is giving riyadh more time to investigate what happened to jamal khashoggi. they also assured me that they will conduct a complete, thorough investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr khashoggi and that they will do so in a timely fashion. also on the programme: we're in memphis tennessee where members of different political parties don'tjust vote differently they lead entirely separate lives. shredding half an expensive painting is extravagant enough, but banksy now says he intended to rip up the whole thing. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in brussels. if everything had gone according to the original plan — this european summit would have seen british prime minister theresa may and the president of the european council, donald tusk, shaking hands on a done brexit deal. instead mr tusk said that there have been no improvements and — for the moment — he doesn't plan an extra summit in november. the difficulty remains the irish border. how do y

all about the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasury president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it's a threat to whoever you want, and it includes china and it includes russia and it includes anybody else that wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo claims the truth is coming as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. spanning 55 kilometres, the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to mainland china is opening for business.

the us treasury secretary becomes the latest big name to pull out of saudi arabia‘s investment conferencencerns over trade wars and rising rates resurface. on the sell—off has continued across asia, not helped by those growth numbers from china

on tuesday, we saw the yield on the us treasury bond hit a seven—year high. fixed income market is significantly larger than the us stock market. so, the key question for investors is whether or not this will be a sustained market correction or whether or not it's just a short blip. joining us is richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. nice to see you. morning. kim touching on some earnings. we are getting a lot of third—quarter earnings, what do they tell us? markets are earnings, what do they tell us? markets a re pretty earnings, what do they tell us? markets are pretty volatile every time they get a new update. a tale of two cities, in terms of new york and london. us markets on an absolute hair on the back of the booming economy we've been seeing. expectations are ayane are getting higher. the imminent third—quarter report, it has a lot to live up to. we heard only the other day from the federal reserve chairman, said one of the things around the current economic boom is it could be indefinite. those are very brave words, obviously, but i

the us treasury secretary has pulled out of a high—profile investment conference in riyadh next week, opposite numbers from britain and france. president trump has now declared that mr khashoggi is "most likely dead." and if the saudis are responsible, he says the consequences should be "ve we're waiting for the results of about three different investigations, and we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soon. well, it'll have to be very severe. i mean, it's bad, bad stuff. but we'll see what happens. our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, told me there has been a change of tone from the president. the president is still pushing for a pause. he says he wants to see the outcome of these different investigations that are ongoing, and we know that there are still very active investigations in turkey at the moment. but there is definitely a hardening of language, and you get a sense that that is partly because donald trump has seen the details of multiple intelligence reports. he said that to the new york times, and he says that if saudi arabia were involved, then ultimately

the us treasury secretary pulls out of an investment conference in saudi arabia, but the white housee to investigate what happened to jamal khashoggi. they also assured me that they will conduct a complete,

we are looking at whether the us treasury will name china currency manipulator.of six countries on the list along with japan, south korea, germany, switzerland and india. for a come true to be named to currency manipulator, there are three boxes to tick. —— country. a trade surplus, current accounts surplus and a persistent one—sided intervention. what are the implications? here is an analysis from julian evans prichard. it would have political significance, suggesting the trump administration are keen to push hard on china regarding trade but practical implications, not many. the process of formal negotiations with china but it seems likely to hear that china will deny the accusation is given they are not even true and that would leave the us side with little recourse apart from the trade actions it is pursuing.” little recourse apart from the trade actions it is pursuing. i mentioned those three criteria in one of them is the huge trade surplus which it currently has with the us. could they potentially still go ahead, politicise the issue as they have done, to

also in the programme, goldman sachs joins us treasury secretary steve mnuchin in pulling out of saudi'scalled davos in the desert after the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. the european markets have opened in positive territory. we'll be looking at what has been a busy week in the world of tech with our very own rory cellan—jones, including the emergence of tiny mobile phones. also in the programme, the actress keira knightley says she has banned her three—year—old daughter from watching some disney films because of their portrayal of women. we want to know, do you think the movie business is outdated, or is it changing with the times? let us know — just use #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start in china, where in the last few hours official figures have confirmed the weakest economic growth since the end of the financial crisis almost a decade ago. china's gdp growth slowed to 6.5% in the three months to september, weaker than expected and a level not seen since early 2009. these are the first growth figures since a big escalation in america's trade war

bloomberg is reporting that the us treasury dept will not accuse china of currency manipulation whent week. there's also talk that president trump and president xi could be meeting for a summit next month. let's get more from maura fogarty, who runs our asia business team. maura, this is a bit of a breakthrough, perhaps? are you cautiously opt mystic about some of this news? —— optimistic. cautiously opt mystic about some of this news? -- optimistic. on the one hand we are cautiously optimistic because if you look at the trade tensions between these countries they have gone on much longer than anybody anticipated. so the report out in bloomberg and a few other media outlets is saying that the us, which produces a currency manipulation report twice a year, the treasury department does this, and treasury officials are recommending to not label china as a currency manipulator. something that would obviously make the chinese very happy. they have, however, expressed concern about the depreciation of the chinese currency, which has lost about 9% of its value in the last six months. that i

all about the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi, at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasuryriyadh with the saudi crown prince. saudi—led forces attack the city of hodeidah in yemen. the un warns the closure of its port would lead to widespread famine. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it isa it is a through to whoever you are and it includes china and it includes russia and it includes anybody else who wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him.

killing of journalist jamal khashoggi among the prestigious figures who decided not to attend were us treasury secretary stephen munition i.m.f. chief christine legarde and the c.e.o. of germany's siemens joe qasr. kayser took his time before announcing he'd pull out of the event allegations of saudi involvement in cash of genes death forced his hand. his events was one of several business giants that found themselves caught between morality and profit companies that pulled out included j.p. morgan and ford exactly how many guests cancel the still unclear the organizers removed a list of plans speakers from their website is what i hope we value for school but others were happy to attend the three day meeting which promised major billion dollar deals. saudi arabia wants to diversify its economy and needs large scale investment for a range of new infrastructure projects job creation is another push factor one in three people under thirty in the kingdom are currently unemployed investors had field saudi crown prince mohammed bin sandman as a positive influence of the future after he lifted the ba

the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, has held private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown princehammed bin salman, amid continuing controversy over the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the world's longest sea bridge is about to open, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china. it cost $20 billion, and took almost a decade to build. you are up to date. stay with us, there will be more from our team on bbc news. and the top story in the uk... theresa may has told mps a deal to leave the eu is 95% agreed, but the issue of the northern ireland border remains unresolved more from me later. but first here is marie kem. chinese stocks have the best day in two years after beijing moved in to reassure i nvesto i’s . two years after beijing moved in to reassure investors. how do you feel about investing in a virtual country which only does good things to the world 7 we which only does good things to the world? we speak to the founders. good morning and welcome to asia business report live from singapore. let's start with the markets bec

investors have fled to the relative safety of bond markets, the yield or the interest rate on us treasurieso decline, suggesting that there isn't much investor appetite for bonds in the us and leading to concerns by many investors that this might push up many investors that this might push up the cost of borrowing for us corporations. the question is whether or not this is a one—time thing, or if investors who have not been worried by rising trade tensions and increasing political turmoil in the us, are finally beginning to worry that the era of record corporate profits is about to come to a close. the sell—off has seen america's central bank, the federal reserve, receive another telling off from president trump. he has been vocal of his criticism of the fed forjeopardizing the us economic recovery by raising interest rates too quickly. on wednesday he put the blame for wall street's turmoil squarely on the fed. i think the fed is making a mistake. they asked so tight. i think the fed has gone crazy. —— they are so tight. let's get the view from asia. sharanjit leyl is in singapore for us.

john smith served for 11 years as a top official in the us treasury department's offers and explainsmerica is taking and explains why america is taking an aggressive approach to these actions. from the beginning trump said it was not a good deal because it didn't include ballistic missile is, it had time limitations and he believes the iranians continue to foment discord in the region which he is wanting to end. most of the oil shipments from iran come to asian nations, like india, china, in credit in the reliant on these oil supplies, so can they stop buying it because of the sanctions? it will drive because of the sanctions? it will d rive costs because of the sanctions? it will drive costs up massively. the us would say they have done it before. they did it before in the ramp up on iran sanctions and they say other countries like saudi arabia are willing to step in. tell us about the impact on financial institutions and companies as well, notjust here in asia, but globally, if they are engaging in business with iran, or trading with them, what happens? engaging in business with ir

for the first time, the us treasury is targeting funds linked to japan's yakuza.linked to japan's ya kuza. it has targeting funds linked to japan's yakuza. it has put four individuals and two companies tied to the gang on its sanctions blacklist. these are the companies. the tank to make sanctions freeze any assets of those named which are under us jurisdiction. they also prohibit us companies from dealing with them. i spoke to an investigative journalist who spent 25 years covering japan's criminal underworld. i began by asking about the companies blacklisted. these two companies, yamaki and toyo shinyojitsugyo, basically manage ya kuza yamaki and toyo shinyojitsugyo, basically manage yakuza properties. injapan, as you know, the organised crime groups are pretty much out in the open. yamaki has been around since 1916 and is one of the longest—running japanese businesses around. so the companies represent their financial enterprises, and if you want to choke off the yakuza operations you need to target the companies. so do you think they are going to come under mo

for american consumers in the coming months as aluminum imports become more expensive since the us treasuries imposition of sanctions on aluminum giant russo in april fears of a global shortage of the metal have been growing and putting upward pressure on its price officials in washington have repeatedly pushed back the deadline for compliance with the restrictions under the sanctions american firms originally had to stop doing business with russo all by late october that was then extended to mid november. to allow more time for talks with rizal's parent company. despite the apparent determination of the treasury officials to go ahead with sanctions business leaders and critics say that they are damaging to u.s. manufacturing and have been a strategic failure on this dr mom do told us that the penalties don't make sense from a financial standpoint. the united states and now says that there will impose some sanctions. and the prices shot up by thirty per cent yeah medicare when trying to clean that law is the chairman of the company and the we've because he's friendly with president putin ther

treasury to treasury department excuse me to push back the deadline for compliance with the penalties us companies were initially told to stop doing business with a result by october twenty third that has now been extended to mid november. some analysts say in the russian company. is in fact too big to sanction and that elevated aluminum prices will continue to hammer u.s. businesses since april rizal's parent company has been holding talks with the u.s. treasury looking for ways to get of the restrictions dropped so far treasury officials seem unwilling to budge and have reiterated their commitment to enforcing the measures international oil economist dr solomon told us however that the sanctions are harming the industry when the united states and now says that there will impose some sanctions. and the prices shot up by thirty per cent the amharic as a way to try and kill penalize the chairman of the company and that we've because he's friendly with but has and then. there is no i think any bases for us sanctions anyway they aim to set of us in tennis whatever it is the. i'll be back of

convincing the us to change tack is harder. its treasury secretary pulled out of the conference but still met the crown prince. the saudis praising the strategic partnership. this was a far harder meeting, jamal khashoggi's son with the man widely accused of ordering his murder. it comes down to this, a father killed and a family torn apart. our correspondent tim willcox is in the saudi capital riyadh where the international business summit is taking place. many world leaders speaking out against the murder of jamal khashoggi but nonetheless business is brisk. yes. iam yes. i am standing in the extraordinary opulent convention centre. it is empty because all of the delegates are having a dinner at the delegates are having a dinner at the ritz—carlton close by. it was packed earlier especially when crown prince mohammed bin salman walked in. he was mobbed by people taking selfies and wanting to shake his hand. igot selfies and wanting to shake his hand. i got close to him and i said to him in the light of these recent events how did he feel

in the bond markets, the us treasury market staged one of its steepest sell—offs of the trump presidencypectations for additional interest rate rises. as a result, bond yields are now at their highest level for seven years. in the european market, the big oil companies are falling in value. there are reports that russia and saudi arabia struck a private deal last month to raise crude output. samira hussain has the details of what's ahead on wall street today. constellation brands will be reporting earnings on thursday and investors looking at the cannabis industry will be paying close attention. constellation is an adult beverage company that sells beer, wine and spirits. among its most well—known offerings are corona and robert mondavi. in august the company launched a strategic partnership with canopy growth, a canadian cannabis company that is also listed here in the us. analysts will be looking to see if constellation's bet on cannabis is paying off. joining us is supriya menon, senior multi—asset strategist from pictet asset management. did i say that right? talk us through why it m

the us treasury secretary also pulled out. as did the french and dutch finance ministers. me to investigate and explain. i told president trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete that, so that we, too, have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that. at which point, we can make decisions about how or if the united states should respond. it's now more than two weeks since jamal khashoggi entered his country's consulate in istanbul and was never seen again. turkish police are investigating claims he was tortured and dismembered by saudi agents. mr khashoggi's friends say he had been warned not to go to the saudi consulate. they believe his death was state sanctioned. this operation within the space of state space and governmental space of the consulate, and doing this in such an organisation, it's a very anonymous organisation, which cannot be carried out without the permission of any higher authority. it needs higher authorities. britain has a significant trade and security relationship with saudi arabia, and it would be reluctant

our top stories: as turkey prepares to reveal all about the murder ofjamal khashoggi, the us treasurysaudi crown prince. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. spanning 55 kilometres, the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is open for business. in the light of the khashoggi murder, top business leaders are pulling out of the major investment conference that kicks off today in saudi arabia — what difference will it make?

about the murder of the the journalist jamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul, the us treasuryks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince. president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china, as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it's a threat to whoever you want, and it includes china, and it includes russia, and it includes anybody else that wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. spanning 55 km, the world's longest sea bridge, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is opening for business.

is reporting that the crown prince has made us treasury secretary steven miniature in riyadh this comes off to take his official say skilling was savagely planned president richard sipe added one is expected to lay out his country's evidence on tuesday. the u.s. says national security adviser john bolton has made russian foreign min.

diplomatic sources say both the us treasury secretary and the uk international trade secretary may nowend. this would amount to a huge snub by two of saudi arabia's key allies. eliza philippidis, bbc news. earlier i spoke to samer shehata, professor of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma. i asked him how much concern there would be in saudi arabia about possible boycotts of an investment conference and a statement of condemnation from western allies. i think it would cause considerable concern. the saudis now are scrambling to get out of this mess and it will be very difficult for them to get out of this mess. i think there will be consequences not only for saudi arabia internationally, but also domestically in terms of how the crown prince and would—be successor is likely seen by relatives and other powerful players in the saudi monarchy. so, i think this is a major crisis for saudi arabia. i think it would be the least that united states and britain and other countries could do if it was certain, proven that mr khashoggi was murdered in the consulate. we just heard t

fifteen men and more political and business leaders distancing themselves from saudi arabia the us treasury secretary the finance ministers from france the u.k. and the netherlands are the latest to pull out a major investment conference later this month alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . he's been briefed by his secretary of state and aufidius intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is dead and certainly looks that way to me it's very sad general election he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens might bumpier arrive back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised phil transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparen

also this hour the us treasury secretary sits down with the saudi crown prince after dismissing any talk of sanctions following the murder of a dissident journalist as premature. and a british man sues the u.s. army after being exposed to toxic chemicals while working as a contractor at a military base we speak to the whistleblower. when i was just a bunch of usually just on medical checks and as they just in their lives as well and just look you just don't like what you see someone else. this is our team to national coming to you live from moscow where it's just turned eleven am this tuesday welcome to the program. donald trump has threatened to build up the united states nuclear arsenal until quote people come to their senses he earlier vowed to scrap a nuclear treaty with russia that's been in force for almost three decades. right here to the agreement they should have been done years ago but still people come to this that we have more money than anybody else by far we'll build it up until they come to this that when they do then we'll all be barred. and by the way not only will we do

us treasury secretary steven mnuchin will still go but says that decision could be reversed if more informationut. here's bbc arabic‘s anees al qudaihi on that alleged murder evidence. the focus today was on alleged videos of him, in spite of the inside the consulate. several sources confirmed the existence of these videos, audio recordings, one source is a seniorjournalist pro journalist who boasted or sent an audio message on the group. he said he was invited by his turkish security services to see the video on thursday and that the video shows jamal, inside the consulate and also the view of the announced names jamal, inside the consulate and also a few of the announced names of the turkish authorities, that arrived that day. and he said, and that message, that he was without and he said, and that message, that he was with doubt that jamal was killed that day. with me is political editor of the middle east magazine, adel darwish. what do you make of the contents of this video and this evidence? but also the fact that it has emerged in the public domain? it is quite interesting, it is not off

that's as maybe, but today the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, became the latest pull—out.ignificant because that's the first direct action sanctioned by the president in the wake of this macabre killing. though secretary of state pompeo was still saying the saudis needed more time. i told president trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete that, so that we too have complete understanding of the facts surrounding that, at which point we can make decisions about how or if the united states should respond to the incident surrounding mr khashoggi. but from the president, the language seems to be toughening, as more is discovered. reporter: what are you considering for possible consequences for the saudis based on those...? well, it'll have to be very severe. i mean, it's bad, bad stuff. investigators have been back at the consulate in istanbul continuing their forensic examination of the building. meanwhile, the washington post has printed the saudi journalist's final column, with its clarion call for press freedom in the middle east. in terms o

the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, has held private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown princeder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the world's longest sea bridge is about to open, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china. it cost $20 billion, and took almost a decade to build. you are up to date. stay with us, there will be more from our team on bbc news. and the top story in the uk... theresa may has told mps a deal to leave the eu is 95% agreed, but the issue of the northern ireland border remains unresolved

but steven mnuchin, the us treasury secretary, still plans to attend.poke to barbara plett usher in washington. i put it to her that american business is moving faster than american politics. i think you are right. there have been another senior business leaders, corporate leaders, pulling out of that investment conference in saudi arabia, and there have been report in washington that lobbying firms that have saudi arabia as a client had severed contracts so saudi arabia is beginning to look a bit toxic in terms of investment, at least it will until it becomes clear what happened. this is very important to mohammed bin salman, he has really wanted foreign investment and he tried hard to get businesses to invest in saudi arabia and he promised investment here so that will be something he notices for certain. the statement that has been released by the state department on this issue, it is the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a timely and thorough investigation that provides answers. it is not say anything stronger than that, tho

us treasury secretary steven mnuchin will still go but may change his mind if more details emerge. al qudaihi from bbc arabic explains how they got the story. the bbc has interviewed turan kislakci, the head the video has allegedly been seen by several turkish journalists. it is not only one source. other sources have confirmed the existence of these. they also said the videos will be released in two or three days. the bbc has interviewed turan kislakci, the head of the turkish arab media association. he says 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 th

the us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, also pulled out, as did the french and dutch finance ministersestigate and explain. i told president trump this morning that we ought to give them a few more days to complete that can so that we, too, have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that, at which point we can make decisions about how or if the united states should respond. it is now more than two weeks since jamal khashoggi entered his country's consulate in istanbul and was never seen again. turkish police are investigating claims he was tortured and dismembered by saudi agents. mr khashoggi's friends said he had been warned not to go to the saudi consulate and they believed his death was state—sanctioned. this is the consulate. doing this in such an organisation is a very, very anonymous organisation, which cannot be carried out without the permission of any higher authority. such an operation needs higher authorities. britain has a significant trade and security relationship with saudi arabia and it would be reluctant to offend a country that is an important ally in the

china is no manipulator according to the us treasury, despite president trump accusing beijing of keeping yuan weak to boost exports. markets in europe are mixed, not sure which direction to turn, is the brexit negotiations stall yet again. from pulling pints in the pub to selling luxury holidays — we'll be talking to one entrepreneur disrupting the hotel scene. and the new york times is reporting on so—called brexit—preppers — people who are stockpilling all sorts of things in case of a chaotic exit from the eu. today we want to know, are you preparing for brexit? or is this just scaremongering? let us know — just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. thank you for your comment so far. one has told me you are stockpiling passports. interesting. we start with brexit because, as you've been hearing, european union leaders have decided there's not been enough progress in talks with the uk to hold a planned summit next month. it means britain has edged a little closer to leaving the eu without a deal in march, a situation seen as potentially catastrophic by many in