The latest: Khashoggi's fiancee put under police protection
The latest: Khashoggi's fiancee put under police protection
The latest on the consequences of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the consulate of his country in Istanbul (all local timetables):
10:40 p.m.
The official Turkish news agency says that Saudi Arabia's girlfriend Jamal Khashoggi received police protection 24 hours a day.
Anadolu news agency reported that the decision was made on Sunday by the governor's office in Istanbul, citing an anonymous security official.
Hatice Cengiz, a Turkish national, waited for Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2, where he was to obtain the documents for his planned marriage. She alerted the authorities after the writer did not leave the building.
Saudi officials confirmed on Saturday that he died, after denying knowledge of his circumstances for more than two weeks.
The report does not say why Cengiz was given police protection.
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8:20
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she supports the freezing of arms exports to Saudi Arabia after the murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Sunday that "I agree with all those who say that arms exports are already limited (...) can not be made in the situation we are currently."
The German Foreign Minister, Heiko Maas, had called on Saturday for the cessation of German arms exports while the investigation into the death of Khashoggi continues.
Merkel reiterated her condemnation of the murder at the consulate of Saudi in Istanbul, and her previous call for the kingdom to provide further clarification on the incident and hold those responsible responsible.
She said Germany will discuss more "reactions" to the case with its international partners.
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7:20 p.m.
The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia described the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi earlier this month at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul as a "dishonest operation" and an "aberration".
Adel al-Jubeir told Fox News on Sunday that those responsible will be responsible for "this huge and serious error."
He extended his condolences to the family of the murdered journalist.
"We can feel his pain and we wish that this had not happened and I wish it could have been avoided," he said.
Saudi Arabia finally admitted on Friday that its agents killed Khashoggi after he entered the consulate on October 2, but denies that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman or King Salman were involved.
Al-Jubeir echoed President Donald Trump's warnings to rush to judge the Saudi leaders, saying: "There is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty," and that some "have turned inside out." He adds that Saudi officials do not know the whereabouts of Khashoggi's remains.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers is accusing the crown prince of leading the operation. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday: "It seems impossible to believe that the Crown Prince did not participate."
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7:10 p.m.
President Donald Trump said Saturday he would speak to the Crown Prince "very soon" as he works to determine what consequences, if any, the United States ally will face for the murder of a dissident journalist.
Trump said he planned to consult with Congress to devise an answer. "We will probably have an answer on Tuesday or so," he said.
Over the past week, Trump has repeatedly said he opposes any effort to prevent more than $ 100 billion in arms sales from the United States to Saudi Arabia, but would consider sanctions on the kingdom.
On Friday, during a round table in Arizona, he was asked if he believed Saudi Arabia's explanation that Khashoggi was killed during a "fist fight" with more than a dozen agents was credible, he said: "I do. "
But on Saturday, in an interview with The Washington Post, Trump said: "Obviously, there have been deceptions and lies."
Still, Trump has offered kind words to Mohammed bin Salman and his father, King Salman, repeating his denials that they were involved in Khashoggi's murder.
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6:25 p.m.
Britain, Germany and France issued a joint statement condemning the murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi, saying there is an "urgent need to clarify exactly what happened."
In a statement on Sunday, governments said attacks on journalists are unacceptable and "of utmost concern to our three nations." They said that the "hypotheses" proposed so far in Saudi research should be supported by facts to be considered credible.
They stressed that more efforts are needed to establish the truth and added that they reserve their judgment until they receive a more detailed explanation.
Saudi officials said Khashoggi died in an "altercation" with Saudi officials at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Turkish officials suspect that a team of Saudi agents was sent to assassinate him.
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6:15 p.m.
The Turkish president said he would announce the details of the Turkish investigation into the death of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday.
Speaking to supporters on Sunday in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is seeking justice and will "go into detail" in a speech to members of the ruling party in parliament.
Turkish government media say a successful squad traveled from Saudi Arabia to kill Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul after he entered the building on October 2. Saudi Arabia acknowledged that the critic died there, although he says that his death was the result of a "fist fight".
The Saudi account has received widespread international skepticism and allegations of a cover-up.
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5:40 p.m.
A former US critic from Saudi Arabia says he is confident that Crown Prince Mohammed led the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Senator Rand Paul told "Fox News Sunday" that the United States "can not continue to have relations with him, so I think he will have to be replaced."
The Kentucky Republican said there is growing support in Congress to stop selling US arms to the Saudis, even though President Donald Trump says he does not want to jeopardize the jobs of defense companies in the United States.
Paul said he does not believe that "weapons should be seen as an employment program," adding that the Saudis are using US arms in the war in Yemen, where civilians are being killed.
"It would cut the sale of weapons, it's the only thing the Saudis will hear," Paul said. "I do not think we need the Saudis, the Saudis need us much more than we do."
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4:35 p.m.
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, "crossed a line" in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and must pay a price.
Tennessee Republican Bob Corker says that, based on his reports, he believes that the real known as MBS was behind the assassination of the Saudi critic. He is being interviewed in the "State of the Union" of CNN.
Corker tells CNN's "State of the Union" that the crown prince "has now crossed a line and there has to be a penalty and a price paid for that."
Corker is also asking Turkey, which said it has recordings of Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, which will deliver them to the United States.
Says the NATO ally: "The Turks have been talking more to the media than we are."
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9:45 a.m.
The European Union says the emerging details of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are "deeply troubling" and that a "thorough, credible and transparent investigation" is needed.
Saudi authorities said Khashoggi died in a "fight" with Saudi officials at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2, the latest in a series of contradictory explanations about his death. Turkish officials suspect that a team of Saudi agents was sent to assassinate him.
Saudi Arabia said that 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and that intelligence officials had been dismissed. But critics believe that the complex scheme that led to Khashoggi's death could not have happened without the knowledge of Mohammed bin Salman, the 33-year-old powerful crown prince of the country.
The EU said that the continued investigation should provide "adequate clarity about the circumstances of the murder and ensure full responsibility for all those responsible."
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9:10 a.m.
President Donald Trump says he needs to learn more about the murder of a Saudi journalist and will work with Congress on the US response.
Speaking Saturday night after a campaign rally in Nevada, he said he will soon speak with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Saudi officials announced that Jamal Khashoggi, columnist for the Washington Post, died at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul after a fight with officials there. That explanation has led to accusations of a cover-up designed to protect the powerful Crown Prince.
Initially, Trump said he believed in the Saudi account, but on Saturday he said he still does not know where Khashoggi's body is.
Trump said: "We would like to find out where he is and what happened ... And I think we are progressing little by little there."
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