Hello and welcome. Saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman has said he takes responsibility, as a leader of his country, for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week, but again denied he had ordered the killing. He was interviewed on cbss 60 minutes programme. Well have more from that in a moment. Separately, two people whove listened to covert recordings of the killing have described to the bbc what theyve heard. Members of a Un Investigation Team have told the bbcs Panorama Programme of the horror and shock of listening to his final moments. Jane corbin has this report. A year ago, on the 2nd of october, Jamal Khashoggi vanished after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. We only know what happened next because the consulate was bugged by turkish intelligence. You could hear them laughing. Its a sort of chilling business. Theyre waiting there, knowing that this man is going to come in and he is going to be murdered. British barrister, helena kennedy, is one of the very few people who have listened to the audio recordings of the journalists death. The horror of listening to somebodys voice and the fear in someones voice makes a shiver go through your body. Baroness kennedy was invited to join a team headed by agnes callamard, the un special rapporteur for extrajudicial killing, who negotiated access to the crucial tapes. The recordings reveal what happened to the journalist inside the consulate. He says, am i being kidnapped . How could this happen in an embassy . The sounds that are heard after that point indicate that he is suffocated, probably with a plastic bag. Callamards report concluded that the saudi state was responsible for the murder. The saudi government declined to give an interview to panorama but said it condemned the abhorrent killing, and it was committed to holding the perpetrators accountable. It said that the crown prince had absolutely nothing to do with what it called a heinous crime. Jane corbin, bbc news. For our viewers in the uk, panorama the khashoggi murder tapes is on bbc one this monday at 8 30pm. If youre watching on world news, check out our website for transmission times in your area. In the interview with cbs, Saudi Crown Prince denied knowing about the murder of mr khashoggi in advance, saying it was impossible for him to know about the activities of every Civil Servant in saudi arabia. He was speaking to Norah Odonnell, who began by asking him whether he ordered the killing. Translation absolutely not. This was a heinous crime. But i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. What does that mean, that you take responsibility . When a crime is committed against a saudi citizen by officials working for the saudi government, as a leader, i must take responsibility. This was a mistake and i must take all actions to avoid such a thing in the future. How did you not know about this operation . Something that i should know what 3 Million People working for the saudi government do daily. It is impossible that the 3 million would send their daily reports to the leader or the second highest person in the saudi government. The cia has concluded with medium to high confidence that you personally targeted Jamal Khashoggi and you probably ordered his death. I hope this information to be brought forward. If there is any such information that charges me, i hope it is brought forward publicly. What kind of threat is a newspaper columnist to the kingdom of saudi arabia that he would deserve to be brutally murdered . There is no threat from any journalist. The threat to saudi arabia is from such actions against a saudi journalist. This heinous crime that took place in a saudi consulate. The crown prince was also asked about the impact of the attack on Saudi Oil Installations last week. He blamed iran and warned of major consequences if the world does not take united action against iran. Translation if the world does not ta ke translation if the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter iran, we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests. Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices willjump to unimaginably high numbers that we havent seen in our lifetimes. Mohammed bin salman speaking to Norah Odonnell of cbs 60 minutes there. Lets get some of the days other news. Security forces in burkina faso say 17 people have been killed in a series of attacks in a region where islamic extremist groups are known to be active. Gunmen attacked two villages in the province of kongoussi, north of the capital ouagadougou. Northern and North Eastern parts of india have been hit by severe floods triggered by torrential rains. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have been particularly affected. Dozens of people have lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh alone. The monsoon usually starts retreating at the start of september, but has been delayed by a month this year. 25 luxury cars, which were confiscated from the son of the president of equatorial guinea, have been auctioned off in switzerland. The sale, including lamborghinis, ferraris and rolls royces, raised 23 million for social projects in the african country. Its part of a deal reached with swiss prosecutors to drop an investigation into misuse of public funds. Democrats in the United States congress say impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held in the coming week. The allegations centre on claims he put pressure on ukraine to dig up dirt on a potential rival whos running for the white house in 2020. Joe biden is one of the front runners for the democratic nomination to challenge mr trump. But a former prosecutor in ukraine has told the bbc there was never any dirt to dig up. Jonah fisher reports from the capital, kiev. Advertisement voiceover joe biden promised ukraine a billion dollars if they fired the prosecutor of. With an impeachment enquiry under way, President Trump is on the attack, tweeting a new video about his possible opponent in next years election. Weve stepped up the official assistance to help backstop the ukrainian economy. This was four years ago in kiev. Joe biden was Vice President and the obama administrations go to man on ukraine. Advertisement voiceover burisma is the leading. At the same time, his son, hunter, had a well paid job on the board of a Ukrainian Energy company. President trump has claimed, without supporting evidence, thatjoe biden got a ukrainian prosecutor called Viktor Shokin sacked because he was investigating hunters company. Today in kiev, the man who took over from mr shokin blew a big hole in President Trumps story. Have you got any evidence that joe biden acted in any way which supported Hunter Bidens company, burisma . It is not myjurisdiction. But have you got any . It is not myjurisdiction. I cant do nothing which is not connected with ukrainian law. So, under ukrainian law, youve got nothing . Nothing, certainly. Mr lutsenko has changed his tune. We spoke with mr giuliani, one, before new york, then three days in new york, then one or two days. The former prosecutor general was earlier this year close to President Trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. The former new york mayor has taken a particular interest in ukraine and both men talked up a biden investigation. Lets play the clip, please. Shown his one time allys interview with us, mr giuliani quickly declared the friendship over. Mr lutsenko is exactly the prosecutor thatjoe biden put in in order to tank the case. Mr lutsenkos about turn wont help President Trump as he seeks to make this story Aboutjoe Biden and his son rather than his own conduct. With an impeachment inquiry under way, its likely we are going to be hearing a lot more about Rudy Giuliani and what hes been doing here in ukraine. Jonah fisher, bbc news, kiev. A fire at an overcrowded refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos is reported to have killed two people. An angry crowd at the moria camp complained that firefighters had taken too long to tackle the blaze. Extra police were sent to restore order. The bbcs tim allman has the story. Thick, billowing clouds of smoke as part of this camp burns. Somehow, one of the giant shipping containers that house many of the refugees here had caught fire. People ran for their lives, men, women and children, eyes burning from the noxious fumes. Afterwards, you could see the destroyed remains of the container. Some voiced their anger, accusing fire crews of taking too long to respond, but mostly, there was despair. Look at the people here, fighting look at that. Look, theres fire, big fire, yeah, big fire people are going to die. Please, please, from everywhere, country, leave the people to go. The moria camp houses around 12,000 refugees, four times the number it was designed for. There has been a spike in numbers in recent months with 9,000 people arriving in august and more than 8,000 refugees coming in september so far. By some estimates, almost a Million People, many of them fleeing the syrian civil war, crossed from turkey to greece in 2015. Then a deal was done between ankara and the European Union and the number of refugees dropped dramatically. But now, that figure is ticking up once more and this fire shows the burden being placed on greece can be a heavy one. Tim allman, bbc news. This weekend has seen some of the worst violence in hong kong in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. There were running battles as protesters threw molotov cocktails and the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. It comes ahead of major celebrations planned in china to mark 70 years of communist rule. John sudworth reports. Theyre determined to spoil the party. With just two days to go before chinas big anniversary, hong kong is decidedly off message. While in beijing, rehearsals are in full swing for a celebration of 70 years of communist rule and a message of unity and strength, in hong kong, theres division, uncertainty and fear. Its a faultline that cuts across class and generation. This 73 year old is showing me the protective gear he wears when supporting the protesters. Translation for 70 years, the ruling party has subdued its people. Do you think we are in the mood to celebrate . This woman is in favour of chinese rule and says the protests are scaring off mainland chinese tourists. Translation i still have business, but not as much as before. Ive lost at least a half of my revenue. With more protests planned on tuesday, the authorities are not taking chances. You can still taste the tear gas in the air. Hong kong finds itself at the centre of a global clash of values authoritarianism against freedom. On the streets of this city, chinas vision of its future has run into a crisis of legitimacy. The chaos continued into the night. For some, its a principled fight. For others, a doomed strategy that risks provoking an ever more powerful china to sweep this citys freedoms away for good. John sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. Meanwhile, tuesday is officially the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china. On the eve of the anniversary, the country is celebrating martyrs day. Thousands of people from all walks of life gathered in Tiananmen Square to place flower baskets in front of the monument to the peoples heroes. Stay with us on bbc world news. Still to come jamaicas Shelly Ann Fraser pryce races into the record books, winning the womens 100 metres at the athletics World Championships. In all russias turmoil, it has never quite come to this. President yeltsin said the day would decide the nations destiny. The nightmare that so many people had feared for so long is playing out its final act here. Russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. It was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. But his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. This man, israels right winger, ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. He wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites. An idea thats unthinkable to palestinians. After 45 years of division, germany is one. In berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europes biggest and richest nation. This is bbc world news. The latest headlines saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman says he takes full responsibility for the murder ofjournalist, Jamal Khashoggi, but denies ordering the killing. Us democrats say impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held in the coming week. The allegations centre on claims he put pressure on ukraine to dig up dirt on a potential president ial rival. Austrias conservative Peoples Party, led by the former chancellor, sebastian kurz, is on course for victory in the countrys snap general election. With nearly all ballots counted, the party has won around 37 of the vote, up from 31 last time the country went to the polls. The process of building a coalition is likely to begin soon. Bethany bell is following the story in vienna. Sebastian kurz and his supporters are celebrating. Despite the collapse of his coalition with the far right Freedom Party in may, his conservative Peoples Party has emerged stronger than before. I would like to thank our voters. Its incredible, its an amazing day. Its a historic result of our party and then we will try to have good talks with all the other parties in the parliament and try to form a government that works for the people of austria. Also celebrating, the greens. Climate change has emerged as one of the top concerns for voters. And the greens could now be a viable Coalition Partner for mr kurz. The biggest loser of the night was the anti immigrant Freedom Party. Its support dropped by 10 following by a video sting Corruption Scandal in may involving its former leader. The social democrats, who came in second, also had a disappointing result. So, will mr kurz now look to the left or to the right to form a coalition . Another pact with the Freedom Party could work in terms of content but might be unstable. And the greens say they want radical change from the right wing policies of the last government. A grand coalition with the social democrats is considered less likely. The votes are in, but Coalition Talks could be complicated. It could be many weeks, if not months, before austria has a new government. Bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. Jamaicas Shelly Ann Fraser pryce has won the womens 100 metres at the athletics world champiosnhips in doha, at the athletics World Championships in doha, beating britains Dina Asher Smith into second place. Fraser pryce has now won a record four gold medals at the World Championships thats one more than compatriot, usain bolt. Her victory comes two years after giving birth, and she said her renewed enjoyment for the sport is thanks to her son. You know, it isjust a wonderful feeling to be able to have my victory lap with my son. He is responsible for the mummy rocket, of course, and hes responsible for the comeback, so, you know, it is definitely. It was a special moment for me to share with my son. Well i spoke with the bbcs sport presenter, ben croucher, and he told me why this was such an extroadinary performance. For one, it is her age. I mean, she is 32 now. Now, she first won a world title back in 2009, she first won an olympic title in 2008, so she has been at the top of her sportjust like usain bolt was for a decade. And the second, as youve already alluded to, is that two years ago she took a year out to give birth to her son, zyon. After her maternity break, she returned and had looked really good all season, she was only beaten by Dina Asher Smith a couple of weeks ago. She did get her revenge in doha. She ran the fastest time in the world this year and barely anybody, sadly, was there to watch it. Her husband and son were, though. She carried zyon around for that lap of honour, which was really nice to see. And exactly the point she wanted to make after the race, she said that, having my son and coming back and performing the way that i did, hopes that she can give inspiration to women starting a family and that they can do anything and its not about who you are or anything, its just where you start in the first place. Well, its interesting because on that, there was another american in a different competition whos also given birth and went on to win. Are these women breaking this myth that you cant have children and perform at an elite level and win . Well, Allyson Felix is the woman that you are referring to there. She won a 12th world title in the axiioom mixed relay. Shes now got one more gold medal than usain bolts won in his career, and it crosses beyond athletics as well, because youve got the likes of Suzann Pettersen who was europes solheim cup heroine having only recently returning from giving birth to her son. And just look at what Serena Williams has done in tennis since she gave birth to Alexis Olympia she got to four grand slam finals, she even won the Australian Open when she was pregnant. So, as Shelly Ann Fraser pryce and all of these athletes are proving that having a family and taking part in elite sport is perfectly possible. Very quickly, does this make fraser pryce better than usain bolt, given shes one upped him on a medal . It is very, very difficult to compare the two. Shes certainly in the conversation and in terms of actually just her track record and her cv, the longevity that she has shown are now having won four 100 metres world titles, certainly within womens sprinting, she is arguably one of, if not the greatest of all time, and she probably is now going to go for a third olympic title as well, and if she is able to do that, then i think that is a conversation that is certainly there to be had again. Now we have a very special announcement to make. The bbc world news komla dumor award was set up in honour of my colleague komla dumor, who died suddenly injanuary 2014. It aims to continue komlas legacy by celebrating african journalism and finding exceptional talent. This years recipient is the Ugandan Television presenter, solomon serwanjja. As an Investigative Reporter and news anchor, solomons hard hitting reports have been applauded across the continent. He told us how he felt when he heard the news. So they call me on my skype goal and i remember standing outside because i had to step outside and it was a Clear Blue Sky and when this call came through, they told me, how is the weather in uganda . So when you get a call like that i said, it is bright, it is bright because we are on the equator and we enjoy this weather all throughout and then they told me. I am delighted to tell you that you have won the bbc world news komla dumor. 0h, that you have won the bbc world news komla dumor. Oh, my god laughter. No, my god, i am so happy, i am so honoured. I just stood, no, my god, i am so happy, i am so honoured. Ijust stood, ifroze. Are you sure . Yes, yes. Thank you. Hello, youre watching the gmt on bbc world news i am komla dumor. Komla dumor was someone i looked up to. When he is to be on the bbc. And i felt very good because i saw him in me. I am i felt very good because i saw him in me. Iama i felt very good because i saw him in me. I am a flamboyant person because i love on airflag, i love the excitement. I do not believe that news should be ecstatic. You need to communicate so you need to use more than just the language but the body language. He would come on set and just light up the whole sturdy and had i wanted to be like that guy. He goes out of the seeds and go to the field and tells african stories differently. He would tell both the positives and the negatives. As i said in this motorboat, i pause to wonder what i am getting myself into as the waves get higher. Six hours to this island. I look forward to sharing experiences with the worlds best and to grow my career as a journalist in different spheres. I know that during this time, i will be interfacing with the worlds best, intellivision, on radio, on line so i have to allow that experience to make me a better journalist and to take the african continent forward. The recipient of this years bbc world news, komla dumor award, solomon serwanjja speaking to us there. Stay with us on bbc news. More to come. Hello there. Parts of wales have seen over 130mm of rain over the last seven days. No wonder, then, that weve had some problems with flooding. And after a quieter start to monday, it looks like rain will then return from the south west. We start off with this little bump in the isobars. A transient ridge of High Pressure moving its way through. This cold front bringing some showers into northern scotland and this area of low pressure will be feeding rain in from the south west. So we start off with mist and fog patches which should tend to lift and clear and then a decent amount of sunshine, some showers feeding in across scotland and then this rain, particularly through the afternoon, piling into the south west of england, three wales, where in the high ground, we could see a further 70mm, getting on to 3 inches, rain getting into the midlands as we go through the afternoon. To the north of that, Northern England and scotland, itll be largely dry with just the odd shower but on the cool side. Now, as we go through monday night, that rain pushes its way northwards and eastwards, getting into the far south of scotland, certainly rain into northern ireland, some showers chasing on into the south where it will be a mild night, but we start Tuesday Morning on a decidedly chilly note across the northern half of scotland. So our area of low pressure just churning its way eastwards as we go through tuesday. Along the line of this frontal system here will see some heavy bursts of rain and thunder and lightning mixed in with that. The wet weather tending to pivot its way south eastwards, leaving something brighter behind but with the winds coming down from the north, there will be a few showers and it is going to feel really chilly, 9 there for aberdeen and stornoway. Some of the showers over the highest ground in northern scotland could contain some sleet, even some snow over the mountaintops. As we get into wednesday and that area of low pressure continues to slide away eastwards, while we all get into this cold northerly wind, we could well start wednesday morning with a touch of frost. Temperatures for parts of Northern England, southern and central scotland, out in the countryside, could be all the way down at freezing. But it is looking for like a Beautiful Day for the most part. Lots of crisp sunshine and blue sky overhead. Some showers running down these north sea coasts on a brisk wind. Lighter winds further west but daytime temperatures of just 11 14 degrees. Then as we head towards the end of the week, there is a lot of uncertainty, it does look like temperatures will start to climb again but there could be some wet and windy weather. Well keep you posted on that one. So for the week ahead, more rain at first but temperatures climb for the end of the week but there is the chance for some more wet and windy weather. This is bbc news. The headlines saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman says he takes responsibility, as a leader of his country, for the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi a year ago this week, but again denied he had ordered the killing. He was interviewed on cbss 60 minutes programme. Democrats in the United States congress say impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held this coming week. The allegations centre on claims he put pressure on ukraine to dig up dirt on a potential president ial rival. But a former prosecutor in ukraine says there was never any dirt to dig up. Thereve been running battles on the streets of hong kong as pro democracy demonstrators clash with police. Protesters threw molotov cocktails and the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. It comes ahead of major celebrations planned in china to mark 70 years of communist rule
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