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Top story: 'Planned in an extreme savage manner'

Hello, it's Warren Murray putting you in the picture on Tuesday morning.

"Nothing will remain secret," help to Turkey's president has promised, as Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prepares for an explosive speech alleging the Saudi government murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil. In the last of a few days ago, a double body left the consulate and wandering Istanbul in Khashoggi's clothes and a beard to make it look like he was still alive.

Saud al-Qahtani, an adviser to crown prince Muhammad bin Salman, is said to be in charge of the last moments of Khashoggi's life – telling the journalist's captors to "bring me the head of the dog". Erdoğan has the luck in his speech at Turkey's parliament to reveal details of an audio recording of Khashoggi's death and dismemberment. Erdoğan's spokesman Ömer Çelik vowed Turkey would continue to expose how the "nefarious murder" of Khashoggi was "planned in an extremely savage manner … there has been a lot of effort".

The White House has continued frantic efforts to reduce the fallout for Saudi Arabia. Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner said he had told Crown Prince Salman "to be fully transparent. The world is watching. "


Glasgow strike – Hundreds of schools and nurses will be shut up and home care services affected in Glasgow today as 8,000 city council workers walk out in a row over equal pay. The Council of the United States of America and the United States of America. Home care services for around 6,000 people are expected to be affected. Unions say workers in female-dominated roles such as cleaning and drinking were paid to £ 3 an hour less than those in male-dominated jobs like waste collection.


Still ship shape – Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the world's oldest intact shipwreck: a probably Greek vessel thought to be at the bottom of the Black Sea for more than 2,400 years.





The world's oldest shipwreck, dating from 400BC, is probably a Greek trading vessel.



The world's oldest shipwreck, dating from 400BC, is probably a Greek trading vessel. Photograph: Black Sea map

"This will change our understanding of shipbuilding and seafaring in the ancient world," said Professor Jon Adams from the Black Sea Maritime Archeology Project (MAP), which made the find. The five-meter vessel – preserved by a lack of oxygen a mile down – has its mast, rudder and rowing benches in place. A two-hour film on the team's discoveries is shown at the British Museum today.


End austerity and boost economy – They seem an unlikely alliance but a collaboration between the leftwing Fabian Society and the Chartered Accountants of England and Wales has bolstered calls for Philip Hammond to ditch austerity and pencil in an extra £ 100bn of spending by the middle of the next decade. Adopting Labor and Tax Proposals would allow this, the Fabians Say, to be a clear case for the growth of the economy. To that end, Polly Toynbee Hammond argues could reap £ 155bn a year by attacking "the welfare state for the better-off and the rich … If Hammond dare not, then lucky Labor will reap them instead. Austerity really could end if Hammond and May wanted it to. Their political lives will be short, so why not? "


It's the little things – Plastic stools are becoming more commonplace. Nanoplastics are contaminating the human digestive tract, and can be generalized in the food chain, and strengthening the argument to stop the use of plastic where possible. Meanwhile, Professor Scott Montgomery of Örebro University Hospital in Sweden and University College London, who was not involved in making the finding, said the most likely factor. And if you follow a meat-free diet, be aware this morning that some fake burger patties, fakin 'bacon and other simulacra contain more salt than seawater.


Backstopped in her tracks – Lots of heat in the Commons Wednesday, May 15, 2011 Breaking the heat of the dead with the end of November. There are four elements. The first is to make a UK-wide backstop legally binding so Northern Ireland-only would not be needed. The second is to extend the transition period as an alternative to the backstop. Number three is a guarantee that neither a backstop nor the transition can be indefinite (to appease Brexiters). The fourth element is "full access for Northern Ireland's businesses to the UK internal market". Adrian O'Neill, Ireland's ambbadador to the UK, said that it was designed to operate in a more limited, time-bound manner. Theresa May is to brief the firm on Brexit talks today.


'The Polish Macron' – Poland's first openly gay politician has said "progressives" can win in the country, after setbacks for the rightwing ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) in local elections. "Said Robert Biedroń, who has been a leader in Słupsk to launch a pro-European," pro-democracy " and Polish elections. Biedroń has been called "the Polish Macron" but his political manifesto is not yet complete. PiS party is hostile to the EU. The European council president, Donald Tusk, is believed to be looking at Polish politics.

Lunchtime reads: It can grate at first, but learn to be grateful

"Even hearing the word 'gratitude' makes my eyes tense and my eyes narrow," writes Moya Sarner. "Oprah bandwagon – too British, too atheist, too sensitive to schmaltz."





Note to self: I am grateful



Note to self: write down why I am grateful. Photograph: Guardian Design Team

"But gratitude's currency continues to increase in value. One of the most robust and powerful badociations in the world, one of the most powerful, and one of the most effective list of three things for which you are grateful. "As the pages in my diary filled with scribbled gratitude, I started to find the vomitous concept," Sarner writes. "After four weeks of counting my gratitude, I think I will keep doing it."

Sport

Cristiano Ronaldo said he was a "happy man" and claimed "the truth comes first" as he spoke in Manchester about the allegation of rape against him. Arsenal made it 10 victories on the spin in all competitions – seven of them in the Premier League – with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Leicester, orchestrated by Mesut Özil.

The most recent al-Jazeera documentary on spot-fixing in cricket is to be welcomed, writes Vic Marks, but it remains a source of frustration – every time it seems to be getting to the nitty-gritty, names are withheld. The much-debated changes to England's traditional domestic rugby will be announced today at Twickenham and, rather than lasting from early September to late May, the Premiership season will be extended to July. And Usain Bolt 's Can not Wait to Become a Professional Footballer in Australia.

Business

Asian stocks have slid up after being softened by Chinese growth rattled investors, following a rally that was not picked up by Wall Street overnight. American businesses are trading with inflation, inflation and the impact of trade disputes. Big names like Caterpillar, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter and Google's parent company, Alphabet, will post their results this week.

Sterling has been trading at $ 1.295 and € 1.131 overnight.

The papers

Tea Guardian's lead story today is "May confronts party reviews and pleadings for time to deliver Brexit". Also on the front page is an exclusive video on the front page of the CCTV footage that appears to show the Saudis using a double bodied of journalist Jamal Khashoggi on the day he died. Tea Times also splashes with a Brexit story: "May snubs Brussels over Irish border".





Guardian front page, Tuesday 23 October 2018



Guardian front page, Tuesday 23 October 2018.

Health news abounds today: the FT "Hammond in £ 13bn annual windfall to ease NHS pressure", the Telegraph says "Antibiotics crisis gives hip surgery lethal risk", the i's lead story is "Cancer treatment without chemo" and the Mail "The proof we all eat plastic" has been tested. The story of the trial of Michael Stirling, Samantha Eastwood, accused of killing midwife Sun as "Deadly affair" and the Mirror as "I killed midwife after affair". Tea Express leads with "Parliament unites to end army witch-hunt" with scores of MPs in Northern Ireland.

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