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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Latest on the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi (local all times):
4:40 p.m.
The leaders of Sweden and Denmark are reacting after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saudi Arabia murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi after plotting his death.
Stefan Lofven, Sweden's acting prime minister, says "it seems very credible that something terrible has happened there, something horrible."
However, Lofven refrained from commenting on further pending more facts, Sweden's TT news agency reported.
In neighboring Denmark, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen is summoning the Saudi ambassador and said the meeting would be held "as soon as possible."
He said, "there are still a lot of questions and I believe it is fair to give the ambassador the possibility to explain himself."
Samuelsen had earlier said there would be no official Danish participation in an investment conference in Saudi Arabia as "a natural consequence of the current situation."
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3:15 p.m.
At U.S. official says CIA Director Gina Haspel is in Turkey to review the case of slain Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. The official was not authorized to discuss the condition of anonymity.
Haspel's visit Tuesday comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with Saudi Arabia's explanation of Khashoggi's death in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia said he was killed in a fistfight, but Turkish officials said the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was attacked and killed by a 15-man Saudi team.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants Saudi Arabia to allow 18 suspects that he detained for the journalist's killing to be tried in Turkish courts.
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By Deb Riechmann in Washington, D.C.
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1 p.m.
Turkey's president has urged Saudi Arabia to reveal the "savage murder" of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, and Saudis suspected of carrying it out in Turkish courts.
Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is responsible for the killing of the dead.
He asked: "Where is the body of Jamal Khashoggi?" For the first time, Erdogan also confirmed that a double body of Khashoggi was used as a decoy after he was killed.
Erdogan's speech came as a result of his visit to Saudi Arabia, which he died accidentally in his consulate in Istanbul.
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12:40 p.m.
Turkey's president says Saudi Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Jamal Khashoggi days before his death in Saudi Arabia consulate.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the Saudi officials began plotting against Khashoggi in late September, days ahead of his disappearance after he entered the consulate on Oct. 2.
Erdogan's comments contradicted Saudi accounts that Khashoggi died accidentally in a "fistfight" in the consulate.
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12:25 p.m.
Saudi Arabia says it's worth $ 50 billion at the start of a major economic forum in Riyadh.
The Future Investment Initiative forum, which began on Tuesday, is the brainchild of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It is aimed at drawing more youthful people into the world.
The deals will be in manufacturing, transportation and other fields.
Prince Mohammed was not immediately at the forum when it started.
The forum last year is a glitzy affair that drew more international attention to the kingdom. This year's event meanwhile has seen business leaders drop out over Khashoggi's Oct. 2 slaying.
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11:10 AM
A high-profile economic forum in Saudi Arabia has begun in Riyadh, the kingdom's first major event on the world stage since the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul earlier this month.
The Future Investment Initiative forum, which began on Tuesday, is the brainchild of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman. It is aimed at drawing more youthful people into the world.
Prince Mohammed was not immediately at the forum when it started.
The forum last year is a glitzy affair that drew more international attention to the kingdom. This year's event meanwhile has seen many top business leaders and officials drop out over Khashoggi's Oct. 2 slaying.
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10:35 AM
Turkey's foreign minister says it would be important for them if they were to launch an independent probe into the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
In an interview with state-run Anadolu Agency, Mevlut Cavusoglu also said Tuesday that Turkey has not shared evidence about its death at the consulate of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has said Kashoggi, a critic of the Saudi royal family, was killed Oct. 2 in a "fistfight" with officials sent to encourage him to return to the kingdom. Turkish media and officials say the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was killed and dismembered by a 15-man Saudi hit squad.
Cavusoglu said: "If a request for an international investigation is made … we would cooperate."
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10:20 AM
The Turkish president is expected to announce details of his country's investigation into the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, as he has died accidentally in his consulate in Istanbul.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would "go into detail" about a hit and miss that has hit him. .
Top Turkish officials have said Turkey would be exactly what happened to Khashoggi and a stream of leaks to national and international media . "
