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ISTANBUL (AP) – The latest news about the disappearance of a Saudi writer whose Turkish officials fear to have been killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (all local time ):
4:45 p.m.
A senior Turkish official said the police had found "some evidence" during his search at the Saudi Arabian consulate showing that the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi had been killed on the spot.
The official did not provide details of the evidence that was found during the long search of the diplomatic mission that ended Tuesday morning.
The manager spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to speak publicly about the investigation.
Turkish officials have announced that Saudi agents killed and dismembered the writer in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Saudi Arabia had previously characterized the claim as "unfounded". a botched interrogation.
– Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey
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Turkey's foreign minister said that consulates should not be places where people are questioned.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia had made no confession to Turkey for its alleged involvement in the disappearance and feared the assassination of the country. Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Asked about a New York Times report that Saudi Arabia could claim that Khashoggi was killed during an interrogation that went wrong, the minister said: "We have not received any such information ".
He added: "Consulates are not places to hold interrogations, interrogations should take place in court, before the judicial authorities."
The minister also confirmed that the Turkish authorities would search the residence of the consul of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul and the vehicles belonging to the consulate. He did not propose any timetable for this research.
The Turkish forensic teams completed the search of the Saudi Arabian consulate on Tuesday morning, two weeks after Khashoggi's disappearance. It was not clear if significant evidence was found.
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3:10 p.m.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the alleged disappearance and murder of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
At the meeting on Tuesday, Prince Mohammed said, "We are powerful and old allies, and we are facing together the challenges ahead: the past, the day tomorrow."
Pompeo thanked Prince Mohammed for hosting it.
The meeting took place two weeks after the disappearance of Khashoggi, who exiled himself to the United States because of the rise of Prince Mohammed.
Turkish officials fear that Saudi officials have killed and dismembered the writer at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia had previously described the allegation as "unfounded", but reports suggest that Khashoggi may have been killed.
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The French Foreign Minister warns of the possible "consequences" of the disappearance and alleged murder of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Jean-Yves Le Drian called Tuesday the disappearance of "extremely serious" and said that France pleaded, with other countries, for "greater clarity on what happened."
He added that "if these allegedly serious acts were committed, there should be consequences".
The Drian said that he had discussed the affair on Tuesday with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.
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1:50 p.m.
The US human rights office calls for the immediate and "absolute" lifting of the diplomatic immunity enjoyed by officials or premises of the investigation into the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Michelle Bachelet, head of human rights in the United States, said that "the inviolability or immunity" of persons or premises granted under the 1963 Vienna Convention on consular relations "should be lifted immediately".
She said on Tuesday that "it was incumbent upon the Saudi authorities" to reveal what had happened, and had insisted that "there should no longer be any obstacle" to a quick, thorough, impartial and transparent investigation.
Bachelet has refrained from calling for an international investigation.
The spokesman for the human rights bureau, Rupert Colville, said: "We hope that the lifting of immunity will be absolute" and that "investigators should be able to investigate everything that is wrong. ;they wish".
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1:30 p.m.
According to Turkish media, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly told police investigators that he found traces of "toxic substances" at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi had disappeared two weeks earlier.
According to NTV television, Erdogan made the comments to a group of journalists on Tuesday.
Turkish officials believe that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside the consulate. Saudi Arabia had previously described the allegation as "unfounded", but reports suggest that Khashoggi may have been killed.
Turkish judicial investigators searched the consulate overnight. A Turkish official said Tuesday that the home of the Saudi diplomat in Istanbul would also be raided.
Anadolu Agency, quoted by the state, told the press, according to Erdogan, that Turkey wanted "a result that allows to form an opinion" on what happened to the journalist.
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24:30
An official of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Turkish authorities were going to search the residence of Saudi's top diplomat in Istanbul after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The official did not specify when the search at the consul would take place. The official spoke on Tuesday under cover of anonymity, in accordance with government regulations.
Khashoggi disappeared two weeks ago during a visit to the consulate. Turkish officials fear that Saudi officials have killed and dismembered the author in the mission. Saudi Arabia had previously described the allegation as "unfounded", but reports suggest that Khashoggi may have been killed.
During the night, teams of Turkish medical examiners searched the consulate building in Istanbul, where Khashoggi was last seen. Turkish officials did not say whether significant evidence had been found.
Surveillance footage in Turkish media shows vehicles traveling between the consulate and his home after Khashoggi's disappearance.
– Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey;
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12:05
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is currently meeting with Saudi King Salman about the disappearance of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Pompeo arrived Tuesday in a royal palace in Riyadh. The king greeted Pompeo saying, "I hope you are comfortable here."
Pompeo replied, "Thank you for accepting my visit from President (Donald) Trump."
Pompeo is also scheduled to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom Khashoggi wrote critically in the Washington Post, and whose rise to power allowed the writer to practice on his own in exile in the United States.
Khashoggi disappeared two weeks ago at the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Turkey fears that Khashoggi was killed and dismembered at the consulate. Saudi Arabia had previously characterized the allegation as "unfounded", but reports suggest that the kingdom may soon recognize that the author had been killed on the spot.
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11:45
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Saudi Arabia and Turkey to "reveal everything they know about the disappearance and possible extrajudicial executions" of the country. 39, Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Michelle Bachelet made this comment Tuesday when US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia to talk with King Salman about Khashoggi's disappearance.
Meanwhile, Turkish forensic investigators conducted overnight searches at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where Khashoggi disappeared on 2 October.
Bachelet said: "Since there seems to be clear evidence that Mr. Khashoggi entered the consulate and has never been seen since, it is up to the Saudi authorities to reveal what happened to him at from that moment on. "
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9:55
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia to meet with King Salman about the alleged disappearance and murder of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Pompeo landed Tuesday morning in Riyadh and was to immediately meet the king about the crisis surrounding Khashoggi, who disappeared two weeks ago during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Turkish officials fear that Khashoggi will be killed and dismembered inside the consulate. Saudi officials have previously called the allegations "unfounded," but news reports in the US media hinted Tuesday that the kingdom could recognize that the author had been killed.
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7:20
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Saudi Arabia to talk to his king about the disappearance and alleged murder of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Pompeo was in the air when a Turkish scientific police team completed its extended search of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul early Tuesday morning.
Khashoggi disappeared during a visit to the consulate two weeks ago. Turkish officials fear that he was killed and dismembered. Saudi Arabia called the allegations "unfounded", but was unable to explain what had happened to it.
According to reports published overnight by the US media, Saudi Arabia may soon recognize that Khashoggi was killed at the consulate during an interrogation.
The kingdom has not responded to repeated requests for comments from the Associated Press.
