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On this photo published by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, son of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Saudi Arabia, who claimed for weeks that Jamal Khashoggi had left the consulate of Istanbul, acknowledged Saturday that he had been killed in a "hand-to-hand combat". (Saudi Press Agency via AP) (Associated Press)
RIYAD, Saudi Arabia – News about the assassination of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi (all local times):
24:30
The Turkish president said his country was determined not to allow all those responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to escape justice.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan also promised that Turkey would share any "new evidence" gained in the murder investigation in a "transparent" manner. He spoke Wednesday at a symposium held in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Erdogan said: "We are determined not to let the murder be concealed and to the officials – of the person who gave the order to those who executed it – not to escape justice."
Saudi Arabia said that Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi royal family, was killed on October 2 in a "hand-to-hand fight" with officials sent to encourage him to return to the kingdom.
Erdogan said the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist had been the victim of a planned "savage murder" in advance.
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11:35
The Saudi woman who challenged the authorities by driving a car before the lifting of the ban on women in the UK, said her friend Jamal Khashoggi "was really murdered for his outspokenness".
Manal Al-Sharif said: "This is a new level reached by the Saudi government," adding that the inhabitants of the kingdom "are so afraid to speak up."
Al-Sharif spoke in Denmark where she promoted her book "Dare to Drive: Awakening a Saudi Woman"
Turkey claims that Khashoggi was killed during a planned murder in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul earlier this month.
Al-Sharif told the Danish television channel TV2 on Wednesday that Khashoggi had supported his fight for the right to drive Saudi women. After Al-Sharif got behind the wheel, she was arrested and imprisoned. She now lives in "self-imposed exile" in Australia.
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9:45
Pakistan said Saudi Arabia would provide a $ 6 billion set of loans and deferred payments to revive Islamabad's declining economy, which faces a huge $ 18 billion deficit.
The agreement was signed on Tuesday by Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar and his Saudi counterpart Muhammad Abdullah Al-Jadaan on the sidelines of an international forum on ongoing investments in the kingdom.
Many business leaders and international officials had withdrawn from the meeting after the massacre of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Imran Khan, went to the conference despite pressure from human rights activists for him to boycott the scene of Khashoggi's murder.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said Saudi aid would immediately give Pakistan $ 3 billion to boost foreign exchange reserves. After one year, he will be sent back to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan will also get $ 3 billion in oil imports on a "buy-now-pay-later" basis.
Irrespective of the Saudi influx, Pakistan is also seeking an IMF loan.
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8:50
The Saudi Crown Prince is due to deliver his first international speech since the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.
Mohammed bin Salman is scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon at the summit of the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh.
The summit is an original idea of the prince, an effort to attract the foreign direct investment needed in the kingdom to create jobs for its young population.
However, this year's summit was eclipsed by Khashoggi's assassination on October 2nd. Turkish officials said the writer had been killed by a 15-member Saudi team, made up of a member of Prince Mohammed's entourage during trips abroad.
Saudi Arabia hinted, without providing any evidence, that the team had become a thug.
Many international business leaders withdrew from the summit after Khashoggi's murder.
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