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ISTANBUL (AP) – The latest news of the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul (all times are local):
17:30.
Turkish crime scene investigators have arrived at an underground car park in Istanbul where authorities have previously found a vehicle belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate.
A large police van arrived on Monday at the car park in Istanbul's Sultangazi district. According to reports, the car was left there two weeks ago.
Investigators investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week searched other vehicles of the consulate, as well as the consulate building and the Consul General's residence.
Saudi Arabia said Saturday that Khashoggi had been killed in a "hand-to-hand fight" inside the consulate. According to media reports and Turkish officials, the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was attacked by a Saudi team of 15 people who cut off his fingers and beheaded him.
His remains have not been found yet.
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5:15 p.m.
According to a state-run Turkish news agency, the authorities found a vehicle belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate on an underground car park in Istanbul.
According to the Anadolu agency, the vehicle carrying diplomatic registration plates was discovered on the parking lot of the Sultangazi district in Istanbul, about fifteen kilometers from the consulate building, where the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was kill.
The agency says the authorities must obtain permission from the consulate as well as from the Attorney General 's office in Istanbul before searching the vehicle. Last week, other vehicles of the consulate were searched, as well as the consulate building and the Consul General's residence.
Police sealed the entrance to the car park, reported the agency.
Saudi Arabia acknowledged Khashoggi's death on Saturday, saying he had been killed during a "fist fight" inside the consulate. According to media reports and Turkish officials, the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was attacked by a Saudi team of 15 people who cut off his fingers and beheaded him.
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4:20 p.m.
A senior Turkish official said that surveillance footage showing a man wearing the clothes of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul indicated that his death was a planned murder in advance and that efforts were made to conceal it.
Omer Celik, spokesman for the ruling party, denied on Monday that Turkey was slow to announce the results of its investigation into the death of Khashoggi on the grounds that it was involved in an alleged process of "negotiation" with the government. 'Saudi Arabia.
Celik said: "We are facing a situation in which it was a brutally planned murder and efforts were made to hide it."
The official said that Turkey is conducting a thorough investigation to ensure that "no one is wrongly accused" and that the incident is not concealed.
"God willing, the results will be revealed, those responsible will be punished and nobody will dare to think about the realization of such a thing."
Saudi authorities announced last weekend that Khashoggi was killed on October 2 during a "fist fight" with Saudi officials at the consulate, after insisting that they did not know where he was.
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3:45 p.m.
The managing director of the German industrial conglomerate Siemens has announced that he will not participate in this week's investment conference in Saudi Arabia. He is the last to be removed from the event after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed at the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul.
Joe Kaeser wrote Monday in an article posted on LinkedIn that he "had received hundreds, even thousands of emails and messages on social networks, urging me not to attend the conference on future investments" .
Kaeser said that Siemens was "a reliable partner" of Saudi Arabia for decades "but for now, the truth must be found and justice done" in the case of Khashoggi. He stressed that "this is not a decision against the kingdom or its inhabitants".
He defended his decision and said that "blaming companies for keeping lines of communication open and protecting people and jobs is simply too short".
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1:35 p.m.
A recently disclosed surveillance video on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi appears to show a man wearing the writer 's clothes in Istanbul after his murder.
CNN aired this footage on Monday, citing a Turkish official who reportedly described this man as a "double" and a member of a 15-person Saudi team sent to Istanbul to target the author.
According to CNN, the man came out of the consulate by the back exit with an accomplice, then took a taxi to get to the famous Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, where he went to a room. public bath, undressed and then left.
The public TV channel TRT also later announced that a man who was entering the consulate building had been seen leaving the building with Khashoggi's clothes.
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12:40
The French presidency said French President Emmanuel Macron and President Donald Trump had expressed concern over the circumstances that led to the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
According to the statement, the death of the journalist is "tragic", said Sunday that the two presidents had had a phone call without giving more details.
The Saudi authorities acknowledged Saturday that Khashoggi was killed at the consulate on October 2 in still controversial circumstances.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the details of Khashoggi's assassination would be revealed in a speech made by Erdogan in parliament on Tuesday.
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12:35
The Indonesian president is "deeply concerned" by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and wants a transparent investigation.
President Joko Widodo met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Monday at the Presidential Palace in Bogor City, West Java. Widodo's concerns were relayed by the Indonesian foreign minister at the end of the meeting.
Minister Retno Marsudi told reporters that "the President is deeply concerned about the Khashoggi case and that Indonesia hopes that the ongoing investigation will be transparent and meticulous".
Al-Jubeir makes a two-day visit to Indonesia and holds a separate meeting with Retno on Tuesday. Retno said the visit was scheduled after the Saudi monarch's visit to Indonesia, the world's most populous nation with a Muslim majority, in March last year.
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12:05
Turkish officials said the Turkish president and his US counterpart had spoken on the phone and discussed the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Officials said Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Donald Trump agreed Sunday night that the journalist's case "should be exposed in all its aspects".
Saudi authorities said that Khashoggi died following a clash with Saudi officials at the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Turkish officials and information suggest that a team of Saudi agents was reportedly sent for the murder.
Erdogan and Trump also addressed the issue of US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was released after two years of detention in Turkey, cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the situation in Syria.
Turkish officials spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with government regulations.
– Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey;
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11:50
A pro-government Turkish newspaper reported that a member of the entourage of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had telephoned the King's office four times since the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul the same day that Jamal Khashoggi was killed.
The report released Monday by Yeni Safak does not cite any source of information. However, pro-government newspapers have leaked information about Khashoggi's murder, apparently with the help of Turkish security forces.
The paper indicates that the calls were forwarded to the head of the Crown Prince's office, as well as to a number of people in the United States.
Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday. The kingdom acknowledged Khashoggi's death on Saturday, claiming he had been killed in a "hand-to-hand fight". According to media reports and Turkish officials, the 59-year-old Washington Post columnist was attacked by a 15-man Saudi team that cut off his fingers and beheaded him.
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9:45
A senior German official calls for a common position of the European Union on Saudi Arabia after Berlin's support for the freeze of arms exports to the kingdom following the murder of the US government. writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government said Riyadh's explanation of Khashoggi's death was inadequate. Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Monday stressed his position that "we will not approve for the moment other arms exports, because we want to know what s & # 39; Is past. "
Altmaier told ZDF television that a common EU position was needed "because if all European countries are in agreement, the government in Riyadh will be impressed". "This will have no positive consequence if we, as we are doing now, do not continue our arms exports if, at the same time, other countries fill this gap".
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8:20
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has called the son of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist killed at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul by suspected officials of a member of the USSR. entourage of the king.
King Salman also called Khashoggi's son, Salah.
According to statements released Monday by the Saudi press agency, the Saudi press agency. The statements indicate that King Salman and Prince Mohammed "expressed their condolences".
Khashoggi was killed on October 2 at the consulate, where he went to get some papers to get married.
For weeks, Saudi Arabia insisted that the Washington Post contributor had left the consulate. The kingdom finally acknowledged his death early Saturday in what he described as a "fist fight".
According to Turkish media, a team of 15 Saudis allegedly kidnapped Khashoggi's fingers, killed him and dismembered him.
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