Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered

Jamal Khashoggi a Washington Post columnist who was a critic of the Saudi government vanished since last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October. Turkish officials said they believe that he was tortured and killed inside the consulate by Saudi agents after which his body was removed. Although Saudi Arabia initially denied this, claiming he left the building unharmed, after facing international pressure they said he was murdered in a "rogue operation" describing the act as a "tremendous mistake" and denied that the crown price ordered the killing. There has been a major…