Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Jamal Khashoggi: Turkey widens search for clues to disappearance
Turkey is widening its search for clues to the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to include the Saudi consul's Istanbul residence.
The consulate itself, where Mr Khashoggi was last seen on 2 October, was searched by Turkish investigators on Monday for the first time.
The consul, Mohammad al-Otaibi has now left Turkey, local media report.
Pressure is growing on Saudi Arabia to give a full explanation of what happened to Mr Khashoggi.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been meeting Saudi leaders in Riyadh and is expected in Turkey later.
Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents, but the Saudis have denied this.
Overnight, Turkish police completed a search of the consulate after being allowed in by Saudi authorities.
But, according to Turkish media, Mr al-Otaibi left Turkey on a commercial flight bound for Saudi Arabia hours before his official residence was due to be searched.
The decision to widen the search was announced to reporters by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who added that he had received no "confession" from the Saudis.
Turkish sources released security video last week of cars with diplomatic plates driving between the consulate and the consul's residence on the day Mr Khashoggi was last seen.
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What has come out of the Pompeo meeting?
The secretary of state has been meeting King Salman, the powerful Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in Riyadh.
Mr Pompeo thanked the king for his "commitment to a thorough, transparent investigation", state department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
The crown prince also agreed on the need for an investigation that "provides answers", she said.
AFP
The secretary of state was dispatched to Riyadh on Monday after Mr Trump spoke to King Salman on the phone.
According to Mr Trump, King Salman denied "any knowledge of whatever may have happened 'to our Saudi Arabian citizen'."
The president described the denial as "very, very strong" and raised the possibility that "rogue killers" may have been involved.
A leading Republican senator and defender of US-Saudi links, Lindsey Graham, has been highly critical of the Saudi crown prince.
"This guy's gotta go," he said on Tuesday morning, describing the heir apparent as a "wrecking ball".
Reputations may be forever tainted
By Frank Gardner, BBC News
The recent, highly charged exchange of words between Washington and Riyadh now appears to have given way to a mutual search for the least bad explanation. Both countries' leaders know they have an enormous amount to lose if this affair ends up splitting apart their 73-year-old strategic partnership.
Iran, as the regional rival to Saudi Arabia, would be the prime beneficiary if the Saudis were to lose their defensive US umbrella. President Trump is also correct when he says thousands of US jobs would be lost, with China and Russia to be among those lining up to replace them.
Which begs the wider question: is the West's relationship with Saudi Arabia so important that it outweighs the need to condemn and punish what many believe was a state-sponsored murder of a journalist inside a consulate?
Hence the urgent dispatching of US secretary of state for talks with the Saudi leadership. In private there may well be some strong words, in public both countries may want to present a united stand. But one thing is certain: whatever narrative emerges, the international reputation of the Saudi crown prince and power-behind-the-throne Mohammed Bin Salman will forever be tainted by this affair.
What has the consulate search revealed?
It is still not clear. But unnamed official appears to have told the Associated Press that police found "certain evidence" showing Mr Khashoggi was killed there. No further details were given.
For the first time since the journalist disappeared two weeks ago, Turkish investigators were allowed to enter the building.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a further insight into the direction the investigation is taking when he spoke to reporters in parliament.
"My hope is that we can reach conclusions that will give us a reasonable opinion as soon as possible, because the investigation is looking into many things such as toxic materials and those materials being removed by painting them over," he said.
AFP
A group of Saudi officials entered first on Monday, followed roughly an hour later by Turkish forensic police.
The Turkish investigators - some wearing overalls, gloves and covered shoes - stayed for about nine hours, leaving in the early hours of Tuesday.
They reportedly took with them samples, including of soil from the consulate garden and a metal gate.
What are US media reporting?
The New York Times and CNN, quoting unnamed sources, reported that Saudi Arabia would acknowledge that Mr Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong.
The intention had been only to abduct him from Turkey, the sources said.
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This may explain in part Mr Trump's "rogue killers" line, though it would still leave questions unanswered.
CNN said the Saudis may argue the operation was conducted without clearance
and those responsible would be held accountable.
and those responsible would be held accountable.
The Khashoggi family in Saudi Arabia issued a statement calling for an "independent and impartial international commission".
What allegedly happened in Istanbul?
Mr Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government who has written for the Washington Post, was last seen walking into the consulate.
Reports suggest an assault and struggle took place in the consulate after Mr Khashoggi went to get paperwork for his forthcoming marriage.
Turkish sources allege he was killed by a 15-strong team of Saudi agents but Riyadh initially insisted that he had left the consulate unharmed.
Mr Khashoggi was once an adviser to the Saudi royal family but fell out of favour with the country's rulers and went into self-imposed exile. He had obtained US residency.
Fiteq World Cup: England call up football freestyler who did not know teqball existed
Ronaldinho is a whizz, Neymar's a fan and the Chelsea team are at it in training most days.
It's table tennis, but not as you know it.
Teqball, best described as football played on a 'scientifically' adapted curved ping pong table, has attracted the interest of an ensemble of world-class footballers and the sport is now aiming for Olympic inclusion.
The problem is, the majority of people don't know it exists.
Until recently, football freestyler Ben Nuttall was one of them.
Now he is about to represent England at the World Cup in France.
"When I was at school, we'd set up a table and put bags in the middle to play header table tennis with a football," Nuttall told BBC Sport. "I didn't realise it was an actual sport until I got the call up."
The 18-year-old from Birmingham readily admits it wasn't something he was "insane at" when introduced to the game, but as someone who holds the Guinness World Record for keepy uppies with a rugby ball he adapted quickly.
"It is harder than it looks," he said.
"As a freestyler I already have the first touch control, balance and coordination. It took some getting used to and I had to learn the rules, but it's fun.
"I've seen videos of other players, some professionals who train every day, and the quality at the World Cup is going to be high."
How the teq do you play?
- The ball must be returned to the opponent's side onto the table by touching it a maximum of three times
- The ball cannot be touched by the same body part in succession
- Players win a point if the opponent fails to return the ball legally
- Matches are played as the best of three sets
- A set is won by the first side to win 20 points. The final set needs to be won by two clear points
- Points are scored in a number of ways
- The World Cup has both singles and doubles competitions - open to both men and women
Since the first World Cup last year, the tournament has doubled in size with more than 40 nations going for glory in the three-day event starting on Thursday in Reims.
While it has its own world championship, teqball got its biggest exposure when Brazil players, including Neymar, Coutinho, Dani Alves and Marcelo, were filmed playing against each other during training at the 2018 World Cup.
Brazil's former World Cup winner Ronaldinho has a table at home and has dazzled on the board in a number of videos.
While teqboard tables, which cost around £2,000, can be found at Premier League bases like Chelsea's Cobham training ground rather than at public parks and recreation halls, Nuttall said the sport has plenty of appeal.
"I can see that a lot of footballers see it as being good for training and improving their touch, but it could really grow if people start looking at it as a sport itself," he said.
"There is talk of the Olympics in the future. That would be great."
Last month teqball was officially recognised as a sport by the Olympic Council of Asia. In Britain there is a push to have national governing bodies established in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The game and table design was created in Hungary by a former professional footballer who teamed up with a businessman and computer scientist.
Viktor Huszar, the scientist behind it, said it was the "peak of his football career" watching news reports which included footage of players using the table at the World Cup in Russia.
Huszar sees it as good business exposure and a "show of approval" from football royalty.
"Teqball is showing that there is a new model in the sports world, as all sports have so far been based on traditional conservative approaches," said Huszar.
"Sports that were created a hundred years ago didn't have the opportunities through the internet and social media to grow - we have this opportunity so we exploit it.
"The sport works because of the player and we wouldn't have the impact we do without famous players and teams playing.
"We have been recognised as a sport just a year after setting up an international federation, other sports wait 30 years for that to happen."
Saudiyya na fusantar matsin lamba kan batan Jamal Khashoggi
Ana kara matsa wa Saudiyya lamba kan ta yi cikakken bayani kan makomar dan jaridar nan Jamal Khashoggi, a daidai lokacin da sakataren harkokin wajen Amurka Mike Pompeo ya ke gana wa da sarki Salman a birnin Riyadh.
An yi wa Khasoggi ganin karshe a ofishin jakadancin Saudiyya da ke birnin Santabul na Turkiya mako biyu da suka gabata.
Hukumomin Turkiya na da yakinin cewa jami'an Saudiyya ne suka kashe dan jaridar, sai dai hukumomin Saudiyya sun musanta zargin.
Sai dai kafofofin watsa labaran Amurka na cewa, da alama Saudiyya na shirin tabbatar da cewa Khashoggi ya mutu a lokacin da aka samu matsala yayin da ake yi masa tambayoyi.
A dare daya, rundunar 'yan sandan Turkiyya ta gama binciken ofishin jakadancin bayan da hukumomin Saudiyya su ka ba su damar shiga.
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Me zai fito daga tattaunawar Sarki Salman da Pompeo?
Sakataren harkokin wajen da sarkin sun gana a Riyadh.
Yayin da ba a bayyana abubuwan da suka tattauna ba, ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka ta ce Mista Pompeo ya yi amfani da damar wajen mika godiyarsa ga Sarki Salman kan "jajircewarsa, da binciken gaskiya" a kan bacewar Mr Khashoggi.
Ana kuma sa rai Mr Pompeo zai nemi karin bayani kan wata hira tsakanin sarkin da Shugaba Donald Trump ranar Litinin.
Mr Trump ya wallafa wani sako a shafinsa na Twitter cewa: "Yanzu na gama magana da Sarkin Saudiyya, wanda ya ce ba shi da masaniya kan abin da ya faru ga dan kasarsa."
Daga baya kuma, Trump ya shaida wa 'yan jarida cewar: "Ya musanta da kakkausar murya. A ganina, watakila 'yan bindiga ne suka kashe shi. Wa ya sani?"
Akwai abubuwa da dama tattare da wannan lamarin, ganin cewa akwai dangantaka mai karfi tsakanin Saudiyya da Amurka.
Mr. Trump dai ya riga ya bayyana cewa ba zai soke wata yarjejeniyar makamai mai tsoka ba tsakanin kasarsa da Saudiyya.
Amma ya yi barazanar yin hukunci mai tsauri idan aka gano masarautar da hannu a kashe Khashogi.
Sarki Salman ya bayar da umarnin yin bincike kan batan dan jaridar ranar Litinin.
Sai dai a jerin sanarwar da Saudiya ta fitar kawo yanzu, sun yi watsi da zargin da ake yi wa kasar kan kisan.
A na sa rai Mr Pompeo zai gana da yarima mai jiran gado Mohammed bin Salman a Riyadh.
Daga nan kuma sakataren harkokin wajen zai je Turkiyya.
Me ya faru a binciken ofishin jakadancin?
A karon farko tun bacewar dan jaridar ran 2 ga watan Oktoba, an kyale masu bincike a Turkiyya su shiga cikin ginin.
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Tawagar Saudiyya ce ta fara shiga ranar Litinin, sai tawagar 'yan sandan binciken Turkiyya ta shiga.
An ruwaito cewar sun dauki samfurin kasar lambun ofishin jakadancin.
Abun da ake zargin ya faru a Satambul
Gani na karshe da aka yi wa Mr Khashoggi, mai sukar gwamnatin Saudiyya a rubuce-rubucensa, ranar 2 ga watan Oktoba ne yayin da yake shiga ofishin jakadancin.
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa an far wa Khashoggi a ofishin bayan da ya shiga ya karbo takardun aurensa.
Majiyoyi a Turkiyya na ganin cewa wata tawagar karfafan mutane 15 masu kisa 'yan Saudiyya ce ta kashe shi, amma Saudiyyar ta dage a kan cewar ya fita daga ofishin cikin koshin lafiya.
A baya dai, Mr Khashoggi mai bai wa masarautar Saudiyya shawara ne kafin dangantakarsu ta yi tsami, inda daga baya ya yi gudun hijira na rajin kai.
Sojojin Najeriya sun kaddamar da yaki da laifuka a intanet
Rundunar sojin Najeriya ta kaddamar da yaki da laifuka a intanet, domin magance yaduwar labaran bogi wanda zai iya kawo rudani a zukatan mutane.
Babban hafsan sojojin kasan Najeriya Janar Tukur Yusuf Buratai, ya sanar da hakan a wata sanarwa da rundunar ta wallafa a shafinta na Facebook.
Janar Buratai ya ce sabon sashen zai taimaka wajen yaki da al'amuran da suka shafi ta'addanci a intanet.
Ya kuma ce sojojin za su kaddamar da wata manhajar waya don taimakawa mutane wajen kai karar sojoji masu cin zarafin mutane.
Mutane za su iya sanya bidiyo a kan manhajar wayar don kafa hujja game da korafe korafensu, wanda za su iya dorawa ba tare da an san ko waye ya dora ba.
Kungiyar Boko Haram ta kashe ma'aikaciyar agaji, Hauwa Liman
'Yan Najeriya na ci gaba da jimamin kashe ma'aikaciyar kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross da kungiyar boko haram ta yi, bayan sun yi garkuwa da ita a watan Maris din shekarar nan.
Mayakan kungiyar sun kashe Hauwa Liman, wacce ungozoma ce, 'yan kawanaki bayan da su ka fitar da sanarwar cewa za su kashe daya daga cikin ma'aikatan nata.
Kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross ta ce labarin kashe Hauwa ya daga musu hankali.
Gwamnatin Najeriya ta ce kisan ungozomar rashin imani ne.
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Latsa lamar lasifikar da ke kasa don sauraron hirar da Habiba Adamu ta yi da mahaifin Hauwa Liman:
An yi garkuwa da Hauwa da wasu sauran ma'aikatan agaji biyu a garin Rann da ke arewacin Njaeriya.
Daya daga cikinsu ita ce Saifura Ahmed Khorsa wacce kungiyar boko haram din ta kashe a watan da ya gabata.
Har yanzu dai, akwai wata daliba 'yar shekara 15 a hannun mayakan wadanda ke da alaka da kungiyar tada kayar baya ta IS.
Leah Sharibu na daya daga cikin 'yan makaranta 110 da aka yi garkuwa da su a garin Dapchi da ke arewa maso gabashin Najeriya a watan fabrairun da ya gabata.
Hauwa Liman da Saifura Khorsa da Alice Loksha, da wata malamar jinya na aikin kula da mutanen da suka rasa gidajensu a garin Rann dake Jihar Borno, inda nan ne tashin hankali ya fi yawa lokacin da aka sace su a watan Maris.
A watan da ya gabata, ICRC ta sami bidiyon da ke nuna kisan Saifura Khorsa.
Wani dan jaridan Najeriya ya ce ya ga bidiyon da ke nuna lokacin da aka harbe Hauwa Liman.
Patricia Danzi, darektar yankin ta ICRC, ta ce babu wani dalilin kashe ma'aikatan kiwon lafiyar kuma ta na tsoron abun da ya faru a kansu na iya shafar ayyukan kungiyar a yankin.
Ta ce, "Wannan mummunan labari ne ga dukkanmu, ga iyalansu, ga ma'aikatan jin kai, ga ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya da kuma duka mata, 'ya'ya mata da kuma iyayen Arewacin Nigeria da ma duniya baki daya."
Ministan Harkokin Watsa labarai da Al'adu na Najeriya Alhaji Lai Mohammed ya ce gwamnati ta "raunata sosai" da labaran kisan, amma ya kara da cewa "za ta ci gaba da tattaunawa."
Ya ce kuma za ta ci gaba da aiki don 'yantar da Alice Loksha da Leah Sharibu.
