This is bbc news. The headlines it was a murder that sparked an International Outcry saudi arabia has angrily rejected a United Nations report which says and condemnation there is credible evidence from human rights groups. To suggest crown Prince Mohammed bin but saudi Arabia Salman and other high level saudi has angrily rejected a report officials are individually liable from the United Nations, for the murder of the journalist and government criticjamal which says there is credible khashoggi. Evidence that crown Prince Mohammed bin salman and other high level saudi officials are individually the saudi minister for foreign liable for the killing of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. Affairs has complained of false allegations and bias. In the us, the founder of the nxivm cult, who treated women as sex the saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs claims slaves, has been found guilty on all charges. The report, jurors convicted Keith Raniere from a un special rapporteur, is biased and contains of racketeering, forced labour, false allegations. Sex trafficking and James Landale has the story. Jamal khashoggi was a columnist child pornography. For the washington post, a critic of the saudi leadership and a proud husband to be. The Russian Foreign ministry has condemned a decision by dutch but in october last year, prosecutors to put three russians he entered the saudi consulate and a ukrainian on trial for shooting down malaysia in istanbul to get some papers Airlines Flight mh17. The dutch led Investigation Team he that he and his fiancee, said the four separatist hatice cengiz, paramilitaries would go on trial needed for their marriage. In the netherlands in march, he was never seen again. Almost certainly in their absence. An independent investigation for the United Nations has now concluded he was the victim of a deliberate premeditated execution by the saudi state. The 100 page report sets out in grim detail how officials at the saudi consulate planned and carried out the murder, from the initial struggle to the sound of the body being dismembered. Many of the saudi officials who flew into istanbul and are suspected of involvement are named in the report. But crucially, it also says mohammad bin salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of saudi arabia, should also be investigated, citing experts who said it was inconceivable he was not aware of the operation. That evidence demonstrates that further investigation is required to determine individual liability, including of the highest level of the government of saudi arabia. That includes the crown prince. Her report urged un Member States to impose targeted sanctions against individuals allegedly involved in the killing of mr khashoggi. These should include the crown prince of saudi arabia unless or until proof emerges that he had no responsibility. The crown princes foreign minister said the report contained nothing new, just contradictions and unfounded allegations. But this report matters because it puts pressure on saudi arabias allies the united states, the United Kingdom and others that they cantjust ignore this murder and carry on with business as usual, such as ministers discussing trade and intelligence as if nothing had happened. The Foreign Office said those responsible must be held accountable, but right now that includes only 11 unnamed suspects being tried behind closed doors. So this report is not the last word on what happened to jamal khashoggi. James landale, bbc news. Lets get some of the days other news. Pyongyang is preparing for a visit from chinas president. Its xijinpings first visit to north korea, the first time any chinese leader has visited in m years. In february, a Nuclear Summit between kim jong un and President Trump broke up without a deal. The chinese leader has talked of working with north korea to draw up what he called a grand plan for stability in the region. Theres been furious debate at the us congress at the first hearing in a decade on the contentious issue of whether descendants of slaves should be compensated. Some say reparations are essential to achieve justice, others that they would further damage relations between black and white americans. Among those giving testimony, democratic president ial hopeful cory booker, and the actor danny glover. Despite much progress over the centuries, this hearing is yet another important step in the long and heroic struggle of African Americans to secure reparations for the damages inflicted by enslavement and post emancipation and racial exclusionary policies. The un high commissioner for human rights has arrived in venezuela in the latest attempt to solve its political crisis. Michelle bachelet will hold separate meetings with president Nicolas Maduro and opposition leaderjuan guaido, whos given his support to a call for more protests during her visit. In the united states, a self help guru accused of leading a sex cult that enslaved women has been found guilty of all charges against him. Keith raniere founded an organisation called invm, which claimed to offer seminars for self empowerment. But the court heard he manipulated and abused female members of the group. Lets get more on this from our north america correspondent peter bowes. He gave us this update. Keith raniere set up invm in 2003 and it was said to be a Self Help Group to help people with human empowerment. But as the details have come out during this trial, a very different picture has been painted of an organisation that was a cover for enslavement of women and for sex trafficking and many other crimes as well. It was described as a kind of a pyramid organisation where there would be lieutenants further down the ladder whose job it would be to entice women into the organisation to become sex slaves. Prosecutors described him as a master manipulator, as a con man, as a crime boss. We have heard since from many of the victims who have survived that ordeal. We understand, from what people close to them have been saying, that its going to take them a very long time to recover, although very relieved at the outcome of this case. During the trial, he didnt give evidence, in fact the defence did not bring anyone to speak on his behalf. His lawyer did have this to say, though, to the jury. He said, you might find him repulsive, disgusting and offensive. We dont convict people in this country for being repulsive or offensive. Unpopular ideas are not criminal. Disgusting ideas are not criminal. Now, clearly, thejury did not buy that. He was convicted on all counts. He is due to be sentenced in september and is very likely to spend the rest of his life in jail, although the lawyer says that he will be appealing and he believes that he has grounds for the appeal. Officials in moscow have criticised the decision to put three russians only ukrainian on trial for murder over the downing of Malaysia Flight mh i7. 298 people died when the passenger plane was brought down in Eastern Ukraine almost five years ago. It had taken off from amsterdam. Oleg pulatov, leonid kharchenko. Charged with mass murder. Three men, all russians, all former military and interlligence officers, intelligence officers, and one ukrainian. Prosecutors say they were commanding separatists in Eastern Ukraine in 2014. Losing on the battlefield, they phoned senior military and government officials in russia, desperate for weapons and support. The calls, intercepted by ukrainian intelligence, are part of the evidence unveiled today, along with footage found on the internet of the missile launcher dispatched from russia, and more. There is forensic, that is witnesses, that is wiretap, that is Data Analysis and when you go through all those layers, than at the end you could say one and one and one is five. We have enough evidence to go to court. And this is what happened when the missile was fired. Not a ukrainian fighterjet, but Malaysia Airlines mhi7 brought down. The pieces retrieved from ukraine were reassembled by prosecutors. They say the men may not have fired the missile but are culpable anyway. There are more people responsible. Silene frederikszs son and his girlfriend were among the 300 people on the plane. 23 year old bryce and his girlfriend daisy heading on bali on holiday. Who do you think is ultimately responsible for what happened that day, shooting down that airliner . Vladimir putin. He knows everything. This could not have happened without his permission. This is far from the end of the investigations. Prosecutors say they will pursue the evidence as far as it takes them to identify both those who pressed the button and fired the missile and those all the way up the chain of command in russia itself who might have had anything to do with it. You saw a telephone call with a high ranked person from the russian federation, so, yeah, well, it can go high up. Russia maintains the investigation was biased. It wont send its citizens to stand trial abroad, but the family say just the truth being established will be justice enough. Damian grammaticas, bbc news, nieuwegein in the netherlands. Police in the uk investigating the death of the footballer Emiliano Sala in a plane crash injanuary this year have questioned a man on suspicion of manslaughter. The man has not been formally identified, yet has been released while investigations continue. Emiliano sala died, along with pilot David Ibbotson while flying from france to wales, tojoin his new club cardiff. Sian lloyd is in cardiff with the latest. The footballer was on his way here to cardiff city to start a new chapter in his career when the plane he was travelling in crashed north of guernsey and that was back in january. Both Emiliano Sala and the pilot David Ibbotson were killed. A month later, Emiliano Salas body was found and it was taken to dorset, and since then, detectives in the doors a police force have been carrying out inquiries on the behalf of the coroner. Tonight they confirmed that a 64 year old man from North Yorkshire had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act. They say that he has been helping them with their inquiries and that he has been since released from custody pending further investigation. Now, the families of both Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson are being kept informed of these developments, and meanwhile, an investigation by the air accident tea m an investigation by the air Accident Team into what caused the plane to crash is continuing. The us military is claiming a minute to attack the two tankers damage last week in the gulf of oman strongly resembles those used by iranian forces. Tehran has denied any involvement in the incident. But on wednesday, the us navy took journalists to see the damaged ship, currently anchored nine miles off the united arab emirates. Our correspondent mark lowen was among them. It has brought a volatile region closer to conflict attacks last week on two ships in the gulf that the us is blaming on iran. Washington says this was the iranian patrol boat involved. Tehran denies it. Today, American Forces showed us what they say are fragments of the mine that caused the blast, and a magnet, allegedly part of an unexploded device, resembling those iran is known to have. This type of attack is a threat to International Freedom of navigation in international waters, as well as freedom of commerce. As they build their case, the us navy took us out on a rare trip to see one of the stricken tankers. We travelled for an hour from the coast of the uae, through choppy waters, where a fifth of the worlds crude oil is transported a geopolitical flashpoint that feels nervous. As we approached the japanese owned vessel, the impact of the attack was clear gouging out the side. If it was a warning shot, it had a crippling effect. Well, you can see the force of the blast here. This is the hole that the americans say was caused by the iranian limpet mine that ripped through the outer and inner hull of this ship. It may have been designed to damage rather than sink, but either way, it has sparked Huge International tension. Iran says it will increase its Nuclear Stockpile next week, due to us sanctions that were meant to force tehran to the negotiating table. Theyre putting us under economic pressure while at the same time asking us to talk, said president rouhani. That would be like an act of economic surrender. In this crucial choke point, peace is being strangled. Neither side may want war, but the risk of an accident is perilously real. Mark lowen, bbc news, off the coast of fujairah. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come an incredible journey off to wales by road and air. Of two whales. There was a bomb in the city centre. A code word known to be one used by the ira was given. Army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. The South African Parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. Germanys parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. Berliners celebrated into the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. Just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. Early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. The real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the worlds first woman cosmonaut. What do you think of the russian woman in space . I think its a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. Welcome back. Good to have you with us on welcome back. Good to have you with us on bbc news. One main headline dominating the news. Saudi arabia has rejected a un report that says there is credible evidence to suggest that crown Prince Mohammed bin salman is one of those individually liable for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. Scientists say the melting of the himalayan glaciers is accelerating rapidly, with consequences for hundreds of millions of asians who depend on them for water supplies. These images show the dramatic extent of the ice lost. Scientists compared images from cold war spy satellites dating back a0 years, and found the amount of ice melting has doubled in that time. The main cause is climate change. I spoke to one of the authors of the report. The most alarming sign is the doubling of the emell trade. Also the homogeneous pattern. Melt rate. That really means that the entire ice bodies, everything up there, is responding, is overwhelmed by the temperature increase that is, of course, anthropogenic. This predicts, it is easy to predict what is happening now in the next 20, 50 yea rs. Is happening now in the next 20, 50 years. And it is a dire reality. But you may have to define, at least to me, anthropogenic, please, and tell us more about the likely consequences of this. It is pretty clear what we are seeing globally and in central asia, the warming is triggered by the Greenhouse Gas emissions that we, as society, are putting in the air. And the consequences on many timescales they are happening right now, these melting glaciers, they are the only source of water outside the monsoon season, so the meltwater is really critical they are. And if the frost goes up and then goes away it has huge consequences on the agriculture, the entire alpine ecology, and down the road all these huge big rivers like the ganges are sourced in the himalayas. And the hydrology of those will be impacted as well down the road. Its not in the moment, but if you go on like that it will become relatively soon. Can you see anything that can be done, in this area at least, to mitigate the consequences for millions of people . Another very clear robust result of our study is that it is the temperature, so the only mitigation, really, would be to cool the planet. Its just another outcry of urgency that we have to really react, respond immediately and change our co2 emissions. In the short term, what the good news in this study is that it makes the predictions relatively robust and solid. And, as i said, the picture is not pretty, but at least we know what is coming, so in the short term its really, it gives you a relatively Good Platform to adjust and mitigate. It will be hard. Joerg schaefer, thank you very much for talking to us a. The future is not pretty but at least we know what is coming. The crippling disease polio has been eradicated in many parts of the world, but in pakistan, where there has been a rise in cases recently. At least 20 have been reported this year. The resurgence is partly due to mistrust of the immunisation scheme. It has led to several Health Workers being murdered. As part of a series looking at the level crisis interest in vaccines, we examine why this is still an issue in pakistan. These Health Workers are on the frontline. They must go house to house to persuade parents to let them give the polio vaccine to their children. But its hard to convince parents and there is so much misinformation. Translation it can be any rumour or myth that its a government plot. And that they are giving Birth Control medicine in the guise of the polio vaccine. Sometimes the parents fear the vaccine contains forbidden ingredients, so they refuse the polio drops. Pakistan is one of the three countries in the world where polio is still prevalent. The government was forced to halt a Vaccination Campaign earlier this year after 800,000 refusals, and an attack on vaccinators and police officers, killing three of them. In pakistans biggest city, karachi, localities like these are one of the main reservoirs of polio virus. Its the same city, where almost eight years ago, a new chapter of the countrys formidable fight against the disease was started, with an attack on whos team. People fear vaccination is a western campaign against muslims. Nearly 100 people have been killed in polio Vaccination Campaigns since 2012. Ibrahim lost the use of his legs due to the disease. It ended his childhood. Now he wants to stop its spread, but it is getting harder. Translation what are the authorities doing to tackle fake information on twitter and facebook . When the government wants to trace someone on social media they can do it easily. These anti vaccine videos are being created openly and uploaded from somewhere. The government has managed to get some videos from youtube and facebook taken down, but knows it faces a bigger task. I seriously believe that efforts have to be made to de link the Polio Programme from the west. We have to own the programme ourselves, we have to come up with an open dialogue sort of a strategy where we should straightaway answer all the concerns of parents. And convincing these parents is more important than ever. More polio cases have been reported in the First Six Months of 2019, than during all of last year. The revolver said used by Vincent Van Gogh to take his own life was sold at auction in paris for more than 180,000. It was found by a farm in 1965 in the village where the artist bent his final days. It was bought by a private collector on the telephone. Ramzan karmali reports. Its said to be the gun that renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh used to kill himself. It went on sale at a paris auction house, where there was plenty of interest including one potential buyer with a very special reason for wanting the rusty revolver. We are here for the gun, the van gogh gun, because we are opening a museum in holland, in rotterdam, a van gogh museum, so it would be nice to have it in the museum there. So fingers crossed. Injuly 1890, after years of mental anguish, van gogh walked into a field near auvers sur oise, a village a few miles north of paris, and shot himself in the chest. But the pocket sized revolver had limited power and it took days for the troubled artist to die from his injury. More than seven decades later, a corroded gun was found in a field behind the chateau where he stayed. But doubts have been raised about the guns authenticity and the auction house which sold the weapon admitted theres no way of guaranteeing that the gun is the same, though they remain pretty certain that it is. Translation its a 7mm calibre that corresponds to the bullet that was found in his body. The position of the trigger is open. Normally its in the closed position. Its up, its in the open position, which means a shot was fired with the weapon falling to the ground. The gavel fell as the revolver sold to a private collector via telephone. The price, just shy of 182,000, almost three times more than expected. But a long way off what you have to pay for one of his paintings. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. Two beluga whales have been transported halfway around the world to begina transported halfway around the world to begin a new life near iceland. They were taken from an ocean partner shanghai and flow into iceland, where they will be taken to a natural habitat. Tim allman has more. Meet little grey and little weight. They were caught in the wild when they were just two years old. Since then they have been performing for then they have been performing for the public at this park in china. It is thought beluga whales suffer in captivity, so the parts owners came under pressure to rehouse them. A new home was found, but getting them would involve quite a journey. Transporting to animals that way 900 kilos each and are made as long as no easy task. They were carried on specially designed containers and monitored through the flight. Specially designed containers and monitored through the flightm specially designed containers and monitored through the flight. It is an epicjourney monitored through the flight. It is an epic journey for them, monitored through the flight. It is an epicjourney for them, 6000 miles, they travelled by truck from the aquarium to the airport, the flight the aquarium to the airport, the flight is definitely the longest part, but it is the end of the longest part. This is the ultimate destination, the sanctuary of the westerman islands in southern iceland. They not been released back into the wild, but they will have much more freedom. Translation we are very excited about this. This is something new and this is a good project. We have been talking about this for a long time and now it is finally happening. The plan is, eventually, other whales willjoin little grey and little white. And with a Life Expectancy of up to 50 years theyll have plenty of time to get used to their new home. Tim allman, bbc news. There is more for you on the bbc website. You can reach me and most of the team on twitter. Thank you very much for watching. Thank you very much for watching. Hello there. The recent warm, humid, thundery, weather across the south east was just a little taster of what perhaps might be a bit more widespread across the uk as we head on into next week. More on that in the moment. This is the thundery front which brought those downpours to the far south east recently, low pressure will be more the dominant feature as we had through thursday. And that will feed in some showers maybe to northern and Western Areas early on this morning. And also a cooler west or north westerly wind. So it will be a fresher start to the day this morning, most noticeably across the south east. At least largely dry with some sunshine. And today, in fact, will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. These heaviest and most frequent across northern and Western Areas. It will be quite blustery as well across scotland, wind gusts in exposure, 30 or 35 miles an hour. The showers here could be heavy and thundery, same into northern ireland. Further south we will see a few showers spreading across england and wales but theres also a good deal of sunshine around, but it will feel noticeably cooler and fresher. 19, maybe 20 degrees in the south east, closer to 12 16 celsius across scotland and northern ireland. As we head on into friday, High Pressure is building in from the south, that will settle things down, but we have low pressure still anchored to the north of the uk. So that will bring another fairly blustery day for scotland on friday, with scattered showers, again a few heavier ones. Further south, a better chance of staying dry although there could be a few showers around, close to that High Pressure, the winds will be lighter, so in the strong sunshine it will feel a bit warmer, 20 or 21 degrees, but still on the fresh side for the time of year in the north. High pressure though, builds in, moves across in towards the north sea, during saturday and that will bring us a run of fairly warm south, south easterly winds. But we will have this area of low pressure nearby slowly encroaching in as the weekend wears on. For much of the country, it is going to be a fine saturday, a little bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up in the afternoon. We could see an isolated shower but most places will be dry and temperatures away from the east coast reaching below 20 celsius. High pressure still dominating the scene, i think, on into sunday, this is the area of low pressure which will start to bring more cloud and perhaps a little bit of rain to Western Areas later in the day on sunday, but we will be importing some warm and humid air during sunday and into next week. So we could see 2a, 25 degrees in the south east on sunday, and for parts of the country, a bit of uncertainty. It could turn briefly very warm into next week, 00 28 19,350 2147483051 50 54,390 but that could spark off widespread 2147483051 50 54,390 4294966103 13 29,430 heavy, thundery showers