pressure is building on saudi arabia to acknowledge and explain the suspected murder of thejournalist and government critic jamal khashoggi, last seen in turkey two weeks ago. the us treasury secretary has pulled out of a high profile investment conference in riyadh next week, so have his opposite numbers from britain and france. president trump has now declared that mr khashoggi is most likely dead. and if the saudis are responsible, he said, the consequences should be very severe. we re waiting for the results of about three different investigations, we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soon. well, it ll have to be very severe. i mean, it s bad, bad stuff. but we ll see what happens. our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, says there has been a change of tone from the president. yes, the president is still pushing for a pause. he says he wants to see the outcome of these different investigations that are ongoing, and we know that there are still very active
and the wembley sale is off after the owner of fulham football club withdraws his bid to buy the stadium from the fa. and coming up on bbc news, rain ruins play but england s latest odi is underway in soggy sri lanka. we ll have the latest. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. theresa may has arrived in brussels this evening at the start of crucial summit where she will meet eu leaders and try to persuade them to back her brexit strategy. as she walked into the talks, the prime minister said she believed a deal is achievable and that now is the time to make it happen. negotiations broke down at the weekend over the main sticking point the issue of the irish border. effectively anna jones policy to guarantee no return to border checks with the irish republic effectively a guarantee. she alone can t set the pace, the prime minister has to get brexit moving again but does she have anything tucked away that can take the talks off pause? not that she is ready to t
but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll be have the latest from brussels, as theresa may tries to seal a brexit deal with eu leaders. we ll have an update from london s paddington station where rail passengers are facing disruption due to ongoing delays caused by damaged power cables. and we ll be speaking to a victim of modern slavery, as figures from the salvation army reveal a sharp rise in the number of cases here. that s all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i m katherine downes. divisive from the start, shahid khan withdraws his bid to buy wembley, because of the disagreement it caused within the game. we ll have the latest. rain ruins play again, but the third odi is under way for england in soggy sri lanka. and transgender racing driver charlie martin tells us why, in the end, it didn t have to be a choice between her sport, and being herself. i really accepted the fact tha
we ll take a close look at eddiejonesâs latest england squad to face the springboks, all blacks, japan and the wallabies. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister says she is convinced that the uk can achieve a good deal with the european union on brexit, despite the eu summit in brussels ending with no sign of a breakthrough. the major sticking point remains the issue of the irish border. but theresa may has drawn sharp criticism from all sides of her party for suggesting that she would consider extending the amount of time that the uk remained tied to the eu and its rules and regulations in order to help secure a deal. and that could cost the uk billions more. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, is in brussels. laura. sophie, this was not going to be the moment that all the problems of brexit were magically solved. but theresa may did come here with a whisper of a new proposal. but as she discovered yet again when there isa hint she discov