Remote Easter Island celebrate 100 days without a case of coronavirus. Hello and welcome to the program the trial of south 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi to start in taki this is a live shot of the court in istanbul province the main court where proceedings are expected to get under way in about half an hours time thats 1030. 00 local time shes death at the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spent months investigating the case to this day Jamal Khashoggi is remains have never been found child strafford has more. This is the last moment Jamal Khashoggi was seen alive its october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the Washington Post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had e. G. Ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains never found 20 sandys indicted for murder to be tried in their absence in a court in Istanbul Police a Security Camera video and photographs show the saudi suspects arriving to stumble on the day who shows he was killed other Video Evidence shows them checking into a hotel going to the consulate before returning to the airport and leaving that night you stumble prosecutors accuse former deputy head of saudi general Intelligence Officer and a lone sorry former royal advisor sorrowed l. Qahtani of instigating murder with monstrous intent the 18 other defendants include this man who may have moved tribe who frequently traveled with the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin soma on the show shes murdered caused widespread revulsion around the world hed been selfimposed exile for around a year because he was afraid of being arrested if he returned home he formally being close to the saudi royal family but in recent years became a vocal critic of the Saudi Crown Prince some western governments and the cia said they believe muhammad bin solomon ordered the killing the kingdom in ones that. Last december a saudi called sentenced 5 men to dance and 3 to jail after a long and secretive trial. The uns special rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions in his column who completed a 6 month investigation into crucial hes murder said the saudi trial made a mockery of justice none of the guilty were officially named last may the sons said they forgave the murderers but Rights Groups said the pardon had been forced to sit it was another saudi example of a parody of justice turkey accuses the saudi government of obstructing the Murder Investigation the saudis say the istanbul prosecutor didnt comply with requests to share information the Saudi Crown Prince has denied ordering the murder but admitted bearing responsibility is the kingdoms effective leader stand again for aging can some on the shows hes feeling say how do you teaching says she hopes the trial will at least shed light on where his body is chance transferred aljazeera. Lets go live now to some because oakley who is outside the court in istanbul and some talk us through the proceedings we expect them to happen today. While lore of this trial is a trial in absentia for the 20 suspect as you have also said and the cold playing and who filed the complaint for the prosecutors is. Just turkish fiance had to judge and guess you know his family rejected to file any calls for any course of Court Proceedings in saudi arabia and today and that if this is the 1st trial and they went to suspects in us a sense you know will be that they are going to be identified basically the 1st trial is going to be about a procedural accusations and identification and today at the press is not allowed inside because of a pattern that may coronavirus the person. Cuter of the 11th the station who is taking care of this case is very sensitive about that thats why were all outside but. Just fiance had inside and today the u. N. Reporter at this column i will also be with her and they are expected to give a press a press or a press statement after the Court Proceeding in a couple of hours this is what we expect of course this was a crime but if after a while after the Prosecutors Office in istanbul discovered how many people were involved in the case and they are linked to the very top officials in saudi arabia its kind of it turned into a political case laura and thats why many many a lot of people say that the trial may take quite a while of course its not going and nothing is going to come up in one trial or maybe even a few trials but this is seen as us back to seek justice for jamal. Because a here in absentia here there are its went to suspects but in saudi arabia only 11 of them were tried and the top people like so that catalonia and our city they were able to skip the procedure and thats why in turkey many people believe politicians people who were close to jamal they all believe that the courts are sitting in saudi arabia will not provide any justice thats why there is another one here of course. Since the crime was committed in turkey turkey wants to shed the light on the situation and. Are not so easy on the crime taking place on the turkish territory despite this fight it was in a consulate Building Back and now that the belief is that even though theyre not able to charge people here personally i think its an International Pressure could be imposed on those people who were in walls of the crime. These red bulletins may be issued and those people may not get out of saudi arabia at these this isolation for that would be a punishment this fight a real punishment in turkey will not be that possible. This case is. Huge a most emotive attention when it happened 18 months ago but how much attention is it getting today inside turkey. Well the tension in between saudi arabia and turkey became a visible off the edge of mouth but shes a murderer but i have to say that there was that tension before which we didnt see that much because especially when it came to regional politics when it came to syria turkey and saudi arabia were on different pages as specially. Turkeys support for the Muslim Brotherhood which saudi arabia didnt have. It wasnt positive about it plus saudi every bit as support for the Syrian Congress fighters in syria which turkey believes those fighters are organically linked to the output could is that Workers Party in turkey and there was a tension already and Jamal Khashoggi being murdered inside turkey was actually the last drop. Last rob fords attention to become visible yes the tension is ongoing but it is and i have to say that it is not as popular time tension as it used to be before about the church he respects the royal king and however took you once all responsible people to pay for what they have and but one thing that i have to say you know turkish officials were not made to direct the naming mohammed bin sorry man the crown prince but they were they were hinting them in a very open way now we hear we dont hear people in tin mohamed been sent that much it seems turkey also will be patient especially through this trial and wants to wants to have justice on an International Platform but the tension is still there. Mike on a lower level system calls are joining us courts in istanbul for a moment thanks very much of course one of jamal covered the story from assembling the early days of the investigation he joins us now here on set good to have you with us and. With that when she day off today outside that concert in the weeks after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi now 18 months on what is this trial expected to achieve well in terms of actual delivering justice very little and thats just because of the fact that between turkey and saudi arabia there isnt any by law trucks tradition treaties there isnt any framework that with allow for you know those who are accused of his murder or who are being sued tried in absentia to actually have any verdict delivered on to them or executed on to them and thats considering if turkey and saudi arabia were on good terms i did so the fact that they dont have this extradition treaty theyre not even on good terms and therefore it means that any sort of tangible outcome of a trial like this is far more symbolic and political than it is actually in terms of delivering some sort of justice as far as talk is concerned it wants to show that it continues to try and seek some sort of justice for a case in a story that garnered so much International Attention but obviously its trying to find some sort of leverage after it seemed that it used up a lot of what it did have in terms of leverage i. E. Those recordings which establish the fact that this was an assassination operation by saudi operatives and something that went all the way to the very top so aside from political kind of point scoring or maybe trying to create that leverage its difficult to see what tangible outcome im out of this i mean of course it is a political trial but lets not forget that the complaint was brought by a teacher jang as shes feeling say for her its a very personal trial do you think she can expect any form of closure from today its very difficult because even if and we expect to see the courts come out and they with all the evidence that the talks have and pronounce them guilty and exert some sorts of sentences on these people the people are still roaming free and. Its about those who we know well there isnt anybody in the defendants lists of those who have the political responsibility which is also criminal actually for ordering this murder as much as the saudis would like to deny it has been established as well as from the cia but also the. Un special rapporteur on judicial killings that its most likely the order was given by the very top i. E. The crown prince of saudi Arabia Muhammad bin some months so closure from her respect isnt something that is so likely but again what were looking at here especially if a trial starts now it takes several months to build up obviously were not sure how the world would look like in terms of by september but once you look at september and you look at the u. N. General assembly thats meant to take place and other International Events where you will have key leaders gathering like how it is a man like right up to iran and so forth if there is a case like this which is wrapping up and a verdict that is taking place this could create some sort of. Leverage for the turks to then use for other political kind of feeling as if this trial is much about keeping up in the mental and keeping the issue in the spotlight in the global spotlight say that it doesnt just step away indeed and the turks have also wanted to establish that this isnt just an issue of them trying to get the political leverage i mentioned but as you say that this is something that they believe in from a idea. From a principled perspective that this is something to do with. International law being broken by killing somebody in a consulate that this is something to do with press freedom the fact that Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist and therefore that momentum over trying to establish justice will be served is something that will shoot them all in terms of the image of turkey but as you mentioned its important beyond all of this politics just to focus on the fact that to remember that this was a civilian journalist. 2 went into a consulate to finish paperwork never to come out again sort of child like this even if it is just symbolic. Respects for a lot of people does hold a lot of significance and importance because in a world where there is very little justice being executed this is at least some sort of sign that people havent forgotten this case absolutely ok were expecting the trial to get underway in about 15 minutes were keeping a close eye on it will talk to you again thank you. Now china has threatened to retaliate after the u. S. Congress unanimously approved sanctions against beijing over its new security law in hong kong the bill which still needs to be approved by the president would penalize banks doing business with chinese officials behind the new legislation beijing said this to us move as grossly interfered in chinas internal affairs and seriously violated International Law as well as the basic norms governing International Relations if the us side is bent on going down the wrong path china will resolutely respond with all necessary Counter Measures from hong kong sarah clarke has more on chinas reaction has been swift to respond its of these sanctions or move by the United States to interfere in chinas internal affairs thats a move by the United States to contain or restrain chinas progress and development and thats as National Security is a basic prerequisite a precondition for existence and the development of a nation and these laws have widespread support not just in china and hong kong this is obviously a statement from the Chinese Government and strongly urged washington to pretty much back off and stay out of hong kong and china as a phase that said if the states continues to go down what its described as the wrong path then obviously china says it will take the necessary response of certainly some threats coming from china and a Swift Response and condemnation of the of chinas introduction of the by 6 ago the National Security laws in hong kong. 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K. Sunny warm across the southwest generally fine throughout the mediterranean again once you shows through will southern areas of italy but this is what i mean about things feeling cool also on saturday just 15 degrees the average in july is 22 degrees it stays well below average for the next few days meanwhile in the southeast book arrest gets up to 37 on monday. Infamous dictator may be long gone but inequality fueled by his new liberal Economic Reforms still plagues the nation. And dissent is still quashed by a heavy handed state apparatus. The people in power examines whether forging a new constitution can turn the page in the most unequal of the worlds 30 wealthiest nations. In a chaise legacy. Or again youre watching out of there as a reminder of our top stories this hour the trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing jealous Jamal Khashoggi is tossing and tacky he was murdered and dismembered at the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago. 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