estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess of wales are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines. a high stakes virtual summit has been held amid heightened tensions over ukraine. president biden warned of tighter economic sanctions following a huge buildup of russian military vladimir putin blamed provocative actions by kyiv. australia willjoin a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics next february. prime minister scott morrison said china had failed to respond to australian concerns about its human rights record. french police have arrested a saudi national suspected of involvement in the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi in 2018.
the suspect was arrested at an airport in paris. mr khashoggi, who was a prominent critic of the saudi regime, wrote for the washington post. he was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul. his body was later dismembered. but the saudi embassy in paris says the 33 year old saudi national is not linked to the case and should be released immediately. the former un special rapporteur of extrajudicial killings, agnes callamard, who investigated the khashoggi murder, explains why this arrest could be an important breakthrough. translation: he is a part of the group responsible for receiving the body or parts of the body of mrjamal khashoggi. he is believed to be one of those who decided to where the body was hidden. so, this individual could have extremely important information for the justice and for the family.
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. a high stakes virtual summit amidst the build up of russia troops on the ukrainian border. president biden warns of economic consequences vladimir putin blames provocative actions by kyiv and nato. australia willjoin a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics next february. prime minister scott morrison said china had failed to respond to australian concerns about its human rights record. a saudi man suspected of involvement in the killing of saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi, is arrested in paris. and, in the uk, leaked footage sparks a row over what appears to be officials joking about a covid christmas party last year breaching lockdown rules
murdered jamal khashoggi. something which is denied by the saudis because as far as the saudis are concerned, this story is done and dusted. they put on trial the people they said were suspects. they held a very secretive behind closed doors trial, they sentenced five people to death but then commuted those to 20 year sentences in prison and their view is nothing to see here, move along. turkey and human rights groups disagree. they say the real culprits of this got away clean with it and agnes callamard, for example, the un special rapporteur has been calling for a full investigation. turkey issued a number of international arrest warrants, of which this is one. he was arrested due to a turkish warrant and it will be really interesting to see what france does because this is potentially quite a diplomatic minefield for france. france has very good relations with the saudis, president macron has recently been to the gulf and is the first major western leader to meet the crown prince si
by the west as somebody who was named as taking part in the hit team that murdered jamal khashoggi. something which is denied by the saudis because as far as the saudis are concerned, this story is done and dusted. they put on trial the people they said were suspects. they held a very secretive behind closed doors trial, they sentenced five people to death but then commuted those to 20 year sentences in prison and their view is nothing to see here, move along. turkey and human rights groups disagree. they say the real culprits of this got away clean with it and agnes callamard, for example, the un special rapporteur has been calling for a full investigation. turkey issued a number of international arrest warrants, of which this is one. he was arrested due to a turkish warrant and it will be really interesting to see what france does because this is potentially quite a diplomatic minefield for france. france has very good relations with the saudis, president macron has recently been to