President Donald Trump added to the power on Saudi Arabia over the destiny of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, vowing "severe punishment" must the kingdom's leaders be related to his disappearance.
"Nobody knows" whether Saudi officers are involved even supposing they "deny it vehemently," Trump mentioned in an excerpt of a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview to be broadcast on Sunday night. "It's being looked at very, very strongly. We would be very upset and angry if that was the case." "We're going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment," the president mentioned. "Could it be them? Yes."
Khashoggi, a Saudi critic of the regime, hasn't been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to pick up a report for his upcoming marriage ceremony. Turkish officers say they've audio and video recordings that show a Saudi security crew detained Khashoggi within the consulate before killing him and dismembering his body, the Post reported. Saudi officers say Khashoggi left the building unhurt.
Turkish newspaper Sabah reported on Saturday that investigating officers have an audio recording of Khashoggi's alleged killing from the Apple Watch he wore. Authorities recovered the audio from Khashoggi's iPhone and his iCloud account, the newspaper mentioned. The journalist had given his phones to his fiancee. However, it used to be no longer transparent whether information from Khashoggi's watch will have been transmitted to his phone outdoor, or how investigators will have retrieved it without acquiring the watch themselves.
Turkey's international minister on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of failing to cooperate in its probe, calling on Riyadh to grant get entry to to Turkish investigators. "We still have not seen cooperation in order to ensure a smooth investigation and bring everything to light. We want to see this," international minister Mevlut Cavusoglu used to be quoted as saying by way of state-run Anadolu news agency.
The affair, in the meantime, is eclipsing the three-day Future Investment Initiative, known as "Davos in the Desert,' that is scheduled to start in Riyadh in two weeks. The event is intended to showcase Prince Mohammed bin Salman's modernisation plan for the desert kingdom. "What has reportedly took place in Turkey across the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if proved true, would obviously exchange the facility of any people within the West to do business with the Saudi executive," mentioned billionaire Richard Branson.
Uber Technologies Inc CEO Dara Khosrowshahi would possibly not attend "unless a considerably other set of details emerges". US lawmakers have threatened to take action against the kingdom reminiscent of blockading palms gross sales.
Other company leaders who've mentioned they will no longer attend the summit because of the Khashoggi case include HP Inc govt Joanna Popper; Andy Rubin, author of the Android mobile running system; and Rodger Novak, co-founder of Crispr Therapeutics AG.
It's no longer the first time controversy has overshadowed the FII match. Scores of the kingdom's businessmen, princes and officers have been rounded up within the Ritz-Carlton hotel simply days after last year's conference in what the government described as a crackdown on corruption.
"Nobody knows" whether Saudi officers are involved even supposing they "deny it vehemently," Trump mentioned in an excerpt of a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview to be broadcast on Sunday night. "It's being looked at very, very strongly. We would be very upset and angry if that was the case." "We're going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment," the president mentioned. "Could it be them? Yes."
Khashoggi, a Saudi critic of the regime, hasn't been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to pick up a report for his upcoming marriage ceremony. Turkish officers say they've audio and video recordings that show a Saudi security crew detained Khashoggi within the consulate before killing him and dismembering his body, the Post reported. Saudi officers say Khashoggi left the building unhurt.
Turkish newspaper Sabah reported on Saturday that investigating officers have an audio recording of Khashoggi's alleged killing from the Apple Watch he wore. Authorities recovered the audio from Khashoggi's iPhone and his iCloud account, the newspaper mentioned. The journalist had given his phones to his fiancee. However, it used to be no longer transparent whether information from Khashoggi's watch will have been transmitted to his phone outdoor, or how investigators will have retrieved it without acquiring the watch themselves.
Turkey's international minister on Saturday accused Saudi Arabia of failing to cooperate in its probe, calling on Riyadh to grant get entry to to Turkish investigators. "We still have not seen cooperation in order to ensure a smooth investigation and bring everything to light. We want to see this," international minister Mevlut Cavusoglu used to be quoted as saying by way of state-run Anadolu news agency.
The affair, in the meantime, is eclipsing the three-day Future Investment Initiative, known as "Davos in the Desert,' that is scheduled to start in Riyadh in two weeks. The event is intended to showcase Prince Mohammed bin Salman's modernisation plan for the desert kingdom. "What has reportedly took place in Turkey across the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if proved true, would obviously exchange the facility of any people within the West to do business with the Saudi executive," mentioned billionaire Richard Branson.
Uber Technologies Inc CEO Dara Khosrowshahi would possibly not attend "unless a considerably other set of details emerges". US lawmakers have threatened to take action against the kingdom reminiscent of blockading palms gross sales.
Other company leaders who've mentioned they will no longer attend the summit because of the Khashoggi case include HP Inc govt Joanna Popper; Andy Rubin, author of the Android mobile running system; and Rodger Novak, co-founder of Crispr Therapeutics AG.
It's no longer the first time controversy has overshadowed the FII match. Scores of the kingdom's businessmen, princes and officers have been rounded up within the Ritz-Carlton hotel simply days after last year's conference in what the government described as a crackdown on corruption.
Trump adds to pressure as Saudi isolation grows over missing critic
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