2 h. ago Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low | Jodie Ginsberg

Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered in a Saudi consulate. The president says ‘things happen’“Things happen.” Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist killing of the last decade – and in so doing plumbed a new low in his contempt for journalists, for journalism – and for the truth.The US president’s dismissal of the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi came in a press conference with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman – a man whom the CIA found in a 2021 report had orchestrated the kidnap and killing of the Washington Post columnist in 2018. (Prince Mohammed has denied involvement.)Jodie Ginsberg is CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Jamal Khashoggi's agonising 7 minute ordeal captured on chilling audio files

The Mirror's Julia Banim takes a look at the journalist's agonising seven-minute ordeal, captured on chilling audio files

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5 h. ago The spectacle of Trump dismissing a Saudi journalist’s murder in front of MBS should worry us all

Donald Trump eviscerated a White House reporter for asking about the murder of fellow journalist Jamal Khashoggi in front of Mohammed bin Salman. The president’s put down shows press freedom counts for little in the US, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

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8 h. ago Jamal Khashoggi's 7 minutes of terror from chilling audio to 'dismembered alive'

As US President Donald Trump rushes to defend Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over questions about the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Mirror takes a look at the journalist's agonising seven-minute ordeal, captured on chilling audio files

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8 h. ago What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? Trump resurfaces memories of journalist’s brutal murder

President’s claim that Mohammed bin Salman had nothing to do with 2018 killing contradicts US intelligenceDonald Trump on Tuesday said that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, had nothing to do with the murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, whose assassination in 2018 left the Saudi leader an international pariah.But Trump’s own intelligence services, as well as a 2019 UN investigation, have painted a very different picture. The assassination took place inside a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where a 15-person team led by a close associate of Prince Mohammed was said to have drugged, murdered and dismembered Khashoggi in order to hide evidence of the crime. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago 'Don't embarrass our guest': Moment Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Donald Trump insisted the Saudi Crown Prince knew nothing about the assassination of a Washington Post journalist after being quizzed at the White House

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23 h. ago Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit

US president also claims Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalistDonald Trump has shrugged off the Saudi regime’s 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the journalist was “extremely controversial” and unpopular.The US president made the remarks at the White House on Tuesday while welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time since Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment in Istanbul by Saudi state operatives. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump rips reporter who asks Saudi prince about 9/11 role and Khashoggi murder: ‘Lot of people didn’t like that gentleman’

President and crown prince were both pressed on 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and protests of 9/11 victim families

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25 h. ago Trump rips reporter who asks Saudi prince about 9/11 role and Khashoggi murder: ‘Lot of people didn’t like him’

President and Crown Prince both pressed on 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents

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25 h. ago Extraordinary moment Trump DEFENDS Saudi crown prince as he's asked 'embarrassing' question about murder of journalist

It marks the first White House visit since Saudi agents killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

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25 h. ago Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over killing of Jamal Khashoggi, claiming Saudi crown prince ‘knew nothing about it’ and ‘things happen’

President blasts ABC News as fake news during Oval Office meeting with Saudi crown princeTrump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis as Prince Mohammed visitsA reminder that Donald Trump’s family has a strong personal interest in Saudi Arabia. In September, London real estate developer Dar Global announced that it plans to launch Trump Plaza in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.It’s Dar Global’s second collaboration with the Trump Organization, the collection of companies controlled by the US president’s children, in the kingdom. Last year, the two companies announced the launch of Trump Tower Jeddah. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Trump pays Saudi crown prince the highest honor despite assassination of journalist

It marks the first White House visit since Saudi agents killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

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26 h. ago Donald Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to White House

President set to sell F-35 stealth jets to the kingdom in crown prince’s first US visit since 2018 killing of regime critic Jamal KhashoggiTrump says US will sell F-35 stealth jets to Saudis as Prince Mohammed visitsA reminder that Donald Trump’s family has a strong personal interest in Saudi Arabia. In September, London real estate developer Dar Global announced that it plans to launch Trump Plaza in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.It’s Dar Global’s second collaboration with the Trump Organization, the collection of companies controlled by the US president’s children, in the kingdom. Last year, the two companies announced the launch of Trump Tower Jeddah. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Trump to welcome Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohammed bin Salman to the White House

It is the first visit by MBS to Washington since the 2018 murder of journalist critic Jamal Khashoggi

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34 h. ago Mum's terror as family 'cheat death' minutes after visiting KFC

Rachel Swift and her family were just a few miles from home when they were involved in a horror crash

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53 h. ago Trump’s demands for Mohammed bin Salman and what Saudi crown prince is seeking at first White House visit in over 7 years

The crown prince hasn’t been to the U.S. since the 2018 killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi

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3 w. ago ‘I spoke complete twaddle for four minutes’: Meera Syal, Larry Lamb and more on the terror of stage fright

Forget Halloween! Real scares can happen to actors any night of the year. Big name actors, including Zachary Hart and Harmony Rose-Bremner, recall their worst moments – and how they overcame their fearsDerek Jacobi had a bout of it during a world tour of Hamlet. Bill Nighy wrestled with it in the run-up to The Vertical Hour opening on Broadway. Juliet Stevenson has likened it to “a disease”. It has even caused some to take flight: Stephen Fry disappeared from Cell Mates, while Lenny Henry left the stage during Educating Rita. “I’ve completely gone,” he said – although he did return to finish the show.Stage fright can cause the shakes but it can also trigger a complete physical freeze-up, to say nothing of a total verbal drying up – all right under the spotlight. So how and why does it take grip? Can it be overcome? And what does it feel like to be seized by the actor’s nightmare? Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Trump warns Hamas he could 'take care of them in two minutes' as he condemns terror group for breaking peace deal terms after videos of them torturing and executing Palestinians emerge

Donald Trump has warned Hamas he could 'take care' of the terror group in just two minutes as he condemned them for not honouring its ceasefire deal with Israel. 

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