ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s government has told U.S. officials it has audio and video proof that missing Saudi Arabian writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Washington Post reported Friday. The Associated Press was not immediately able to confirm the report and Turkish officials would not comment. Meanwhile, a delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived in Turkey on Friday as part of an investigation into the writer’s disappearance, a Foreign Ministry official said. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said the delegation would hold talks with Turkish officials over the weekend. Trump on Thursday said U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia were “excellent” and that he doesn’t want to scuttle highly lucrative arms deals with Riyadh.

Source: National Post October 12, 2018 09:57 UTC