Turkish authorities have said they think Khashoggi was killed and dismembered. And The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Saudi crown prince Mohamed bin Salman was directly involved, according to intercepts by U.S. intelligence services.
What happened to Khashoggi? And because he was a resident of the United States, how will his disappearance impact the U.S.-Saudi relationship? Did American intelligence officials have a duty to warn Khashoggi that he was in danger?
In Brazil, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro will participate in a runoff election for the presidency. He’ll campaign against Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party. The Intercept reports that Haddad “came in 17 percentage points behind in the first round and suffers from an enormous enthusiasm gap and messaging problem.”
Is it possible that Bolsonaro will win the presidency? How did his right-wing populist message become so successful?
Elsewhere in South America, Peruvian officials arrested opposition leader Keiko Fujimori. The BBC reports that “prosecutors allege she was involved in accepting illegal contributions to her party by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht.” That company is familiar to Peruvians. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned as president of Peru earlier this year in a scandal related to the firm. As for Fujimori, she denied any wrongdoing and said she was being politically targeted.
In Asia, the Chinese government acknowledged and legalized what it calls “re-education” centers for Uighur Muslims...
Interview:
https://the1a.org/shows/2018-10-12/friday-news-roundup-international
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