Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he went to pick up some papers required for his upcoming wedding
The CIA are reportedly in possession of a damning recording of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman giving the order to murder Jamal Khashoggi.
Turkey's Hurriyet Daily news reported that the de facto Saudi leader can be heard calling for journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be 'silenced as soon as possible'.
The Turkish President Recip Tayepp Erdogan has said he shared recordings of the 59-year-old's murder with the UK and the US.
In a previous recording the mild critic of the Saudi regime can reportedly be heard saying 'I'm suffocating... Take this bag off my head, I'm claustrophobic'.
Saudi Arabia today warned criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a 'red line' as western countries' continue to probe into the murder of Khashoggi.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that calls for the crown prince to be held accountable for the grisly killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month would not be tolerated.
Meanwhile US President Donald Trump heaped praise on the kingdom in defiance of warnings he was giving Riyadh a pass on a journalist's grisly murder.
Trump praised Saudi Arabia for keeping oil prices low - the main strand of his argument against punishing Riyadh even though the CIA reportedly found strong evidence that the crown prince, the de facto Saudi leader, was involved in the murder.
'In Saudi Arabia our leadership is a red line. The custodian of the two holy mosques (King Salman) and the crown prince are a red line,' Jubeir told the BBC.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir: 'In Saudi Arabia our leadership is a red line'
'They represent every Saudi citizen and every Saudi citizen represents them. And we will not tolerate any discussion of anything that is disparaging towards our monarch or our crown prince.'
Khashoggi, a US resident who wrote for The Washington Post and had been critical of Prince Mohammed, was lured to the Saudi consulate on October 2, killed and reportedly dismembered.
After lengthy denials, Saudi authorities admitted responsibility and said 21 people had been taken into custody. It has reportedly called for the death penalty against five men connected to the killing but repeatedly denied involvement at the top echelons of its leadership.
Saudi Arabia has made clear that it will not toelrate criticism of its leadership - The custodian of the two holy mosques King Salman (left) and the crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (right)
Donald Trump (right) has made it clear he will not sanction the crown prince (front left) even if he was involved in the murder of Khashoggi because of what he said were more important US interests including billions of Saudi investment
However, their claims have been met with scepticism from western countries.
In a thinly veiled comment aimed at the Saudi royals, the EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Thursday that all those 'really responsible' for the murder should be brought to justice.
'Those responsible, really responsible for this terrible murder have to be accountable,' she told a news conference in Ankara with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
A CIA analysis leaked to the US media went even further, reportedly pointing the finger directly at the crown prince.
But Trump, on holiday at his Florida Mar-a-Lago Club on Wednesday, doubled down on a statement from Tuesday that he was essentially ignoring the killing of Khashoggi because of what he said were more important US strategic and commercial interests.
'Oil prices getting lower. Great! Like a big Tax Cut for America and the World. Enjoy! $54, was just $82,' he tweeted. 'Thank you to Saudi Arabia, but let's go lower!'
Jubeir insisted that Prince Mohammed had not been involved in the killing.
Criticism of the Saudi royals is banned in the gulf kingdom, and Jamal Khashoggi's son Salah was brought to meet Mohammed bin Salman (right) amid speculation that the prince ordered his father's murder
'We have made that very clear. We have investigations ongoing and we will punish the individuals who are responsible for this,' he said.
He called on Turkey to come forward with all its evidence about the slaying and stop leaking out information.
The foreign minister said the murder was a 'rogue operation' by intelligence officers and any possible US sanctions on Saudi Arabia would be short-sighted.
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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he went to pick up some papers required for his upcoming wedding
The CIA are reportedly in possession of a damning recording of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman giving the order to murder Jamal...
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