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1.05am GMT

From Joan E Greve and me:

12.26am GMT

A Turkish court trying 26 Saudi nationals in absentia for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has refused to admit as evidence a recent US intelligence report implicating the kingdom's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, despite a petition from the journalist's fiancee, Hatice Cengiz.

The declassified US report released last Friday said Washington believed that Prince Mohammed approved the operation to capture or kill" Khashoggi.

Related: Turkish court refuses to admit US Khashoggi report as trial evidence