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Khashoggi's body, say the Turks, was carved up with a bone saw and smuggled out in a black Mercedes van. No wonder executives are pulling out of the kingdom's annual "Davos in the Desert" shindig. Investors have also fled the Saudi stock market. The crown prince's sobriquet MbS now sees him darkly mocked as Mr Bone Saw.

Jamal Khashoggi may very well have been murdered by a "rogue killer." His name is M.B.S.  (AKA Mr. Bone Saw)

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 15, 2018

In Britain and America leading lawmakers say it may be time for sanctions. In response the Saudis have threatened to weaponise their vast oil reserves and buy arms from Moscow.

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Global Warming - distance between America and Europe is steadily increasing.