Mediagazer: President Erdogan addresses Turkish Parliament on Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says Saudi team planned killing and proposes trials to be held in Istanbul (Richard Pérez-Peña/New York Times)

9:15 AM ET, October 23, 2018

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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:

President Erdogan addresses Turkish Parliament on Jamal Khashoggi's murder, says Saudi team planned killing and proposes trials to be held in Istanbul — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, having promised to reveal the “naked truth” of a Saudi plot to kill the journalist Jamal Khashoggi …

Alex Crawford / Sky News:

Source: Jamal Khashoggi's remains have been found in the garden of the Saudi Consul General's home in Istanbul — Body parts belonging to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have been found, according to Sky sources. — Sources have told Sky News the writer had been “cut up” and his face “disfigured”.

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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Jared Kushner says that the Trump administration is trying to establish facts around Khashoggi's death but insists US must work with allies like Saudi Arabia

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Julia Alexander / The Verge:

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says European Union's copyright legislation, Article 13, threatens creators' livelihoods if implemented as proposed — ‘Article 13 threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs’ — The European Union's contentious copyright directive became a major talking point …

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Twitter says it has removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with Infowars, some for helping Infowars and Alex Jones circumvent September ban — New York (CNN Business)Twitter on Monday removed more than a dozen accounts affiliated with the fringe right-wing media organization InfoWars, a company spokesperson told CNN.

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A look at former BBC News director James Harding's Tortoise Media, a member-funded news organization targeting a younger audience that's set to launch next year — James Harding has said his move into “slow news” with new venture Tortoise Media was the result of a “lesson learned” …

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Fox 5:

A 38-year-old man attempted to break into Fox 5's building in Washington DC on Tuesday, but was shot by a security guard — Surveillance video shows suspect kicking glass door to get into FOX 5's building — FOX 5 security shoots man attempting to break into building

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BBC:

YouTube says it will spend $20M as part of its YouTube Learning initiative to develop educational content that will be hosted on a new Learning channel — YouTube will spend $20million (£15m) developing educational and how-to content on the platform, the company has announced.

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