Khashoggi killing was premeditated: Joint Saudi-Turkey team!

• The Saudi public prosecutor said he was making the latest assessment on the basis of evidence supplied by Turkey.

Saudi Arabia acknowledged on Thursday that the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi appeared to have been premeditated, based on information from Turkey.

The Saudi public prosecutor said he was making the latest assessment on the basis of evidence supplied by Turkey.

"Information from the Turkish authorities indicates that the act of the suspects in the Khashoggi case was premeditated," the office of public prosecutor Sheikh Saud Al Mojeb said in a statement carried by the state-run SPA.

"The public prosecution continues its investigation with suspects... to complete the course of justice."