Saudi prosecutor seeks death sentences as Khashoggi murder trial opens

Saudi Arabia's attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday.The prosecution also said it was awaiting a response to two formal letters requesting evidence from Turkey, where Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi Istanbul consulate on October 2 in a case that shocked the world.All 11 accused were present with their lawyers at the first session of the trial, the