<span style="color: #222222;">In Saudi Arabia, a court has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year.<br />''<br />''Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor said today, the court issued death sentences on five men who directly took part in the killing.<br />''<br />''Three others were handed lengthy sentences amounting to 24 years in jail and two other top officials escaped sentencing.<br />''The  Public Prosecution did not file charges against 10 more individuals and released them due to insufficient evidence.<br />''<br />''The Deputy Public Prosecutor stressed that the investigations showed that there was no previous hostility between the perpetrators and the victim.<br />''<br />''Some pointed fingers at the all-powerful Saudi Crown Prince Mohd Bin Salman behind the killing of Khashoggi. The Crown Prince denied any involvement but later said he took full responsibility as a leader in Saudi Arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the Saudi government.<br />''<br />''Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, was killed inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 by a team of Saudi agents.</span>