Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was planned days in advance and was “obviously a political crime”.

Addressing members of his ruling Justice and Development Party this morning, Erdogan (pictured) said all the available evidence shows that “Khashoggi was the victim of a barbaric assassination”.

“This barbaric act cannot be forgotten,” he said. “It is the whole of humanity that would pay the price for this.”