The US reportedly gave Mohammed bin Salman 72 hours to 'own' the Khashoggi disaster. His time is up.

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October 19, 2018 1:36 PM

In a meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday — which finished at around 3 p.m. Saudi time — US Secretary of Strate Mike Pompeo told the Crown Prince he must "own" the disaster and has 72 hours to sort it out, an Axios source said. This deadline has come and gone with no big changes.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reportedly gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 72 hours to "own" the Jamal Khashoggi disaster, and as of 8 a.m. EDT on Friday his time is up.

In the meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday — which finished at around 3 p.m. Saudi time —

The meeting lasted between 30-45 minutes and the pair dined together that evening too, CNN reported.

The exact start time of the meeting was not revealed by the US State Department or Saudi authorities, but live reports from journalists in Riyadh, and press photographs from news agency Reuters, place the meeting's end at around 3 p.m. local time.

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