the people as possible no matter how much they know about a given crisis or issue. although the smell of death is overpowering. as you say, recall respondents, that's what we strive to do me . ah, this is all just there. i'm daddy and obligated with a check on your world headlines. wildfires are stretching, emergency crews, and turkey in southern europe. in turkey, there are among the worst in its history. at least 14 fires across 6 provinces are posing a threats firefighters are brought another 160 other fires under control since last week. 8 people have died and more than 16000 have been forced to leave their homes . are zeros, rest of, sorry, are, has more for monographs and i'm tell you a problem we are in cuz they'll die in the town of my god,

which is one of the most stated districts caused by the wildfires in turkey. a mess you forest fire broke out last night here and it continued through the night . hum, but as of hack, there's of land. how being burned, firefighters continue to cool down the areas to prevent why fires from spreading to other areas. hundreds of widows years had to create their houses and the security forces are blocking the road to prevent people from getting back to their houses. as it is too risky. i have talked to the when years here, and they all share a common wish william back to their houses to see if they can save. and it's in my know, got that because it is not the only one though 30 is witnessing hundreds of similar wildfires since like the seats last week. a lot like the one in the will

of center in norwich. one thousands of people on the outskirts of athens have been forced to leave their homes as a wildfire moves closer. more than 500 firefighters are trying to contain that blaze in an industrial area in a suburb of the greek capital, temperatures of more than 40 degrees celsius on dry, when to found the flames of more than 100 separate fires. the bas robbie isn't athens with more air drops of water put out fires about 100 meters in this direction and where we drove up behind us fires are rekindling there. and that really is the fear now that the fires that had been put out because of the extreme heat, are now rekindling in the same places that the firefighters that you just saw behind me were fighting those blazes just 24 hours ago. and it seems that the optimism of this morning that officials had hoped this fire could be put out in a matter of hours that has certainly faded in the fear. now, is it that rekindling is going to get worse?

hot weather, also driving huge fires in italy, tourists and residents have been evacuated from the coastal cities of cataneo and pescadero. firefighter say they faced hundreds of blazes and populated areas in the past few days, but they're starting to get some under control. the taliban is warning of more attacks against top us gun government officials. earlier on wednesday capital was shaken by another explosion. nearer defense facility, the taliban claim responsibility for that car. bomb attack and followed a gun battle near the home of the defense minister. 8 people were killed if he has order 3 here monetary and organizations, including doctors without borders, to stop all work and the war torn cheek right region. the un humanitarian chief is also pleading for access to t gray to allow desperately needed aid into the region. but if you appeal, government has refused because it says corridors already exists in other areas. we

need should access routes by land, as well as of course our own flights going in and out of mckelly. and frankly, we need the water and we need the conflict to stall the needs that have been spoken about. integrate, are indeed what they have been advertised, that they are huge. they are urgent. they are important is really forces fired several rockets into lebanon after 2 rockers fired from south lebanon landed inside israel. they landed in the area of curious mona. there were no injuries residence in northern israel had been told to stay home in london on collaboration, taking place to mark one year that a route port explosion it killed at least 200 people unless thousands injured. the blast was caused by a huge pile of ammonium nitrate. those are the headlines, al jazeera worlds coming up next. the

news. ready ah oh, i mysterious death. possibly a tragic accident. another theory is suicide. while some observers are convinced this very public death in central london was an act of murder, the victim amount of wealth, power, and intrigue. ah,

it was a mid week summer afternoon in the british capital, and most londoners were going about their daily business. it was a wedding day, the followers of british politics. remember as the day when prime minister tony blair was on his way to buckingham palace to offer his resignation to queen elizabeth. but there was another important event on that cloudy afternoon. ah, count in house terraces, one of london's most fashionable addresses, former residents into sweet, previous british prime ministers. it lies just a few 100 meters from piccadilly circus. ah, on that june day in 2007, the gin to you rose garden was filled with police 1st responders to the strange discovery of

a man's body lying on the mon. the body was that of 63 year old doctor ashley, small one father of 2, a billionaire businessman and a spy. ah, his fall from a fish floor balcony, which spot more questions than answers. and he fallen. did he jump or was he pushed? dr. my one was the 3rd dejection living in london to die in this way. in 1973 lead gyptian ambassador to the u. k. general lacy, nazis fell from a balcony in the very same building. and in 2001 actress who at hoss me known as the cinderella of egypt in cinema, also found to her death. ah, it's generally accepted that i shall small. one was a highly valued intelligence agent. but what is in dispute is whether he was

working for israel for his native egypt, or both. as is a case with any unexplained death in britain, a police investigation and a coroner's court would attempt to find answers their role to draw different sections of law enforcement into the investigation. the e can be plenty of decks for diamond fee, or need not to be met in common your question, but he yaki and she had the police walked off a little bit of she has she been with you some metropolitan police and the last one would miss dial one to try to get him out of new scotland yard. in britain there's a strict police protocol when arriving at

a suspicious incident, it's essential that evidence is preserved clues that may be of value later in the investigation. they tend to seen, they should seal the area. so there's 2 areas to see here. one is where the person has fallen, so that entire area should be sealed because there may be important evidence. secondly, the apartment from where the person has fallen that a needs to be sealed as well. it's very important that these areas a sealed because the forensic detail nice don't want to come out yet or neck, a short, short button. it didn't tell you why in the little car, in, on what they got autumn. a couple enable them though he tells you there were 3 immediate explanations facing the police, an accident, suicide,

or murder. in some cases because is obvious and as evidence and then some police attention is drawn to a single conclusion. absolutely, the police are quite frequently can do that. and the problem is once they do that, then they will look for the evidence to support that theory. a potential ignoring other more profitable avenues that they could be going down or discarding bits of evidence that didn't fit without theory. so that can be a problem. and it happens fairly regularly. in this case, the teeth had undertaken an investigation, but it seems that the police had already pre determined themselves that this is a suicide case. the police have come to the coroner's court. they said this man is formed over the balcony. we don't have any other evidence. what is certain is that doctor mar one was alive when he

tumbled over the balcony of his luxury apartment. initial police investigations looked at all possible options. the former editor of the british newspaper, the independent, has followed the case closely. at the time he poured out over the suicide theory, saying there were too many unanswered questions. no. all thing i do know about him are 2 things. one is very proudman, and i don't think proud been kill himself, not law. and the 2nd thing was he is a very meticulous man, and i don't believe he was as left unfinished business. it. it wasn't clear whether he think it was a no. so i think if it was i need to know bus to seem

right to me. the coroner's court would later establish that mar, one, died from a traumatic rupture to the l. water, the main artery, carrying blood from the heart. according to this document, published by weeklies, more one's family does not believe he took his own life. he was planning for the future, and suicide did not figure in his plans. dr. my once family, very much of the mind that he did not commit suicide. so in order to persuade the coroner, the coroner's story that this was not a case of suicide, one would have to highlight certain things. how did dr. m? i want to present in the days, weeks leading up to the 27th of june, 2007. did you seem happy? did he have any plans? so i understand his wife was very clear that this was

a 63 old man with everything to live for. he was still working. he still had an active life in start chant, holidays plan with his grandchildren. so you would highlight that, you know, this is somebody who got ongoing plans so that they anticipate being around not taking their own life in the inquest took place in london some 3 years later they declared an open verdict. meaning that the death was suspicious. but with no clear cause me that he should need well, when, when the low would lead to her? was it in? no, hey, it shut off the little one. what turkey bed too late, isn't that too? can it just don't probably, or the day he let me out the good in nor can you when it may, you can and your the

a de la car and be and mostly can mrs. empower why the mostly listen and the lease or neck. cathy haseb calling everybody plenty annual when they're shooting. i didn't delete, dan was seen in the rush. i went on a fish just in the hallway and that is between the whole what about open verdict for all day and so the open addict is where the coordinate saying something is wrong here. but i don't know what happened. there is not enough evidence before me to come to any conclusion as to how this death occurred before the court opened it the me some voted years in ashley small one money.

mona gammel, i don't nasa, daughter of egypt, then president gama. i've done nasa, me on the day her husband died. mona was in beirut, mother to son's wedding cairo. there are no independent witnesses to whatever card at 24 carlton house terrace on that june afternoon in 2007 local to be prime minister 10 years. but 10 years event, our country and no one can be in any day. he has considerable achievements. credit . can i say, there are plenty of theories, but hard facts are in short supply the scene offered investigators a lot of clues, but nothing definitive enough for them to come to a conclusion as to what exactly happened in the apartment. mm.

mm. shops of life and death were equally enigmatic, both filled with incomplete details and half answered questions just who was ash off? mar, one. only those who were closest to him can genuinely answer the question. one british journalist succeeded in contacting mall. one's family ah, i spent about 6 months trying to speak to someone from the moment family via their british lawyers, off to after a long period of time and expectedly, i kind of given up on ever hearing from them. and then after the blue, i got an email from that who was low and younger,

younger son. and he said meet me in london tomorrow lunchtime. and so of course i race that the next day he was smoking and very thoughtful, and his answers, he took a long time to answer every one of my questions. so i asked him about some questions initially justina, to tell me by father. what was it like right, came in with some of the more pressing questions that i had. for example, does it did, he believes that his father killed himself and if not, and who was behind his death for the moment family, it was very important that the court has inquest, which shows that she did not kill himself for that face. and for also the private family, they are completely satisfied that investigation shows that to be the case that went, did not kill himself for me quite by that because it was my father. and i found out

that he didn't commit suicide. wants to know why he wasn't with us. i, there's some evidence that dr. my one salt in those final days that his life was on the threat. ah, no one's widow. mona has rarely spoken publicly about her husband's death, but in july 2010, she did agree to an london newspaper interview. she claimed the agents of the israeli intelligence as motto were behind her husband's death. though there's no evidence to back this up. she said that her husband feared for his life, believing that assassins were coming after him. and she categorically ruled on the possibility of suicide, saying they were a happy couple with everything to live for. she told the paper that quote,

there is no way he killed himself. it is so painful to think about one's husband being thrown over the balcony. so who were ash off? my one's enemies might be on july in egypt where it's being claimed me a gyptian businessman was spying for israel. ah, and together and not one thing to know if you did it. and if he had told us of milan, who had their lia fallen on when it was for me to go to the diamond in my home, when i was to my darling got at the lead again to get and get me here to be at least age no, no more one became exceptionally wealthy through his business dealings in london,

he owned a share in chelsea football club and had a business reputation for playing by his own rules. tale upset lots of dozens of companies all over the place. and lichtenstein and it isn't to any deal that you can make money from now. i've got no direct knowledge of these deals, but i do know of a number of companies that he was involved with. and anyone who could have turned the ones to be his most lone and in many ways distinguished his marriage to the daughter of egypt. and president opened many doors for him. some believe that he owed his reported billionaire status to having a master fortune brokering alms deals. during his lifetime, my wife was described as a diplomat, a businessman, a politician,

a government adviser, under spine. it's likely that at different stages, he performed all of these wrongs. but the name of my one is best known for espionage. there's no question that he spied for israel. he may, however, have been a double agent when his true loyalty being to his native egypt. when there's all countries, if there's any other country interested in intelligence, that's the way you know, watch kill, and i mean, sometimes your friends think. so the best way, having someone so close to, to the president, someone that was the son in law of government. the nasa, the president said that was invaluable, full accumulating information and close to the the decision making as was the case or for any coin. these are any spy in the moscow's few years

earlier. at 1st the suggestion that ashcroft more one, a man at the very heart of injection society, at spite or israel seems implausible. ah, the, what's intriguing about the my one kid. again, there are many things that we don't know what we do. i think fairly well documented from the israeli side, not from the chips and site is that was offered his own services to write these there are several stories about how mar, one was recruited as in his really spy. one comes from newly bod, joseph, and also who's written extensively about israeli intelligence. in 2016, bon joseph, published the angel egyptian spy, who saved israel. this account of my one's life says he was code named the angel by

israeli intelligence. the book claims that my one phoned the israeli embassy in london offering his services after being initially rebuffed. more one and a senior more side agent agreed to meet the series of phone calls and messages followed. the mos on agents realized quickly that this was a potential source like no other. the son in law of the egyptian president, a message was sent to my one to go to a nearby cafe. ah, the israelis would initially skeptical of the approach, wondering if my one's true intention was to become a double agent in order to feed false information back to them. more

one pushed and across the table. later the jerusalem post reported the european head of most ad saying that material like this from a source like this happens once in a 1000 years. well, any case officer who receives potential walk in or a double agent will always assume the worst. and the best way that a walk in can establish their credentials is by producing festival proof of their own identity. secondly, proof of their access to the kind of information that would be of interest to the recipient. and thirdly, best of all would be to provide a specimen. so examples of really good intelligence which demonstrates the status of the agent and his or level of access to the contents of the on the handed over in london cafe. that remains

a mystery. also unknown. and subject to much speculation, among one's motives. obviously one of the documents are $48.00, provided those under laps and take time until all of them would be a good fit for the fact it's, you go, you become even closer to sad that that it was twist father in law. that was more suspicious of him. he saw him all as, as, as a young playboy. that was more interested in political power and ins on, you know, in, in his life that was coming up the lesser daughter, the. this was a time of profound political change in egypt. on the 28th of september, 1970, nasa suffered a sudden heart attack and died at the age of 52 he

was succeeded by almost. this could have spelled the end of ash off my one's position at the heart of government an influence in egypt. but instead he drew close to sit at shielding him from political opponents and earning trust along the way. he represented egypt and a number of high level missions with 2 arab neighbors. saudi arabia and libya, ah, sharp ma, one was position at the center of egypt, decision making, while at the same time, feeding information to its greatest regional adversary. israel, a sophomore one of the bill, of someone that's sad that we like closer to mo, western minded, small economic minded and as a result of 50 placid him. but the more we toss it in the more

a sophomore and became invaluable. today's ladies. for the coming up in part to arms dealing political maneuvering, spy, craft, the everyday world of ash ross more one more time and promise. as he took many, many sees and disappointed. a lot of people and the one of his business deals could have gone wrong or he took money on people he should not have done. and there was an aspect of revenge. ah, i find the shop or people get killed on one occasion in as bloody a massacre as this was attracts a lot of report. there was just

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