change all around the shape by technology and human ingenuity. we can make it work for you and your family. a lot of the stories that we cover highly complex, so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can. as always, is there a correspondence? that's what we strive to do. mm. mm hm. learn tailoring under the top stories are now 0. but taliban has taken control of the northern city of shabba. again, the 2nd african provincial capital to fall to the group in less than 24 hours. taliban video shows the group receives buildings including the police headquarters and a prison. but the afghan government denies losing all control of the city,

sent reinforcements and is conducting ass strikes in a counter offensive as also been fierce fighting in the cities of her out in the west as well as laska and kandahar in the south. i guess it was charlotte bellis has been pulling developments from campbell and said this update a government affiliation source has told us that sure the gun has fallen, although it is quite nuanced and fluid. the taliban say that they took control of the city on saturday afternoon. they took control of the police office, the intelligence offices, the governors compound. they even broke into the prison and released a number of prisoners. now the government says that they don't have full control of the city, that security forces remain at the port and that they are planning a counter offensive. they have started, it strikes and that they are sending in special forces and reinforcements for this contra census to try to take the city. if sure, the gone back, not if it is confirmed to be fallen,

it would be the 2nd provincial capital to fool and f gonna stop in just 2 days. and to put that into context for you, the last time a provincial capital fell was in 2015, and that was condos. and that was very briefly the very concerning for the afghan government. we were with the interior minister earlier, you had to rochelle for an emergency meeting with the defense minister. and then later president ghani prison got also met with marshall austin, leader from jos jan province. as the government here looks to see what they can do to push the telephone back out of the city. now that is not the only place where there is heavy fighting. there is strikes and a lot of gunfire in the cities of kansas city, herat, and also lash cargo in home. and a funeral has been held for a delicate minipaul, the government media officer who was assassinated by the taliban on friday. and campbell, senior us diplomat enough custom calling it an affront to human rights and free speech. and i got president a shotgun, he says con, menopause killers,

will be punished, doing that, but the enemies of f canister cannot arise. the history of this kind of stone and they cannot take our owners away from us. and clearly my promises that we will find the killers and god willing, we will punish them. everyone should know that we are standing in our place like a mountain. their waists will be broken because they have no message other than evil. they fill coffins with young people and send them like savages. this is not humanity. we stand for the humanity, life and dignity of afghanistan. and this is village and half increases. second largest island area has been scorched by wildfires, which are edging closer to athens. thousands of people have now fled the homes have been fighting to push out the flames. grace is seen as the suffering from its worst heat wave in 30 years. and strong winds have been fueling the blazes. please, the fraud tear gas and rubber bullets in thailand's capital as protest is running

against the government's handling of the pandemic and its impact on the economy. demonstrated, marched towards the prime minister's residence, demanding his resignation. 36 percent of thailand population has been fully vaccinated and most of the country is under locked down restrictions. in the us, the weekly average for new daily infections has gone above 100000. for the 1st time since cases surged during winter. infections, particularly bad in southern states, including florida, or hospitals describe being overrun with patients. max nation rates are lowest in those states. tens of thousands of people in france, so joined protests against the new code. 19 health pass. for monday, they will needed to get into cinema's, restaurant bars and other public places opponent say it infringes on their civil liberties. frances constitutional court rule that the pass largely complies with republics. founding charter french president emanuel mack home hopes, the new rules, encourage people to get the vaccine the dumpster is to say was out of their world

in the next 20 years after that ah ah ah mysterious death? possibly a tragic accident. another theory is suicide. while some observers are convinced that this very public death in central london was an act of murder, the victim,

a man 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 wednesday, 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, counting house terrace is 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 genteel rose garden was filled with police 1st responders to the strange discovery of a man's body lying on the loan. the body was that of 63 year old doctor ashley, small one father, the tomb. a billionaire businessman and a spying ah, his fall from the fish floor balcony, which spot more questions than answers. and he fallen. did he jump? or was he pushed? dr. ma, one was the 3rd egyptian living in london to die in this way. in 1973, the egyptian ambassador to the u. k. general lacy nasa, if fell from a balcony in the very same building and in 2001 actress sewer host, 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. tim, plenty of time and feel a need not too many common rules. plenty of person, but if you are, as you had the please can also build on one of she has she been almost me, you some metropolitan police got it and the last one would miss dial one

to talk to 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 seal hair. 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 is fallen that i really need to be sealed as well as very important that these areas a sealed because the forensic detail nice don't wanna come. is he doing wrong on that? a shot. i shot that person in my in

a little car and it's got a couple enable them though. she tells you there were 3 immediate explanations facing the police, an accident, suicide, or murder. in some cases because is obvious. and as evidence mon, some police attention is drawn to a single conclusion. absolutely, the police are quite frequent, can do that. and the problem is, once they do that, then they will look for the evidence to support that theory. a potentially ignoring other more profitable avenues that they could be going down or discarding bitter evidence that didn't fit with that 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 dr. ma 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 think troutman kill himself, not law. and the 2nd thing was he has a very meticulous man and i don't believe he was as left unfinished business. it. it wasn't clear whether he i think it was

a know. so i think it was, i meant to know busing this to seem right to me. the coroner's court would later establish the 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 we can lease more one's family does not believe he took his own life. she was planning for the future and suicide did not figure in his plans. dr. my once family, it will very much of the mind that he did not commit suicide. so in order to persuade the coroner, the current, the story that this was not a case of suicide, mom 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 he 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. and in fact, she had holidays planned with his grandchildren. so you would highlight that, you know, this is somebody who has the ongoing times, the band just 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 simmer. sure. well, when, when no one is the leading to her? was it in? no, hey, it shut off the little one. what turkey bird weight is in there to can i don't

probably orbit debbie. let me out the good in nor can few when it where you can and your the at the little car and be and miss lucas misses in power. why the mostly listen. and alisa odette, cathy haseb, calling everybody plenty and you will be getting in dan was to let tina have die here in the us on a few to spit in the hallway and murphy. charlotte is between the whole what about open addict from all day and so the open verdict is where the corner saying something is wrong here. but i don't know what happened. there was not enough evidence before me to come to any conclusion as to how this death occurred. therefore the court and opened

the me, somebody years in ashley, my one money, mona gamma. 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, while their 2 sons warning tyro. there are no independent witnesses to whatever occurred at 24 carlton house terrace on that june afternoon in 2007. welcome to change with a be prime minister for 10 years. but 10 years, our country and no one can be in any day. he has considerable achievement. to can i say, i hope there are plenty of theories which 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 the british lawyers. off to after

a long period of time and expectedly, i'd kind of given up on ever hearing from them. and then after the blue i got an email from all that who was my younger son and he said meet me in london tomorrow lunchtime. and so of course i race to 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 just to tell me by his father, what was it like right, came in with some of the more pressing questions that i had for example, you know, 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 would show that she did not kill himself for that face. and for also the probably defend um they,

they are completely satisfied that investigation show that to me the case went, did not kill himself for me quite by that. because if it was my father and i found out that he didn't commit suicide. so want 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 sweat. i know 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 coupled 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 was ash off my one's enemies might be on july in egypt where it's being claimed, the adoption businessman was spying for israel. ah. and together and not one thing to know are there, if you do, you know, the bidding for in 15 minutes and you told me on hold your head in the car. but i think, lia, falling on when it was for me to go to diamond in my home, when i was to my darling,

we 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. upset lots of dozens of companies all over the place. and lichtenstein and leaders into any deal that even 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 any one of the live turns mullins career was moved loan. and in many ways distinguished his marriage to the daughter, the egyptian 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 these wrongs. but the name us off more 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 all countries is other than any other country interested in intelligence, that's the way you know what you will and me and 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 and later the president said that was invaluable,

full accumulating information and close to the decision making as it was the case or for any coin. these are the spy in the moscow's a 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 case. again, there are many things that we don't know what we do know. i think fairly well documented from the israeli side, not from the chips and site is that was offered his own services to this, right. these there are several stories about how my one was recruited as an israeli spy. one comes from newly bod, joseph, and also who's written extensively about israeli intelligence. in 2016, bon joseph,

published the angel. the 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 at 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 me as ease of phone calls and messages followed. the mazda 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, these railings were 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 had of most ad is 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 of the 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 as to the contents of the envelope 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 of 40. it provided those under laps and take time until all of them would be a good fit for the fact it's you ego. it became even closer to sad that that it was twist father in law, that was more suspicious of fame, saw him all as it is as a young playbook that was more interested in political power and ins on, you know, in, in his life that was becoming the lesser daughter 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 $52.00. he

was succeeded by almost a noose 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 sadat, 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, i saw my 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, won the bill of someone that's sad,

that's like closer to more western minded, small economic minded and as a result of 50 trusted him. but the more we talk to the, in the more a sophomore became invaluable. today's the coming up in part 2, arms dealing, political maneuvering, spy, craft, the everyday world of ash rough, my one my left, tire and promise. as he took many, many phase and disappointed. a lot of people and the one of his business deals could have gone wrong or he talk monday or people they should not have done. and there was an aspect of revenge ah,

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