[000:00:00;00] ah, al jazeera ever struck me with can vanelle and oh, how would the headlines on al jazeera, the african taliban has captured the northern provincial capital of criminals. and then now the significant defeat for the government, the telephone on his attack early on sunday morning and captured the city, battling st. blank street during hours of intense fighting officials and residence incandescence on describing total chaos. the afghan government has announced it'll conduct clearing operations in the area. shall

a balance have more from cobble condos is incredibly significant for it to fall. this morning is, is terrible news for the african government and a major burst for the telephone. the telephone put out a statement earlier this morning saying they had taken, sorry, paul and conduce provinces. we managed to get through the residence phone lines, had been down for some time and they concern to us that the taliban were on the streets that they had taken over the most government buildings in condos, especially that they were in the police chiefs office. they were in the governor's compound intelligence offices that they took over the prison and released prisoners and right in the center of conduct. they raised the taliban flag to show that the city was now b is now this is incredibly significant because that means that 3 provinces has fallen to the taliban in 3 days. if you take the venture capital, you take the province with it. the 3 in 3 days and put that into context last time,

a provincial capital and province. so was in 2015 now for context as well. it means that a lot of fighting is continuing in all of it's going to sound really in most provinces. those flashing going on and they've lost the southern province, like you said, of minerals and then also in jose, john the capital. sure. the gone that is heavily contested the telephone telling us that they have it. but the ministry of defense saying no, we still have special forces and we are fighting back hundreds of crews. and now battling for major wildfires across greece. and what the prime minister is calling and nightmarish summer people have been evacuated from the 2nd largest island of via the 5 cars across the island from coast to coast. thousands more fled other regions, just north of athens. and the city itself is under thresh. heavy rain has some relief for emergency crews battling wildfires and neighboring turkey. as in burning

through the vast areas of forest across its southern region for 12 days, tens of thousands of people have fled. their homes has been a leader, huff on the swallow, has warned, delivered his group will retaliate against any future strikes by israel. his comments follow an exchange of fire between his below and the israeli army those days and strikes for the 1st targeting liberty villages. since 2006, israel new prime minister in the family bennett, responded to his below and its back iran during a cabinet meeting. hello, he says, lucky ron should understand that they cannot continue raging without paying a price. it is less important to us whether it is a palestinian organization shooting or independent rebels. the state of israel will not accept firing into its territory. in the lebanese sector, there is a very important awakening of many citizens in the country against his villa and a raining involvement in the country. which in the severe economic and political crisis there around in his blood, also complicate them on the front with israel told us,

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ah 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, 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, 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 genteel 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 the 5th floor balcony, which spark more questions than answers that he fallen. did he jump or was he pushed? dr. ma one was the 3rd dejection living in london to die in this way. in 973, the addiction 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 eat him be plenty of decks for letty diamond. feel our need not to bow a common law for plenty of christian yorkie and she had em the please come out of a little note she has she been with you some metropolitan police and the last one would miss dial one 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 is for them that have needs to be sealed, as well as very important that these areas a sealed because the forensic detail nice don't wanna come out yet. it's doable or neck short. a short person in my, in a diddy little car in on what they got autumn. a couple enable them though. she

didn't go she 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 the theory. so that can be a problem. and it happens fairly regularly. in this case, the teeth had undertaken 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 know, all thing i do know about him are 2 things. one is very proudman, and i don't think proudman kill themselves, 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 think it was

a no. so i think if it was i meant 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 wicker leaves, 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. doctor, my one's family will very much of the mind that he did not commit suicide. so in order to persuade the coroner, the coroner sorry 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. and in fact, she had holidays plan with his grandchildren. so you would highlight that, you know, this is somebody who got ongoing plans the, 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 bird weight isn't that to can i don't probably. or the day let me out the good in nor can you when it may you can.

and your d a d look are and b, n m a silicon misses empower way than mostly listen and the least. kathy haseb calling everybody plenty of nickel when they're shooting. i didn't delete. dan was seen in the rush. i went on a fish to spit in the hallway and that is between the whole it what about open addict 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 and opened

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. ah, 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 for 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 . the 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 mm. i spent about 6 months trying to speak to someone from the moment family, the british lawyers off to after a long period of time, annexed basically i kind of given up on ever hearing from them. and then after the

blue, i got an email from that who was my younger son? and he said meet me in london, tori, lunchtime. and so of course i raced 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 soft questions initially just to, to tell me by 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 believe that his father killed himself and if not and who was behind his death for the moment family. it was very important that the coroner's inquest would show that she did not kill himself for their faith. and for also the pride of their family. they are completely satisfied that investigation shows that to be the case

. that's why we did not kill himself for me quite by that because who is 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 this red. ah, no one's widow mona. our nurse 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 mozart 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 i'm not one pendant dick. if you do, you know what we did for in 15 minutes and you told us of milan home, go ahead. are you there at the leah problem on monday for me to go to see if i'm in my home when i want to my darling got at the lead again or the to get and get me here to be at least age. no,

no 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 was under 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 anyone turns mullins to me, it was, moves long 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 one 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 mo, 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 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 elect, the president said that was invaluable, full accumulating information and close to the,

the decision making. as was the case off and the 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 egyptian society, at spite or israel seems implausible. ah, what's intriguing about the my one kid. again, there are many things that we don't know what we do that i think fairly well documented from the israeli side, not from the chips and site is that was offered his own services to israelis. there are several stories about how mar, one was recruited as in his really spy. one comes from duty by 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 thought 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, these railings 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 in 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 11 of access to the contents of the on board and

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 fame soluble as it is, is a young playbook that was more interested in political power and ins on, you know, in, in his life that was one of the nasa 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. i

knew he was exceeded by almost and this could have spelled the end of ash off my one's position at the heart of government and 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, 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 shaft, my one. for the bill of someone that's fad that's 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 sophomore and became invaluable. today's ladies for the coming up in port to arms dealing political maneuvering, spy, craft. the everyday world of ash, rough mall, one left high on promise. as he took many, many fees and disappointed. a lot of people and the one of his business deals could have gone wrong or talk money on people he should not have done. and there was an aspect of revenge. ah.

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a war zone. the press retreated, in effect that the caravel hotel. and many of the story is mentioned we were saying was from the care of me, ah, i'm can vanelle and don't know what they are dying on al jazeera, the african taliban has captured the northern provincial capital of commerce and another significant defeat for the government. telephone find his attack too early on sunday. battling street by street during all of intense fighting. charlotte balance has more from cobble condos is incredibly significant for it to fall. this morning is, is terrible news for the ask and government and