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After Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was filmed going in to the Saudi consulate in Turkey, he was by no means seen alive once again. What happened following turned into a major international scandal, today finally pieced collectively by Channel 4’s BAFTA award-winning Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman.

Described by Donald Trump as about The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Loss of life of Jamal Khashoggi the ‘worst cover-up ever’, this is actually the first comprehensive account of one of the very most notorious and outrageous murder plots of our time. In The Getting rid of in the Consulate, Rugman items together in minute-by-minute fine detail the occasions after Khashoggi joined the Saudi diplomatic building on 2 Oct 2018, looking to receive the documents that would enable him to marry Hatice Cengiz, patiently waiting for him outside. Small did they realise, he was getting into a trap, like a 15-guy Saudi strike squad had simply flown into the nation and was looking forward to him. Within minutes he had been viciously murdered and his body was quickly removed. The Saudis believed they would be capable of geting away with it all, and concocted a far-fetched tale to cover it up. But what they didn’t realise was that Turkey’s Chief executive Erdogan’s protection and intelligence agencies had bugged the consulate, and captured the horrific occasions on tape.

Based on private sources, dramatic brand-new proof and in-depth study across many countries, Rugman reveals the context behind the murder and attempted cover-up. He displays how a power struggle between Erdogan and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, referred to as MBS, got such fatal results. The prince experienced seemed to promise a new and more open up era for his nation, while also trading vast amounts in arms deals with the West. Inevitably other nations, including Leader Trump and the USA, were drawn into the affair, which developed the biggest crisis in US-Saudi relations since 9/11. Skilfully, Rugman draws together all of the strands to inform a gripping story of one man’s tragedy that experienced global consequences.