hello, i'm helena humphrey. you're watching the context on bbc news. how he went from the fringes of a family to the very top of one of the world's richest countries — a new bbc documentary tries to clear the fog around saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. sport first, and for a full round—up from the bc sports centre, -- bbc —— bbc sport centre, here is paul scott. thank you, helena. we are going to start with football. the final game of the first round of premier league matches is under way, with leicester's return to the top flight seeing them take on tottenham at the king power stadium. spurs�* new signing dominic solanke was handed his first competitive start for the club. and it spurs, the visitors, have just gone 1—0 up from an unlikely

source, page rapport with a header from ajames source, page rapport with a header from a james madison cross. —— pedro porro from a james maddison cross. meanwhile, oliver skipp hasjoined leicester on a five—year deal from tonight's opponents tottenham, after spurs accepted a bid in excess of £20 million. the 23—year—old has been with the north london club since 2008 and made his first—team debut in 2018. chelsea have agreed a fee, in principle, with atletico madrid for midfielderjoao felix, in a move that will likely see conor gallagher move in the opposite direction. the fee for the 24—year—old portugal international is undisclosed and subject to a medical, but felix is set to return to stamford bridge on a six—year deal, with an option for a further season. he had a loan spell in west london last year, scoring four goals in 20 appearances. he was a sort of underwhelming in that spell, but had had to do a deal

to get connor gallagher out of the club. they wanted to sell connor gallagher. it is not because they don't think he is talented, he has less than one year left on his contract and you want to cash in on that transfer fee, which will help them keep spending. so, they've ended up selling gallagher, pushing him out, but they've had to do a deal with political engine for a player. it turns out to be gel felix, and the only reason it is him, by the way, is a deal collapse or another player. it allowed connor gallagher to leave, who was pictured in the atletico madrid stadium nine days ago. it is a transfer for which might supersede the raheem sterling story of the past few days. fast bowler matthew potts has been called up by england for the first test against sri lanka, which starts in manchester on wednesday. he replaces captain ben stokes, who's out of the three—match series with a hamstring injury. the other change sees dan lawrence come in for injured

opener zak crawley. 0ur sports correspondentjoe wilson says the focus of this selection is on taking wickets. 0ne one of the issues when you are replacing ben stokes, never mind his captaincy, is that he does bring that balance for the team because he's been working so hard to being a bully for england as well. what is going on in the middle behind me is a group of england positive bowlers, including matthew potts, running through their preparations, going through their preparations, going through some deliveries with their bowling mentor, a certainjames anderson, but if you look at the balance of the england team met with potts in it, chris woakes will bat at seven, then potts and woods and beshear, so that is, as they say in creating circles, a long tail, but there's an old saying that if you've got win a test match, you need to take 20 wickets during that match. and england have given themselves the bastions of doing that when the first test of the series begins here on wednesday. —— the best chance of doing that. tennis, and the women's final

at the cincinnati 0pen is under way, with world number three aryna sabalenka taking on world number six jessica pegula. and the american will be serving to stay in the first set in a moment. aryna sabalenka has the break of serve. she leads 5—2. the men's final later sees world number one jannick sinner against american francis tiafoe. after winning three medals for australia at the paris 0lympics, track cyclist matt richardson has switched allegiance and will now represent great britain. richardson was born in kent but moved to western australia at the age of nine and maintained dual citizenship. he said it had been a difficult decision but a personal choice, made after careful consideration of his career and future. richardson won two silvers and a bronze at paris 202a. that is all from the world of sport for now. helena, back to you. paul, thank you very much indeed. ukraine is continuing its incursion into russia's kursk region, with confirmation from moscow

this afternoon that a third crucial bridge has been damaged. the latest bridge, which runs over the river seym, is the last remaining crossing point in the area, and its destruction would cut off some russian troops from reinforcement and supply. on sunday, the ukrainian military released this aerial footage of a strike which destroyed a different strategic bridge — which also runs over that same river. ukraine is two weeks into its biggest attack on russian territory since moscow's full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. let's speak to alexander lord, lead europe—eurasia analyst at the intelligence consultancy sibylline. thank you for being with us. very good to have you on the programme. we have been hearing from president zelensky speaking about this, and he has now been saying this offence of in the cursed region is trying to create a buffer zone to try and destroy as much or material as

possible. what do you make of that is a tactic in this war —— offensive in the kursk region? i is a tactic in this war -- offensive in the kursk region?— in the kursk region? i think the lanauuae in the kursk region? i think the language used _ in the kursk region? i think the language used is _ in the kursk region? i think the language used is notable - language used is notable considering the russians themselves described and justified their earlier invasion of kursk, i am sorry, of kharkiv, in just such terms, to create a so—called buffer zone, to push ukrainian forces back away from russian territory and protect that territory from ukrainian strikes, so zelensky is very much co—opting, as it were, russian narratives here he is trying to present this as a similar operation to push back russian forces from ukrainian territory here, so i think that in itself is notable, and of course the scale of the ukrainian kursk offence of is significantly larger than that that russia have managed to achieve in turkey further south. that in itself is pretty notable. in terms

of the tactics involved, this will place additional pressure on russia's ability to attack and pressure ukraineborder regions, so that does take a little bit of the pressure off northeast ukraine. i pressure off northeast ukraine. i want to pick up on something you said there about president zelensky, in your view, co—opting some of the narrative, some of that language previously used when it comes to kharkiv. does that mean you think the aim here could be a short—term occupation with a view of that as some kind of political leverage were it to come to a scenario at the negotiating table? absolutely. i think the objectives _ negotiating table? absolutely. i think the objectives of - negotiating table? absolutely. i think the objectives of this - think the objectives of this operation, there's quite a long range of them, ranging from military to diplomatic tips strategic as well, so in the dramatic realm, absolutely, i think this is likely to be part of the calculus as to why

this operation happened when it did and where it did. if the ukrainians are able to dig in, particularly close to the border in kursk, and retain control of the territory, of course that could well be a bargaining chip forfuture negotiations. if future negotiations do involve some form of territorial slop, this could be to ukraine cosmic advantage that they have russian territory to trade in exchange for ukrainians. 0ne russian territory to trade in exchange for ukrainians. one part of this operation is very much at improving ukraine's goshen position, but of course the military situation is unfolding and it remains to be seen whether the ukrainians can retain this territory in the long—term. retain this territory in the long-term— retain this territory in the long-term. retain this territory in the iona-term. ~ ., ., �* ~' ., ., long-term. we also don't know what the rel long-term. we also don't know what the reply might _ long-term. we also don't know what the reply might be — long-term. we also don't know what the reply might be from _ long-term. we also don't know what the reply might be from russia. - long-term. we also don't know what the reply might be from russia. it i the reply might be from russia. it says it is working on one, i am very conscious of the fact that here in the media even we are talking about this operation at the same time that war is very much continuing in the

east. ijust wonder what war is very much continuing in the east. i just wonder what you war is very much continuing in the east. ijust wonder what you make of the map there, because as much about these ukrainians advancing in russia, what is happening, particularly around donetsk, and is there a danger, essentially, that you are spreading forces more thinly? you are spreading forces more thinl ? ~ , ,., y you are spreading forces more thinl ? ~ , thinly? absolutely. so, the ukrainians _ thinly? absolutely. so, the ukrainians are _ thinly? absolutely. so, the ukrainians are very - thinly? absolutely. so, the ukrainians are very much i thinly? absolutely. so, the i ukrainians are very much still thinly? absolutely. so, the - ukrainians are very much still on the back foot in the donbas and donetsk, they have been for a number of months. the russians have had the battlefield initiative in eastern ukraine since at least 0ctober battlefield initiative in eastern ukraine since at least october last year. so, the russians are starting to build some momentum. just a couple of days ago the ukrainians ordered the evacuation of given are approaching at a relatively quick speed to be given their overall slow march of the war over the last two years, but the russians are wanting to continue capitalising on the momentum they have built. the kursk

offensive, ukrainian kursk offensive,, one of its objectives militarily is precisely designed to disrupt the ongoing russian offensive in donbas. trying to divert precious resources away from this medical area on the front line towards containing the ukrainian advance in kursk, but of course the russians still have a vote. it remains unclear what the russians will do. at the moment we are seeing indications they are trying to rely on internal trips and trips from other, less pivotal front lines on internal trips and trips from other, less pivotalfront lines to contain the kursk offensive. we're not seeing indications experienced units are being pulled from this donetsk axis, so i think the russians want to continue pushing where the ukrainians are relatively weak, and as you say the ukrainians are at risk of spreading their forces then, the ukrainians are precisely trying on the reverse of

that trying to force the russians to spread their line thinner to ease pressure on the ukrainian front. find pressure on the ukrainian front. and on that point, a quote that really caught my eye this weekend, i'm sure you have seen it as well, senator mark kelly, the decision, the big surprise that cut many western countries by surprise, could change how this war plays out. do you think he's right? i how this war plays out. do you think he's riuht? ~ 3 how this war plays out. do you think he's riuht? ~ �*, , he's right? i think it's still relatively _ he's right? i think it's still relatively early _ he's right? i think it's still relatively early in - he's right? i think it's still relatively early in the - he's right? i think it's still- relatively early in the operation, the sort of decide whether it will have a war changing impact, but what is very clear is the ukrainians have managed to achieve idle field surprise and to stage a fairly large offensive inside russian territory for the first time. achieving any manoeuvre is extraordinarily difficult in this war, which is

probably positional and nutritional in nature. that form of warfare place to russian�*s strength, and here we have the ukrainians trying to generate large territorial advances utilising quick moving forces to play to its own strengths, so both sides are playing, trying to generate advantages for both of them in the but the nature of the war is fundamentally very, very difficult to achieve any major movements. so the fact the ukrainians have done this is notable in and of course the longer—term impacts on this floor remain uncertain, particularly when the russians are determined to fight this war is a highly attritional war, which again they think plays to their own strengths.— their own strengths. really interesting _ their own strengths. really interesting to _ their own strengths. really interesting to talk - their own strengths. really interesting to talk to - their own strengths. really interesting to talk to you. i their own strengths. really - interesting to talk to you. thanks for your analysis they are, alexander lord.— for your analysis they are, alexander lord. let's return now to chicago, where there are ongoing demonstrations outside of the democratic national convention — by both pro—palestinian

and pro—israeli protesters. john sudworthjoins me now from the protests outside the dnc. john, we can see people gathering behind you. what is the mood there, the atmosphere? what are people calling for? the atmosphere? what are people callin: for? , , ., , , ., calling for? these protesters have been given — calling for? these protesters have been given permission _ calling for? these protesters have been given permission to - calling for? these protesters have been given permission to gather. calling for? these protesters have | been given permission to gather in this part, helena, in a short while they are going to head off on a prearranged march route, we are about a mile or so from the convention centre, and i have to say, it's all very good—natured. we can see speeches on the stage behind me, some of the banners here, this one says organised labour stays of palestine. 0ther saying the democrats are funding genocide, and the point about many of these protesters here is that a significant number of them will be naturally democrat leaning. we have spoken to a number of them who said

they voted forjoe biden in 2020, and when i asked them about kamala harris�*s own comments recently at a rally where she was heckled over america's support for israel, and where she told those protesters, you keep doing what you're doing and you are going to help donald trump get in, people here said they were deeply grieved by those comments, they feel their trust, their faith in democrat politics is so deeply broken that they simply cannot vote for this administration even given the change from joe biden to kamala harris, if the current policy continues. the big question, though, is whether this show of protest todayis is whether this show of protest today is big enough to send a message. 0rganises or promises thousands, and i have to say, it's very difficult to estimate these things, but i'd say probably a thousand, maybe 2000 at most, not quite what they were expecting, and some of them here have told us they are little bit disappointed by the

turnout. we are little bit disappointed by the turnout. ~ ., ., , ., turnout. we have to see how the next few da s turnout. we have to see how the next few days unfold. _ turnout. we have to see how the next few days unfold, but _ turnout. we have to see how the next few days unfold, but really _ turnout. we have to see how the next few days unfold, but really good - turnout. we have to see how the next few days unfold, but really good to i few days unfold, but really good to get the atmosphere outside the dnc there in chicago with our correspondentjohn sudworth. we'll correspondent john sudworth. we'll catch correspondentjohn sudworth. we'll catch up with you soon, john. thanks. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

saudi arabia is the world's largest exporter of oil, it's spending hundreds of billions on pivoting its economy to leisure, it's a powerful military force in a region again riven with conflict. and yet still the young de facto leader, the crown prince mohammed bin salman, is something of a mystery. we know that he spearheaded his country's military action in yemen in 2015, the us say he was directly responsible for the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi in 2018, he's pushed through modernising reforms, big bids for sports stars and tournaments. he's even reportedly purchased the world's most expensive painting

to be the centrepiece of an as yet not—built museum in riyadh. a new two—part bbc documentary, the kingdom: the world's most powerful prince, takes quite a startling look at him and his rise to power — with quite a few intruiging revelations. here's a clip. it's a very interesting photo. that was a photo taken in the late 2000s. it was on a yacht in the south of france. and it was really funny because you see the very wealthy cousins, like prince alwaleed bin talal, and some of the other cousins sitting in the front, and basically mbs, mohammed bin salman, he was barely making it within the frame — truly a fringe royal. and if you fast forward seven years from that photo,

mbs went from a marginal prince, barely making it into a frame of a family photo, and he becomes effectively de facto ruler of saudi arabia and purges all of those royals sitting — shakes them down and takes all their money. for those watching in the uk, you can watch the first episode now on the bbc iplayer. joining me now isjonathan rugman, lead producer on the documentary. i have to say, this looks like a really fascinating piece of work. charting, as we saw, mohammad bin salman's rise to power and how he unweighted as we can see those many rivals as well in that photo. how did he do it? he rivals as well in that photo. how did he do it?— rivals as well in that photo. how did he do it? . ., ., , .., did he do it? he managed to become his father's favourite. _ did he do it? he managed to become his father's favourite. he _ his father's favourite. he had several brothers and half brothers who were quite distinguished. 0ne

who were quite distinguished. one was the first muslim to become a nasa astronaut, one studied for a phd at oxford, but mohammad bin salman, or mbs, never left the kingdom is education, he stuck close to his father, it was his good fortune that a couple of uncles of his died in quick succession, which meant that his father was then in line for the throne, and his father was believed to be suffering from a form, a slow form of dementia, and so mbs became his father's right—hand man. one of the stories we tell a document or is holly -- dr —— dr mentor is about how he would spend message to his father's ipad and prompt or sorts of meetings, people etihad of mi6. so it was sheer craft combined with a certain amount of brutality which of course we do go into as well stop i do want to touch on some of that, because there are events during his to touch on some of that, because there are events during— there are events during his reign that has made _

there are events during his reign that has made him _ there are events during his reign that has made him notorious. i there are events during his reign. that has made him notorious. you only have to think of the us holding him responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi, the war in yemen, just talk to us a little bit about that and, have you been able through that and, have you been able through that work producing the documentary to shed more light on those events? certainly, on the war in yemen, which began in 2015, we have this extraordinary allegation by a very senior saudi intelligence official that mbs forged his father's signature on a royal decree to authorise the deployment of troops to yemen, and that has become a member problem for the saudis, and hundreds of thousands of people have died from hunger and disease, so that was a major allegation. i should say, we did put all these allegations to the saudi government and they did not reply. as forjamal khashoggi, mbs does not deny that government employees were involved in that murder. all of them were

government employees. some of them were bodyguards of mbs. 0ne government employees. some of them were bodyguards of mbs. one of the things we discover is how he reacted afterwards, and he tells dennis ross, who is a very senior american diplomat, how shocked he is by the reaction. anotherfriend of his, a professor called bernard, says that he make believes it won't happen again, but it was a turning point for mbs, but i the problem is, if you've got so much power and so young, who is the person who is going to be around you who is going to dare to tell you if he thinks you're going to make a mistake was white and briefly if you don't mind, you say, you're talking about putting those allegations to the sallies there. ijust putting those allegations to the sallies there. i just wonder, putting those allegations to the sallies there. ijust wonder, it must have been some interesting making this documentary, speaking to senior western spies, diplomats, making this documentary, speaking to seniorwestern spies, diplomats, but also people who are saudi friends and opponents of mbs as well, and quite complex, i imagine? yes.

and opponents of mbs as well, and quite complex, i imagine?- and opponents of mbs as well, and quite complex, i imagine? yes, it is incredibly complex. _ quite complex, i imagine? yes, it is incredibly complex. there's - quite complex, i imagine? yes, it is incredibly complex. there's a - quite complex, i imagine? yes, it is incredibly complex. there's a sort i incredibly complex. there's a sort of bitter turf or within the royal family that mbs has shut down, in the sense that a couple of his uncles have been placed under house arrest and have not been heard from again, so there's an enormous amount of rivalry, and what mbs has done is basically clamp on the religious clerics, clampdown on the businessmen — you may remember that incident where he hundreds of them locked in a hotel and got them to give money back to the saudi state. finally, he has clamped down on his own family. but the quid pro quo is that young people in saudi arabia, it's a far less stifling place to live, people can go to pop concerts, they can mix, men and women can mix freely, but the price they have to pay, i think, freely, but the price they have to pay, ithink, has been freely, but the price they have to pay, i think, has been absolute monarchy that saudi arabia has always been, but so much intensely

so now, and so little space for freedom of dissent.— so now, and so little space for freedom of dissent. , ., . . . freedom of dissent. jonathan rugman, the lead producer _ freedom of dissent. jonathan rugman, the lead producer on _ freedom of dissent. jonathan rugman, the lead producer on that _ the lead producer on that documentary, the kingdom: the world's most powerful prince, i will be tuning in on iplayer. very good to talk to you, jonathan. very interesting work. are you sick of getting emails from your boss outside of work hours? feel like you can never really clock off? well, here in the uk, the government is looking at introducing a new policy to address that. it's called the "right to switch off" — basically allowing workers to separate their work and home lives. the policy will set out a code of practice setting out expectations of normal working hours when staff should expect to be contacted. employers that consistently break it could face an increased compensation bill if they are taken to tribunal over wider workers' rights issues. similar schemes are in place in other european countries, including belgium and ireland. professor alan felstead from cardiff universityjoins me now.

very good to have you with us. i am going to be really honest here and say that when i read about this proposed lot this morning in the newspaper, what did i do? i immediately sent a text message to my producerjack, jack, sorry, saying, this is really interesting, we should look into this on the show, so what might this right to disconnect look like? i’m show, so what might this right to disconnect look like?— show, so what might this right to disconnect look like? i'm very glad ou did do disconnect look like? i'm very glad you did do that. — disconnect look like? i'm very glad you did do that, in _ disconnect look like? i'm very glad you did do that, in a _ disconnect look like? i'm very glad you did do that, in a way, - you did do that, in a way, helena, but you did you probably should not! i think you need to put this into context. some context as usual here, that's the name of the programme you host. interest in this issue has been fronted by this dramatic, even revolutionary shift, where people carry out their work, and the disappearance or large numbers of people of physical boundaries between work and home, and if you just thinkjust a few between work and home, and if you just think just a few years between work and home, and if you just thinkjust a few years ago, most people's working days consisted

of travelling on tubes, trains and planes and so forth of cars, to where they work for about eight hours, and then they returned home, so there's a physical boundary between work and home, and holidays were times where people could take a break. a complete break from work. but nowadays, of course, there are few places where we can escape from work messages — and your example there emphasises that point. that is because the electronic envelope is i like to call it, it has followed us everywhere nowadays, and this disappearance of all boundaries was given a boost by the pandemic. when we were told to work at home if you could, and just to give you some figures, in the uk, the share of the workforce reporting many at home shot up from just over 5% before the pandemic to 49% in lockdown, when lockdown restrictions were suddenly put in place. the world has changed

and is then, but even so, the numbers working in the at home is 14% - numbers working in the at home is 14% — and about 25% of us actually report working on a hybrid basis, and that means we work some of the time in the office and some of the time in the office and some of the time at home, so the boundaries between work and home however becoming increasingly blurred for many, many many more workers —— are becoming. that's the context we need to consider the right to disconnect in. of course there are advantages of working at home and we all experienced those — more autonomy, dealing with family matters at the top of the had... the costs are this overbearing need to be connected, to respond to e—mails and so forth. {lilia respond to e-mails and so forth. 0k, unfortunately. _ respond to e—mails and so forth. 0k, unfortunately, professor, we are running a little bit out of time, but thank you for being with us this evening here on the context on bbc news. we will have more news for you

very soon. hello there, good evening. still some hazy sunshine at times today towards eastern areas of england. the colours in the sky affected by the particles of smoke from wildfires in north america still, but a lot of heavy rain too, especially in the north and the west. weather fronts pushing eastwards, and that sets the scene for the rest of this week. it will feel very autumnal at times. more heavy rain, unseasonably windy, particularly blustery for irish sea coasts, but still some sunny spells. the best of the dry, sunnier weather, further south and east. but low pressure very much a dominating force for the rest of the week. it's out towards the north and the westjust pushing these fronts further eastwards. and we'll continue to see some more showers, again, especially in the north west overnight tonight. the winds ease down a little. there will be some clear spells if you want to see the full moon outside for central swathes of the uk. a very mild night to come, too. it will feel quite muggy for some, especially towards south east

england, parts of east anglia, but temperatures a lot higher than they were last night. into tuesday morning, still a legacy of cloud and some outbreaks of rain across east anglia, southeast england. that clears away. it's a day of sunshine and showers across the board, but more dry weather through the afternoon. the focus of the showers will tend to be out towards the north and the west, and some of those showers merging together to form what will feel like longer spells of rain. windy, too, particularly for these irish sea coasts, and a fresher feel to things across the board. temperatures will be lower, high teens, low 20s. and there's more rain to come on wednesday. the heaviest of the rain will be across northern ireland, pushing into western areas of scotland, and coupled with high spring tides and very strong gusty winds, there could be some problems, perhaps caused by the weather within this area. there are already localised weather warnings in force. further south, then, it's a drier story with high pressure just starting to build in from the south. it won't last for too long because it starts to push away. this is the remnants

of hurricane ernesto, and that's going to be with us through the day on thursday. again, further downpours of rain, fresher feeling conditions eventually behind that cold front, but it will feel rather humid for a while. again, some strong gusty winds expected, particularly for irish sea coasts, and it will be very blustery across england as we head through friday. more rain into the start of the bank holiday weekend, perhaps. bye— bye.

hello, i'm helena humphrey. you're watching the context on bbc news. kamala harris has had a meteoric rise from joe biden's running mate to being the democratic nominee, to now leading in the polls against donald trump and she has done it all in less than a month. well, i am excited to hear her present— well, i am excited to hear her present the very stark contrast between — present the very stark contrast between her and tim walz, who are fighting _ between her and tim walz, who are fighting for— between her and tim walz, who are fighting for the american people, fighting _ fighting for the american people, fighting for the american people, fighting for our freedoms and for an economy— fighting for our freedoms and for an economy that leaves no one behind. and i am excited that we are kicking off our campaign by ex celebrating just how muchjoe biden got done at home and abroad. i think that the democrats _ done at home and abroad. i think that the democrats should - done at home and abroad. i think that the democrats should have l done at home and abroad. i thinkl that the democrats should have to earn our _ that the democrats should have to earn our votes. i think that we shouldn't_ earn our votes. i think that we shouldn'tjust give them earn our votes. i think that we shouldn't just give them away automatically because they are not donald _ automatically because they are not donald trump. joining me tonight are the political analyst, mary anne marsh, the former communications director of the republican national

committee, doug heye, the founder of the latino newsletter,