About this episode
How did Saudi Arabia come to host leaders from the US, Russia and Ukraine for peace talks? Just a few years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was publicly identified as the man who ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. As a result, he was referred to as a pariah by former President Joe Biden. So, how did MBS go from pariah to peacemaker? Jonny Dymond speaks to journalist Jonathan Rugman, producer of the BBC documentary 'The Kingdom' about the life of Mohammed bin Salman. Producers: Richard Moran, Tom Kavanagh, Mhairi MacKenzie and Eleanor Sly Sound engineer: Mike Regaard Assistant editors: Richard Fenton-Smith and Sergi Forcada Freixas Senior news editor: China Collins