Hello and welcome to World Business Report on the BBC World Service.
I'm Will Bain.
Thanks for being with us.
Coming up on the programme today, in the last hour or so,
Saudi Arabia and the United States have announced a number of economic tie-ups during President Trump's trip to Riyadh.
We'll be live in the Gulf shortly to find out what they've been chatting about.
Also today is African business leaders meeting Cote d'Ivoire.
How do they see the United States when it comes to trade and economic development?
We'll hear from the CEO forum in the capital,
Abidjan, and the international airline hoping AI can cut flight delays.
AI is in our everyday life.
If you look at the complexity of airline operations these days,
it's quite obvious that you start thinking about getting AI.
Yeah, plenty for us to get to.
Fascinating conversation there with the Chief Operating Officer from British Airways.
So if you've ever been stuck, stranded,
perhaps you're listening to the World Business Report podcast as you wait for a delayed flight now.
Perhaps it could be a thing of the past,
or if not a thing of the past, then certainly reduced with the help of AI.
We'll be chatting about that a little bit later on.