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EPISODE · Sep 10, 2026 · 26 MIN

China’s President to travel to the BRICS summit in India

from World Business Report · host BBC World Service

The visit to New Delhi is Xi Jinping’s first trip to India in seven years. But will this diplomatic overture lead to stronger business ties between the two countries? We go to our correspondent on the ground who tells us more. How much does the BRICS summit matter? A Brazilian economist tells us her view. An expert on Yemen explains the latest shipping crisis in the region, after Houthi rebels take the city of Mocha on the Red Sea.We go to New York to speak to a mathematician who says the field is in trouble — because of AI.And the revelation that AI companies are buying rare books and destroying them has sent shockwaves through the books market — one rare book seller tells us why AI companies want the books and what it's doing to his business.(Image Credit: Reuters)

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