Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

For all the impressive things that artificial intelligence can do, it often falls short of the human standard.

Not so in aerial dogfights, it turns out.

We take a look at the computers in cockpits and why there's still clearly a place for pilots alongside them.

And mixed martial arts has its roots in plenty of countries,

but it got glossy and formalized in America.

The Made for Television sport is taking hold in Britain,

and it's gaining some political overtones on both sides of the Atlantic.

But first... The beginning of the end is within reach, and that our defense forces have now effectively encircled Mekali.

Today, Ethiopia's civil war could escalate further after a key deadline passes.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the rulers of the northern region of Tigray,

the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, to surrender their arms within 72 hours.

This morning, Abbey warned the international community

against what he called unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference.

The leader of Tigray has said his people are ready to die,

defending their homeland,

even as the region's capital, Miqukele, is surrounded by federal forces.

Since the fighting broke out three weeks ago,

tens of thousands have fled to neighboring Sudan, leaving everything behind.

It was so difficult because we are Hungary, we don't have any water, any food.

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