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Radio 5 Live,14 Apr 2026,53 mins

Trouble in the Strait

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Sean Farrington get the latest following the US blockade of Iran's Ports. We bring you the legal reaction to the US and Iranian operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, a Gulf-based business owner tells us how the conflict is affecting there chain of pubs and cafés in the region. Elsewhere we gets the Trade body reaction to the EU's new Entry-Exit System became fully operational on Friday. And hears from one company who are putting specialist artificial intelligence robots into its boardroom.

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