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Radio 4,02 Apr 2026,45 mins

Can Westminster talks help to open up the Strait of Hormuz?

World at One

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The government aims to show it can co-ordinate action to restart global shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. How likely is it to be successful? We hear the thoughts of Baroness Ashton, special adviser for nuclear talks with Iran, and a former high representative for foreign affairs and security policy for the EU. Evan Davis joins Sarah to discuss whether we are in for a period of low economic growth and high inflation - so-called stagflation. And we hear from a dancer in her seventies who has reformed a dance troupe she belonged to in the 1970s.

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