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World Service,04 Mar 2026,26 mins
How are shipping delays at the Strait of Hormuz impacting global business?
World Business ReportAvailable for 28 days
The US-Israel war with Iran brought the crisis in global shipping. We hear how it's affecting seafarers and speak to the Head of the International Maritime Organisation. Also, all provinces in Iraq have experienced a power blackout, which the government has attributed to a technical fault. We get the latest from Baghdad. And how a bag of money on a runway caused havoc in Bolivia.
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