State of the Strait

Wake Up To Money

BBC

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4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The latest on the back-and-forth claims and denials between the US and Iran. Sean Farrington also looks into how an operation to guide ships out of the Strait of Hormuz could work. We look into what a potential $55.5bn takeover of eBay could mean. And Wake Up To Money visits the prison with more working inmates than any other.

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0:45.8	They seek to guide stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed straight of
0:52.2	Hornets.
0:52.7	We're going to find out if this has actually made anything clearer for the shipping industry.
0:57.2	We'll be heading inside a UK prison this morning, which is giving thousands of inmates the chance to work behind bars.
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