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Welcome to Navaralive. I'm Michael Walker and I'm joined by Ash Sarkar. Ash, I've spent my afternoon

learning about blast furnaces. I've had a real blast doing it. Oh, no pun intended, actually.

We are going to start the show with a discussion of British steel, why it matters and whether the

government can save it. Also, Donald Trump seems to have already lost his trade war with China.

Israel has destroyed the last functioning hospital in Gaza City, and Douglas Murray has gone head to head with Joe Rogan.

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Let's go straight into our first story. The UK government is in a race to secure the materials

needed to keep Britain's last steel blast furnaces

in operation. This matters because the ability for a nation to produce steel is seen as essential

for both securing both industrial and military security, and after an emergency session on the weekend,

it's the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, who is now in charge of making this happen. And he explained to MPs why he'd taken control

from the Chinese operator's Jingye. Since taking office, this government has been negotiating in good

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