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World Business Report: First broadcast 16/01/2024 22:32 GMT : Red Sea attacks: Greek vessel hit

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Red Sea attacks: Greek vessel hit

First broadcast 16/01/2024 22:32 GMT 

First broadcast 16/01/2024 22:32 GMT : Red Sea attacks: Greek vessel hit

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Red Sea attacks: Greek vessel hit

Red Sea attacks continue as Greek vessel hit

The crisis in the Red Sea shows no sign of easing as a Greek owned ship is attacked in the Red Sea. As the threat of attacks continues, some insurance companies are placing new restrictions on the shipping industry, and many ships are now diverting around the southern tip of Africa rather than taking the shorter route through the Suez Canal. We get the latest from the BBC’s Business Correspondent Jonathan Josephs.

The inquiry into Britain's Post Office scandal continues - where hundreds of local post officials were prosecuted for stealing money which was in fact down to malfunctioning software. The system known as Horizon was developed by Fujitsu. Roger Hearing looks at how a company as big as Fujitsu could deal with the reputational damage that the scandal is causing.

And as De Beers makes some of the steepest cuts to its diamond prices in years, slashing prices by about 10 percent across the board, we look at the reasons why and what it tells us about the diamond trade.
(Picture Credit: Mohammed Hamoud.)

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