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Today, the Covid inquiry has found that the lives of NHS staff and patients were put at risk in the pandemic because of a lack of adequate PPE.

The inquiry鈥檚 chair, Baroness Hallett described 鈥渧ast鈥� waste, with almost 拢10 billion of taxpayers money wasted in the scramble to buy more.

Health reporter and Coronavirus Newscast alumnus, Jim Reed joins Adam to look at how things went so wrong.

Plus, President Trump reverses his threat to impose a 20% fee on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz but presses ahead with Iranian ports blockade. Adam is joined by chief news presenter Caitr铆ona Perry and business editor Simon Jack to unpack why hostilities are flaring again and what the war means for the economy.

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