Pause for little effect: a trickle of aid in Gaza
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🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Localised “tactical pauses” in Gaza relieve international pressure on Israel more than they relieve the pressure of starvation on Gazans. We ask how the aid effort looks on the ground. Japan’s law on couples sharing surnames is coming under fire; repealing it might actually help with the birthrate. And how Bad Bunny brought Spanish to the top of the charts.
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| 0:42.3 | A law mandating married couples to share a surname has become the center of what could be called Japan's culture wars. |
| 0:49.3 | And there's a plausible argument that repealing it might help to address the country's rock-bottom birth rate. |
| 0:57.4 | And Bad Bunny was the most played artist on Spotify between 2020 and 2022. |
| 1:03.6 | He's achieved global success, is embarking on a sellout international tour, and he sings in Spanish. |
| 1:09.4 | Our correspondent explains how this Puerto Rican artist |
| 1:12.7 | changed the rules of pop stardom. |
| 1:18.9 | But first... From Britain to Belgium to |
| 1:30.3 | From Britain to Belgium, Greece to Korea, international horror at what's going on in Gaza has been growing louder and louder. In an alert sent out this morning, a UN-backed food agency parsed its words, saying, |
| 1:50.0 | the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:55.0 | Expect to hear that word again. |
| 1:57.0 | Last week, more than 100 aid agencies warned that mass starvation is happening. |
| 2:03.1 | Even Donald Trump has acknowledged the situation and the response. |
| 2:06.8 | Those children look very hungry, but we're giving a lot of money and a lot of food, |
| 2:11.4 | and other nations are now stepping up. |
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