Pause for little effect: a trickle of aid in Gaza
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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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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| 1:05.6 | The Economist. |
| 1:15.6 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:16.7 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:18.1 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:22.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. A law mandating married couples to share a surname has become the centre of what could be called Japan's culture wars. |
| 1:35.0 | And there's a plausible argument that repealing it might help to address the country's rock-bottom birth rate. |
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