The UN warns that it's "make or break" for malnourished Palestinians
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has acknowledged that there is real starvation in Gaza and that Israel has a responsibility for the flow of aid. Also in this podcast: Thailand and Cambodia agree a ceasefire, Google admits that its earthquake warning alerts haven't worked, the Chinese monk accused of corruption and womanising, and a BBC editor who has penned a musical satire.
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| 0:31.7 | The United Nations has warned that it's make or break for civilians in Gaza. |
| 0:36.5 | Thailand and Cambodia have agreed a ceasefire to end five days of fighting along their border. |
| 0:41.9 | Disquiet in some European capitals at the terms of the new EU trade deal with Washington. |
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| 0:58.5 | China investigates the head monk of the Shaolin Kung Fu Temple for corruption and womanizing. |
| 1:07.8 | The United Nations is described the next few days as crucial for Gaza. |
| 1:12.9 | Another 10-hour pause of Israeli military operations came into effect on Monday |
| 1:17.5 | to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory. |
| 1:21.0 | The UN aid chief Tom Fletcher told the BBC that the easing of restrictions on Sunday had to go much further. |
| 1:28.1 | Yesterday was a start. It's a drop in the ocean of what's needed. During the ceasefire, |
| 1:33.1 | for those 42 days, we were getting in 600, 700 trucks a day. Yesterday it was fewer than |
| 1:37.7 | 100. So it's the beginning, but the next few days are really make or break. We need to deliver |
| 1:42.2 | at a much, much greater scale. |
| 1:44.6 | We need vast amounts of aid going in much faster. |
| 1:48.1 | This second day of pausing military activities |
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