Mass starvation is gripping the Gaza Strip

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50:54

Displaced Palestinians receive donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2025.

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After four months of near-total siege by Israel, people in Gaza are starving. According to the UN, at least 1 in 3 people are going multiple days without eating and death from hunger is on the rise. Also, after weeks of tensions, clashes have erupted between Thailand and Cambodia over pieces of contested territory along their shared border. And, a conversation about the definition of antisemitism, especially as it intersects with criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza. Plus, a look at how solar fuel could help decarbonize aviation.

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In This Episode

‘We are starving’: Hunger crisis deepens in Gaza
Special Coverage
7:15
Border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia
4:11
US Wrestling’s greatest showman has died; he was once big in Japan
1:53
How solar fuel could help decarbonize air travel
Special Coverage
4:10
Ontario judge delivers ruling in high-profile sexual assault case involving former NHL players
4:01
Examining the question: What is and isn’t antisemitic?
Special Coverage
12:22
Immigrants find out late in life that they’re not US citizens
5:13
In the UK, spying is a private — and unregulated — industry
4:58
Vietnamese band Saigon Soul Revival bringing back pop in Vietnam
2:28