2025-07-23
29 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janette Jaleel and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 23rd of July these are our main stories.
Aid agencies warn that mass starvation in Gaza is spreading as 10 more deaths from malnutrition are reported.
Donald Trump agrees a trade deal with Japan under which the tariffs imposed will be lower than previously threatened.
President Zelensky faces major anti-corruption protests as Ukraine prepares for talks with Russia.
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More than a hundred international aid agencies and human rights groups are warning that mass starvation is spreading across Gaza.
They accuse Israel, which controls all the territory's border crossings,
of a siege and of not allowing food inside Gaza to be distributed.
Israel denies this.
The Hamas-run health ministry says 10 people have died from malnutrition in the past day after reporting more than 30 such deaths on Tuesday.
And its civil defence says that since early Wednesday morning,
at least 17 Palestinians, including five children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
The Israel defence forces say they have hit more than 100 terror targets across the Strip.
But a growing number of critics in Israel itself question why the IDF are still fighting there.
International media outlets are not allowed to report freely from Gaza,
but this expectant mother described her life there now.
My name is Huda Motrabbiri.