World Report - July 26: Saturday's top stories in 10 minutes

Episode Date: July 26, 2025

Gaza starvation crisis claims 122 lives, leads to growing demands for international community to help.Cambodia calls for ceasefire in its border dispute with Thailand.Malnutrition in Gaza has caused at least 122 deaths since the war began.At least eight people are reported to have been killed in an attack on a court house in Iran.Taiwan voters deciding not to eject pro-China legislatorsIs Prime Minister Mark Carney planning changes to the Senate?Residents of Tuktoyaktuk celebrate "The Great Wall of Tuk" in their fight against climate change.The Toronto Blue Jays are now the top team in Major League Baseball.

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Certain conditions apply. This is a CBC podcast. This is World Report. Good morning, I'm John Northcott. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says at least 122 people have died from malnutrition since the start of the war. Starvation is surging across the territory, and as the crisis grows, so does the pressure on the international community to do something about it. Dr. Chapman, reports from London. Desperate Palestinians jostle for handouts at a soup kitchen in Gaza City.

This woman says some days she's too hungry to move. UN agencies warn nearly a third of Gaza's population is going days without eating. Caroline Wilman from Doctors Without Borders is in Gaza City. We screen for malnutrition every child under the age of five that comes for our consultation. last week, 25% of them qualified as malnourished. Israel denies that life-saving provisions are being blocked. It's announced that airdrops into Gaza can resume, but aid groups warn parachuting food into the strip

is insufficient and dangerous. They say the only solutions are a ceasefire and overland supplies. The appalling scenes in Gaza are unrelenting. British Prime Minister Kier-Starmer says the airdrops are overdue. We are already working urgently. with the Jordanian authorities to get British aid onto planes and into Gaza. The UK government is being pressured by members of parliament to recognise a Palestinian state.

France has already announced plans to do so later this year. But Israel says the step gives more power to Hamas. The British leader says a ceasefire should come first. Negotiations have been looking shaky, but it's hoped they will resume next week. Julia Chapman, CBC News, London. Cambodia is calling for an immediate ceasefire in its border dispute with Thailand. The flare-up in violence between the two countries now in its third day

has claimed more than 30 lives and displaced nearly 200,000 people on both sides of the border. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting late yesterday, but its call for an end to the violence has gone unheeded. Patrick Falk has the latest. On roads along Cambodia's border with Thailand, military vehicles roam back and forth. The two countries remain on high alert as the crisis continues to worsen. A border town in Sissacut province on the Thai side is nearly emptied out. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from border areas as the fighting intensifies. Hotel staffer Chenowit

Talalai is one of the few that stayed behind. If Cambodia was going to strike, he says, we'd be hit anyway, so I didn't leave with everyone else. Earlier today, Thailand's Navy joined the army in repelling Cambodian attacks. This follows Cambodian troops making incursions at three different points in Thailand's trap province. There's no sign of either side backing down, and the blame game continues. Nompin is lashing out at Bangkok for not sticking to a proposed ceasefire deal. Thai authorities say they'd only agreed in principle and that it had to be based on conditions

on the ground. angry over what it's described as indiscriminate attacks and a lack of good faith. The U.S., China and Malaysia have offered to mediate. That may be the only way to defuse the tension. But so far, Thailand has rebuffed

the offers. Patrick Falk, for CBC News, Singapore. At least nine people are reported dead in an attack on a courthouse in Iran. Video from state media captures the attack in a provincial capital in the southeast of the country. Reports say gunmen also used grenades to carry out the attack.

Three of the gunmen believed to have been killed by security forces. It happened in the rest of province of Sistan and Balochistan. Officials are calling it a terrorist attack. A militant group seeking independence from the province has claimed responsibility. In Taiwan, voters reject an attempt to expel a fifth of its legislature members. Early ballot results show that the 24 members of the opposition party, the KMT, will remain in office. The government accuses the party of being friendly to China, which insists that Taiwan is part of its territory. The KMT says the vote undermines the island's democracy.

Concerns have been growing about the island's ability to hold off Chinese military threats. Here at home, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau radically overhauled the same. Senate over the past decade, ejecting liberal senators from caucus, naming independence, upending traditional partisan elements. But how is the upper chamber working now? And will current Prime Minister Mark Carney stick with the changes his predecessor made? Guest host of CBC Radio's The House, J.P. Tasker has more. Well, I think the Senate's very much a work in progress. Government House leader Stephen McKinnon isn't ruling out more tweaks to the Senate. Part of his job is to work with the upper chamber to get legislation passed. When it comes to appointing new

senators, there may be some changes to the nonpartisan process that's currently in place, like appointing senators who are friendly to the government's agenda. So making that institution reflective of Canadians, but also of Canadian popular opinion and Canadian democratic opinion is something that I know that will stay very important to the prime minister. There's a fair bit of rumbling about standing up a liberal caucus again. And I am unalterably opposed to that. Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons is dead said against bringing more partisanship back to the Red Chamber. She says the reforms have been a boon to the Senate. I think the Senate's reputation has improved greatly as a result of these changes. And I think the way we are

able to improve legislation has also increased tenfold. Quebec Conservative Senator Leo Hussackos says the institution is less effective than it once was. I think the place has become, unfortunately, an echo chamber. It has become more disconnected from our democratic process, i.e. the House of Commons and the governing national caucus in particular. Hussackos also says Western Canada has two few seats in the Senate, calling the current seat allocation unfair. But McKinnon says the government has no interest in constitutional change. Tasker, CBC News, Ottawa. The House has a full documentary

on how the changes to the Senate have affected the chamber, and you can hear that special episode right after this edition of World Report, or wherever you get your podcasts. Residents of Tuk Tukuk are marking a win in their fight against the impact of climate change. Coastal erosion has been

threatening the Hamlet in the Northwest Territories. It's forced leaders to find a solution to keep the coastline from washing away. Today, the community is celebrating the Great Wall of Huck, Juanita Taylor has more. We need to either continue to protect the community or relocate in the future.

Mayor Irwin Elias has seen homes in his community get moved kilometers inland, away from the coast that has been at risk of getting washed into the Beaufort Sea. Now, an armor of rock and cement is in place along the coast to protect his community. A $50 million commitment from Canada to mitigate the impacts of coastal erosion.

Elias calls it the Great Wall of Tuck. We're very confident that this is going to hold the coastline in place and by us time. Powerful storm waves and thawing permafrost causing erosion are collapsing Tuck's coastline by about one meter each year. It's at risk of becoming the first community in Canada to be completely relocated because of erosion and rising sea levels. Northwest Territory Senator Margaret Don Anderson is in Tuck. for today's celebrations. She also grew up here.

The revetment project for us is a way of protecting not just our community but our way of life, our culture, our lifestyle and ensuring that there is a community that's there for our children. Celebrations will include Inuviala with drum dancing and boat tours so people can get a closer look at the work that's been done to help protect the people here and for generations to come. We need a Taylor CBC News, Duke to Yachtuk, Northwest Territories. And finally, the Toronto Blue Jays are now the best team in Major League Baseball.

Bichette's got it. On to first in time, and the Blue Jays win again. And with that, shortstop, Bo Bouchette sealed the Jays' 6-2 win last night over the Tigers in Detroit. The win giving the Jays their 60-second victory of the season, and the best record in the major leagues. The last time the franchise was on top was in 1992. That was the year you may recall that led to the first of back-to-back World Series wins. Okay, okay, Blue Jay, Blue Jay, let's say, play, play ball.

Well, the boys hit the field again tonight in Detroit for game three of the series. And that is the latest national and international news from World Report. I'm John Northcott. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with us here at CBC News.