How the UK is Cutting Foreign Aid

In today’s episode, we cover the UK’s foreign aid cuts, Trump’s Middle East tour, a famine warning in Gaza, and a UN ruling on Malaysia airlines flight MH17.

Watch TLDR’s latest videos here:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l28997eHGSI 

TLDR’s Daily Briefing is a roundup of the day’s most important news stories from around the world. But we don’t just tell you what’s happening, we explain it: making complex topics simple to understand. Listen to the Daily Briefing for your global news bulletin every weekday.

Pre-order the next edition of Too Long, TLDR’s print magazine, here: https://toolong.news/daily

Produced and edited by Scarlett Watchorn

Hosted by Georgina Findlay

Written by Ben Blissett and Rory Taylor

Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator

//////////////////////////////

Sources:

✍️ UK Considering Cuts to Foreign Aid

• https://www.ft.com/content/efbc8739-5bba-419c-a5f5-cc37df567f82

✍️ Trump’s Middle East Tour

• https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-starts-gulf-visit-seeking-big-economic-deals-2025-05-13/
• https://news.sky.com/story/trump-says-it-would-be-stupid-not-to-accept-qatari-plane-as-jet-already-in-the-us-13366928
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/12/trump-qatar-jet-gift-democrats 

✍️ Famine Warning in Gaza

• https://www.who.int/news/item/12-05-2025-people-in-gaza-starving--sick-and-dying-as-aid-blockade-continues
• https://apnews.com/article/gaza-aid-israel-distribution-plan-un-bdbc73f4ba3bab577d7325b3bd2d7667 

✍️ UN Ruling on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd62v890l5qo
• https://www.dw.com/en/un-body-finds-russia-responsible-for-downed-mh17-flight/a-72523668 

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.