For advanced weapons and Defence Systems. President zelensky said the Military Aid Package would give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. Translation i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the Weapons System which we need so much, thousands of soldiers need so much. And this aid should notjust to be sprayed in a thin layer all over but it has to end up in tangible Weapons Systems. Many ukrainians have taken to social media to thank the us for the funding. This is what residents in the capital told the bbc. Translation of course it is not too late. In any case, it is needed, and whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. Translation it will help a lot, i i think our guys will be alive, l thats the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with both the people and our boys, they are our guardians, they are
The new package is worth 61 billion, including money to replenish stocks of us armaments, and 14 billion will pay for advanced weapons and Defence Systems. President zelensky said the Military Aid Package will give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. Translation | think the support for the restraint in the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the weapon is a system which we need so much. Thousands of soldiers need so much, and thus it should not be just spreading a thin layer all over, but it has to end up in tangible weapon systems. Russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse is in kyiv and says it cant come soon enough for president volodymyr zel
While the world worried about a wider war between israel and iran, in gaza, the suffering continued. Siren blares. The eyes of the world were on a bigger drama played out in the skies above israel. But in gaza, nothing changed. This was rafah today, after 15 children from one family were killed in an air strike. Translation show me one man among them. L theyre all children and women. You can see my identity is completely erased with the deaths of my wife and children. A pregnant woman was among the dead. Her Baby Daughter was saved in an emergency operation. A child born to a mother she will never know. There is the story of everyday death, and the story of what follows this for the families caught in the shadows of death. Nawaras Husband Abdulrahman was one of more than 70 civilians killed in an israeli raid to rescue hostages in february. These were the couples children in the aftermath of their fathers death. We went back to see nawara, now eight months pregnant with her dead husban
Lets get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, whos in the newsroom. Just tremendous of the background of where we are today. The just tremendous of the background of where we are today. Where we are today. The socket on the aer where we are today. The socket on the paper in where we are today. The socket on the paper in the where we are today. The socket on the paper in the times where we are today. The socket on the paper in the Times Newspaperl the paper in the Times Newspaper reported a bizarre story where, last december, apparently, according to the times, had met a local official in his party at 315 in the morning demanding £5,000 what she said as A Matter Of Life And Death because she had to be released from a flat in which he was locked by some bad people. In addition to this, the Times Newspaper also alleged that some other funds that were meant to be used for a company will use for private medical bills for mr menzies as well. He told the Times Newspaper that h
are sleepless, watching the news and the story unfolds every minute, and it does make a big impact, because chatgpt is now currently the leading product in the large language models and asia, especially china, is catching up and they are very concerned and keeping updated on the matter. how vociferous is the debate between the so called doomers and the people trying to commercialise artificial intelligence here in the region? i think it is somewhere in the middle. people are more optimistic in china about how the large language models and ai technology will bring to the daily lives and make our life more convenient and more productive, but yes, there are some ethical debates and concerns regarding the openai and how the chatgpt or the gpt s in training, how powerful it is, that it could bring a potential danger to humanity. are policymakers, governments, are they working to regulate fast enough here in asia? yes, i would think so. the governments are actively involved, and