Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. A Military Aid Package to item that has been improved. It has also voted to ban the run that cut its ties with china. Tiktok. Lets speak tour correspondent in washington, helena humphrey. It has been six months in the making. It has been six months in the makinu. ,. , ,. , making. Now one step closer to aurantin making. Now one step closer to granting that making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited making. Now one step closer to granting that longawaited aid l making. Now one step closer to l granting that longawaited aid to granting that long awaited aid to ukraine to the tune of some 61 billion us dollars. It happened with much needed bipartisan support. We saw 311 votes in favour. A simple majority was needed, 218 were the votes we needed so it passed with 93 extra votes on its side. We will see it going to the senate now. Senate
. it s good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we have breaking news, a u.s. official and a diplomat in the region tell nbc news one american could be among the hostages released today. just moments ago, the red cross transported two former captives over the border as urgent talks continue to extend the truce in gaza, possibly by another two days. we re live in tel aviv with the latest. plus, hamas now claiming that three hostages, a ten-month old baby, his 4-year-old brother and their mom will not be coming home, and that all three were killed during the fighting. israel is still looking to confirm that. also ahead, we ll talk to the former director of the cia about the challenges of bringing the remaining hostages home with israel ready to return to combat at any given moment. then later, a set for the angels, the heart wrenching tribute for the young lives cut short at an israeli music festival. so much to get to in this hour, but i
political pressure to get their weaponry and ammunition here and applied by soldiers. ukraine also has to study with its own mobilisation issues and cutting up men trained, call up to the front line, to replace exhausted soldiers who have been there for up to two years in some cases. so this is welcome good news. this will be celebrated as much as you can in times of war. but now eyes will focus on when this kit will arrive and what difference it will make in the long term. you wonder when history books are waiting, how costly this delay may be or how significant this bill s passing could be in terms of helping ukraine and its goal of trying to stand up against russia. and its goal of trying to stand up against russia. james, thank you. let s no against russia. james, thank you. let s go back against russia. james, thank you. let s go back to against russia. james, thank you. let s go back to helena against russia. james, thank you. let s go back to helena in - let s go back to
pictures from tel aviv, where israeli protesters have gathered for their weekly demonstration against benjamin netanyahu s government. stay with us here on bbc news. i will be back a little later with more on the day s stories. hello. well, this time of the year, it really is all about the sunshine. it can feel quite pleasant, even if the temperature is not particularly high. but as soon as it clouds over, it can feel really cold. and i think that is the outlook over the next few days. a fair amount of cloud and feeling quite chilly, and it feels chilly right across europe. this is the temperature anomaly mapped through the weekend across the whole of europe almost the whole of europe the temperatures are below the average for the time of the year. even snow across northern europe and some snow across the alps, too. now over us, high pressure is in charge of the weather, but notice that northerly breeze close to the north sea
forfull un membership. the palestinian authority has had observer status since 2012 but cannot vote in proceedings. on thursday, 12 countries voted in favour of the resolution with the us opposing. palestinian president mahmoud abbas said in an interview with the wafa news agency that he will reconsider relations with washington, to ensure the interests of the palestinian people are protected. meanwhile in gaza, there ve been more israeli air strikes in rafah in the south of the territory. this is the moment an israeli air strike hit rafah on saturday. there were more air strikes overnight, when nine people including at least four children were killed after their homes were hit. the israeli war cabinet has been planning a large offensive against hamas in rafah, which is where an estimated 1.5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering.