eating. the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years to combat surging inflation. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave: authorities are warning of water shortages. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new us aid for ukraine worth a billion dollars has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels. the us defense secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we re seeing what president zelensky warned us about. after failing to take kyiv and rea
translation: ifeel ashamed in front of my family i m so poor, i can t afford to buy good food. my sons are really thin because they re not eating. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome. president biden has announced an extra $1 billion in military support for ukraine, the largest single military aid package since the war began. the us defence secretary said at a nato meeting on wednesday that he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. in the next half hour, nato defence ministers are set to start reconvening in brussels for the final day of their summit. this is the kind of military aid ukraine says it desperately needs. a billion dollar package including longer range rockets and missile systems. the goal, to help target russian troops and location farther away and bolster ukraine s embattled defence forces, i
gasoline. peter doocy starts us off with a complete picture of the economy live from the north lawn, good evening, peter. good evening, bret. officials around here saying two things that sound like they both can t be true at the same time. on the one hand they say they think the president s economic plans are working. but, observed they say they know that people are paying more than ever for essentials. fighting inflation is my top economic priority. and despite rising prices on just about everything, biden officials are celebrating a stronger than expected 390,000 jobs created in may. we aren t likely to see the kind of blockbuster job reports month after month like we had over this past year. that s even though the economy remains 822,000 jobs short of pre-pandemic levels. inflation has been an issue since last year. before russia invade ukraine but the president continues to blame. putin s war in ukraine. putin began amassing troops. this is a putin price hike.
Investigation underway in florida after a Monster Alligator turns up with human remains. It is all happening in a residential area hello Everyone Welcome to a brandnew hour of Fox News Live i am arthel nebo. Eric hello everyone thank you for joining us im eric shawn this is a gruesome story. This horrible discovery it made it yesterday in a neighborhood in a small town of Largo Florida just south of clearwater and tampa. The alligator you can see resting along the side of the road found in a pool of blood but Senior Correspondent Steve Harrigan as a following this disturbing story for us, steve . Lexus all went down friday and largo. Neighbors were alarmed and passed the alarm from the neighborhood into the Fire Departments. They are used to living among gators a in largo. They say nearby at lake contains low four 5foot gators but theyve never seen anything like this. A massive 14foot Alligator Carrying what neighbors said was part of a corpse clenched between its jaws. They called the
king charles has carried out his first state opening of parliament as monarch. the speech, written by the government, has set out the plans for year ahead. proposed laws include tougher sentences for some crimes, a phased ban on smoking and more licensing for oil and gas fields in the north sea. our political correspondent helen catt has more. just before 11.15, the royal carriage drew into the sovereign entrance, carrying for the first time in seven decades, the king, to formally open parliament. while the monarch had changed, the pageantry remained the same. as is tradition, black rod went to the commons and had the door slammed shut against her by mps. before she summoned them to the lords. on the way, the prime minister and the leader of the opposition appeared to be having a friendly chat but this speech, written by the government, was in part about drawing dividing lines between them ahead of an election. but first, the king acknowledged the significance of this moment