To the yes. The bill has passed. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 Billion Dollar package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. 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. Our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky. Yes, hesjust said, im grateful to the United States House Of Representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision. He says that keeps history on the right track. He talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. And a slight reagan quote where he says, just peace and security can o
Must adopt a new approach to force north korea to abandon its nuclear and Ballistic Missile programmes or face what he called catastrophic consequences. Mr tillerson was chairing a special meeting of the Un Security Council. He told the council there was no reason to think north korea would change course under the current sanctions regime. With each successful detonation and missile tests north korea pushes the world closer to instability and broader conflict. The threat of the north Korean Nuclear attack console or tokyo is real and it is likely only a matter of time before north korea develops the capability to strike the us mainland. Indeed, they have repeatedly claimed it plans to conduct such a strike. Given that rhetoric, the United States cannot idly stand by north and other members of this council who are within striking distance of north korean missiles. Washington has repeatedly called for tougher un sanctions, but is looking to china to take a diplomatic lead. But the Chines
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. The Us Federal Reserve is set for its next meeting. What can be expected from the central bank . Nailed it. How one of singapores entrepreneurs set up a Business Empire. Good morning, asia. Hello, world. Welcome to another edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. Its a tuesday. Glad you could join us. We start off with the Us Federal Reserve and its meeting in washington on tuesday. It is not expected to move Interest Rates but investors will watch for clues about the next rate hike. There is a backdrop of Political Uncertainty with tensions running high between the us and north korea. I spoke to oui the us and north korea. I spoke to our guest in sydney to see what he was expecting. Two more rate hikes this year are on the cards. What they have become good at in the last few years is signalling its intention down the road. There has been an interesting shift away from talking about just the been an interesting s
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