US News: The US Senate passed a defence policy bill on Wednesday that authorises the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, but also leaves be
The US Senate passed an $886 billion defense bill, with an 87-13 vote, outlining Pentagon funding for the upcoming fiscal year. Notable senators opposing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) include Sanders, Booker, Warren, and Paul. The NDAA, a yearly complex process, underwent revisions, eliminating some contentious House amendments. While facing House resistance, the bill grants troops a historic 5.2% pay raise and allocates funds for aircraft, ships, and national security in the Indo-Pacific region and Ukraine.
the annual defence policy bill? i think it is outrageous that republicans are taking a bill that is so critically important to our national defence, to our service members, and trying to use this as a culture war vehicle. we should be passing the ndaa without any of these culture war issues. let s leave that aside and let s do what we need to do to keep our country safe. us officials are downplaying recent comments critical of the israeli government, ahead of next week s visit by israel s president isaac herzog. tensions have risen between the two countries with president biden saying in a recent cnn interview that some members of the israeli government are some of the most extreme he has ever seen. on wednesday, a us state department spokesman refuted a new york times opinion column titled, the us re assessment of netanyahu s government has begun. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more. well, this isjust a newspaper
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multimillion pound houses in sandbanks stand only a few miles away from some of the most deprived parts the country. those behind this project are encouraged by the momentum that s begun. we won t eradicate poverty, but if each of the people in our audience follow through, you know, at different levels you make the change. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you re live with bbc news. there have been two major developments in women s reproductive rights here in the us. we ll start with the us food and drug administration that approved the first over the counter birth control pill. the daily contraceptive, opill, could become available without prescription as early as next year. almost three dozen medical organisations signed a statement supporting over the counter contraception without age restrictions. meanwhile the republican led house of representatives voted to limit abortion access in the military. a group of far right lawmakers tied the measure to a