Of foreign aid is set to clear a final hurdle here in washington as the us senate is set to vote to advance long delayed assistance for american allies. This is a live look at the floor of the us senate as they prepare to vote. President biden says hell sign the bill into law as soon as it reaches his desk. The final passage of the aid package is expected in the next few hours. The legislation includes nearly 61 billion in aid to ukraine, over 26 billion for israel and more than 8 billion for the indo pacific. Its passage follows a months long stalemate in the House Of Representatives, where some republicans held the bill up, arguing domestic issues should be dealt with before foreign ones. The developments here in washington coincide with a similar announcement from uk Prime Minister rishi sunak. He said britain would spend an additional £75 billion, or 93 billion, over the next six years on defence. Speaking alongside nato secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg in poland, the Prime Minis
Approved would and the popular Social Media Platform if its chinese owner does not divest Ownership Stake in the app. The senators are currently voting on a number of bills including one that could potentially stop tiktok. The Senate Committee has passed that bill after months of stalemate. Joe biden has previously said that if it reaches his desk, he will sign it. But it may not be so simple. Carl tobias is a Law Professor at the University Of Richmond in virginia. He says a prolonged legal battle to challenge the order will take place. All of the outlets are reporting that the company intends to sue, challenging congress legislation after the president signs it, and will make First Amendment arguments on behalf of consumers. And it would go to the federal Appeals Court in the district of columbia, and then probably be appealed by whoever lost to the United States supreme court. That could take about two years, but if they sue, so thats the situation that we have now. How realistic is
Its been tough several months for elon musk s firm, its been struggling with falling sales because of intense competition from its chinese rivals. Well have some analysis shortly but first, heres our Business Correspondent erin delmore. Its been a rocky road for tesla this its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Interest its been a rocky road for tesla this year. Interest rates are taking a bite out of Purchasing Power and pushing big purchases out of reach, competition with china especially rival vehicle maker byob is heating up, sales are falling and so is teslas stock. Its fallen more than 40 this year, the company is cutting prices and announced lay off, then on tuesday it reported its First Quarter earnings. The company is anticipating lower deliveries this year compared to 2023 but investors have one bright spot to look to come announced it speeding up the launch of a lower priced vehicle from affordable models models could be a boon
To be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1,800 injuly last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright, reports. As everybody expected, they entering the tower, accepting that the elected House Of Commons will its way and the governments safety of rwanda bill will now get royal assent and become law undertakes the government a huge step closer to seeing planes take off for rwanda at some point in the next 10 12 weeks and the first Asylum Seekers will be sent to the east african country and it is a very big moment for rishi sunak. Two years ago the government first came up with the idea of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda and its been completely bogged down and railed with legal challenges, the Supreme Court deciding it was unlawful, massive opposition from opposition parties, from peers from across the House Of Lords in the last few weeks, but the governments bill becomes law and flights will take off, that doesnt mean they wont be other legal challen
Hello, and welcome to the programme. We begin in the United States where a key witness at the Hush Money Trial of donald trump has told the court in new york how he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him win the 2016 election. The court heard today how the then candidate picked up the phone and called this man, david pecker, former publisher of a tabloid, the national enquier, to discuss whether to pay off a Playboy Model who was shopping around a story of having a year long affair with trump. Before the trial resumed, though, thejudge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. This was Donald Trumps response. Well, i think the gag order is totally unconstitutional. Cant even allow articles to be put in. For example, these were articles over the last day and a half. Theyre very good articles. They tell you the case the sham, it shouldnt even have been tri