Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the United States house of representatives floor, while were doing nothing to secure our border . I think every american in this country should be furious. But the house speaker, republican mikejohn
Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the United States House Of Representatives floor, while were doing nothing to secure our border . I think every american in this country should be furious. But the house speaker, republican mikejohn
Of the eastern conference. Mark selby has begun his campaign to win a fifth World Snooker Title and hes up against a player he knows very well. Joe oconnor might have never competed at the crucible before but hes been to the venue before to support selby, as theyre from the same english city. And it was the debutant who took the first frame. He has got another sense. Selby and making it 2 2. This is the action in the crucible theatre. You can follow it on the Bbc Sport website. Nikola jokic was once again the key as defending champions Denver Nuggets made a winning start to the Nba Playoffs with victory over the La La kers. Lebronjames and Anthony Davis did what they could to keep the lakers in contention, scoring a combined 59 points. Butjokic the reigning Finals Mvp was dominant at both ends of the court, finishing with 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the nuggets took the win 114 to 103 and a 1 0 series lead. Elsewhere, there were opening wins
of the eastern conference. mark selby has begun his campaign to win a fifth world snooker title and he s up against a player he knows very well. joe o connor might have never competed at the crucible before but he s been to the venue before to support selby, as they re from the same english city. and it was the debutant who took the first frame. he has got another sense. selby and making it 2 2. this is the action in the crucible theatre. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. nikola jokic was once again the key as defending champions denver nuggets made a winning start to the nba playoffs with victory over the la la kers. lebronjames and anthony davis did what they could to keep the lakers in contention, scoring a combined 59 points. butjokic the reigning finals mvp was dominant at both ends of the court, finishing with 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the nuggets took the win 114 to 103 and a 1 0 series lead. elsewhere, there were opening wins
mark selby has begun his campaign to win a fifth world snooker title and he s up against a player he knows very well. joe o connor might have never competed at the crucible before but he s been to the venue before to support selby, as they re from the same english city. selby is in a spot bother. they ve just finished the final frame of the session and he s 6 2 down. o connor won the seventh with a break of 101 and just took the eighth. in the other match, jakjones is just one frame away from the second round, leading zhang anda 9 4. round three of the chevron championship has resumed after play was halted on saturday due to storms in texas. thailand s atthaya thitikul held a one shot lead over world number one nelly korda and canada s brooke henderson when play was suspended. meanwhile, scottie scheffler s dominance of the pga tour shows no signs of letting up. after winning the masters last weekend. he s heading into the final round of the rbc heritage in south carolina with a one sh