And 8 billion for taiwan and Us Indo Pacific allies. President biden said it showed that america stood resolutely against tyranny and oppression. President zelensky said it reinforced americas role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer said america had shown its allies it would not turn its back on them. A lot of people inside and outside the congress wanted this package to fail, but today those in congress who stand on the side of democracy are winning the day. To ourfriends in ukraine, to our allies in nato, to our allies in israel and to civilians around the world in need of help, help is on the way. To ourfriends in ukraine, america will deliver more ammo and air defences and basic supplies that you need to resist putin on the battlefield. And weve had reaction from china in the past couple of hours. Foreign Ministry Spokesman wang wenbin said. Well also today, rishi sunak is visiting germany to meet his german counterpart,
Probably the united kingdom, because you know that the United States is in a difficult situation now, and some of these trumpians, they are isolationist views, they say that we should focus on our own interests, we dont need these endless warriors, that is , the appetite of the americans to spread democracy or change regimes elsewhere in the world, and there is no such appetite, and therefore this is. A story, the second part and the important part is that they are afraid of nuclear escalation, because it is clear that if russia disintegrates, the one who will hold the Nuclear Button may not be foreseen, the next available is the proliferation of weapons, mass destruction, and we we know exactly what russia has in addition to Nuclear Weapons, chemical weapons, the same skills, and most likely there are bacteriological weapons, because russia violates all those signed by them. Related, this is also the possibility of civil wars on the territory of the Russian Federation, look at the ukr
Hello, im nicky schiller. Welcome to the programme. We start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a 95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. President biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. The overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. The measures approve around 61 billion in long awaited aid for ukraine alone. It also designates more than 26 billion in aid for Military Support for israel and humanitarian aid for gaza. And 8 billion for taiwan and Us Indo Pacific allies. President biden said it showed that america stood resolutely against tyranny and oppression. President zelensky said it reinforced americas role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer said america had shown its allies it would not turn its back on them. A lot of peop
San francisco consulate. Boris johnson goes to scotland as a polling shows rising support for scottish independence. We start with the World Health Organization which has released the latest coronavirus figures. Heres the director general. tx sot more than 50 million cases of covid 19 have now been reported to who. Almost 620,000. We continue to see intense transmission in a small group of countries. Almost 10 million cases, 01 countries. Almost 10 million cases, or two thirds of places globally are from ten countries, and almost half of all cases reported so far are from just three countries. One of those countries is brazil. With more than 2. 2 million confirmed infections, it has the second worst outbreak after the united states. And brazil has just registered a Record Number of new cases with 67,000 confirmed cases in the past 2a hours. There were almost 1,300 deaths in that same period. The virus is now affecting smaller towns and remote areas with fewer medical facilities in braz
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