During the debate, lawmakers in support of the legislation urged their colleagues to swiftly approve the aid, saying time is running out for the ukrainians. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was one of those to address the house. Vladimir putin has instructed his troops to use rape, kidnapping and murder in front of Family Members as a weapon of war to demoralise the people of ukraine. I hope that our colleagues will choose democracy and decency rather than autocracy and evil. Because i fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. Blood of the children, blood of their mothers, raped in front of their parents, raped in front of their children. I vote on this and all of the other bills before us today. The only us lawmaker born in ukraine, victoria spartz, a republican representative, who has been known for her staunch support of donald trump, has actually proposed an amendment that reduces military aid for ukraine. She called the package a blank cheque, a narrat
and thousands of people take to the streets of the canary islands in protest against what they say are the damaging effects of over tourism. hello, i m samantha simmonds. there are high hopes that a $61 billion military funding package for ukraine which stalled in the us house of representatives months ago will be unlocked in the next hour. president zelensky has said that without the additional weapons it ll bring, ukraine will lose the war with russia. these are live pictures from the house of representatives, where a debate has been under way for the last few hours. one issue was that the bill rolled together funding for ukraine, israel, and taiwan and other allies. to try and solve it, us house speaker mikejohnson has now broken it down into three separate votes, meaning members can approve elements they support and dismiss others.
and thousands of people take to the streets of the canary islands in protest against what they say are the damaging effects of over tourism. hello, i m samantha simmonds. there are high hopes that a $61 billion military funding package for ukraine which stalled in the us house of representatives months ago will be unlocked in the next hour. president zelensky has said that without the additional weapons it ll bring, ukraine will lose the war with russia. these are live pictures from the house of representatives, where a debate has been under way for the last few hours. one issue was that the bill rolled together funding for ukraine, israel, and taiwan and other allies. to try and solve it, us house speaker mikejohnson has now broken it down into three separate votes, meaning members can approve elements they support and dismiss others.