they are not eating well. the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years to combat surging inflation. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave. authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome to the programmable to have you with us. new us aid for ukraine worth a billion dollars has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels, the us defence secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam.
eating. the us central bank announces the biggest rise in us interest rates in nearly 30 years to combat surging inflation. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave: authorities are warning of water shortages. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. new us aid for ukraine worth a billion dollars has been announced by president biden. it includes additional artillery and coastal defence weapons, as well as ammunition for artillery and advanced rocket systems. new pledges came from nato members who met in brussels. the us defense secretary said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. here s a little of what lloyd austin had to say. we can t afford to let up, and we can t lose steam. the stakes are too high.
As Sweden and Finland move ahead with their plans to join NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he has no issues with the decisions provided there is no military threat to his nation.
consensus because ukraine does not qualify on a number of grounds, their fight against corruption on their democratic processes, so they have to work for another six to ten years as the low estimate before they could be accepted by the 30 nato members by consensus. that s the deal. they have the strongest possible support from the u.s. and the allies, actually, but particularly certainly led by the united states, kamala harris, the vice president made that very clear today. support for the open door of nato, there s no modification, no negotiation about that. it is a nonstarter as far as the u.s. is concerned, and what s really striking here, harris said today, blinken said yesterday, the president made that point last night that the allies really have pulled together. it is ironic that vladimir putin, having wanted to keep rolling back nato s advance towards his borders and
out are foreigners. they are finding it ex treatmently difficult to leave. some of them are quite patient thinking of course the women and children should go first. others just simply want to go home however they can, john. scott mclean in the ukrainian city of lviv. the border with poland. so many people trying to get out. hundreds of thousands trying to cross the border. scott, thank you so much for being there for us. the european union agreeing to provide equipment. the eu is sending fighter jets, natasha, obviously a testament to the successes of the ukrainian air force so far. reporter: it is a major shift that we are seeing among european allies, nato members, who say they will be sending mil military equipment to fend off this russian aggression.