The much needed money approved. Flag waving on the floor is not. Is not appropriate. Democrats have wanted to send more aid for months. I fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. The problem was a split within the republican party, with some of their members totally opposed. The problem was a split in the republican party, with some of their members totally opposed. This was a Business Model that requires congress to continue to vote for money,. To continue to fund foreign wars, and this is a Business Model the American People do not support. The house will be in order over 100, just under half of the republicans in the house, did support the aid to ukraine. Sir, do you expect the motion to vacate against you today . The republican leader, mikejohnson, put his job on the line to get this motion passed, and he may now face a vote to remove him. Its an old military adage, but we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas than our own boys, our t
Our news correspondent helena humphrey. Helena, after a long wait, an aid bill for ukraine has now passed its biggest a vote in the house. Thats right, carl. Very much long awaited. Just to paint a picture, it was back in september that ukrainian president zelensky went to the white house to speak to President Biden about the need for this day will do particularly with regards to things such as air defence, missiles and so on. It took this long to actually come to the floor. That was because there was a growing chorus of opposition from republican congressional lawmakers, particularly in the house with regards to aid to ukraine at a time but there hadnt been stricter legislation when it comes to immigration, bordersecurity and legislation when it comes to immigration, Border Security and so on. Nevertheless it appears that speakerjohnson appears to have A Change Of Heart. Potentially after a rounds attack that we saw on israel last week. It came to the floor. Were seeing over 60 billio
but let s start with the war in ukraine. on thursday leaders agreed use the interest from frozen russian assets to raise $50 billion for kyiv s war effort, plus humanitarian assistance and reconstruction efforts. the g7 countries which include the us, canada, britain, france, germany, japan and italy are sitting on about $300 billion in seized russian assets. meanwhile, speaking in moscow, president vladimir putin on friday laid out his terms for a ceasefire. mr putin demanded ukraine withdraw from four regions of ukraine that are partially occupied by russia and abandon efforts tojoin nato. both ukraine and the west dismissed the proposal. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is following reaction and the latest from the g7 in italy. the war in ukraine has been fought on the reference. you have the fighting on the ground, the industrial arms race to generate as much ammunition as possible, and then you ve got the global diplomatic battle for international opinion.
this is just incredible. the caribbean a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it s home to over 45 million people and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is as fragile as it is beautiful and the caribbean s relationship with its seas and ecosystems are changing rapidly. i m reece parkinson. as someone who has caribbean ancestry, this place has almost mythical status, even though i ve never been here before. we re swimming with sharks! i m kicking off my adventure in the dominican republic. oh, i m excited! ..where i discover how islanders are carving out a new relationship with the sea. really, what i want is for the community to get in touch with the ocean because that s the only way we re going to take care of the ocean. and. esperate, capi! shouting. ..i come face to face with one of the giants of this unique marine environment. there s a whale! yeah. 0h, whoa
a new picture of the princess from the palace to mark a new stage in herjourney. it s been almost three months since the princess revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy, something that followed surgery earlier in the year. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and i am now in the early stages of that treatment. since then, prince william has worked alone, and the palace has remained silent, although last week, when asked about kate s progress, the prince said she was getting better. she would have loved to have been at the d day commemorations, he said. from the princess this evening, a message about these past long months. i am making good progress, she wrote, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. tomorrow is the king s birthday parade, trooping the colour, one of the bi