The president said he was going to. Moment for this week to ask congress for an unprecedented aid package for israel, we know from our reporting that this is actually part of a much broader deal worth about 100 billion, which will be extended over a year in additional funding, it will include more than just money for israel, but also for ukraine, Border Defense and countries in the indopacific region, including taiwan, so perhaps he will announce this tomorrow, but we expect him to do so from the oval office, which is always indicates that how significant will the comments be . The leaders consider the ukrainians to be a cheap tool for the fight. At a forum under the auspices of the atlantic council, marcus tsakhtna said with a blue eye that the ukrainians are now fighting for us, quote, instead of us. And this is the cheapest way to get rid of aggressive russia. That is, no one is waiting for kiev, the eu and nato. Ukraine is needed only to weaken the mythical nature of moscow. Today.
60 billion from congress to help ukraine, nbc reports. The rest of the request will include approximately 40 billion to provide assistance to israel and taiwan to strengthen Border Security between the United States and mexico. Well, washington will probably allocate a little more money for ukrainian combat homosexuals. I am not kidding. The ministry of defense and the ministry of justice of ukraine supported the bill on the legalization of registered partnerships, which include. Hollow take, this was reported by the author of the initiative, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada named safsun. The peoples deputy explained the importance of the bill this way ukraine should not remain the only country in europe that still clings to the obscurantism of the russian peace. Kiev continues to experiment with different methods and means of landing. The unsuccessful attempt to land in crimea using jet skis did not discourage the ukrainian general staff of the armed forces of ukraine and attempted to l
A 70 year old mystery is solved the story of the boy who was found in a box as a baby on the steps of the bbc. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A multi Faith Memorial Service has taken place at st pauls cathedral, six months to the day since the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london, which left 71 people dead. Reeta chakrabarti is at st pauls. Its been a day of emotion and also reflection here at st pauls cathedral, as survivors, families and rescuers gathered six months to the day since that terrible tragedy at Grenfell Tower. Our correspondent reports on the mornings events. Its been a long six months for so many families whose lives were torn apart exactly six months ago. The tragedy which highlighted failures alongside the bravery of the Emergency Services and the unity within a community. Today they came together. We try our best to Stay Together. We try our best to Stay Together and stay united, so thats exactly whats happening and all the difficulties we have,
And special partnership actually means. The Scottish Government raises income tax, for those earning more than 2a thousand pounds a year. Rupert murdoch sells a majority of 21st century fox to disney, in one of the biggest media deals for years. And a 70 year old mystery is solved, the story of a baby who was found in a box, on the steps of the bbc. Its 5pm. Our main story is that six months to the day since the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The fire claimed the lives of 71 people. Todays service was attended by the prince of wales, and other members of the royal family. People listened to music by a local steel band and the cathedral choir. Recordings of anonymous voices describing the tragedy were played, while local schoolchildren scattered green hearts in memory of the victims. Its been a long six months for so many families whose lives were torn apart exactly six months ago. A tragedy which highlighted failures alongside the bravery of the Emergency Services and the unity within a commu
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