Would save thousands of lives. Russian officials on the other hand, said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. The focus is now on when that aid will arrive, washington says the first deliveries of American Military hardware and supplies could be in ukraine within a week. Ourfirst report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in Congress Waived ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so muc
Russian officials said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. The focus is now on when the aid will arrive, with reports suggesting it could begin within days. Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag
Hello, good morning. Coming up on todays show, iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones toward israel, its firstever direct attack on the country. Richie sumac says iran moves more raf jets to the region. Scottie scheffler leaves going into the final rounds of the masters. The fivetime winner, tiger woods, shoots his first worst round ever in a major. Sirens blared across israel as the skies were lit up by the countrys air defense system. The raf and u. S. Military were both deployed, supporting israels defense. U. S. President joe biden will could being leaders to coordinate a diplomatic response to what he called a brazen attack. Also, australia in shock with police still unsure of a motive behind the Stabbing Attack that killed six people in sydney. Australians are likely to try to deal with the shock and trauma that will come with what has occurred. In sports, Manchester City went top of the Premier League with both of their title rivals playing today. Hello, thanks for joini
This is sky news today. The headlines at 10 00. Iran launches the first ever direct attacks on israel where pour than 300 drones and missiles and ies rate says they intercepted 99 . U. S. Military helped repel and the Royal Air Force was involved. Fears about israels possible response means tensions remain high in the region. Joe biden calls it a brazen attack and reaforms americas ironclad commitment to protect israel. He called a meeting of g7 leaders later today to discuss the unfolding crisis. We will have all the latest live throughout the morning here on sky news and we will be assessing what israel will do next. Good morning. We begin with a tense and significant turn of events in the middle east. Overnight, the skies of jerusalem lit up with explosions as iran carried out its first ever direct attack on israel. It comes two weeks after suspected israeli strike in syria that killed two iranian generals. In a moment, we will hear from the Israeli Military on the state of the coun
Will iran launches a barrage of missiles and drones towards israel. Its first ever direct attack on the country. Iran is so it is chaos as reject the region. And Scotty Shepler leads going into the final round of the masters, but fivetime winner, tiger woods, shoots his worst of around at a major. It is the 14th of april. Sirens blared across israel, as the skies were lit up, by the countrys air defense system. U. S. President , joe biden, will convene leaders to coordinate a diplomatic response to what he called a brazen attack. Also, australia in shock, with police still unsure of a motive behind a Stabbing Attack that killed six people in sit me. Australians are waking up to try to deal with the shock and trauma that will come with what has occurred. Coming up at 8 3, trevor will get reaction in the middle east, with health secretary, victoria atkins, and secretary, yvette cooper. And in sport, Manchester City to the top of the premier league, with both of their rivals, arsenal and