and ahead of the us vote, ukraine's prime minister's warned that if ukraine loses the conflict with russia, there will be a third world war. and as for a wider conflagration in the middle east? iran has said there will be no immediate retaliation to israel's limited overnight strike on the birthday of iran's supreme leader. but there is no sign of a breakthrough in negotiations over gaza and the israeli hostages, and qatar's prime minister has threatened to withdraw from qatar's role as a mediator in seeming frustration at the way his country has been treated by other parties to the negotiations. here's joe inwood. nearly $61 billion for ukraine. more than 26 billion for israel. and over 8 billion for the indo—pacific region, including taiwan. president biden has said that the huge foreign assistance bill will send a message to the world. but, what message? it will be a powerful signal that the overwhelming body of opinion in the united states,