continued financial support, 67 bill billion euros we mobilize so far. second with increased military support, we aim to train 30,000 ukrainian soldiers. and our member states are delivering military equipment. and we will continue to deliver urgent military supplies for ukraine equally important is to work with our defense industry to ramp up production of ammunition and other equipment needed by ukrainian forces, but also to replenish our own stocks. you rightly brought this to the last european council and we are taking action. finally, this is not just about winning on the battlefield, ukrainians are choosing their own future and they have already chosen. they have chosen the european un union. they have chosen the unity of principles. the ukrainian soldiers fighting in the trenches of bakhmut are defending this unity of principles. and in these dark times, the hearts of ukrainian people are warmed by the confidence that ukraine will join the european union one day. this
crossed over recently. some breaking news. a hearing that thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil have stormed the country s national congress in brasilia. they have clashed with police used tear gas and an attempt propel them. the right wing former leader lost the last presidential election to a socialist opponent who was sworn in last week. the supporters are calling for military intervention and the owners resignation of the reader. footage circulating online shows angry protesters wrapped in the national flag with police erecting barriers around the building. we ll bring you more on that when we have it. china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland s bo
for the country. hundreds of protesters have beeen gathering in central london to show their solidarity with anti government demonstrations in iran. president biden will visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently. in his latest television interview, prince harry talks of the death of his mother princess diana, and the strain as a child of showing no emotion in public. china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland s border with hong kong. this latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions coincides with the country s busiest travel season marking the lunar new year. our correspondent martin
reporter: the federal reserve just made history announcing that they re raising interest rates by 3/4 of a percentage point for the second meeting in a row. we haven t seen anything like that in back to back meetings in modern fed history, but we re not in nor times. we re dealing with the worst inflation inflation prices in 40 years. inflation remains elevated due in part to russia s invasion of ukraine and very high food and energy prices. so the fed is stepping in and acting like the firefighter. they re trying to put this inflation fire out. the goal here is to raise borrowing costs and try to cool off red hot demand, and that should hopefully allow supply a chance to catch up. but you know, officials also signaled that they re not nearly done with rate hikes. they said it would, quote, will be appropriate to continue raising interest rates. and here s the problem. they re raising rates into an economy that is already showing cracks here. in the new statement today, the