Hello, i m carl nasman. The us House Of Representatives has passed a crucial Aid Bill for ukraine totalling nearly 61 billion. If passed by the senate, the long awaited funds will provide roughly 23 Billion to replenish us weapons, stockpiles and facilities, more than 11 Billion to fund current us Military Operations in the region. And another 14 Billion to help ukraine buy advanced Weapons Systems and other defence equipment. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson who brought the bill to a vote said it was the right thing to do. From the capitol, our News Correspondent helena humphrey, told us more about today s vote. After a rare show of bipartisanship the us is one step closer to sending long awaited aid to ukraine along with israel and the Indo Pacific region after this vote from us House Of Representatives. It now heads to the senate
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but something that has particularly benefited them this time around has been the situation not in local councils but up in stormont, the devolved government, where their rivals, the dup, the largest unionist party, have been blocking a return to power sharing. they have been boycotting devolved government there because of the dup s opposition to the brexit arrangements, but that stalemate at stormont, that has left northern ireland without a government for a year, has, of course, frustrated many voters and many in nationalist communities have been energised to come out and vote. they have been uniting behind sinn fein to try to send a strong message about their frustrations at stormont. that has benefited sinn fein, seeing them pick up these seats. meanwhile, the dup s vote has largely held up. they will see that as a sign of support for their tough stance and their holding out on power sharing at stormont. but also, the unionist vote has been somewhat splintered, some people breaking
that has benefited sinn fein, seeing them pick up these seats. meanwhile, the dup s vote has largely held up. they will see that as a sign of support for their tough stance and their holding out on power sharing at stormont. but also, the unionist vote has been somewhat splintered, some people breaking off, going to a harder line party, the tuv. so while the dup s vote has held up, conversely, their blocking of stormont has also energised nationalists and seen these wins for sinn fein today, which leaves them in a very strong position. some breaking news from itv, about phillip schofield. phillip schofield has stepped back from itv s morning show this morning, which he will present finally on thursday. there was a lot of speculation about his
it s becoming a familiar story on this island. a surge for sinn fein on an elections results day. this time last year, the party became the largest party in the devolved government at stormont. today, they repeated that in the local council elections, overtaking the dup. it was about a message of telling people what we were for. it was about electing hard working councillors. but for me it definitely was about positive leadership. it was about a restoration of the executive. it was about making politics work. and i m very glad that that has resonated with the electorate and that they have come out in such strong numbers. northern ireland s democratic unionists have been refusing to return to power sharing at stormont because of their objections to the post brexit trading arrangements. and while this election was for local councils, it was seen as people s first chance to send a message about the big political crisis. while the dup s vote largely held