hello, i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. president biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. the overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. the measures approve around $61 billion in long awaited aid for ukraine alone. it also designates more than $26 billion in aid for military support for israel and humanitarian aid for gaza. and $8 billion for taiwan and us indo pacific allies. president biden said it showed that america stood resolutely against tyranny and oppression. president zelensky said it reinforced america s role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world. the senate majority leader chuck schumer said america had shown its allies it would not turn its back on the
let s return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the british parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. french officials say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. a new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. the deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. yesterday alone, there were reports of migrants dying in other parts of the world trying to reach another country by boat. we heard from the un s migration agency that at least 21 people died off the coast of djibouti. 23 are still missing on the so called eastern migration route between the middle east and africa. on the same day, the tunisian coastguard said they retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who had been trying to reach italy. the un has called crossing the mediterranean the dea
this is bbc news. the headlines. three people have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the english channel on tuesday. in a world of rising new threats the uk and germany announce stronger defence cooperation to counter the threat from russia. president biden confirms that more military assistance will be sent to ukraine within days after the us senate approves a long awaited aid bill. canada is hosting talks aimed at reaching global deal to end plastics pollution. it is time for a reaching global deal to end plastics pollution. it is time for a round up of all the sports news. let s go over to the sports centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. liverpool could have found their man to replacejurgen klopp. the club are set to open talks with feyenoord over their manager arne slot. klopp announced injanuary he would leave anfield at the end of the season and slot, who led feyenoord to the eredivisie title last season, has emerged as a candidate w
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is about to come in to circulation but at what cost to businesses? good morning. it s monday, 27th march, i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. theresa may will meet scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon later today for the first time since she rejected calls for a second referendum on scottish independence. the visit is part of a tour of all four nations of the uk before the process of leaving the european union formally begins on wednesday. it s an important time for brexit negotiations with a number of key discussions across the week. later today, the prime minister is expected to give a speech on unity, saying uk s union will become even more important as britain leaves the eu. tomorrow, msps in the scottish parliament are to vote on a whether scotland should have a second independence referendum following the brexit negotiations. on wednesday, the prime minister will officially begin britain s two year exit from the european union in which she ll write a