as a reminder, he was suspended from the conservative party over claims that he misused funds. the times reported that he is accused of receiving funds from tory donors which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off who he called bad people who had locked him in a flat. alex mark menzies. now, to ukraine. we start this hour with ukraine, which has welcomed the 61 billion dollar package of military aid, finally approved by us lawmakers last night. russia says it shows that washington is wading deeper into a war that will end in humiliation. the foreign ministry spokeswoman, maria zakharova, said the aid which includes ammunition and air defences, was evidence that the us wants ukraine to fight to the last ukrainian . the bill will see a $61 billion dollar package for ukraine, package for ukraine, including ammunition and air defences. presidentjoe biden welcomed the deal, which he said would answer history s call . ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky desc
the times reported that mr menzies is accused of receiving £14,000 from tory donors, which was used for private medical expenses and to pay off what he described as bad people who had locked him in a flat. the conservative party has completed its investigation and says it can t conclude that there has been a misuse of conservative party funds. mr menzies has strongly denied the claims. let s get more from our political correspondent, iain watson, who s in the newsroom. could she remind us of some of could she remind us of some of the could she remind us of some of the allegations first? it enters could she remind us of some of the alleaations first? . , . . allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story- allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first allegations first? it was a rather bizarre story. it first appeared i allegations first? it was a rather| bizarre story. it first appeared in the times n
Diplomatic correspondent james landale here is his analysis. well, what it does is it s a reminder ofjust the core of the relationship between israel america and it s one that is purely military. the united states gives israel $3 billion worth of military aid every year. it s a law that was passed in america to say that this must happen. so the extra money, the $13 billion there has been announced today, agreed by the house of representatives. that is on top of all of that. a lot of it will go to replace missiles for the iron dome self defence air defence system that they have here in israel. but equally a lot of it willjust go on buying arms that israel needs at the moment. so it is a substantial amount of money. it will be naturally welcomed by the israelis. the prime minister said that it was much needed and thanked
There has been announced today, agreed by the house of representatives. that is on top of all of that. a lot of it will go to replace missiles for the iron dome self defence air defence system that they have here in israel. but equally a lot of it willjust go on buying arms that israel needs at the moment. so it is a substantial amount of money. it will be naturally welcomed by the israelis. the prime minister said that it was much needed and thanked the united states saying that it was all part of an attempt by the united states to help israel defend western civilisation. that was the way he put it. unsurprisingly, palestinian groups had not taken that view. have not taken that view. a spokesperson for the palestinian authorities here said that this is an act of the aggression by the americans. arming of the israelis they said would lead to thousands more casualties in gaza simply because of the amount of military support that it is getting. so although there have been differences bet
A lot of it will go to replace missiles for the iron dome self defence air defence system that they have here in israel. but equally a lot of it willjust go on buying arms that israel needs at the moment. so it is a substantial amount of money. it will be naturally welcomed by the israelis. the prime minister said that it was much needed and thanked the united states, saying that it was all part of an attempt by the united states to help israel defend western civilisation. that was the way he put it. not surprisingly, palestinian groups have not taken that view. a spokesperson for the palestinian authorities here said that this is an act of the aggression by the americans. this arming of the israelis, they said, would lead to thousands more casualties in gaza simply because of the amount of military support that it is getting. so although there have been differences between the united states and israel diplomatically, the core support of the united states, namely, military kit,