The bill has passed. Oh, one voting present. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 billion package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Joining me live from washington is our correspondent helena humphrey. Shes on capitol hill following the vote. It is six months since President Biden first sought approval for this aid package, there has been a bitter row over it over it ever since, what got it over the line today . figs what got it over the line today . Sis you what got it over the line today . Is you say, this is long awaited, high stakes, and what this finally got this over the line was that rare display of bipartisanship which we sell. What you will see w
To the yes. The bill has passed. This is the moment the House Of Representatives approved a 60 Billion Dollar package of military aid for ukraine. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the binary world of american politics, with democratsjoining moderate republicans to see off opposition from the hard right. Us officials have indicated that deliveries of munitions and air Defence Systems are ready to go as soon as there is approval in the senate. Our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has been telling us the funding has been welcomed by the Ukrainian President , volodymyr zelensky. Yes, hesjust said, im grateful to the United States House Of Representatives, both parties and personally speaker mikejohnson, for the decision. He says that keeps history on the right track. He talks about democracy and freedom always having global significance and will never fail as long as america helps to protect it. And a slight reagan quote where he says, just peace and security can o
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we are so happy to play in front of this crowd at a home stadium. 88 10. no discredit to ireland but we really turned it on, theyjust kept on coming, everyone knew their role, it was enjoyable. there was also a huge result for scotland in the women s six nations they won in italy for the first time. scotland scored two tries in the second half. emma orr and chloe rollie got the crucial scores. it s a second six nations win for them. it goes some way to help them qualify for next year s world cup. one of the favourites to win the world snooker championship judd trump has the advantage in his opening match with hossein vafaei. trump is 6 frames to 3 up after the first session at the crucible theatre in sheffield. they ll conclude the match on sunday afternoon with the first to 10 frames the winner. trump last won the world title in 2019 and is in strong form with five ranking titles so far this year with five ranking titles so far this year.