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 americas 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 them. A lot of people inside and outside the congress wanted this package to fail, but today those in congress who stand on the side of democracy are winning the day. To ourfriends in ukraine, to our allies in nato, to our allies in israel and to civilians around the world in need of help, help is on the way. To ourfriends in ukraine, america will deliver more ammo and air defences and basic supplies that you need to resist putin on the battlefield. And weve had reaction from china in the past couple of hours. Foreign Ministry Spokesman wang wenbin said. Well also today, rishi sunak is visiting germany to meet his german counterpart,
Lets 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 uns 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 deadliest route for