felt by our soldiers on the front line as well as by our towns and villages that are suffering from russian terror. remembering the dead of bondijunction — a minute's silence is observed for the victims of the mass stabbing last weekend. we start this hour with ukraine and reaction to the news that us lawmakers have finally — after months of delays — approved billions of dollars in new us military aid for the country to help fight russia's invasion. the bill will see a $61 billion package for ukraine, including ammunition and air defences. president biden welcomed the deal which he said would "answer history's call". ukraine's president zelensky described the american support as "vital" and said it would save thousands of lives.

russian officials said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. the focus is now on when the aid will arrive, with reports suggesting it could begin within days. our first report is from our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. on this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. the bill is passed. the moment has been a long time coming. after more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. translation: today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american support package for which we fought so hard. president zelensky, how is...? president zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions,

with members of the democratic party backing kyiv, others in the republican party not so much. but this is the sell—out of america today. when we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the united states house of representatives floor, while we're doing nothing to secure our border? i think every american in this country should be furious. but the house speaker, republican mikejohnson felt differently, essentially putting his job on the line to get the bill approved. it's an old military adage but we would rather send bullets to the conflict overseas than our own boys, our troops, and i think this is an important moment, an important opportunity to make that decision. ukraine says it desperately needs help to push back russian troops.

the us is already the largest provider of military and humanitarian aid to ukraine, sending over $74 billion in the first two years of the war. this new bill provides more than 60 billion, including money to replenish stocks. almost 1a billion will be used by advanced weapons and defence articles. the passing of this bill is a major bipartisan moment, something you just don't often see in washington. the next step is for it to get through the senate next week, which won't be too difficult because it's democrat—controlled. president biden will then sign it into law. the house will be in order. russia has described this as direct support for terrorist activities. but president biden said it was important in answering history's call. officials here say military aid is ready to go, with weapons now our ukraine correspondent is james waterhouse. he told me the reaction to the deal in kyiv. yes. he's described the decision as putting history back on track.

i think all of his ministers have been quick to thank the us house of representatives and it's a much—needed boost, really, against the backdrop of there not being many for ukraine of late. now, what does this aid package mean? well, those long—range to medium—range missiles, those air defence systems, just might allow ukrainian forces who are exhausted and outnumbered, it might allow them to hold the line and it might prevent more towns and cities from being occupied potentially. this isn't a silver bullet that will allow ukraine to repel russian forces completely, but it widens that window. but here in kyiv on on this miserable sunday morning where people are going to church, everyone is aware of the significance of this decision that has come out of washington. everyone knows that ukraine is reliant on this level of western help to keep mounting

the fight that it is. but people aren't suddenly optimistic, they don't suddenly believe they're going to win this war. and i think that's a crucial difference from last year ahead of a much—anticipated counter—offensive which did not go according to plan. now the goalposts have shifted. you now hear soldiers talking about simply holding on rather than pushing forward. perhaps next year. and i think for this year, i think ukraine is simply focusing on trying to replenish, hold on in some faint hope of pushing forward perhaps next year. you can be sure russia will be trying to capitalise on this continued state of ukraine being outmuscled, if you like. and there are some generals here that are predicting a major russian advance in the coming weeks and months. so there are difficult challenges ahead for ukraine, but the view from kyiv is that it's got a fighting chance. and what is the money likely to be spent on?

well, it's partly to go on replenishing america's own depleted reserves. and as i said, it's mostly centred around ammunition and air defences. this is something that president zelensky has been focusing on. so i talked about the front lines there in the east. it's also about protecting cities like kharkiv in the north—east, like odesa in the south, and kyiv here, these patriot air defence systems, notably, because russia is continuing to launch missile attacks across the whole of ukraine. so i think while we don't have much in the way of specifics, you can expect a lot of ammunition and hopefully for kyiv, a continuation of a drip feed of american aid, which can include armoured vehicles and other logistical equipment, which is needed against an army the size of russia's. because at the moment, both sides are mobilising men

and it is a war of attrition. and so what ukraine will be hoping to do now is once more frustrate russian supply lines, which it did to great effect in 2022, as well as trying to suppress russia's air superiority. because over the last six months, make no mistake, because of the political delay in washington, russia has become all the more dominant and ukrainian territory has continued to be eroded. earlier, i spoke to marina miron, an expert on the russian military at the war studies department in king's college london. i asked her what impact this bill will have. the first short—term effect that it could produce is a boost in morale of the troops, which is very important given the fact that those on the front lines on the ukrainian side haven't been rotated since the very beginning of the war end of february 2022. so that is one potential outcome. however, we have to keep in mind is when is this aid going to come through? so we have heard that the ukrainian armed forces might be getting

more artillery ammunition, most notably from the czech republic of 500,000 155mm artillery shells. but the problem is, what is the timeline for the rest of the equipment? and we have to bear in mind that patriot air defence systems are quite expensive. so one battery costing up to $1.2 billion was interceptor missiles. and it also requires training for troops and for maintenance crews. so it's notjust like you put that system somewhere and leave it be and it does the job. so can ukraine meet those requirements and how many interceptor missiles will it be needing? so there are a lot of questions there. how much of the critical infrastructure can ukraine cover with these air defence systems, given the fact that the russians are operating almost with impunity right now with their missiles and their drones?

and so you have kharkiv, you have odesa, you have obviously kyiv. so the russian air campaign is being quite effective now. so what do you protect, given the fact that about 30% of ukrainian energy infrastructure is already suffering from russian attacks? so the long term effect of this aid is questionable. is is it a bit too late or is it still going to help ukrainian forces at least hold the line before the russians start their actual offensive? because what we have right now is not the actual offensive. on russia,

because what we have right now is not the actual offensive. on russia, is this money going to change anything for president putin and the tactics he's using in ukraine? i don't believe that there will be any substantial changes from what has been done so far. and so far, the russians are, as i said, launching this air campaign. as i said, launching they are modernising their glide bombs, for instance, with electronic warfare devices which are able to help these evade the air defences. so i think maybe in the electromagnetic spectrum, there will be new adjustments and developments also in order to jam missiles like outcomes, for instance. but in the overall scheme of what is going on, i don't think that there will be a substantial change. the russians will try to conclude their air campaign targeting military infrastructure, targeting critical civilian infrastructure in order to pave the way for their actual offensive. along different directions in order to exhaust ukrainian forces. and let us recall that one of the main problems that western allies cannot solve in ukraine is a manpower shortage. the house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved

a military assistance package for israel. there have been more israeli air strikes in rafah in the south of the territory overnight. the israeli war cabinet has been planning an offensive against hamas in rafah, where an estimated 1.5 million displaced palestinians are sheltering. the us and other allies have warned israel against a full—scale assault on the city. i'm nowjoined by yaakov katz he is a senior fellow, at thejewish people policy institute and a senior columnist and former editor at the jerusalem post. the money from america, $26 billion, what does that mean for israel? i think it gives israel a feeling of a little more confidence and security as it contemplates the prospect of an expansion of the operation and gaza. we have been hearing a lot about the possibilities of an

israeli incursion into the southern city of rafah but last week saw heightening tension with iran and the prospect of a wider conflict in the prospect of a wider conflict in the region and we are still under attack from lebanon so this money and a large chunk of it can be used by israel to replenish a defence systems and a lot were used over the last six months with the war in gaza and last week with the attack from iran. ., ., .,, ., ., iran. you mentioned the operation rafah and which _ benjamin netanyahu said he would do. america are saying at one time — said he would do. america are saying at one time we _ said he would do. america are saying at one time we are _ said he would do. america are saying at one time we are supportive - said he would do. america are saying at one time we are supportive of - said he would do. america are saying at one time we are supportive of the | at one time we are supportive of the oestriol need to defend itself and

remember israel today is the most attacked country in the world with five different active fronts from which is under attack from iran itself but also its proxies. but the americans are saying they have reservations under want to be sure you're prosecuting the continuation of the war against hamas n gaza that ensures the needs of palestinians that have been displaced and many people and the rafah area have been displaced and that about 15,000 hamas fighters stationed and rafah and we want to be sure that at least the civilians are out of harms way before israel goes and that will be a continued conversation we will have to see in the weeks to come. fin

have to see in the weeks to come. on iran, do you think the major tensions have gone away know? overall, the major tensions have gone away. the iraniansjust overall, the major tensions have gone away. the iranians just a week ago launched 350 plus ballistic missiles and cruise missiles towards israel and were almost 99% intercepted by israel and their collective which aligns with the americans, british, saudi arabians and others. and they struck back at and others. and they struck back at an iranian defence system located neara an iranian defence system located near a sensitive nuclear facilities so i would say for now we have exchanged blows and this is behind us but i think we have to recognise the iranians have crossed a line and for years while they attacked other countries including israel it has always been through proxies. their readiness to attack and launch such a sizeable amount of missiles and

drones from iranian territory should haveis drones from iranian territory should have is concerned what this means for the future. and don't forget you can get much more analysis from the middle east on the bbc news website. it includes today bbc verify analysing satellite images that appear to show that an iranian air defence site was damaged in friday's air attack by israel. you can read that online or on the bbc news app. as well as the money for ukraine, israel and allies in the asia—pacific, the house of representatives also passed a bill which could ban the video—sharing platform, tiktok, unless it cuts ties with china. nomia iqbal has more.

several bills being proposed and tiktok was part of a fourth bill, sort of a grab bag of of of policies and kind of snuck in. and i think there was a feeling by certainly members of the republican party that if they put that in, then it would get sort of a top down vote from from congress. president biden has indicated that if that does land on his desk, he will sign it. but it's hugely controversial. there are millions and millions of americans who are on tiktok. and i've met many who have been protesting outside the white house, certainly during the time when this bill was being proposed. who has said, look, this isn'tjust some app that we have fun on. my business is on there. my livelihood is on there. it's how i make money. and so they are very angry that this could potentially be banned. it has a few sort of clauses in it, however, the bill, what will happen really if it does pass,

is that president biden will give the company, give tiktok the opportunity to sell off to someone else or be banned. so there will be some stages there, but it is seen as a as a pretty controversial bill, especially as far as the american public goes. to australia. thousands of people, including local and national leaders, have attended a candle—lit vigil in sydney to remember those who died in last week's stabbing rampage. as the sun set on bondi beach, people were asked to light a candle in memory of the victims. six people, mainly women, were killed and 12 injured in the attack on a shopping centre. just before the vigil, one of the wounded, a nine—month—old girl, was released from hospital — her mother died in the attack. let's speak to the bbc�*s katy watson — who's in bondi for us now. very emotional scenes at the candlelit vigil. absolutely, just before sunset in the battle started and thousands of people from the community came here to pay their respects and were all asked to light a candle in memory of those who died and we had from leaders here and

bondi and new south wales and the prime minister addressing the crowd. there were parents with children in buggies and grandparents and people from the fire service and people all coming together. the top was very much my grief but about solidarity and strength of the community and grief did not have to be lonely but to come together in light of what happened in the last week and the message from people here who attended was very much that, this was very tight—knit community of the filling was this could have been anyone and it hit very close to home and that is why people wanted to attend a vigil so it was very moving ceremony and people, families from notjust hearing bondi but across sydney came to pay their respect to those who died and those are remain entered and we have that good news on what has been a very difficult week of the youngest victim, the nine—month—old baby whose mother died protecting her in the attack,

she has now been released from hospital and is back home with her family. the premier of new south wales while he was addressing that said no woman should have to live in fear because there has been a lot of shock the fact a lot of the victims are female. absolutely, five out of the six people who died and the majority of those injured were female and the police have said several times it is a line of inquiry that the police commissioner said it is obvious from the footage was targeting women and it is one line of inquiry. the investigation is still in its very early stages but certainly the news and the fact the police are investigating this line has shocked many people here, many of those leaving flowers part of a group of young women unable to understand what happened and why and i spoke to one woman in tears saying he attacked those most vulnerable,

women and babies and that is something most people here of come to find difficult to come to terms with and echoing the fact there is a big line of inquiry that the man who went on this stabbing spree was perhaps targeting women. i have friends who live in australia and said there is absolute shock there because these kind of incidents don't happen too often in australia. no, it is something i heard the day after the stabbing and this sort of thing doesn't happen in australia and people trying to get a head to run something like this. two days after the attack there was another stabbing in a church on the other side of sydney and people were incredulous and couldn't understand this could and it's happened twice in less than a week. i think it is something people are trying to get their heads around, exactly what happened and why, and to try to get a sense of australia. i spoke to a

lot of people who said what happened then bondi was an attacker with mental health issues and they felt the community had come together and come out of this perhaps in a much stronger position but of course going through all of this has been really soul searching thing for a lot of people here. a record number of 50,000 runners are set to take on today's london marathon. its organisers hope to see a record—breaking time set in the women's race as well as the most money ever raised for charity at the event. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher is at the starting line. the men's elite race got off to a flying start. they make running a marathon look very easy and straight

down the course. now we have some of the other runners that will take part. this is the start line, the beginning of the 26.2 miles challenge on these people will still run at an incredible time. this group is underfour hours. imagine running that distance in under four hours. you can see the atmosphere is amazing with so many people coming out to cheer them on and lots of people with their names on the vests are the charity they are running for and today is about achieving something incredible and so many people will raise money for charities close to their hearts. we have seen cancer charities and alzheimer's and mental health and children's charities and guide dogs, people want to raise as much money as they can for causes. and a wide range of ages. the oldest is 91 and the youngest 18 and 270 people are

celebrating their birthday by running the marathon. there is a huge range of people running the marathon today. people that have run ten or 20 marathons, people that have never run a marathon before. this is something that has been on the bucket list and they wanted to do for years and today is the big moment because of course you don't automatically get into the london marathon, it is a pallet so people applied for years and do not get an and finally they get a chance to run the marathon so when people cross that starting line there is music and sharing and they are really savouring the moment and waving to the crowds and taking photos and videos as they run, lots of people in costume as well. we have a big group coming behind us fairly soon. we met someone earlier running is a full—size rhinoceros and a woman dressed as a games console and a the ambulance paramedic running in her

white uniform including the helmet that might work uniform. and somebody dressed as a helicopter. lots of people lots of eye—catching outfits and this period of getting everyone off takes time because it is such a huge group of people. we have a group coming down that will still be doing it and underfour hours. how incredible, and lots and lots of people taking on this challenge, and some people are sprinting it, running as fast as they can while others are taking a steady, it is their first marathon in the just want to get to the finish. and we could have a record broken the women's elite race. the field is very small this year but organisers say it is one of the best they have ever had. there was a really poignant moment when the men's elite race set off because last years winner died earlier this

year. it was thought he would be back here to defend his title but he died tragically and car crash so there was a minutes silence and applause for him and everything he achieved. why might you can follow the race on the bbc sport website or app. stay with us and bbc news. hello. as many of you have discovered this week, in the sunshine feeling quite pleasant, but out of it and in the breeze a rather cold feel. and it's the chillier side of things which will dominate through this coming week. high pressure that's with us will push its way out westwards, opening the door to more northerly winds, which will keep that colder air in place. and with low pressure dominant later in the week, rainfall also becomes a bit more of an issue. now, it's not going to be as wet as it has been through recent weeks, most areas will see

some showers or rain at times, driest in the west, although later in the week we'll see more prolonged rain arrive from the south west as temperatures eventually rise a touch for next weekend. today's rain comes courtesy of this weather front which has been developed with developing within the high pressure system. further rain at times across central and eastern scotland through the rest of this afternoon. there'll be some splashes of rain in north west england, isle of man and very close to the east of northern ireland. but away from that, more cloudy than yesterday through wales and the south west. reasonably sunny towards the south and east, isolated shower, a cool breeze, but with lighter winds in the west and the best of the sunshine in northern ireland, maybe up to around 18 degrees here. tonight, that rain that's first of all in southern eastern scotland will push its way into northern england and north wales more widely. a cold night towards the south and east of that with clear skies to begin with, clouding over touch later, but not enough before we see a touch of frost for some, temperatures not as low. the further north and west you are. and that's because you're sandwiched

between this warm front and cold front. slightly less chilly air tonight pushing in from the north, but either side of it, we've got some rain across northern england, north wales to start tomorrow. damp start here, spreading into the midlands. a cold and wet day across parts of the midlands and north—east england through tomorrow. brightening up in scotland, northern ireland after one or two morning showers, a bit of sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant, 16 degrees possible in the glasgow area, but with cloud dominant, further rain at times across england and wales, a chilly day, although some in the far west of wales and south west england, east anglia, south east may stay dry. not as much though, as we go through monday night and into tuesday. these weather fronts continue to push south as the high pressure creeps further and further away. the clouds in the south bring in some initial showers on tuesday. northerly wind then develops, making it feel cold in the cloudier moments, but we should all see some dry and sunnier weather develop through the day, especially in the north and the west. but even with that sunshine, it will feel a bit chillier than this weekend, given more in the way of that northerly breeze. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines: on this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. the bill is passed. us lawmakers have finally — after months of delays — approved billions of dollars in new us military aid for ukraine to help combat russia's invasion. the house of representatives approved a measure that will deliver a $61 billion package which includes ammunition and air defences for kyiv. at the same time as the ukraine vote, the us house of representatives

overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. it comes as there have been more israeli airstrikes in rafah in the south of the territory overnight. a candlight vigil has taken place in australia in memory of those who were stabbed to death at a shopping centre in sydney just over a week ago. the victims — most of them women — were killed after the attack at the shopping centre in bondi junction. a short time ago a moment's silence was observed at bondi beach. the policing minister has said he is "deeply concerned" after a met police officer described an anti—semitism campaigner as "openlyjewish" and suggested his presence at a pro—palestinian demonstration last week might antagonise protesters. the incident has prompted campaigners to call for the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley to step down. the force has apologised twice for the remarks. let's see a video clip of the exchange posted on social media.