stabbing last weekend. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. 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. expected to reach the battlefield and less than a week. our ukraine correspondent is james waterhouse. he told me about the reaction to the deal from president zelensky. he has described the decision as putting history. it is a much boost really against the backdrop of their not being many for ukraine of late. what does this aid package mean?

those long—range to mid—range here systems might allow them to hold the line and it may prevent more towns and cities from being occupied potentially. this isn't a silver bullet that led to low ukraine to repel russian forces completely but it went and sat window. but here in kyiv 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 relying on this level of western help to keep mounting the fight that it is. but people aren't sunlit optimistic, they do not suddenly believe they are going to win this war. i think thatis are going to win this war. i think that is a crucial difference then last year which did not go to plan, the counteroffensive. now the

goalposts have shifted. you hear about soldier simply holding on and pushing forward and i think for this year, i think ukraine are simply focusing on trying to replenish, hold on, in some faint hope of pushing forward perhaps next year. you can be sure russia will try to capitalise on this continued state of ukraine being outmuscled, if you like. and there are some generals here who are predicting a major russian advance in the coming weeks and months, so there are difficult challenges ahead for ukraine but the view from keep is that it has a fighting chance. let's speak to tatsiana kulakevich — associate professor at school of interdisciplinary global studies at the university of florida. thank you forjoining us. i wondered if you could give me your reaction of this deal going through? were you surprised of it going through? thank

ou for surprised of it going through? thank you for having _ surprised of it going through? thank you for having me. _ surprised of it going through? thank you for having me. i _ surprised of it going through? thank you for having me. i personally - you for having me. i personally analysed — you for having me. i personally analysed the situation from the political— analysed the situation from the political science process and i anticipated that this bill will go through, considering several reasons _ through, considering several reasons. the major one being that while _ reasons. the major one being that while the — reasons. the major one being that while the republicans and democrats of the _ while the republicans and democrats of the united states are divided on the domestic issues, they have the common_ the domestic issues, they have the common enemy of china if you restart talking _ common enemy of china if you restart talking about foreign policy. it doesn't — talking about foreign policy. it doesn't matter which party the president of the united states is associated with, it is still china. so associated with, it is still china. 50 we _ associated with, it is still china. 50 we have _ associated with, it is still china. so we have had obama, travel and biden, _ so we have had obama, travel and biden, it _ so we have had obama, travel and biden, it will be still china and it is in _ biden, it will be still china and it is in the — biden, it will be still china and it is in the strategic interest of the united _ is in the strategic interest of the united states to hold off russia and support _

united states to hold off russia and support ukraine. not to boost confidence of china and there is another— confidence of china and there is another reason is the current iran attacks— another reason is the current iran attacks on— another reason is the current iran attacks on israel and even more importantly, the most recent discussions and concerns of the united — discussions and concerns of the united states about the fact that russia _ united states about the fact that russia is— united states about the fact that russia is making a deal with iran and expecting iran to the flemish russia's_ and expecting iran to the flemish russia's stocks of ballistic missiles. —— to replenish. g7, the most _ missiles. —— to replenish. g7, the most recent. _ missiles. —— to replenish. g7, the most recent, criticised iran and threatened it with sanctions and the united _ threatened it with sanctions and the united states is talking about sanctions against iran just far, not for, sanctions against iran just far, not for. you _ sanctions against iran just far, not for, you know, it's recent attacks on israel— for, you know, it's recent attacks on israel necessarily only, but for that deal— on israel necessarily only, but for that deal with the missiles. yes, of course the — that deal with the missiles. yes, of course the bill _ that deal with the missiles. yes, of course the bill that _ that deal with the missiles. yes, of course the bill that passed - that deal with the missiles. yes, of course the bill that passed also -

that deal with the missiles. yes, of| course the bill that passed also had money for israel and allies for the es in the asia—pacific including taiwan. on the issue of ukraine, do you think because it has taken six months to get this through, that it will come too late as russia and its forces have been pushing into ukraine? i forces have been pushing into ukraine? ., ., , forces have been pushing into ukraine? ., ., ukraine? i would not say it is too late, ukrainians _ ukraine? i would not say it is too late, ukrainians are _ ukraine? i would not say it is too late, ukrainians are holding - ukraine? i would not say it is too late, ukrainians are holding the i late, ukrainians are holding the line and — late, ukrainians are holding the line and this aid will definitely boost — line and this aid will definitely boost confidence. i already here positive — boost confidence. i already here positive moods from my acquaintances and friends _ positive moods from my acquaintances and friends in ukraine. they were a little _ and friends in ukraine. they were a little bit _ and friends in ukraine. they were a little bit emotionally not giving up that upset about the delays. but i’i l ht that upset about the delays. but right now, they are more optimistic and believe — right now, they are more optimistic and believe that the western allies will keep— and believe that the western allies will keep supporting it and not abandoning ukraine and they will be fighting _ abandoning ukraine and they will be fighting against russia, holding the line and _

fighting against russia, holding the line and waiting for the organisation to take place. it is only— organisation to take place. it is only recently that the law was adopted — only recently that the law was adopted in ukraine that they need another— adopted in ukraine that they need another month at least to have the mobilisation started and soldiers to id mobilisation started and soldiers to go to— mobilisation started and soldiers to go to the _ mobilisation started and soldiers to go to the alliance. and that is going — go to the alliance. and that is going to — go to the alliance. and that is going to be a big, big boost that will give — going to be a big, big boost that will give ukrainians till the end of september which is the fiscal year of the _ september which is the fiscal year of the united states and then we will fail— of the united states and then we will fail -- — of the united states and then we will fail —— might face more debates as we _ will fail —— might face more debates as we go— will fail —— might face more debates as we go into october. will fail -- might face more debates as we go into october.— as we go into october. thank you very much _ as we go into october. thank you very much for— as we go into october. thank you very much forjoining _ as we go into october. thank you very much forjoining us - as we go into october. thank you very much forjoining us on - as we go into october. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc l as we go into october. thank you - very much forjoining us on bbc news full

stop the house of representatives also overwhelmingly approved a military assistance package for israel. there have been more israeli airstrikes in rafah in the south of the territory overnight, this is the aftermath. 18 palestinians have reportedly been killed — mostly children. gaza's health ministry says more than 3a,000 people have been killed in gaza since israel started its military offensive there in october — most of them women and children. 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 asked our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, injerusalem about the significance of the aid for israel. well, it isjust a reminder that at its core, the relationship between the united states and israel is a military one and it is one that does provide a huge amount of military support to israel. if you think about it, by law, by us law, $3 billion worth of military aid is given to israel every year, and so this new package

that has been announced and been agreed is additional to that. about $14 billion of it is for military aid, a large chunk of that will go on replenishing israel's iron dome missile defences. equally, a large chunk will also go on buying more arms and resupplying, and resupply things like that. the extra 9 billion or so, you know, is for humanitarian relief that one assumes will be spent on the israeli side of the relief effort, in and around gaza. but it is a substantial amount of money. yeah, the palestinian president spokesman calling it an act of aggression against palestinian people that would cause thousands more casualties in gaza. the attention is back on gaza, isn't it, after those tensions between iran and israel eased, and in particular, rafah? yeah. because the israeli government has made it very clear that they wish

to mount a military operation in the south, near rafah, where so many people are packed in. israel says that there are hamas fighters, brigades, that are still there and they need to go in and take the fight to hamas there. almost all of israel's allies are saying don't, particularly the united states, very, very explicitly saying, look, do not do this, because the risk to civilian life is so large. because so many people are packed into that piece of territory. so there is a huge amount of concern in diplomatic circles about how hard and when israel decides to operate in rafah. yes, because benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister also under pressure from people within his own war cabinet to take that action. yeah. look, he is under pressure, notjust from them from others. notjust from them but from others.

because there are many israelis who believe that this will only end when they have severely degraded hamas as a military force and at the moment that has not happened. and people argue that to complete that task, israeli forces have to go in and, you know, take the fight the fight to hamas in rafah. but as i said, then equally, i think what we have seen in recent days during the exchange of fire between israel and iran, is one signal we have got from that is the israeli government does value its international support. it is trying to leverage the international support it got as a result of the iranian attack a week ago. i think they will be quite loathe to lose that by launching an attack on rafa that is very bloody, very deadly and unsupported by its allies.

here, the policing minister has said he is "deeply concerned" after a met police officer described an antisemitism campaigner as "openlyjewish" and suggested his presence at a pro—palestinian demonstration in london 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 which has been posted on social media. if i could ask you to stand there, please. thank you very much. i know, i heard you. in that case, sir, when the crowd has gone, i'll happily escort you out. no, sir, i don't want anybody antagonising anybody. yeah, and at the moment, sir, you are quite openlyjewish, this is a pro—palestinian march. i'm not accusing you of anything but i'm worried about the reaction to your presence.

)our correspondent aruna iyengar has more on the calls for the met police chief to resign. the campaign for anti—semitism, of which the man who was being interviewed there is the chief executive have called for the metropolitan police commissioner sir mark rowley to resign, and those comments have been echoed by the former home secretary suella braverman who has been writing today in the sunday telegraph newspaper saying she also feels that the metropolitan police commissioner has not handled these pro—palestinian protests well over the last six months and that he should now resign. this is the latest complaint in a series of complaints over policing in the last six months. this comes after hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october last year. as a result, there has been pro—palestinian protests weekly in london and across cities in the uk, it is the policing of that that is the issue here. in that clip that we saw there, gideon falter was told by police to remove himself from that area

because it was felt that his presence there, and he was told that he was openly jewish, it was felt that his presence there could lead to a breach of the peace. the police have apologised twice for the handling of this event. the first time they apologised and said that in their defence they said that it was difficult to police in the circumstances and they'd had a new trend of people protesting alongside the pro—palestinian protests, trying to make their views heard, this was a provocation. they then retracted that saying that being jewish was not a provocation. so, sir mark rowley really is under pressure now. he is due to meet the policing minister chris philp later this week. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, has also been speaking out today and he said the handling by police of this incident had been insensitive. but he also acknowledged that the police have a very difficultjob to do.

x i expected him to be running the london marathon. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. max verstappen has chalked up yet another victory in what appears to be an unstoppable run to a fourth formula one world title. starting from pole position, the red bull driver won the chinese grand prix in shanghai ahead of mclaren's lando norris and verstappen's teammate sergio perez. he's already 25 points clear at the top of the drivers�* standings after four wins from the season's first five races. sunday's fa cup semifinal at wembley brings together manchester united and a man who's credited with playing a famous part in their success. mark robins is now the manager of championship team coventry but legend has it that

his goal for united, in the fa cup, when they were struggling in the early years of alex ferguson's reign helped save his boss' job. what followed at old trafford was two decades and more of historic achievement, ensuring that robins' link to his former club endures to this day. it puts into perspective. united have always been a top, top club and to be involved in that was a brilliant experience. when the competition, i hadjust brilliant experience. when the competition, i had just been brought into the team in the squad and played a part in the run—up to the finals. so it was a brilliant time. what can i say? it was part of my experience, part of my footballing experience, part of my footballing experience and history but it was a long time ago. lionel messi scored twice as inter miami came from a goal down to beat nashville 3—1 in florida. trailing to franco negri own goal inside two minutes, messi dragged his side level nine minutes later before team—mate sergio busequets scored his first goal since joining miami to make it 2—1. a messi penalty sealed the 3—1 win in the second half. inter miami sit top

of the eastern conference. mark selby has begun his campaign to win a fifth world snooker title and he's up against a player he knows very well. joe o'connor might have never competed at the crucible before but he's been to the venue before to support selby, as they're from the same english city. and it was the debutant who took the first frame. he has got another sense. selby and making it 2—2. this is the action in the crucible theatre. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. nikola jokic was once again the key as defending champions denver nuggets made a winning start to the nba playoffs with victory over the la la kers. lebronjames and anthony davis did what they could to keep the lakers in contention, scoring a combined 59 points. butjokic — the reigning finals mvp — was dominant at both ends of the court, finishing with 32 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists as the nuggets took the win 114 to 103 and a 1—0 series lead. elsewhere, there were opening wins

for the new york knicks over the philadelphia 76ers in their first playoff meeting since 1989. the minnesota timberwolves cruised past the phoenix sunns off the back of 33 points from anthony edwards, while donovan mitchell's 30—point game saw the cleveland cavaliers beat the orlando magic. storms forced the abandonment of the third round of the chevron championship — the first womne's major of the year — with thailand's atthaya thitikul out in front. hot on her heels is world number one nelly korda. the american is tied for second alongside canada's brooke henderson who made seven birdies and an eagle to charge up the leaderboard. however, they both trail world number 10 thitikun by a shot. this putt on the 11th one of three birdies for the thai player before the rain descended and play was halted for the day. meanwhile, scottie scheffler�*s dominance of the pga tour shows no signs of letting up. after winning the masters last weekend. he's heading into the final round of the rbc heritage in south carolina with a one—shot lead. the world number one's bogey free 63 on saturday included this long

birdie putt at the ninth and saw him surge to 16 under. scheffler�*s one shot ahead of austrian sepp straka as he attempts to win for the fourth time in the last five tournaments he's plyed. tournaments he's played. more on those stories and the elite runners pounding the streets of london. i have seen some of the non—elite ones on the website you are also running. to australia, where 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 twelve 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. our sydney correspondent katy watson was at the vigil who described the mood.

it hit very close to home and that is why people wanted to attend the vigil. a very moving ceremony and people, families notjust here from bondi and across sydney, came to pay their respects to those who died and those who remain injured. that good news on what has been a difficult week of the youngest victim, a nine—month—old baby whose mother died protecting her in the attack. she has been released from hospital and back with herfamily. i was and back with her family. i was interested _ and back with her family. i was interested that _ and back with her family. i was interested that no _ and back with her family. i was interested that no woman - and back with her family. i —" interested that no woman should be living in fear. there has been a lot of the shock of the fact that a lot of the shock of the fact that a lot of the shock of the fact that a lot of the women were female? absolutely. five of the six people who died in the majority of those injured were female and the police have said several times that it is a line of inquiry. in fact the police commissioner said it is obvious from

the footage that he was targeting women. it is one line of inquiry the investigation still in its early stages. certainly, the news on the fact that the police are investigating this line has shocked many people here. many of those who are leaving flowers as past week women unable to understand exactly what happened and why. i spoke to one woman just now was in tears who said that he attacked those who are most vulnerable, women and babies and that is something people here have found difficult to come to terms. we heard once again echoing the fact that there is a big line of inquiry, that perhaps the fact that there is a big line of inquiry, that perhaszoel kochi who went on the starving spray was in fact targeting women.

finally this half hour i wanted to show you some pictures of out france of something you don't see everyday. take a look. forget the champs elysees — this is the camel—ysees. yes, a camel parade has taken place on the edge of the capital, paris. and it wasn'tjust camel. amongst the 50 animals were alpacas and llamas. it's to mark the fact that the united nations has designated 2024 the international year of the camelids — covering a number of species. the parade is aimed at promoting their contribution to humanity. 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 of rain, at times driest in the west, although later in the week will 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 candlelight vigil has taken place in australia, in memory of those who were stabbed to death at a shopping centre in sydneyjust over a week ago. the victims — most of them, women — were killed after the attack at the shopping centre in bondi junction. addressing the vigil, the premier of new south wales said no woman should have to live in fear. i will have a full bulletin at midday. now on bbc news, young and addicted: generation ketamine. ketamine, a horse tranquillizer and anaesthetic known for its dissociative effect, making it a popular party drug. when you've got that music and you're taking it and you're having that, like, dance, that stomp, feeling the vibes. but it's not always such a party when you take too much. it does destroy your body. it does destroy your organs. it does destroy your bladder. i wanted to die. ididn't want to be in the world, in that pain, completely-

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