Biden urges House to back Ukraine aid package
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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The $95 billion bill has been approved by the Senate and includes aid to Taiwan, Israel and humanitarian relief for Palestinians. Also: scientists say polar bears in the Arctic face an increasing risk of starvation as melting ice affects their ability to hunt seals, and the oldest intact egg in the world is discovered in England.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.4 | I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 14th of February, |
| 0:08.5 | these are our main stories. |
| 0:10.2 | The US Senate passes a 95 billion dollar aid package. |
| 0:14.0 | Most of it will go to Ukraine. |
| 0:15.8 | President Biden has this message for House Republicans. |
| 0:19.2 | History is watching. |
| 0:20.8 | Failure to support Ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten. |
| 0:25.6 | We hear from the Democratic Republic of Congo where a rebel group is closing in on the city of |
| 0:31.0 | Goma and... |
| 0:32.0 | Hunger bears seem to be at most risks they're not as |
| 0:35.2 | skilled as hunters and they also are smaller they're not able to accumulate as much |
| 0:39.2 | body fat worrying new evidence of how global warming is threatening polar bears. |
| 0:45.0 | Also in this podcast, could an Israeli ground offensive in Raffer be avoided following more ceasefire talks in Egypt and... |
| 0:55.0 | Previously we just said Pakistani audience. |
| 0:59.0 | Previously we just said Pakistani audience. |
| 1:01.0 | Now we have people from the UK, Brazil, China, so it feels very good. |
| 1:05.4 | The Pakistani pop group making global waves, thanks to some help from the British star |
| 1:10.7 | Zane Malik. After months of political wrangling, the US Senate has approved a 95 billion dollar aid package, |
| 1:21.0 | predominantly for Ukraine but also for Israel, Palestinian civilians, and Taiwan. |
| 1:26.7 | The Senate had previously been divided, but this time some Republicans joined forces with Democrats |
| 1:32.1 | to pass it easily. |
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