McConnell Leads Push for Ukraine Aid Amid GOP Resistance

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Nov. 17. Hunger warnings in Gaza, as the World Food Programme warns that nearly half the enclave’s population is in desperate need of food assistance. This as Israel faces mounting pressure to substantiate claims about Hamas and Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital. Plus, WSJ reporter Siobhan Hughes explores Mitch McConnell’s push for a comprehensive foreign-aid package for Ukraine, amidst roadblocks from Republican colleagues. And, voters in Argentina head to the polls this weekend in a closely-watched presidential runoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.8	Hunger Warning Hunger Warnings in Gaza, plus U.S. export controls sink Alibaba's cloud spin-off plans,
0:41.8	and as Winter blankets Ukraine, Mitch McConnell leads a charge to unstick a new U.S.
0:47.3	military aid package.
0:49.0	What he sees is a set of interrelated threats that everything's related.
0:54.4	This is the time for the US to step up
0:56.3	in a comprehensive way and hold back these forces
1:00.0	that are threatening Western democracies.
1:02.3	It's Friday, November 17th.
1:04.0	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,
1:06.2	and here is the AM edition of What's News?
1:09.5	The top headlines and business stories
1:11.6	moving your world today.
1:19.2	The UN's World Food Program has warned that Gaza is facing widespread hunger with nearly its entire
1:26.0	population in desperate need of food assistance.
1:29.3	The agency said that only 10 percent of necessary food supplies had entered Gaza since the start of the conflict.
1:36.1	That comes as Israel continues to face diplomatic pressure to provide evidence justifying
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