Relief and hope in Ukraine following U.S. aid vote
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🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: We hear from Ukrainians after a military aid package gets approval in the U.S. House of Representatives. Then, Ecuadorians vote to tighten security in its fight against gang violence, as the government fears that recent violence could damage the country’s tourism. Plus, the hit TV series “Game of Thrones” was filmed in Northern Ireland. We’ll explore the big bet on film, TV and gaming there.
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| 0:00.0 | Relief and hope in Ukraine as that latest package of US aid looks to be on the way. |
| 0:07.0 | That's where we're going to start the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | Will Bain in Folliana Byrne all this week great as always to have |
| 0:14.5 | your company. The House vote to progress with plans to help Ukraine to the tune of |
| 0:18.4 | $60 billion in military aid hasn't come a moment too soon for Kyiv. The aid bill might still |
| 0:24.8 | have to make its way through the Senate but it's already raising hopes as the |
| 0:28.4 | BBC's Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse reports from Kyiv. |
| 0:31.8 | For many, somebody means a certain James Waterhouse reports from Kyiv. |
| 0:37.0 | For many, Sunday means a service at St Michael's Cathedral. And under the Golden Domes, everyone seems to be aware of how significant this news is from Washington. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm very grateful to the Americans, says I'm even during this difficult time before the elections, |
| 0:51.0 | they were able to come to an agreement. |
| 0:54.0 | On a morning this miserable, the warmth of the underground metro will always trump the |
| 1:00.0 | wet streets above. |
| 1:01.0 | Actually it's quite late, but it's better late than never, and I hope it will kind of help |
| 1:10.9 | Ukraine withstand. |
| 1:13.0 | Of course I'm a bit disappointed that it took so long but anyways it's better late than never. |
| 1:20.0 | How else can Ukraine survive without this? It cannot. Only the aid from the US and European countries can save us. |
| 1:30.0 | It's been so many deaths. It's impossible. We really won't help for our children to survive. So we're waiting. |
| 1:39.3 | We're waiting. Mikkola Biosle is a military analyst. |
| 1:45.0 | We need to applaud current package, but we need to think about hypothetical eventualities |
| 1:51.3 | that the next package of aid in in US might not be able to pass through, |
| 1:55.9 | that's why it's up to European states for UK, for continental Europe to increase production |
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