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America is proposing to sell arms to Israel worth $8 billion.

The State Department notified Congress on Friday of the planned consignment,

which requires approval by committees in both the House and the Senate.

It includes air-to-air missiles and artillery shells,

among other material. With President Joe Biden due to leave office before the end of the month,

the move constitutes something of a late show of support. Carl Neyhammer, Austria's chancellor,

resigned after talks to form a new government collapsed. Mr. Neyhammer had been tasked to put together a centrist coalition that excluded the hard-right Freedom Party,

which won parliamentary elections in September.

But Mr. Neyhammer admitted that negotiations have ended, and he would enable an orderly transition.

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