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The European Union is drawing up an emergency 1.2-billion-euro aid package for Ukraine, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says. SOUNDBITE
The US has announced a new €2.3 bn military aid package for Ukraine, bringing the total amount of its security assistance to more than €32 bn since February 2022.
The Pentagon announced this week it would provide Ukraine with the rounds as part of a $1 billion aid package that coincided with an unannounced visit to Kyiv by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. US plans to provide depleted uranium tank rounds to Kyiv. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting Kyiv. He announced 1 billion dollars of American aid to support the Ukrainian counteroffensive and progress has been relatively slow. With more details on how it is going, FRANCE 24's Ukraine correspondent Gulliver Cragg, reports from Kyiv.
Emilia Romagna is one of Italy’s richest regions and the impact of the floods has raised questions about why funding allocated to counter hydrological instability has not been used.
Thousands of traumatised Syrians leave the rebel enclave of Aleppo as the UN Security Council votes to deploy observers to the battered city to monitor the evacuations.