hello. i'm carl nasman. the us house of representatives has passed a crucial aid bill for ukraine totalling nearly $61 billion. if passed by the senate, the long—awaited funds will provide roughly $23 billion to replenish us weapons, stockpiles and facilities, more than $11 billion to fund current us military operations in the region. and another $14 billion to help ukraine buy advanced weapons systems and other defence equipment. republican house speaker mike johnson — who brought the bill to a vote — said it was the right thing to do. from the capitol, our news correspondent helena humphrey told us more about today's vote. after a rare show of bipartisanship, the us is now one step closer to sending long—awaited aid to the ukraine along with israel and the indo—pacific region after this vote from the us house of representatives. it now heads to the senate. president biden

has called on senators to advanceit has called on senators to advance it swiftly on tuesday so that it can head to his desk at the oval office and he can sign off on it. and the pentagon for its part watching political chaos, political infighting, go on has been trying to preposition weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, can head to troops on the ground, sooner rather than later, potentially within days as opposed to weeks, but that doesn't rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congress woman nancy pelosi has called on law—makers to sign off on this bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted it tied to stricter immigration laws, a stricter border security with the us—mexico border and that's particular vote failed. it needed a two—thirds majority. when you saw with the ukraine bill is more republicans voted

against it than actually voted in favour of it. and we know that republican congress woman majorie taylor greene has signalled her intention to potentially oust the republican house speaker, mikejohnson, house speaker, mike johnson, over this house speaker, mikejohnson, over this filing a motion to vacate. she said that she will not be pulling the trigger on that and forcing a vote on it today, but that's not to say that it couldn't come in the days or weeks ahead. well, the vote had been delayed for more than six months, causing ukraine to run low on ammunition and lose more territory to invading russian forces. ukrainian president volodymr zelensky expressed gratitude on x, formerly known as twitter, for the passage of the bill — saying this decision will keep history on the right track. he said... our correspondent

james waterhouse has more from ukraine. the bill's passing has been met with relief in ukraine, it's been a costly six—month sport ukraine. this sizeable offering from the us has gotten bogged down in washington, ukraine has lost men and it has lost territory with soldiers finding themselves with doodling ammunition in the face of their greater russian invaders. this is a big boost for ukraine. it is a war when good news has been rare for kyiv of late. this package will provide much—needed ammunition, air defences and reports suggest it could be arriving within days. that will certainly be the hope, it is by no means a silver bullet. this does not mean ukraine is suddenly going to be liberating sways of territory

as it did in 2022, bought it crucially does for kyiv is it keeps it in the fight. the near term objective will simply be to try and stem the tide of russian occupation as it continues to seize hundreds of square kilometres of territory in the east and where we see ukrainian cities in an incredibly perilous situation. it keeps ukraine in the fight and it keeps negotiating table at bay. this is a huge moment for ukraine to feel the weight of america's support behind it. the foreign secretary had described as a bad deal for vladimir putin but his invasion has many more days left in it. now it is a private moment of celebration for kyiv in these times of war. earlier i spoke to the director of the asia programme at the quincy institute for responsible state craft. it's great to have you here, what's your reaction to what we saw in

the house today — this passage of very large aid bill for ukraine?— of very large aid bill for ukraine? ~ , , ., ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed _ ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed absolutely - ukraine? well, this - this aid is indeed absolutely critical. l is indeed absolutely critical. and it will help ukraine to hold its existing positions through this year, i think. although, of course, it's — it will take time for a lot of this weaponry to be delivered and for the ukrainians, you know, to be trained to use it. so it's not given that this will prevent more russian victories this year. what i think we have to be much more sceptical about is whether it will help ukrainians to attack or counter—attack in their term because we have to remember that last year, massive amounts of us aid did not, in fact, help the ukrainians to breakthrough. so i think that

this aid will preserve a stalemate. it won't be a decisive game—changer. i stalemate. it won't be a decisive game-changer. i did want to ask _ decisive game-changer. i did want to ask you _ decisive game-changer. i did want to ask you actually - . decisive game—changer. i did want to ask you actually — what did you make of the state of the war right now? we have been hearing some fairly dire warnings from leaders in ukraine saying that they have had to retreat, that they're rationing weapons. is this right now the stalemate? do you see that continuing into the future? ~ ~ ., , future? well, i think that is very likely. _ future? well, i think that is very likely. yes. _ future? well, i think that is very likely, yes, because i future? well, i think that isj very likely, yes, because as future? well, i think that is - very likely, yes, because as we have seen and heard so often from experts, recent developments in military technology very much favour the defensive. so in the first year of the war, they favour the ukrainians, when the russians were attacking. but last year they very much favoured the russians. and these weapons will not fundamentally change that equation. so i think — but the other thing we have to keep in mind is that while the west can give weapons to the

ukrainians, russia is greatly outproducing the west in terms of artillery shells and even more importantly, russia now has almost five times ukraine's population. we can't give — we can't create men for the ukrainian army unless we send our own troops which the great majority of western leaders categorically ruled out. i guess the same time as many are questioning how much longer ukraine can hold out, that same question could be asked of russia. of course, they are on the warfront, they are producing more artillery shells but there was a bbc investigation that recently revealed 50,000 dead, at least, on the russian side. is there a political impact of that within russia? ~ ~ russia? well, i think there would be _ russia? well, i think there would be if _ russia? well, i think there would be if russians - russia? well, i think there would be if russians saw. russia? well, i think there i would be if russians saw the chance of a compromise peace, but at the moment, the peace terms being set out by the

ukrainians which they have said are basically non—negotiable, are basically non—negotiable, are not peace terms, they're terms for complete ukrainian victory — total russian withdraw from all the occupied territory, including crimea, war trial and reparations. there's very few russians and nobody within the russian establishment who would accept those terms and they would require complete ukrainian military victory which does not look at all likely.— look at all likely. you have written actually _ look at all likely. you have written actually that - look at all likely. you have written actually that you . written actually that you believe the united states should begin to seek negotiations to end the war diplomatically. why do you believe that?— diplomatically. why do you believe that? ,, _ , , believe that? simply because i think it should _ believe that? simply because i think it should be _ believe that? simply because i think it should be quite - think it should be quite obvious that time is not on ukraine's side. as you reported it has taken eight months to get this aid bill through the us congress.— get this aid bill through the us congress. get this aid bill through the us concress. , ., us congress. somebody may ask now that it _ us congress. somebody may ask now that it has _ us congress. somebody may ask now that it has been _ us congress. somebody may ask

now that it has been approved i now that it has been approved to some — someone may ask why begin to negotiate now? the aid is on its way potentially that is on its way potentially that is the time for ukraine to take that fight to the battlefield instead? ~ ., , that fight to the battlefield instead? ~ . , instead? well, as i said, mine, it will help _ instead? well, as i said, mine, it will help the _ instead? well, as i said, mine, it will help the ukrainians - instead? well, as i said, mine, it will help the ukrainians to i it will help the ukrainians to hold their existing positions, but given the odds against them, i do not think and give whan we saw during their offensive last year that it will help them actually to breakthrough the russian positions because remember that — you know, for every weapon or she“ — you know, for every weapon or shell we give the ukrainians, the russians lay another mine. there are multiple lines now of russian minefields and defences. very difficult to breakthrough. and the thing is that, you know, fit�*s taken this long and a majority of republicans still voted against this bill in the house, can anyone seriously guarantee that the aid at this level will continue next year especially, of course, if trump win it is

election? or the year after that? so as i say, this aid will undoubtedly help the ukrainians to hold out, but i cannot see it helping them to win on the terms that they have defined victory. now, of course, when the russians first invaded, we would have regarded a situation in which the ukrainians held kyiv, drove the russians back, held on to 80% of their territory, you know, ukrainians united in resistance, we would have regarded that as a tremendous victory, not a complete victory but as i say i do not think that serious military analysis would suggest that complete ukrainian victory is possible unless russia suffers internal revolution. unless russia suffers internal revolution-— unless russia suffers internal revolution.- that - unless russia suffers internal| revolution.- that always revolution. right. that always doesnt revolution. right. that always doesn't look _ revolution. right. that always doesn't look like _ revolution. right. that always doesn't look like it. _ revolution. right. that always doesn't look like it. we - revolution. right. that always doesn't look like it. we have i doesn't look like it. we have to leave it — doesn't look like it. we have to leave it there. _ doesn't look like it. we have to leave it there. both - doesn't look like it. we have to leave it there. both sides| to leave it there. both sides

say they do intend to fight on. thank you very much for your perspective. alongside money for ukraine, the aid package would also see the us send $26 billion to the middle east. $17 billion of which would go to israel — to buy things like air defence missiles and advanced weapons systems and $9 billion will go to humanitarian relief for gaza — something democrats insisted be included, over the objections of some conservative republicans. that boost in aid and in weapons comes as unrwa, the un agency responsible for getting aid to palestinians, says the risk of disease in gaza is rising. the un warns the situation could deteriorate if israel goes ahead with a planned ground offensive against hamas in the southern city of rafah — where an estimated 1.5 million palestinians are sheltering. wyre davies has the latest from jerusalem. the very real threat seems to diminish after both sides played down or completely ignored the events of recent days.

but events and tensions in the region remain very, very high. in the last 2a hours an iranian allied military base in iraq appears to have been attacked. nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack in which one person is said to have been killed, but images seem to show the aftermath of a big explosion. on israel's northern border there have been exchanges of fire across the frontier with iranian allied militants from hezbollah gaming with israeli troops and in the palestinian occupied west bank, israeli troops have been involved in a 2—day operation which has left apparently ten people dead including a senior commanderfrom palestinian commander from palestinian islamichhad. but commanderfrom palestinian islamichhad. but it's events in gaza after more than six months of war which again are coming to the fore overnight, there were israeli tanks and aeroplane attacks, military jets, bombing places in central gaza and in southern gaza in particular. the city of rafah.

apparently nine people were killed including several children. israel said it was targeting military infrastructure and armed terrorists. but there are of course concerns about the dire humanitarian situation in gaza where more than a million people are seeking refuge in and around the town of rafah. there is starvation, there's a lack of aid although more aid is now getting through. the international community including the american government has warned the israelis not to proceed with a planned full—scale military operation in rafah because israel says it has to tackle hamas completely, it has to defeat hamas completely if this war is to be won. binyamin netanyahu has pretty much ignored those warnings from the americans and british among others not to go in full on in rafah but mr netanyahu is adamant that he will proceed with a full—scale military operation because he cannot declare victory in gaza, the

israeli hostages won't be released until that operation is complete. saturday marks twenty—five years since the 1999 mass shooting at columbine high school that killed 12 students and one teacher — and wounded more than 20 others. the massacre is widely—regarded as the first major mass shooting at a us school in the modern era — marking a turning point for the country. on the eve of the anniversary, community members gathered in denver, colorado to remember the lives lost. candles flickered on 13 empty chairs — one for each of the victims — as short biographies were read out. after each, the crowd replied together �*never forgotten.�* since columbine, gun violence in the united states has become increasingly severeboth in schools and in wider communities. according to data collected by the washington post, there have been more than 400 school shootings since 1999 — exposing more than 370,000 students to gun violence. so far this year alone, there have been 120 reported mass shootings — that data

coming from the gun violence archive. on saturday, us presidentjoe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it he said quote... but gun control is a highly polarizing issue in the us.many democrats advocate for stricter gun laws, while republicans tend to view gun ownership as a fundamental right. krista hanley is a survivor of the columbine shooting and the cofounder of we are safer together a self—defence organisation. i spoke to her earlier about her experience that day and her personal journey since. thank you for being here with us today. what are your reflections as we mark 25 years now since the shooting that took place at your high school, at columbine high school? �* , ., school, at columbine high school? �*, ., ., , school? it's hard to believe it's 25 years _

school? it's hard to believe it's 25 years and _ school? it's hard to believe it's 25 years and it - school? it's hard to believe it's 25 years and it feels - it's 25 years and it feels like just the other day in some ways. this kind of trauma really stays with you, stays in your body, and every anniversary things come up although after 25 years, i have beenin although after 25 years, i have been in some sort of peace this year. i think thatjust really finding that this thing happened to me, it changed my life, and i am forever going to be affected by it.— be affected by it. how has it chanced be affected by it. how has it changed you? _ be affected by it. how has it changed you? how - be affected by it. how has it changed you? how has - be affected by it. how has it changed you? how has that| changed you? how has that affected you?— affected you? yes, so, it changed _ affected you? yes, so, it changed me _ affected you? yes, so, it changed me in _ affected you? yes, so, it changed me in a - affected you? yes, so, it changed me in a lot - affected you? yes, so, it changed me in a lot of. affected you? yes, so, it- changed me in a lot of ways. you know, to have an early experience where so much of your life is — isjust turned on its head, the way i felt like, i wasn't safe anymorement it really changed what i thought the world was like, frankly, and i didn't feel safe for a long time. ifocused on just everyday, like, just

getting through the day for so long because i had so much trauma. but since then, i have found my ways, i have found ways to really advocate for others and through my organisation and through my writing. i'm hoping to get out there that, you know, especially for other survivors that we can find some hope and we can find some healing in this. ., ., ., , this. you have written actually about the _ this. you have written actually about the emotional _ this. you have written actually about the emotional impact i this. you have written actually about the emotional impact of going through something like this, of witnessing something like this. you wrote, "i realised there is no getting over it and there's no going back to normal." how difficult is it to understand survivors of a school shooting, that really can last much longer thatjust a couple of really can last much longer that just a couple of years really can last much longer thatjust a couple of years or within school or high school, this lasts until adulthood? i think it will last our whole lives. i know ore sur viruseses that were at columbine with me and all of us are still highly affected by this everyday. i

know other survivors that were in shootings that took place before columbine. and they're still affected by it, even people who are 50 years after their shootings. this kind of trauma stays with you forever and i don't think that people realise it and i think it's important for everyone to know that. it's not easy or simple to get over trauma that affects you this deeply. and we really need to do whatever we can to help other children in the world have to go through. what noes world have to go through. what goes through — world have to go through. what goes through your _ world have to go through. what goes through your mind - world have to go through. what goes through your mind when you see television coverage of other school shootings, whether it might be uvalde or sandy hook, does that take you back to that place? what goes through your mind? those subsequent _ through your mind? those subsequent shootings - through your mind? those | subsequent shootings have through your mind? those - subsequent shootings have been devastating especially sandy hook and uvalde, but parkland, virginia tech, all of these big shootings and notjust schools,

but all of the mass shootings that we have in this country affect me hugely, affect other survivors. we can't help just be like viscerally dropped back into this trauma state that we were in on those — on that day and the following days from our shooting. and it'sjust shooting. and it's just heartbreaking shooting. and it'sjust heartbreaking to see another community again and again, these more communities having to go through the same kind of trauma that we went through. now h i understand that you actually knew the boys who committed the shooting at columbine high school. you have only recently decided to begin starting to talk about that. why is that?— starting to talk about that. why is that? yeah, it's been complicated _ why is that? yeah, it's been complicated to _ why is that? yeah, it's been complicated to decide - why is that? yeah, it's been complicated to decide that l why is that? yeah, it's been complicated to decide that i | complicated to decide that i wanted to share my relationship with them as friends. but i think it's important for us all to realise that these mass shooters are not strangers. these could be someone you

know, could be someone planning a serious event and the only way that we can stop these is if we recognise the warning signs and we do something about it and so i think we can't ignore the fact that these are our friends, ignore the fact that these are ourfriends, our neighbours, our friends, our neighbours, ourfriends, our neighbours, our partners, our children, that we have to recognise that. people who we know are capable of doing this and that is why i have decided i needed to share the fact that i knew them and i had no idea that they were planning this, but i think we all need to recognise that we have a part in creating a safer world. , ., ., , have a part in creating a safer world. , . ., , ., world. krista hanley, a survivor— world. krista hanley, a survivor of _ world. krista hanley, a survivor of that - world. krista hanley, a i survivor of that columbine shooting and cofounder of we are safer together, a personal safety organisation, thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us today thank you. thousands of people have

taken to the streets of the canary islands, to protest against the impact of mass tourism. the canary islands are a spanish archipelago located off the northern coast of africa, and a popular tourist destination. protestors on the islands say too many visitors are damaging the environment, and pricing locals out of the housing market. there are now calls for the spanish government to limit the number of visitors. in the baking spanish heat, that helped bring in 16 million visitors to the canaries last year, locals are hot under the collar, the message from the wreck, tourism has —— from teneriffe — tourism has gone too far. translation: the canary islands say enough is enough, _ they have a limit. resources and population cannot take anymore. the environment is continue to deteriorate and presidents are suffering as well. the demonstrators insist they are not against tourism itself, it is vital for the economies of the islands. they want controls, is particular concern about the supply of water in such a dry climate and they claim there's too much focus on building hotels rather

than local housing. making the area increasingly unaffordable for residents. the beaches are particularly popular with the brits, the authorities in the canaries stress they remain open for business, the spanish government admits it's about ending the right balance to holidays can continue harmoniously. simon jones, bbc news. in the uk, in the body advising the government on climate change policy has attacked prime minister rishi sunak�*s commitment to cutting carbon emissions. chris stark from the climate change committee told the bbc that the prime minister had sent back progress towards reaching net zero: the climate change committee's job is to mark the government's homework on climate, says chris stark and he is marking rishi sunak down in dramatic fashion. the reason — in the autumn the prime minister delayed a ban on petrol and diesel cars and watered down targets for phasing out gas boilers. we seem to have _ phasing out gas boilers. - seem to have defaulted to an

approach which will impose unacceptable costs on u na cce pta ble costs on ha rd—pressed unacceptable costs on hard—pressed british families, ha rd—pressed british families, costs hard—pressed british families, costs that no—one was ever really told about. costs that no-one was ever really told about.— costs that no-one was ever really told about. here is what mr stark had _ really told about. here is what mr stark had to _ really told about. here is what mr stark had to say _ really told about. here is what mr stark had to say about - really told about. here is what | mr stark had to say about that. i think it's set us back, so i think we have moved from a position where we were really at the forefront pushing ahead as quickly as we could on something which i believe is fundamental to the uk economy, fundamentally beneficial to the people living in this country whether you care about the climate or in the. o, whether you care about the climate or in the. a government spokesoerson — climate or in the. a government spokesperson said _ climate or in the. a government spokesperson said the - climate or in the. a government spokesperson said the uk - climate or in the. a government spokesperson said the uk was l spokesperson said the uk was the first major economy to halve greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 and said that record speaks for itself. and mr stark was critical of other parties too. he said politicians across the political spectrum had a collective fear of talking about climate and he said he was desperately disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon cutting target this week. the targets were

overambitious right from the start, said mr stark. the scottish _ start, said mr stark. the scottish government - start, said mr stark. iie: scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the we advised. that's fine i love ambition but only matters if you actually deliver against that. a, deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfest in its commitment to reach net zero by 2045. the interview with mr character comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. we leave you now with the story of a nigerian chess champion who has shattered a world record for the longest chess marathon after playing the game unbeaten for 58 hours straight to raise money for underprivileged children. tunda started his epic session on wednesday at a chess board in new york times square. he broke the record on saturday and then

continued to play for two hours beyond the previous record time. he set out to raise $1 million for children's education across africa. i'm carl nasman in washington. stay with us, we have lots more coming up at the top of the hour right here on bbc news. hello there. it's been a chilly start to the weekend. we've got some cold weather overnight where we have the clearer skies. temperatures may be a bit higher in scotland, mind you, because we've seen this cloud moving down from the north and we'll continue to see a bit of light rain or drizzle on that weak weather front there as it runs into our area of high pressure. now, in between those two weatherfronts, the potential for some slightly warmer air across scotland where we get some sunshine, and particularly northern ireland. but for england and wales, we're still in the cold air. so it's not going to be too hot for the runners in the london marathon. it should stay dry. there will be a cool

northeasterly breeze and a top temperature 11 or 12 degrees. we will see some cloud developing in east anglia in the south east that could bring the odd light shower here and there. otherwise, some sunny spells for other parts of england and wales, plenty of sunshine for northern ireland, much more cloud in scotland. we've got this rain and drizzle in the east pushing into the far north of england, pegging temperatures back here, a little bit warmer in western scotland where we've got some brighter skies, but the highest temperatures are going to be inland in northern ireland, a pleasant 17 or 18 degrees. the center of the high pressure is just getting pushed towards the west of the uk. it allows these weather fronts to take the cloud and rain southwards and this time we've got a cloudy picture. on monday we're going to find some rain and drizzle at times for england and wales. it should turn drier and brighter with some sunshine in northern scotland. it may stay dry in northern ireland, but we've got more cloud around on monday. there is still some semblance of some warmer air in western scotland and northern ireland, but it's pretty cold elsewhere, particularly so across the south east of england after a chilly night and that cloud then coming in over the top and that cloud

continues to push its way southwards together with those weather fronts and with the high out towards the west, we're left with a northerly breeze again on tuesday. still a bit of patchy light rain or drizzle to clear in the south. otherwise that northerly wind will bring a lot of cloud to eastern areas and maybe the odd shower near the coast. but out to the west, this is where we've got the best of the sunshine. and those temperatures getting up to 13, maybe 14 degrees, but particularly cold across the eastern side of the uk, 8 to ten celsius here. now, when is it going to warm up? well, no time soon. it looks like through the rest of the week we're still in this colder air. and if anything, with the pressure tending to fall, there's a risk of a bit more rain as well.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. ketamine, a horse tranquilliser and anaesthetic known for its dissociative effect, making it a popular party drug. when you've got that music and you're taking it and you're having that, like, dance, that stomp, feeling the vibes... but it's not always such a party when you take too much. it does destroy your body. it does destroy your organs. it does destroy your bladder. i wanted to die. i didn't want to be -

in the world, in that pain, completely reliant on ketamine. hospitals are now setting up ketamine clinics to support those getting addicted... we've seen so many patients, and it feels like we're getting more and more and more. ..but is it enough, and what more can be done to help those young and addicted to ket? ketamine is a very effective medical drug used as an anaesthetic since the 19705 and, more recently, to treat some mental health conditions. but its use as a recreational drug is on the rise, partly because it's cheap and because more of it is being made in parts of asia. hey, i got you a present! oh, my goodness! where did you hide it? in october 2023, 54—year—old actor matthew perry, best known for playing chandler in the us sitcom friends, was found dead at his home in la.

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