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 one step closer to sending long—awaited aid to ukraine along with israel and the indo—pacific region after this vote from us house of representatives. it now heads to the senate. president biden has called to advance it swiftly so it can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it.

the pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre—position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. potentially within days as opposed to weeks. that doesn't rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congresswoman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has signalled her intention

to potentially oust the republican house speaker mikejohnson over this filing a motion to vacate. she said she will not pull the trigger on it. that's not to say it couldn't come in 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 zelenskyy 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. —— dwindling. 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 swathes of territory as it did in 2022, what 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. i spoke earlier to brad bowman, senior director at the foundation for defense of democracies for more on that ukraine aid bill. for a bit more on that ukraine aid bill, six months of

waiting, what does the passage of this bill at least in the house mean for ukraine? i of this bill at least in the house mean for ukraine? i think this is a big _ house mean for ukraine? i think this is a big deal. _ house mean for ukraine? i think this is a big deal. i— house mean for ukraine? i think this is a big deal. i think - this is a big deal. i think this is a big deal. i think this is a big deal. i think this is six months later, several months later than it should have been but as they say, better late than never and this really is i would say the united states stepping up to its responsibilities to secure its responsibilities to secure its interest and begin serving once again as the arsenal of democracy. we have seen ukrainians willing to fight and defend their homes, they asked for the means to do it and the delay has been costly, the ukrainians have had to ration some of that munitions, we have seen the russians making gains as a result but once the senate passes this and the president signed into law without delay, some of the vital weapons and munitions can begin to arrive as your correspondent said, within days. some of it is already in europe and waiting for this ending to arrive it would start to help the ukrainians. it is not a silver

bullet, you can view it as a catastrophe avoidance strategy for now to staunch the bleeding if you will in terms of forcing retreats but this is unambiguously good news i would say who want ukrainians to defend their homes against a large invasion, the larger since world war ii. hat large invasion, the larger since world war ii.- since world war ii. not a silver bullet, _ since world war ii. not a silver bullet, where - since world war ii. not a silver bullet, where does ukraine on the battlefield go from here? is this a matter of making sure it doesn't lose any more territory to the russians, or can it have more ambition for more of a counter offensive and trying to advance forward? it's a great question, you see people losing their lives because they don't have the support they need, ukrainians have been rationing shells and so that would begin to help with some of this, it would help provide some more air defence capacity, russia has been pulverising ukraine's electricity generation infrastructure, so it will give them many of the things it

needs. america has a unique role to play, europeans are increasingly stepping up but it will take time for them as they start to spend more on defence and investing in the defence industrial base to help ukraine industrial base to help ukraine in many of the ways they want to and they should. in this interim two—year period, the united states can use its existing defence industrial base prowess to help get kyiv this particular month and years of danger until allies can fully step into the fray and carry more of the burden. looking at this politically in the us, it's clear the house speaker mikejohnson had speaker mike johnson had something of speaker mikejohnson had something of a change of heart and he became a supporter of the bill. what do we make of the bill. what do we make of the fact that a majority of republicans in the house of representatives voted today against aid for ukraine? it is significant. _ against aid for ukraine? it is significant, more _ against aid for ukraine? it 3 significant, more republicans opposed the bill then supported it. i'd say this is not your father's party of ronald reagan, and i would be the shorthand. as a couple of

amendments offered, one was offered by marjorie taylor greene who had been a thorn in the side if i'm being polite in speakers of the house, she offered an amended that would zero out the funding for ukraine, that failed on a vote of 71 to 351 but the republican from florida introduced another one that stripped out some of the non—military assistance, that got more support among republicans filling on a vote of 154- 272, republicans filling on a vote of 15a— 272, so you have a majority of representatives for ukraine but only at minority of the republican majority supported and there is less supported and there is less support among republicans for non—military assistance. european allies will continue to step up and help ukraine and the non—military depend for the is to come to build more in their defence is a sure bet is not only debate on themselves but to help ukrainian allies as

they confront this aggression from vladimir putin. we they confront this aggression from vladimir putin.- from vladimir putin. we are about avenue _ from vladimir putin. we are about avenue time - from vladimir putin. we are about avenue time i - from vladimir putin. we are about avenue time i wanted from vladimir putin. we are i about avenue time i wanted to ask because of the parts or bills in this package, one of them would also provide assistance and funding to taiwan and us allies in the indo—pacific. what impact would that have? i indo-pacific. what impact would that have? ~ indo-pacific. what impact would that have?— that have? i think this is landmark _ that have? i think this is landmark legislation, i landmark legislation, individual and collectively. deterrence failed in ukraine, it is failing in the middle east arguably, if it fells in taiwan in the coming years and the cost for americans in the nosed has more broadly will be more catastrophic. these bills will help our ukrainian allies, help in the middle east and they will hopefully help in the indo—pacific as we know deterrence is cheaper than dealing with a war we could have prevented. $515 dealing with a war we could have prevented.— dealing with a war we could have prevented. $95 billion of american foreign _ have prevented. $95 billion of american foreign aid - have prevented. $95 billion of american foreign aid in - have prevented. $95 billion of american foreign aid in that l american foreign aid in that bill likely to pass in the senate in the coming days, brad bowman, senior director of the foundation for defence of democracy is, thank you very much. well, the ukraine aid deal

is not the only bill that cleared the us house of representatives on saturday. as part of a wider foreign aid package, lawmakers passed a measure targeting tiktok. it would force the video app's chinese owners to sell the app — or risk being shut out of the american market. that means the app would no longer be available on us app stores. tiktok has condemned the bill, the app has come under increasing scrutiny from us politicians — who allege that bytedance, which owns tiktok — allows the chinese government to spy on american users. that's a claim that both china and the company deny. the house of representatives last month approved a similar bill cracking down on tiktok, but the measure got held up in the senate.

alongside money for ukraine and taiwan, the us aid package would also send $26 billion to the middle east, billion dollars of which would go —— 17 billion dollars of which would go to israel — to buy things like air defence missiles and advanced weapons. $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 effect of war has graded a desperate crisis in gaza. amid the ruins of conflict in some

areas and is now getting through. and can make the difference between surviving or dying of hunger. a flower delivery organised by the world food programme allowed this bakery to reopen for the first time since the war began. translation:— time since the war began. translation: finally there is something _ translation: finally there is something to _ translation: finally there is something to eat, _ translation: finally there is something to eat, you - translation: finally there is something to eat, you can - translation: finally there is something to eat, you can go| translation: finally there is | something to eat, you can go to the bakery and buy bread. a few days ago it was hard, we were looking for wood, flour and you could not find anything to feed the children. for could not find anything to feed the children.— could not find anything to feed the children. for most people, the children. for most people, the brutal _ the children. for most people, the brutal reality _ the children. for most people, the brutal reality of _ the children. for most people, the brutal reality of war - the children. for most people, the brutal reality of war is - the children. for most people, the brutal reality of war is a i the brutal reality of war is a constant companion. at this hospital in rafah parents and siblings consult each other up to several civilians including children were reported killed in overnight as trucks. israel said fighterjets and other aircraft struck dozens of terra sites, among the targets it said was military infrastructure a compounds and armed terrorists. the us has repeatedly urged israel not to

launch what is expected to be a major offensive in rafah. we cannot major offensive in rafah. - cannot support a major operation in rafah. we believe that a major operation with a large presence of civilian population would have terrible consequences for that population.— consequences for that population. consequences for that --oulation. ~ ., , ., , ., population. words that seem to have little impact _ population. words that seem to have little impact on _ population. words that seem to have little impact on benjamin l have little impact on benjamin netanyahu, who repeatedly said the effects in rafah must happen if hamas is to be defeated at israeli hostages released. for most gazan, survival is a daily struggle, receiving possible missy after an hour drop shows how chaotic the delivery of aid is. agencies born of a worsening mandatory in crisis. —— worn. more from wyrie, now, on the latest developments in the region. the very real threat seems to diminish after both sides played down or completely ignored the events of recent days.

events and tensions in the region remain very high. in less than 2a hours an iranian military base in iraq appears to be attacked. nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack in which one person is said to have been killed. images seem to show the aftermath of a big explosion on israel's northern border there's been exchanges of fire across the frontier with iranian allied militants engaging with israeli troops and the palestinian occupied west bank israeli troops have been involved in a two day operation which is left apparently ten people dead, including a senior commander from palestinian islamichhad. meanwhile, thousands of israelis took the streets saturday to demand benjamin netanyahu resign as prime minister and call new elections. mr netanyahu has been subject to intense critcism for failing to prevent hamas's deadly attack, and for failing to secure the return of israelis still held hostage in gaza.

before october 7, there were frequent large mass opposing mr netanyahu's proposed judicial reforms. now, saturday marks 25 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 severe both 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 president joe biden issued a statement to mark the anniversary of columbine and condemn gun violence. in it, he said: 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. to take stock on gun violence prevention efforts in the us, i spoke to david hogg. he's a survivor of the parkland school shooting, and a co—founder of march for our lives — an organisation advocating for gun control legislation. great to have you here on bbc news. you say that you and people of your age are part

of what you call the school shooting generation. curious if you could describe what that means. i think what that means is a generation that is live through the aftermath of columbine. our generation has gone through school shooter drills in our classrooms, we lived in constant fear whether it's in a movie theatre, our classroom or on the street in front of our homes. kids are dying not only in school shootings but daily gun violence as well that rarely makes it on the news. you were born one year after the columbine high school shooting. i'm curious, do you ever think back and think the us might�*ve missed an opportunity 25 years ago to take stronger action to prevent similar school shootings like the one that ended up affecting you and your classmates at parkland? yes, yes. the bottom line is if the federal government acted and passed comprehensive gun laws following columbine that

raised the standard of ownership for all people to own a gun in the united states i probably would not be talking with you right now. the shooter in my high school was a 19—year—old with a long history of mental illness and also anti—semitism and hatred towards people of other races. he was able, despite being a known threat, able to go out and legally obtain in ar 15 as a 19—year—old. what do you make of some of the ways that this country is dealing with and trying to prevent gun violence in school? they're talking about things like metal detectors, active shooter drills, even some states, some republican states mostly deciding or trying to arm teachers, do you think those are effective methods of protecting students? no, they are not. i can tell you because in my school they had a police officer. and uvalde had hundreds

of police officers. unfortunately, too often is there patrolling good guys with gun turn out to be cowards with good guns when it counts. if we're only able to stop shooter by the time to get into a high school parking lot we're failing. countries whether it's the uk, countries across europe or australia they don't have these type of shootings on what seems like a weekly basis in terms of school shootings. it's not because there are cops in every school, not because they have metal detectors, it's because they actually passed comprehensive gun laws that raise the standard of ownership. even in countries that do have guns pretty widely accessible like switzerland. they have stronger gun laws that help prevent things like what happened in parkland from happening again. effectively what these "solutions" which are propose are really band—aid solutions to much bigger problems that is caused by the easy accessibility of firearms that we have here in the united states. it's not to say

we should not be able to access them is just to say there's no reason why our country has to be any different from other high income countries with the level of gun violence that we have here in the united states we need to simply act and realise that simply adding more guns to the situation likely done for the past two decades is not going to be good for our safety, it can be good for profits for the gun industry. in the 25 years since columbine so many students have since been affected by gun violence in their schools you are the co—founder of march for our lives, student led organisation supporting gun control legislation, i'm curious, what role do you think young people like yourself have played in that movement to fight for tougher restrictions on firearms? i think young people like in the movement to prevent gun violence like many movements throughout american history a bit on the vanguard of creating this change of challenging the status quo at parkland so many people told us it's great that

you kids care, you want to create change but you really don't understand that this is florida. things don't change here. the laws get weaker here. we said, ok, watch us and we did change gun laws raised the age to buy guns at 21 and were able to pass a red flag law that's been able to be used 12,000 times in florida alone since parkland. guess who uses it the most? is republican sharers these are bipartisan solutions being passed to do work, we pass across party lines was up there a reason why largely in my opinion a lot of that is happened is because of the courage of young people to stand up and not accept a country where we're told the only solution that we had to keep it safe in their schools is to teach them how to potentially survive a school shooter instead of addressing how that shooter gets the gun of the first place. the shooter and parkland was a criminal but not a mastermind. he was a deranged 19 year old that was able to legally access in ar 15. how hopeful are you that the us can take action to prevent

another columbine or another parkland ? i think sometimes it can feel like there's a fine line between hope and delusion. with this issue, ultimately it's not hope that drives me it's righteous indignation in the understanding that there is no other high income countries in the world that deals with this level of gun violence for that there's no reason why we should accept this as being a daily reality in our country. whether that's a school shooting or an individual act of gun violence or even a gun suicide that represent two thirds of gun deaths in this country that i know are also preventable. we need to keep working until no person lives in fear of gun violence in their communities no matter that's in a school or their own neighbourhood. we have to keep working until nobody has a fear. david hogg, survivor of the parkland high school shooting and co—founder of march for our lives and president of leaders we deserve. looking to elect gun control

advocates across the country. thank you very much. 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. here's simonjones. 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 translation: the canary islands say enough is enough, _ they have a limit. our resources and population cannot take anymore. the environment is continuing 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, with particular concern about the supply of water in such a dry climate and they claim there is 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 finding the right balance to holidays can continue harmoniously. simon jones, bbc news. and finally, the world's largest digital astronomy camera has finally been built right here in the us. with a whopping 3,200 megapixels, the camera can produce 1,000 images per night. scientists from the san francisco bay area have spent two decades developing the camera. it'll allow researchers to study dark energy, dark matter and the distribution of galaxies. it'll now be sent from the united states to chile where it'll arrive in a month.

the public will see its first images in 2025. we have plenty more coming up at the top of the hour, stay with us 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 weather fronts, 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

of 11 or 12 degrees. we will see some cloud developing in east anglia and the southeast 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 centre 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 southeast 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 1a degrees but particularly cold across the eastern side of the uk — 8—10 celsius here. now, when's 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 will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello and welcome. this week, we're finding out why a taylor swift correspondent is actually a thing for some in the media, how swiftonomics is now a real phenomenon. and the actor hugh grant says he's settled his legal case with one of rupert murdoch's newspaper groups for an enormous sum. but we'll start with an important story from the uk

that raises big questions for howjournalism works. back in 2020, the health authorities commissioned a report into the care that children and young people who were questioning their gender were getting. the cass review, as it's called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. this is a polarising subject for some people. so, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk's gender identity services for the corporation's newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner

which was talking about this really rapid increase