In the day's other news Russian rocket attack in central Ukraine
claimed scores of victims as Ukraine marked its Independence Day
and six months since the war began, President Zielinski said the
attack killed 22 people and wounded dozens at a train station. Meanwhile,
the US announced another $3 billion in military aid for Ukraine.
The Pentagon said it sends a strong message to Russian President
Putin.
His theory of victories that he cannot outlast everybody.
Packages like this that signal we're not just providing assistance
to Ukraine right now. But it's going to be a steady stream of assistance
they will stretch out over many months and years is precisely challenging
Putin's miscalculation. We believe that he can just grind it out
and wait it out. The US has now supplied Ukraine with nearly $14
billion in military assistance since the war began.
The U. S. Military says it traded fire today with Iranian backed
militia fighters in eastern Syria that followed US airstrikes and
areas or an oil rich province bordering Iraq. Local reports say At
least six militia fighters were killed. US Central Command says the
militias had attacked American troops in the region last week.
In Ethiopia. New fighting has erupted in the Tigre region after a
months long ceasefire. Brian officials accused Ethiopia of launching
a quote large scale offensive today. Ethiopia Claims T Gris forces
attacked first in New York, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
insisted that the fighting stopped
I am.
Deeply shocked and seventh by the news of the resumption of hostilities
in Ethiopia.
My strong appeal is for an immediate secession of austerity is
And for the resumption of peace talks.
The fighting in Tigre has claimed thousands of lives since 2020 and
left millions of people starving mediation efforts have struggled
to make any progress in this country. Meanwhile, a congressional
report has new details on how the Trump White House interfered with
the FDA early in the pandemic, House Select subcommittee says then
President Trump and his aides pressured FDA officials to reauthorize
Hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid. By then studies have found that
the anti malaria drug
Did not work on the virus and could cause heart complications.
First lady Jill Biden has covid 19 again. The White House says she
tested positive today, apparently suffering a rebound case as the
president did earlier this month. Mrs. Biden tested negative on Sunday,
ending her initial bout with Covid officials say she has no new symptoms
but will re isolate and remain in Delaware. A federal judge in Texas
has temporarily blocked federal officials from enforcing new guidance
on emergency abortions.
The guidance requires hospitals to end pregnancies that endanger
the mother. Even if state law sharply limits abortions. The White
House today called the court ruling quote a blow to Texans. We've
been very clear as you look at what's what is what happened last
night in Texas, you know, Republicans, legislators are working to
roll back the freedoms of Americans that they relied on for half
a century, a half a century, and it's more and more clear that this
is against the will of majority.
Of Americans.
Federal judge's ruling applies only to Texas, but a similar case
is playing out in Idaho.
Students in Ohio's largest school district started the year remotely
and with substitute teachers today, the regular teachers and other
staffers in Columbus went on strike on Monday. They are demanding
smaller class sizes and better conditions, including guaranteed air
conditioning. Twitter's chief executive has rejected claims that
the company lied about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts.
Reuters reports. The CEO held an employee meeting today and said
the allegations are foundational E technically and historically inaccurate.
The company's former security chief had accused Twitter of misleading
federal regulators on Wall Street stocks inched higher today. The
Dow Jones industrial average gained 59 points to close at
9 32,069.
The NASDAQ Rose 50 points, the S and P. 500 added 12 and a passing
to note Football Hall of Famer Lend. Dawson has died in 1970 as quarterback.
He led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl championship
over the Minnesota Vikings, and he set numerous records that stood
for half a century.
Later, he worked for years as a broadcast analyst for NFL games.
Dawson was 87 years old Still to come on the news hour. Ukrainians
mark their independence from the Soviet Union, even as they fight
Russia's invasion.
Afghans who fled their homes during the chaotic US withdrawal reflect
on the last year.
The late actor Michael K. Williams is posthumous memoir, details
how his life informed his career plus much more.
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