Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 23 2024 15:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ed Donahue, the Pentagon is ready to send aid to Ukraine. Once an aid bill passes in the Senate and is signed by President Biden, the AP's Sagar McGonney has the story. U.S. officials say it includes what Ukraine desperately needs, including air defense munitions and artillery rounds. Some will arrive within days of the president signing the bill, and a White House national security spokesman John Kirby says it can't happen soon enough, noting Russia's use the lag in U.S. aid deliveries to badly outgun the Ukrainians. "So we've got to try to make up some of that time." The weapons infusion comes as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a $620 million package for Ukraine. "The largest ever package of U.K. military equipment." Including long-range missiles and ammunition, Sagar McGonney, Washington. "The Justice Department says a $138 million settlement has been reached over the botched handling by the FBI of allegations of sexual assault against former Michigan's sports doctor Larry Nassar. Rachel Den Hollander was abused by Nassar. She is grateful for accountability. "The unfortunate reality is that what we are seeing today is something that most survivors never see. Most survivors never see accountability. Most survivors never see justice. Most survivors never get restitution." Nassar is now serving decades in prison at Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial in New York. Former National Enquirer publisher David Pekker testified he promised 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump he would help suppress harmful stories and it was a hearing earlier on whether to hold Trump in contempt for breaking a gag order, barring attacks on witnesses, jurors and others involved in the case. "I'm not allowed to defend myself and yet other people are allowed to say whatever they want about me. Very, very unfair." Moscow court rejected American reporter and accused by Evan Gershkovich's appeal, keeping him in jail until the end of June. This is AP News. Tensions are rising in the Netherlands. "The Dutch National Intelligence Agency says threats targeting the Netherlands are increasingly connected to worldwide turmoil, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The general intelligence and security service in its annual report says the Israel Hamas war in Gaza and the destruction of a Quran outside parliament last year are trigger events for extremists. The agency's Director General tells the Associated Press that he's particularly concerned about big events, noting the agency is working closely with French authorities to prevent incidents during the Paris Olympics this summer. "I'm Charles Little Desmos." Sky's Across Southern Greece turned an orange hue today as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean, from North Africa and Gulf, the Acropolis and other landmarks in Athens. Sky's are expected to clear tomorrow. tomorrow. I'm Ed Donahue, AP News.