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US House approves aid package worth billions for Ukraine, Israel

The bills provide $61bn to address the conflict in Ukraine, $26bn for Israel, and $8bn for the Asia Pacific region [Andrew Harnik/AP]

The United States House of Representatives with broad bipartisan support has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter objections from Republican hardliners.

The legislation proceeded on Saturday to the Democratic-majority Senate, which passed a similar measure more than two months ago.

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