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Apr 2024
10m 20s

“Now go win the fight”

THE TIMES
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After months of wrangling, President Biden signs into law $95 billion in aid for allies. He says the US will start sending Ukraine aid within hours. Plus - TikTok could be banned and Nasa engineers fix a malfunctioning probe from 15.1 billion miles away.

Your daily round-up of the biggest stories from across the world, as seen through the eyes of the Times of London. You can hear more of these stories on Times Radio, and read more at thetimes.co.uk.



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