- Associated Press
Biden administration is moving ahead on $1 billion arms package for Israel, AP sources say
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday. It's the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month. The administration has said it paused that earlier transfer to keep Israel from using the bombs in its growing offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.
- KFSN – Fresno
Pro-Palestinian protestors remain on UC Merced campus
Pro-Palestinian protesters remain on campus at UC Merced to make their voices heard during a UC Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday.
- AFP
More money pledged for flood-stricken Brazil
The BRICS group of nations pledged a billion dollars for storm-ravaged southern Brazil Tuesday as slowly receding floodwaters started to reveal the full extent of the devastation. The bank of the BRICS -- a group including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- said Tuesday it would free the equivalent of more than a billion dollars to help the affected state.
