Biden urges support for Israel and Ukraine in rare Oval Office address

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Biden urges support for Israel and Ukraine in rare Oval Office address

US president Joe Biden used his second-ever Oval Office address to appeal to Americans for their support for tens of billions of dollars of funding for Israel and Ukraine, saying he would send an urgent request to Congress, which is expected to be roughly $100bn over the next year. ‘Hamas and Putin represent different threats,’ Biden said. ‘But they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate a neighbouring democracy’
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Date: October 20, 2023