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"I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMs at the President's direction," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. Biden "quietly directed his national security team to send ATACMs to Ukraine for use inside Ukrainian sovereign territory in February. They started moving as part of the military aid package we announced on March 12th," Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden will not give Kyiv long-range ATACMS missiles yet, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan tells reporters ahead of Ukrainian President Zelensky's visit to the White House: "To date, he is determined that he would not provide ATACMS, but he has also not taken it off the table in the future." SOUNDBITE
In a speech to Parliament, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announces that the UK government will supply Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine to use in its war againt Russia. By doing so, the UK will become the first country to provide longer-range weapons to Kyiv. "I can confirm that the UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine," says Ben Wallace. SOUNDBITE
Lebanese forces secure the area around the US embassy following a shooting attack in Beirut's northern suburb of Awkar. A Syrian man was arrested after the shooting near the US embassy, the Lebanese army said, with the diplomatic mission saying its personnel were safe. IMAGES
Israeli security forces patrol the area of a shooting attack in Al-Awja in the occupied West Bank. Medics and the army said three people including a boy were wounded in the attack that targeted a bus near the city of Jericho. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VID34MN22D_EN
Israeli security forces block road in vicinity of a gun attack that targeted a bus near the town of Al-Auja in West Bank's Jericho, where medics and the army said three people including a boy were wounded. IMAGES
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