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U.S. vetoes Gaza ceasefire vote at U.N. Security Council meeting · U.S. is running out of money for Ukraine, Biden administration says · U.S. bypasses Congress to approve sale of 14,000 tank shells to Israel · Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules · the current memorandum of understanding commits the U.S. to $3.3 billion in annual Foreign Military Financing to Israel, the largest routine FMF package the U.S. provides on a yearly basis and which alone represents approximately 16% of Israel’s defense budget · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Notjustanyahoo was forced on Wednesday to deny a report his government had approved a shipment of weapons to Palestinian security forces after hard-right ministers in his coalition expressed outrage · Avril Benoit, head of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity, described the U.S. veto as a “sharp contrast to the values it professes to uphold.”