as you have agreed to like to have stopped the long process of joining the block, a victory for ukraine snatched from the jaws of disappointment. hunger is victor old. bob had been getting the state ukraine's accession and threatened to block and a you consensus. so they don't do well, he didn't show up for the vote. i'm feel gail invalid and this is the day the good evening everyone to reach your moments and shows the credibility of the unit, the strength of the union. but this is really an estimate. we open your decision from the starting point. also coming up president fruits index you, it's confidence axis. and if you press conference, brushing of west and sanctions, and promising rushes victory and new cry that go to them with this teams that will be peace when we achieve goals,

there needs to be some. now let's get back to the goals. what they don't change. the trim with the good i said, you know, the us, we began the day with an unexpected decision in brussels with far reaching consequences for keys tonight, for somebody to a you leaders agreed to open membership talks with you tried official invitation. that launch is what is likely to be a very long road to a secure future in your the decision. it was arranged by 26. i think 27 nations with a solar 3 hold us congress prime minister. o'bonham threatened to block what had, what had to be a consensus vote. instead he decided to make what was described as a constructive abstention. grading and presidents below him is that has kicked up to social media saying this is a victory for ukraine, a victory for all of us. a victor that most advice inspires and strengthens, is a you counsel present, shall michelle, breaking the new is to report this. this silly volt into where you want to support

your credit is a village for, for probably till the sooner the so we, we both went to a decision and today and tonight's, i finch to the people from you free. we are on the side and piece the decision made by the members. this is a streaming in fulton for the tribute of their opinion. we've, we've, we've had a breakthrough perhaps so well certainly quicker than i knew was expected. so a decision has been taken now that the european union will begin accessing talks with the, with ukraine, with although, but to join the european union. and that's a real boost, a real boost for people living in those countries to know that we hear the european union believes that their place has with us the message that is given the very clear message we are on the side of ukrainians who are fighting for freedom, the fighting for aspect of, of their, of their country and the message to must go is also very clear. one, we will not be intimidated to europe in unity is there, and we are on the side of the ukrainians. even the most difficult moments. a lot

not responding. jack powers has been following all this in brussels. i've told him, even though it's a really significant decision, but was equally, is significant is how it was made. we've had a crazy few hours here at the european kinds of summit. when the european kinds of president. so michelle tweeted to say that accession tools, the process of negotiations would be opening with ukraine. and moldova, that we knew would mean the hon. gary and prime minister beat to old button, who has been hanging a veto over this for the last few days would have ended his veto. essentially what we find i since is the victim old on the hon. gary and prime minister was not in the room when that decision was made. i'm what our team. i dw your up here in brussels of find i was, but the idea for him to leave the room was actually in initiative by the german town. so the lock shows. now what we know, since this has happened, is that it is possible to overcome unanimity by one need,

leaving the room. and essentially what they call it is a constructive abstention. then not in the room, the other leaders can move forward. and that that means that they can open the session tools with ukraine. we had from the belgium prime minister, alexander the cro. he came out and said it doesn't matter to the hungry upstate. and in this way, what matters is the accession tools can be opened and that it shows the signal to ukraine that that future is into your opinion. think to open the how gary and prime minister has been releasing videos, saying that he is still fundamentally opposed to things, is a stupid decision for ukraine to be granted. the opening of negotiations. it's important for our view is to know that as well the opening the negotiations doesn't by any means make you create an e u country that will be multiple years of those negotiations before ukraine would then join the european union. the layer will be peace when we achieve our goals,

the ones you just mention it. now let's return to these goals. what they have not changed. you know, i'll remind you of what we talked about and let's see the notification of ukraine. it's demilitarization. it's neutral status, but i am stuck with you. a lot of it 1st and they're saying that it will be no peace in ukraine until russia is good and ready. the russian president was taking questions from the public. i'm from john list and he's end to the press conference in moscow. dispersion also said bush and kindly had enough fine to us and there was no need for another wave of the zation. the rest of the presenters running for re election in march, tons of last year's press conference, i made the rushes full scale invasion of ukraine. so let's take a closer look at what we saw on her today. with konstantin that i got the deputies at russia on list of welcome back constancy. i'm, let's start with your assessment of the state of institutions leadership. but right now, as you paid any political prize for the warning, you cry,

like any country where there is no call, it's very difficult to pay it, but it's go price. so, so far it looks as missed the boat and is in full control of the state bureaucracy, which in turn is in full control of the country. there is no visible opposition, there is no free media left in the country. and as soon as the person is free to spin tales on television in front of the audience, which is old except the foreign correspondents hold it to ask some questions and he's unopposed. he's in control of this kind of scripted semi politics. all right, so let's take a look at a couple of things that, that came up today on the will in ukraine. he was at quick to draw parallels with what's happening in gaza, which he's described as a failure of american foreign policy. just how might vladimir putin hope to use the,

the, the, the war in gaza to bolster russia's international standing as well. she's already using it. she's a since the beginning, a full scale invasion last february was x ray to draw attention and to gather sympathy in the so called global self. he's a, he was to talk to, you know, brazil and south africa and india in china, or all of them united states and their allies. and, and this was back to us ro, relatively successful. and the war in dogs in which he, well give a take, let's face it looks like you saw did with come awesome the palestinians rather than these really is i keep getting some points in the, the eyes, all of the global cells where there is a very visible sort of vantage really feeling, whether it's still paid real, but let's consider them that's, that's a big question. i don't think that it gives food to, to be global level and by the united states. preoccupied with gaza as you tried the

coast. perhaps that leaves the stage set for some new kids on the world, the blog. just take a look a he's good to face, get, and actually, russian chinese relations are one of the essential guarantors of stability in the world. we see what is happening both around russia and around china, even we see attempts by the west to switch nato activities to asia, a 0. so how is the rush that china friendship without limit says, describe by i child is present, gigi and how is that working on for russia as well as the judge by put this press conference, then rushed, has become very much of julia pop to china. and if you look at this, the put is rhetoric and i feel i've been through this press conference is when i worked, and most of the many times, i mean, she called teaching ping a friend twice. that is something that's better unusual for poor. and to me,

it looks like good, well, i'm going to say sick of fuzzy but trying to be nice without any big reason to do that. part from the fact the china is actually rushes main main stay in the world of global economy. and it is actually the senior airline now in a total dozen purposes. because there's also trying these guys to talk to the americas, you know, which puts and cannot. so yes, i think that this particular press conferences confirm that russia is becoming more and more dependent on try the improving by the way and consumer in what consumer good concerns. because you're a couple of weeks the what questions during this conference of all the per dominos of chinese car, the recalls on the rush market and put just didn't have bucks to say about it in uh, frankly, it seems like every day this dependence increases. and let's finish on mr. focusing on relations with the west states. and then we use that as for normalizing

relations with the wes, this does not only depend on us, we did not spoil our relation. i think they did. they were constantly trying to push us into the background and neglect our insurance. i mean to cultivate what you said. look into your crystal ball in just a moment because i'm thinking that it's not even 20 years since nato and russia, but a lot friendly. i even established single that but the nato russia council back in the day to work on the joint security issues. so looking ahead, how do you say russia's relations with the west and say, 10 years as well? i don't have a crystal ball that fail, but frankly, let me put it like that. as long as putting is in power. as long as he's under crumbling, there's going to be no change because for him and he made it very clear. this not just about to cry. it's about russia standing up for what you call it sovereignty against the west. it's another question whether this,

but it's good consensus of this piece on quite in rush or the put in the manuals exist, will continue because of all in this video clip that you showed. all the background, we've seen the text messages coming up in the russian. all screens, these are on selzer and one of them read, mr. punch. and when do your russia russia of your television become a reality? this is not the rush or we'll see. so maybe there are tensions which ones will explode and we will not be ready for that. but so far he's in control and he's ready for she is quote, unquote, war against the west. ok, facts constant saying, i think up here in russia unless that constant team, i guess thank israel is facing mounting international isolation over its minutes. you authorize syncing garza and the number of civilian casualties of this now appears to be growing between prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and these governments most important

back of the united states. earlier this week, i use president joe biden gave one of the strongest warnings yet about israel's need to exercise restraint. as the bible says, israel secured so you can rest on the united states. it has the european union, it has a euro, it has most of the world supporting that. they're starting to lose that support by indiscriminate funding that takes place. so israel's prime minister, assessor's country, well, a serious war against him, ass until absolute victory. benjamin netanyahu, whose office published the statement after meeting with the white house national security advisor, tech sullivan. mr. sullivan traveled santana. i believe, to discuss a time table for ending the fighting. the wife, as i said, that he wants to boil between israel on her master and as soon as possible, israel's defense minister told mister sullivan that the conflict is likely to last for several months. meanwhile,

the humanitarian situation of the people in gaza continues to washington. had a view and agency housing, palestinian refugees has just returned from his 3rd trip to the territory. i made reports of widespread hunger and desperate conditions. a frenzy and drop off as a trucks arrive in the gaza strip. people time been the grab bags of food before they can be properly distributed. the hunger here is widespread and punishing people stuffing it. it trucks taking the food and eating it the right to wait. and this is how desperate and hungry the food supplies are running severely, no omar, but $1.00 and $2.00 to feed. as many people as he can. he used to work as a cook in a restaurant before the war began. almost half of gauze of population has now moved to the southern city of the phone. and those who are already here

have both to run out of stops. other means to pay for them. i know the i came here to get help to feed my children. we also have displaced people living with us. we cannot afford to pay full gas, so electricity and there's nothing available. we cannot go to the market to buy food for our household or our children. i'm not a zillow. even if you had a 100 us dollars, for example, and once you go shopping, you will only get a handful of items. uh, so monday has become meaningless at the bottom as they move on to the health experts. so you, the little food that is available is being prepared and unsanitary conditions and a shortage of clean drinking water is posing serious danger to people's health. and i didn't have that, that to patients come with cases of extreme dehydration,

some of which then progress to kidney failure or weakening kidney function for them . and the water that children are drinking. most of it is unfair to push and consumption mazda it stopped us. i'm wondering that causes are close to a disastrous health crisis that may have a lost and in fact, no matter when the war and is really investigative visiting, validate and that's, that's how most militants use systematic rape agenda based of violence in the october 7th attack. all these rights activists who collected testimonies and digital evidence as well as his right at least a tunnel to germany, to raise awareness of the atrocities committed during the attack by say hi, mass medicines were given specific instructions to reg women. this is writing police spokeswoman a minute been, may i speaking to dw, these people came with the correct and very clear instructions and

to do who are fit atrocities in the same places in this, in the different places. and the same way they got instructions, and as you can see, they came to bailey. they came to tell us that they came to the festival, the nova party, and they did the same things and all the different places. they cut off a organs, they burned bodies, the kidnapped from all these different flu, spoke 1st and not make your voice. that is on these writing women's rights campaign or pos of the civil commission of october 7th crimes, by how much against women and children at least were set up by his right. the international law and women's rights experts to draw attention to the crimes of raping sexual violence committed by hamas and not attack of welcome to dw missy. so much of what has happened since the 7th of october has been on single. but you believe that these, these gen, these gen,

the base crimes with systematic and therefore deliberate. we have evidence that uh, especially as rarely police presented today evidence that these were well prepared to tax and re, 1st part of the m. o, rape was planned. and the terrorist themselves, the ones those are held now in israel. i admit the crepe was part of the time. i'm what evidence was produced. they, they say that they came to soil people. and when they're asked about what does swinging means, they say we needed to write them. that was part of the, of the deal. and in order to achieve want intimidation, for lack of respect. often times women and children are seen as the future generations. so it's also to instill fear in your enemy and to show that they have no future, no hope. that's to the aim of this attack mind. amid all the heart of the events of

that day, you believe it's important to to and a particular spotlight on gender based volumes that was committed. yes, indeed, we have seen women children, men are also sexually violated. the organs were removed, sexual organs were removed from both men and women and bullets were short and intimate parts so, so there was a very direct incentive to, to put to duties such a lot of violence during the attacks. so this evidence has been compiled by is riley police and a prosecution of ours is what, what do you want to happen next? well, we need international women's organization. so soon as you and women, eunice, us to recognize that it happened. one of the problems that we currently encounter is their silence. these international organizations that normally, as always,

support women worldwide are suddenly complete. so the silence about the attacks. and if they're silent, what they're saying to the world is you can deny what happened on october 7th, and we're saying, no, you can't deny what happened. knocks us up, denial is not an option. october 7th happened, and a lot of people got raped, murdered sort of mice. and if you're not acting, if you're not picking up, you're supporting the other side. you're beginning, you believe that there's, there's, there's that there's the silence from the, the us. i'm getting motivated by what, why would they buy the assignments on an issue like this? i wish i knew that's the truth is i'm, i'm a woman's rights activist for a few years now in israel, and i've been working with those, these organizations. and i know them their colleagues, their, their, their friends and the, and it's, it's a surprise that i'm completely baffled by their lack of response to these who

richard or if it can sense. and so why is it that the, i ask you what you want to happen next and your, your 1st response is that the, you and, and, and international organizations need to recognize what happened or what about bringing these people that these properties us to justice. i think that's something we're the civil society. our aim is to make sure that there is awareness that we collect the evidence for the story purposes as well. the job of the prosecution, the job of criminal bodies, it is to, to prosecute most people for us. it's more and understanding of what happened on october 7th and why this war started in the 1st place. and do you believe that there should be prosecutions? i think there should be, there must be prosecutions. to what extent and by who that's not for me to answer. yeah. because if it's get interesting to, to,

to watch on until 2 is riley spud's people i was, i was doing so i'm face weekend and last week i'm, when you say to them, and i had one of the site. well, we want to find how much we want to destroy the organization. we want to find that latest and to kill them. so there is not much room in there for bringing people to a cold tilt adjust. it says that i wouldn't know, again, i'm not a space person for the is rarely government. i'm a specs person for civil rights organizations in israel. and a such. all i can say is i want the truth to be told. i want to make sure that the truth is out there and like the european union, and like the german government who immediately stood by our side and said it happened. i want you and women to do the same. i want, you know, stuff that their chief goal is every child everywhere, but they can stand by silent mix to pictures that show burn bodies of

babies. i don't understand i, i, it's simply beyond what thank you so much for joining us. is maybe women's rights campaign. you're welcome to thank you. so thank you very much. none of the philippines by growing tensions with beijing could save the expulsion of china's ambassador to the country. it follows a new stand off in the dispute invoices of the south china sea. they w z stays a correspondent, james chase, a has more on the slightest incident on this implications for the region. in the house of south china sea philippine vessels this weekend, under fire from chinese coast, called fulton county, and to a near collision between the chinese coast guard ship and the philippine resupply bustle. the chief of staff of the philippine armed forces was on board long standing maritime tensions between badging and manila have ratcheted up in recent weeks with vessels from both sides, squaring off into disputed voices,

through which some 3 trillion us dollars of trade policies each year. this is why the frictions playing out the scar show. i'm 2nd, thomas show, tiny tools in the south china sea claimed by both manila and b. j. they full within the philippines exclusively, cannot make certain in yellow here. but also we've in china, so called 9 dash line. the area the china claims is it. so that's despite the 2016 rolling that badges claims had no legal basis. often the latest confrontation, the philippines, that china is actions in the south china sea. which manila cools the west philippine sea where a serious escalation continued to call on china to be a responsible member of the international community and abide by its commitments, deceased from undertaking actions to violate philippine sovereignty, southern rights and jurisdiction in the best flippancy badging immediately. rebecca said the accusation saying the philippines was infringing on china suffering to go

from china, urges the philippines to states it's violations and publications to stop its unwarranted attacks and to refrain from acts that undermine peace and the cell. trying to see things from aging. such acts include meaningless strengthening, military ties, with the us conducting joint patrols last month. the philippine president fed 9 marcus junior on the right to has been more sensitive than his previous tests. the in confronting china is maritime claims. getting someone to stay at the south china sea, i'm not in the taiwan straits, compose the greatest threat to stability in asia. everything is concerns about regional conflicts have large. we sent it on china is claims to here. taiwan. but with the united states treat the bound to protect the philippines. there are concerns, any escalation between miller and aging could be what actually draws washington's hands and knots. china is increasingly aggressive maneuvers around taiwan. what

we're seeing is that the in the pacific region is increasingly becoming a theater for a super powers to, to play their games with one another. and this is unfortunate for small countries or weaker countries will have legitimate national security interests to protect and defend the south. tennessee is yes, another flushed points in the region boxed by geo political friction. the latest confrontation between the philippines in china, a stock reminder of the delicate balancing act, old policies and the regions must perform. and that was the day and follows on our social media platforms at b, w. news. and for the latest headlines as always, the w dot com over the w the

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