to the this is data you use life from berlin, your opinion meters agreed to open membership, told with ukraine meeting in brussels. the votes was taken despite hungry, promised to be royal to plan ukraine's president polanski hales to decision as a victory for ukraine. and for europe also in the program and gas, a heavy winter rains are adding to the misery of the internally displaced. they're already facing hunger and health challenges ahead of you and palestinian refugee agency says patients are the leaders of venezuela. and diana hold

crisis told game to diffuse a growing dispute over the oil rich region, all basic and which makes up a large chunk of guy on his territory the unpopular felony as welcome to the program. european union leaders have agreed to open you membership negotiations with ukraine. the announcement comes despite promises from hungary to block such a decision, training and presidents, a lot of mirrors, the landscape described to move as a victory for ukraine. and all of your leaders of the to day summit in brussels, announced they will also open. accession talks with most dover and grant candidate status to georgia of the. all right, well for more,

let's go to brussels, to speak to our correspondent jack park, following the e. u leaders so much jack, great to see. so rig breakthrough in brussels despite the, let's call it a bumpy ride to get their e leaders agreeing to opening session talks with ukraine. so what more can you tell us? so yeah, it's been a crazy one. hi. popular was we've seen today is something that we never really see in these e. you lead us on that more than others to do is to get this across the line with. i'm hungry is vito that isn't to say that the hungry is probably minutes of it. to old on is in favor of this plan to open a session tools with ukraine. what we know happened is that he left the room when the agreement was to be voted on. so that $26.00 of the use $27.00 leaders agreed to it. but he, we understand as an initiative of the job in terms of the uh,

like shows left the room so that he could save face that he didn't approve this plan. the ukraine to be granted at the opening of the negotiations. but that he would that for what's known a sort of technical time is a constructive abstention. this means he can go back to hungry and say that i'm still opposed to it. in fact, he's been releasing videos online saying he is still very much opposed to ukraine. becoming an e u member states. but the, the other countries could progress fluid. but this is a lot more step so that the other countries, this belgian prime minister, alexander, the cro said, it doesn't really matter that this is the way they had to fudge it. this is the way that they could get this over the line, because what's important is the, you want us to send a message to ukraine. that is, place is within the european union, important to say city getting through to the end of these negotiations for ukraine's actually become an e u member states that would take many, many more years. this is mainly a symbolic opening of the practical discussions that jack,

there's also the issue of a 50000000000 euro financial aid package for ukraine, which hungry was also blocking. now in fact am, if i understand correctly, that's what they're talking about right now. yeah, and it looks like the hungarian veto on that still remains that negotiating the whole of the use budget again, which includes this $50000000000.00 your a package for ukraine, which is so desperately needs to support this economy and continue the effort to fight off the russian invasion, president lensky of ukraine, just fail to secure a similar mind on the trip to washington. while he was hoping that the congress that would approve of $61000000000.00 package of aid, they didn't. the republicans of blocking it that we understand that the tools that are ongoing here at this summit and the currently a visual band is continuing to veto, that we'll have to wait and see whether they can come up with some other fights to get those of the line, and that there are also fresh sanctions on russia over its invasion of ukraine,

briefly if you could. what did they you agree, jack? yeah, those sanctions will come into play. so mainly what it's about is preventing russia origin, diamonds to be traded into your opinion. and also to some of the sanctions a specifically on the oil trade. and the 2nd valuation of the sanctions mainly related to the trade and shipping of oil around the world. not only in the used to prevent of the countries the on in the you from doing trade with russia, they want to ramp up the pressure to try still to get russia to end this war against you. great. thanks jack. hope you can get yourself a big pot of coffee. dw correspondent jack ark and brussels. vladimir picking says he will press on with the war in ukraine, saying there can be no peace until russia achieves its objectives there. the russian president was taking questions from the public and journalist as his end of

year press conference in moscow is remarks. com. i made a main concern in ukraine that western military aid could be in danger of drawing up for more than 20 years. these carefully staged event has been used to present an image of a strong and self confident leader. last year, the milestone press conference was cancelled after russian forces suffered major said vaccine ukraine. i'm sick, so now the crammed in is hoping to again project an image of power. where did that go to then? we are will the piece when we achieve our goals, the ones you just mention it. now let's return to these goals. what they have not changed, i'll remind you of what we talked about in the notification of ukraine. it's demilitarization, it's neutral status, and i'm stuck with them. so vladimir putin use these same words to justify his invasion of ukraine was it was nearly 2 years on his tongue. russians that these

goals have not been the chief to ship, so the war has to continue. but he says there will be no maximal delays ation for now. the but the flow of our menu who are ready to defend the interests of their homeland with arms and hand is not decreasing sufficient. $1500.00 people daily throughout the country altogether, there will be about $500000.00 people by the end of the year. so why do we need a new mobilization? there is no need for this right now. i can just deal with them. they cannot make calls stuff, which is more, is also in people's minds in russia, of but even western experts that meet that despite rising prices in the falling value of the ruble. sanctions have failed to stop the kremlin from financing. it's more if it's not possible solutions to this margin of safety. i'm glad he is provided by several components. and may i ask you to commit to the 1st futile and

most important is the high consolidation of russian society. a couple of the 2nd is the stability of the countries economic system. so it can, i mean, just the system was standing as it turned out. this was a surprise for our so called partners. and to be honest, for many of us, for more than 4 hours, the russian president reassured the russian public the if you have the situation done to control and then you, regardless of whether he's statements match reality, his message was clear, the kremlin has enough resources to continue europe's bloodiest war in decades. so we need to, israel's prime minister, has said he's country will pursue its war against come us until absolute victory. benjamin netanyahu, whose office published the statement as he met with white as national security advisor, jake sullivan, intel of eve sullivan is in israel to discuss a time table for an ending. the fight in the white house has said it once,

the war between israel and thomas to end as soon as possible. israel's defense minister told sullivan that the conflict is likely to last for several months. or meanwhile, beach humanitarian situation for people in guys, a continues to worse than the head of the un agency helping palestinian refugees has just returned from his 3rd trip to the territory. i made a reports of widespread hunger and desperate conditions in 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 fight spread and punishing people not stopping it. it trucks taking the food and eating it the right to wait. and this is how desperate i'm hungry. the food supplies are running severely,

no omar, but wanted 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 population has now moved to the southern city of philadelphia. 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 for 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 want to go shopping. see, you will only get a handful of items. uh, so monday has become meaningless at the bottom of the move on the 4th

health textbook. so you, the little food that is available is being prepared and unsanitary conditions and a shortage of clean drinking waterways. supposing serious danger to people's health and i did have that set to patients come with cases of extreme dehydration, some of which then progress to kidney failure will weaken in kidney function with them. and as and the both that children are drinking. most of it is on face for human consumption, positive doctors. i'm wondering that causes the close to a disastrous health crisis that may have a lost and impact no matter when the war. and there are fears of a conflict in south america where tensions between venezuela and diana have been slurring in recent weeks on thursday. the presidents of both countries met in an effort to de escalate a long standing dispute over the oil rich as

a cable region earlier this month on his way to vote at the claim control of as a key vote and a referendum that met international condemnations. well, the don't use latin america correspondent nicole risk filed that worked quite well . actually she, we didn't seem to report, but at nicole is in diana and joins us now from george time because it'll at nicole . great to see. so how much hope is there of an agreement coming out of that these talks of the well, i'm not sure if we're necessarily going to see a solid agreement between these 2 countries. but what we already heard now is that there will be more talks more dialogue. this has been confirmed. like are you on as president either from ali. so there must still be stuff to talk about. we don't know how these talks will look like what they will contain and when they will happen. but i think we're seeing 1st step into uh, maybe the direction of the escalation. nevertheless,

diana has also made clear that they would still be aged with international partners in the worst case scenario. open invasion to defend themselves. they see that as their rights to defend that territory as well. and they wouldn't need that help by the way, because this of course is a small country. so i think today we can see it if it as a good signal of course, both parties want peace and want to maintain peace in the region. but with a pinch of salt, we still don't know how this is going to continue with these next dialogues. of course, having a co, why has been his way as president? because some of the widow ramped up tensions so much reason of the fall and the on hand one hand my little ones, a piece of cake, a cake made of rich crude oil reserves a go. yanna help holds and actually has mentioned that he would like to meet with the extracting companies. and on the other hand, he's already a campaign and he's in election motors because next year that's going to be elections in minnesota. and by the talks that we saw right now on this caribbean

island, we can feel that he's trying to sell this image of a peacemaker and leader who's capable of maintaining peace in the region of this, of course, could so well at home. and there's also districts from the current economic and political crisis administered. i still, and during this has proven away millions of people from the home into other countries who don't have a perspective of coming back. and this also that in, in venezuela, you're also still see that a members of the opposition for example, of being persecuted or detained, detained for the accusations of a treason. so all these things are still happening. but with this conflict that he has basically generated these tensions, he can well shift away the attention from all of this and look into the other direction and sell them self, maybe as a peacemaker or as a strong man. thanks echo dw, use nicole ris reporting from diana. if you're watching data, if you use,

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