unit greets and i keep 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 the service to reach your moments and show the credibility of the union the story of the union. but it's 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, i'm promising rushes victory. and you could have been with this teams that will be peace when we achieve our goals. there needs to be some now let's get back to the

goals, but they didn't change the trim with the go. and i said you all this way beginning the day with an unexpected decision in brussels with far reaching consequences for keys tonight. for somebody to a you leaders agree 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 salary. hold us congress prime minister. o'bonham threatened to block what had what had to be a consensus vote instead decides to make what was described as a constructive abstention. grading and president for a lot of is that i skate up to social media saying this is a victory for ukraine, a victory for all your of a victor. that most advice inspires and strengthens. is a you counsel present child michelle, breaking the new is to report as soon as built into where you want to support you

create is a village for, for probably till a signal is where you repo foot to a decision. and today and tonight i, i think, to the people from you free, we are on the side and piece of decision made by the members. this is a streaming, important for the tribute of their opinion. and we've, we've, we've had a breakthrough perhaps so well, certainly quicker than any of us expected. so decision has been taken now that the european union will begin accessing talks with the, with you, craig, with, although, but to join your opinion. and that's a real boost, a real boost for people living in those countries to know that we hear the european union believe that their place is 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 respect of, of their, of their country. and the message to moscow is also very clear when we will not be intimidated. the european unity is there and we are on the side of the ukrainians.

even the most difficult moments to last not responding. jack powers has been following all this in brussels and 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 time. so some that when the european kinds of presidents show me so 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 bon, 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 to 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 accession 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 hungarian prime minister has been releasing videos, saying that he is still fundamentally opposed to things. is a stupid decision for ukraine to be granted at the opening of negotiations. it's important for all of us to know that as well. the opening maybe 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 than we're 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. 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 and 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. russian president is running for re election in march at tons of last year. as press conference. i made russia's 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 that russia on list of welcome back consistency. let's start with your assessment of the state of institutions leadership. but right now, as you paid any political price for the war and ukraine,

country where there is no politics, 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 products to offset 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 the bottom, a post and hope to use the, the, the, the warning,

gaza to bolster rushes international standing as well. she's already using it. she's a since the beginning of full scale invasion last february was actually 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 are all the 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 saws, 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 and that's a big 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 block, 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, 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 chinese present gigi and how is that working on for russia, as well as the judge? by put this press conference, then russians become very much of julia pop to china. and if you look at this other, put those rhetoric and i feel i've been to this press conference is when i worked, and most of the many times, i mean, she called teaching paying a friend twice. that is something that's better than usual for poor. and to me it

looks like good. well, i won't 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 in 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. and 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 west. 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 what a lot friendly, even establishing of 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. there's not just about to cry. it's about russia standing up for what you called 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 ministry, opperation, seeing garza and the number of civilian casualties. a brief 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 secures he 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. 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, check sullivan. mister sullivan travelled, santana village 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 west and 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 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 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 so yeah. so supplies are running severely, no old model, but who want him to defeat 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 the phone. and those who are already here

have both to run out of stops. other means to pay for them. on the verge of 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. why the 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 of the i just didn't have that stuff to patients come with cases of extreme

dehydration, some of which then progress to kidney failure will weaken in kidney function for them and the water that children are drinking most of it is on fit for human consumption. positive doctors, i'm wondering that causes a close to a disastrous health crisis that may have a lost and in fact, no matter when the war and you're trying to investigate just visiting, validate and have to have how mass minutes and to use systematic rape agenda based of violence in the october 7th attack on these rights activists who collected testimonies and digital evidence as well as his writing at least a tunnel to germany, to raise awareness of the atrocities committed during the time. i say harmless medicines were given specific instructions to vague women is writing police spokeswoman mimic ben may a 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 place, spoke 1st and not your voice that is on these writing women's rights campaign or pos of the civil commission of october 7th crimes, by how most 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 a thinkable. 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 rate was planned. and the terrorist themselves, the ones those are held. now in israel, i admit that rape 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 the sewing 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,

of that day, you believe it's important to, to and a particular spotlight on gender based violence that was committed. yes, indeed, we have seen women children, men are also sexually violated. the organs were removed, sexual organs were moved from both men and women and bullets were short in the 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 soda 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 that? 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 perpetrators 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 an understanding of what happened on october 7th and why this war started in the 1st place. and do you believe that they 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. i spoke to 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 leaders and 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's ok. thank you so much for joining us. is maybe a 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, is on facets of the country. it follows a new stand off in the dispute invoices of the south china sea, the w as east asia correspondent, james chase, a has more on the slightest incident and it's implications for the region in the house of south china sea. philippine vessel was 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, i told them the south china sea claimed by both manila and beijing. they full within the philippines exclusively to nomic. so i'm 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's 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 seated 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 it's unwarranted attacks and to refrain from acts that undermine peace. and the so trying to see things from aging, such acts include meaningless strengthening, military ties with the us, hey, 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, a note in the taiwan straits, compose the greatest threat to stability in asia. every thing 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 be full. and that was the day you can follow us on our social media platforms. at dw news and licensed headlines as always, the w dot com over at the w the,

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