december 22nd on d w, and the this is dw use lie from berlin. european union meters agreed to open membership toltz with you in prayer, meeting in brussels. the vote was taken despite hungary promise to the rail, to plant ukraine's presidency lansky hale's b decision as a victory for ukraine. and for you are also in the program. and guys, 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 conditions are done, the unpopular phone any as welcome to the program. european union leaders have agreed to open you membership negotiations with ukraine. the announcements comes despite promises from hungry to block, such a decision, ukrainian president for autumn years, the landscape described and move as a victory for ukraine and all of europe. leaders of the 2 day summit in brussels and as they will also open, accession talks with an old ova and grand candidate status to georgia. well, the w corresponding jack park is following the events in brussels. and he explained how you leaders reached that agreement between a crazy one. highly populated was we've seen today

a is something that we never really see in these e. you lead us on that. i'm 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 minister 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 of the used 27 leaders agreed to it. but he and we understand as a new initiative of the job in terms of our life shows that the rooms so that he can save face, that he didn't approve this plan to ukraine to be granted at the opening of the negotiations. but that he would that for was known a sort of technical time is a constructive abstention. this means he go back to hungry and say, because i'm still opposed to, in fact he's been releasing videos online saying he's still very much opposed to ukraine, becoming an e u member states. but the, the of the countries could progress fluid, but this is

a lot more step so that if the other countries, this belgian prime minister, alexander, the crew, 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 to the you want us to send a message to ukraine. that is, place is within the european union, important to say, i city getting through to the end of these negotiations for ukraine to actually become an e. u. member states that would take many, many more years. this has made me a symbolic opening of the private school 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, if i understand correctly, that's what they're talking about right now. yeah, and it looks like the hon gary and veto on that still remains that negotiating the whole of the use but just again, which includes vis. 50000000000 your at a package for ukraine, which is so desperate need,

needs to support this economy and continue the effort to fight off the russian invasion. president lensky of ukraine just failed to secure a similar mind on a trip to washington, where 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 you 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 create chalk power reporting there from brussels and have learned here, well, israel's prime minister has said his country will press you, it's war against him, us until a quote absolute victory. right benjamin netanyahu, whose office published the statement as a match with white has national security advisor. james sullivan in tel aviv sullivan is in israel to discuss a time table for ending the fighting. the wide has so say that once the war between israel on time us to end as soon as possible, israel's defense minister tells sullivan that the conflict is likely to last for several months. meanwhile, the issue, monetary and situation for people in gaza continues to worse than the head of the u . n. agency, helping palestinian refugees has just returned from his 3rd trip to the territory.

he made reports of widespread hunger, desperate to conditions in a frenzy and rough uh 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 have 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 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 for gas, so electricity and there's nothing available. we cannot go to the market to buy food for our household or our children, and i'm not a zillow. even if you had a 100 us dollars for example, and want to go shopping, see, you only get a handful of items. uh, so monday has become meaningless at the bottom in the middle of fill out an afford 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 or

something 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 last thing. in fact, no matter when the war and journalist saw me sako joined us, i learned a year from jerusalem. and he gave more details about the humanitarian situation in gaza. when the situation is, especially though you're in the rough, i have a governor of the which is the southern part of the guys the strip. we told them of the area that is bordering with the egypt. and the more than a 1000000 gardens are now living there. that means the population there has grown a 4 times than what it was before the war already. this area is the forest area in

the gaza strip. and this is a place with no loss of infrastructure for those who came in from the north. and there is a severe shortage on food. they're talking about hunger and also shortage on the toilets. sanitation and the on top of those were wounded from the bombings. we have more and more who are suffering from various n. is it diseases that are spreading because of this situation? it sounds like a dire situation indeed. now us national security advisor jack sullivan wants to discuss an end to the war. ben, you mean it's an yahoo? it is rarely prime minister says there's no end inside. so how big is the divide between the united states and israel? so well, the divide between the 2 parties is on various levels and one is the

intensity of this campaign. the americans would like to see is really shifting away from these bombings into a kind of more surgical attacks that would be waged against specific targets. the gains how mosley does and using a special maybe commander unit to try and take out hostages, and to escape the method that was used them to now, which is these bombings that is one a difference. another issue is the time is early as talking about the war that will go on for many months. the americans, the want to see this a coming to an end of the i think the biggest problem that is occurring is the day after the americans are talking about a vision of a 2 state single shit. they want to see the palestinian authority moving into the

garza street, and they want to see another kind of solution. this is really government is saying, no, we do not want to see the promise stevenville. sorry. we did not want to see how much we didn't want to see foot there. we want to have the control in the gaza strip. turn to somebody's talk over at spanking there from jerusalem. are moving on and there are stairs of a conflict in south america where tensions between venezuela and diana have been flaring and 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 keep a region earlier this month, defendants while a voted to claim control of assa keybo, which is in diana in a referendum that match international condemnations. speaking on a press conference guy on his presidency or from ali at this response,

we are a piece abiding country and people. so we have no other vision to pursue the peaceful coexistence. but venezuela every country in this region? well, earlier i spoke to d, w. 's locked in america, correspondent, nicole risk who joined us from the guy needs capital, george time. she told us how much hope there is of an agreement coming out of these talks. 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 that 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 for step into 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 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, then the co y has been his way as president because some of the widow ramped up tensions so much reason of the phone, the on hand one hand and my little ones, a piece of cake, a cake made of a rich crude oil reserves a go yana health holds and actually has mentions 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 modus 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 sell well at home. and this also distracts from the current economic and political crisis to administer. will 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 is also in venezuela. you're also still see that the 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 a go. dw, use nicole ris reporting from diana. right. you're up to date of next. our documentary program takes a look at life and realtors and arrows and biggest about on pablo phone in the us for me on the team here in berlin. thanks for watching. take care and i'll see you again at the top. same x the, we want to be the number one for the car to clean empire of crime. lose even up to us tells one point a made up currency. then she disappears with house of trains, of financial thriller about the world's most one suitable man crypto queen stops december 30th on dw.