, a meeting of the european council is currently taking place in brussels, at which , in particular, the issue of the final approval of the allocation of this tranche of eur 18 billion is being decided, and so far they are waiting for the national press conference because there are problems and there is a possibility that this issue will be reported by poland and thus we all read on what the european council decided today, friends . we continue about the situation in ukraine, the enemy is shelling kharkiv, there is a hit in the holodohir district with damage to complex premises, the head of the regional military administration, oleg synegubov, said that previously the russian invaders had struck by s-300 complexes, at the moment there are no casualties and two people were injured as a result of an enemy attack in the zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers fired rockets from an airplane at the city of orihiv, the head of the regional military administration, oleg start oleksandr starukh , said. condition and the enemy continues to press furiously on donetsk region, the shelling does not

we have made good progress since the last european council. minister. engineers have also made great progress in this discussion. at the same time , the prime minister of belgium did not comment on the so-called war of subsidies, as journalists call it here, about which the macron manual said, at the moment schwartz, in turn , did not alexander decro stated that he also considers a pan-european response necessary because, according to him , some countries believe that their pockets are deeper than others. on this occasion, the bulgarian leader announced that three bulgarian border guards died defending the common european external borders, austria, which, among other things , spoke out against the acceptance of the schengen zone countries , proposed to discuss the separation from the common european budget money for the construction of a fence on the outer borders. and vienna also called for a careful study of the consequences of the possibility of introducing a ceiling on gas prices. and this topic is also on the table for discussion today. it is neces

and whether europe wants a sharp aggravation with beijing today, in beijing , the head of the european councilchinese president, european observers write that some eu countries are ready for general opposition. here china is against russia's bond, but some eu states insist on maintaining close economic relations with beijing at the same time critics of chinese policy insist that michel, as a representative of the west, draw beijing's attention to human rights and anti -copy protests in china. not restrictions and in some cases flowing into political demands, but in this case more or less constructive negotiations would not have happened, european opponents were sharp and critical. china say that in europe there are protests related to the economic deterioration of the situation. this is against the background of the nato meeting in bucharest where, among other things, discussed various types of counteraction to china in such a situation. it’s better to lay eggs in different baskets at the same time, they say macron, from europe talks with biden michel on the same day meets with a dolphin the s

opportunities that the modern world gives to each and every one spoke with the president of the european councile fund by 2 billion euros, these funds can significantly help us maintain social stability, get ready to participate in the meeting of the european council on december 15 just addressed the parliament and the people of new zealand, a country that has fundamentally supported us since the first weeks of full-scale russian aggression , told about our formula to the peace about the special ones we are convening to implement our formula and called on new zealanders to take the lead in supporting at the international level one of the points formulas of the world concerning environmental safety and demining new zealand is one of those countries that understands that the destruction of the natural environment is equal to the destruction of life which can help the diplomatic mobilization of its region in order to implement the ukrainian formula for peace. today i signed the law adopted by the verkhovna rada on the liquidation of the oask district administrative court of kyiv. this story has end

humanitarian opportunities that the modern world offers to everyone spoke with the president of the european council charles michel thanked for the decision regarding 18 billion euros for of ukraine next year and for the increase of the european peace fund by 2 billion euros, these funds can significantly help us maintain social stability, get ready to participate in the meeting of the european council on december 15, i just addressed the parliament and people of new zealand, a country that fundamentally supports us from the first weeks of full of russian aggression, told about our formula peace about the special ones we call such people to implement our formula and called on new zealand to take the lead in supporting one of the points of the formula at the international level to the world, which are related to environmental security and demining, new zealand is one of these countries that understands that the destruction of the natural environment is equal to the destruction of life, which can help the diplomatic mobilization of its region in order to implement the ukrainian formula for peace. toda

the eu and the european council. i approach this situation in a comprehensive way. recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism is an important part of what we have to do. the most important thing is to help ukraine win this war. what the usa is already doing, did and will continue to do is to provide ukraine with weapons, only after that some negotiations or something like that will be possible, this is the most important thing. why don’t they do it, maybe they still think that in this way they leave room for dialogue, some say, for example, that the grain agreement is very important, there is no need to close all the windows for negotiations regarding it that many countries are worried about a possible food shortage or what is happening in africa and other countries, there are many arguments, but we meps decided that it is most important to express ourselves and say what we see i often quote ronald reagan when he spoke out against the soviet union and said do not be afraid to see what you see, what russia is doing today, in particular, is destroying the ukra

while the federal government still refuses to hand over modern tanks of the leopard type, the european council decided to punish hungary and suspend the payment of over 6 billion euros to budapest, this is stated on the website of the european council, the reason for this decision is called violations in the field of public procurement, the ineffectiveness of the work of the prosecutor's office, corruption, as is known, hungary is the only state of the european union that lobbies for the interests of the aggressor country of russia and also blocks important decisions regarding ukraine to fight against the occupiers, his work inspires and clay and metal in the hands of the master use the famous bilotserk for more than 10 years, sculptor maksym vasylenko has been making and restoring various monuments that will later decorate the city . our film crew has visited the artist's studio twice now, and today there will be preparations for the removal of the mold. some will still need to be plastered with clay and even metal from such materials creates future masterpieces in his creative workshop. bilo

my chinese president, she's in being met with european council president sha michelle in beijing. the european union is urging china to use it influence on russia to end the war in ukraine, china's president. those says they should rather seek a diplomatic solution to the hostilities. now court in the us has reversed a ruling which allowed an independent review of thousands of documents seized from former president donald trump, florida home, and cleared the way for criminal investigation into the way that trump handled sensitive documents. his legal team wanted the so called a special monster to vet them and see if some of them should be kept from investigations. earlier this year, the f b, i seize those documents, including nearly a 100, marked as classified during such trumps mar lager estates. peruse, congress has approved a motion to start impeachment proceedings against president pedro. christina castillo is accused of reaching the constitution and for being, quote, morally incapable. it's congress as 3rd attempt to remove the left directly. this since he took office last ye

the head of the european council met with china's leaders easing pain. on thursday, the tolls came and made soaring tanza, though of the anti locked down protest in china, and its support for russia amid the queen conflict, i'll take on to be there. rachel marsden gives us her opinions on the matter. let's face with rising energy cost inflation de industrialization and a potential trade war with the u. s. u. think that when european council president shocked me, shed took a trip to beijing this week. his priority would have been to reaffirm the blocks relationship with its top economic trading partner. like it's life depended on it. the book has created enough economic problems for itself right now as the result of its own leadership propensity for approaching everything. so heavy handedly through an ideological prism rather than a pragmatic one, like with russia around the ukraine conflict, you think they might want to take a quick break from talking about ukraine's problems to focus on their own economic woes, which beijing just might be in a position

charles michel rebuilding ukraine has become very expensive european council looking for legal groundsscation of frozen. in europe, russia's assets, according to lawyers, this robbery will have huge consequences for the eu itself to make many countries think. how reliable is a privately owned institution in europe and is it worth it to continue investing in europe if legally invested can be taken away at any moment, and semimilyanova to lead the south european bureau? alexander ovechkin continues to write history in the next nhl match, the russian hockey player scored two goals and came in second in the list of the best snipers in the history of the league now on account of forward 800 two goals, so the indicator he overtook the legendary canadian hockey player, gordie home in the first period. ovechkin scored goals. and at the very end of the match, he scored a historical double and brought the stadium of many thousands to the east. after the final means, the russians were congratulated on the achievement that was being created, and even the rivals decided. now, ahead of ovechkin, onl

were in a hurry why the leadership of the european parliament because today a meeting of the european council took place in the morning. and now, at that moment, a national press conference is being held where the results are being told, and apparently the european council needed this document about 18 billion already voted and approved in order to take further actions to approve it, because the european commission and the european parliament clearly stated that already in january 2023, ukraine should receive the first tranche of aid from the studio, so tatyana, well, accordingly, the european parliament did dare and took an extremely important step, it is not even about historical memory, but also about the historical justice of recognizing the holodomor as genocide, and we understand that at one time many european states tried to evade such recognition , and this step is now a certain symbol of the new policy of the european union, both in terms of condemning the crimes of the communist regime and in terms of supporting ukraine accordingly, it is a question of the attitudes of european parl

you think that when european council president shocked me, shed took a trip to beijing this week. his priority would have been to reaffirm the blocks relationship with its top economic trading partner. like it's life depended on it. the book has created enough economic problems for itself right now as the result of its own leadership propensity for approaching everything. so heavy handedly through an ideological prism rather than a pragmatic one, like with russia around the ukraine conflict, you think they might want to take a quick break from talking about ukraine's problems to focus on their own economic woes, which beijing just might be in a position to give them a hand with particularity, when she's in ping, encourage the political resolution of ukraine conflict. during shocking michelle's visit. solving the ukranian crisis through political means is in the best interest of europe and the common interest of all countries in eurasia. under current conditions, we must avoid escalation and expansion of the crisis and work for peace. chub, michigan could have seized that as a poin

should not be done now, as it could harm the very concept of security, the president of the european councilmichel , said in an interview with the youtube channel rtvi, according to him, even before the start of the aggressive invasion russia in ukraine, this concept did not always work and could not help solve major international problems, but after the beginning of the russian war, the president of the european council says that it is worth thinking about a deep reform of the entire system of the united nations . this is necessary in order for the un to better take into account the balance of modern world order and it is really necessary because we are watching how the council meets, well, experts say that even at the same time it is very necessary to talk about russia and its crimes not at the meetings of the security council so that i testify, but there are no solutions, but i would like to. maybe if these solutions are reformed, ukraine will have to win the war that russia started against it on february 24 of this year, and the countries of the west, at the same time, should make maximu

well, the head of the european council, charles michelle has met with the chinese leader on thursday. the talks come, i made soaring tensions over the anti locked down protests in china and its support for russia in the ukrainian conflict art contributor rachel marston has more details on that. faced with rising energy cost inflation di, industrialization, and potential trade war with the u. s. u think that when european council president shocked me, shed took a trip to beijing this week is priority. would have been to reaffirm the blocks relationship with its top economic trading partner. like it's life depended on it, you know, double down on what german chance are all i've showed said when he was in beijing last month, that europe has no interest in decoupling from china, which is of course, what the u. s. is trying to get its allies to do with china by signing onto its anti china export controls. the blog has created enough economic problems for itself right now as the result of its own leadership propensity for approaching everything so heavy handedly. if you're in ideological pr

union will really play a key role in this process, and we hope that at the next meeting of the european council, which will take place on december 15-16, we will already have certain concrete let's say concrete thoughts of the european and the council as a key player in the european union, how should we move further along this track from the very beginning of work on this project, since the end of february, we have been saying and saying that this tribunal, this idea, this concept, this project, they are in no way aimed at in order to harm the international criminal court, bemket is a key body of international criminal justice, but there is a moment when he cannot prosecute for committing the crime of aggression against ukraine because to to have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression in our specific situation, one of two prerequisites must be met: first, that the russian federation ratifies the rome statute of the icc and the campanian amendments to it regarding the crime of aggression, or the second option, that the situation in ukraine be referred to the international criminal court of th

she, she being held talks in beijing with european council president charles michelle. the 2 leaders met at a time of strained relations. not partly due to china's treatment of the week of minority shows that he raised the issue of human rights, schumann wise, all in the us. and i welcome the readings with you, you shina human rights dialogue. we will follow up on mr. midgent because this format this not transients for more than 3 years. so this is an important signal. the dialogue allow us to focus. why does human rights policy issues and an individual cheers or for weeks rush has been attacking ukraine's energy network with devastating results. they've been power blackouts and water shortages, which is affecting hospitals, where we challenge reports for keep a life hangs in the balance in a harsh of an operating theatre, a ukrainian surgical team operates on a woman's heart if all goes well to live many more years, 30 crane is a country under attack, assuming the best is something people here no longer do performing any surgery is difficult enough. but imagine doing t

it is possible now the head of the european council, charles michelle, has met with the chinese leader on thursday. and these talks come mid soaring tensions over the anti lockdown protests in china and its support for russia in the ukrainian conflict. so to get more on this story, we're going to cross live to our contributor rachel marston in paris. hi, rachel. so can you tell us, charles michelle has become one of the 1st e leaders to visit china after 3 years of total, coven locked out. so what do we know about the talks? well, looks like he brought the clown show with him to beijing, faced with rising energy cost inflation, the industrialization and potential trade war with the u. s. u. think that when european council president shocked me, shed took a trip to beijing this week is priority. would have been to reaffirm the blocks relationship with its top economic trading partner. like it's life depended on it. you know, double down on what german chance are all i've showed said when he was in beijing last month, that europe has no interest in decoupling from china, which is of cour

what is the next step let's press, of course, we will, again, talk with the commission of the european councilat they will do everything that is necessary in the direction that i mentioned in the american direction, so that the european union could to do what the americans are doing in relation to the state property, and including that we are definitely going and looking firstly at the money 300 billion that are prohibited secondly what is appearing what we talked about and singing the resolutions on terrorism, we promote the idea of ​​creating a special tribunal that would investigate the crime of military aggression, and this is different from, say, a war crime, which is simply called a war crime . there in buche irpenii, eh, in other places, it ’s tears, eh, so called, eh, by the international criminal court, but at this level, i understand, the military is being held accountable. and in order to bring putin to justice, a special special yes special or t- tribunal and two the tribunal on issues of military aggression and what is the name of the mother of all other criminals, this tribunal w

on a one day visit to china, european council president sean michelle has signed the book of condolences for former chinese president junk theme men. in beijing, michel met chinese leader exclusion paying as he seeks to shore up diplomatic and trade ties. he also discussed protest over china 0 coven policies, and human rights groups say that a man has been shot dead by security forces in northern iran for celebrating the iranian football teams defeat against the us and exit from the world cup. many iranians refused to support the national team in response to a violent government crackdown on anti regime protest. germany's parliament has officially recognized a historical famine in ukraine as genocide, ukraine's commit ukrainians commemorates the hollow dome are a famine engineered by soviet russia's communist liter. joseph stalin, in the 19 thirty's, nearly 4000000 people starved to death. several countries already condemn it as genocide. now it is world aids day, but with global efforts to battle the corona virus pandemic. there's been much less of a focus on h. i. v aids for you and es

the european council, which is comprised of the heads of state and government of the european union. and so, you know, as the leaders, we've seen them arrive today. they have, of course, you know, condemned the actions of that the allegations of those accused. but said that when it comes to reform, when it comes to action, it really is up to the parliament to clean the house and the president of the parliament. metella has reaffirmed her commitment to that reform. now it is looking to be a particularly busy final you, lita summit for this year, tell us what else is on their agenda today? well, big on the agenda as, as you mentioned e u u. s. relations. the one hand even definitely needs the u. s. when it comes to ukraine, the finish prime minister has said just a recently that without the u. s. we would be in trouble and by we, she meant the european union. on the other hand, there is a brewing trade war, what some are calling a brewing trade war, and that's because of, you know, recent us action that is seen as to protection. as for example, the inflation reduction act, which would

you also have from the european council in china. we seen present xi jinping earlier on and that i think is just exemplifies, is, maddock of what happens print this is, europe does not know which way to look. it's being asked by the united states to make a decision, it's being pushed by the united states to make a decision. and you saw little bit of that earlier this week at the nato meeting in bucharest as well. nato starting to pivot may be towards focusing on china as a threat as well. you saw them talking about this talking about the threat, talking about taiwan. we talked about this on the show , this is what he had to say. >> europe on the one hand is facing much higher energy costs on a long-term basis not withstanding the current mild winter but the u.s. is tightening the screws on europe with its relationship with china. on top of that the u.s. is subsidizing its own production, so that really leaves europe stuck on its own and it really brings the german industrial model really is fit for purpose right now. >> it's going to

european parliament is different from the body that is convening today, we are talking about the european council that is the leaders of this member states . but of course, it is a scandal that affects the integrity and, and the integrity of the entire union. however, when it comes to form an and when it comes to action, the impetus is really on the european parliament. historically, emmy peas have opposed more transparent laws, for example, more transparent rules that would force them to disclose when they meet with a politicians from 3rd countries to the emphasis on them and also on the investigation that's currently ongoing for us to get full clarity on what exactly is going on at the european parliament. i a thank you so much shar, special correspond abraham, there in roses. you are watching dw news just to remind her of the top story. we're following for you this hour of the world cup, raining champions, friends had beaten under dogs, morocco to nail in the semi finals. they will now face argentina in the final on sunday. and your leaders are meeting for their final summit of the year in bru

and his look nod some of the other stories making headlines on one day visit to china. european council president sha michelle has signed the book of condolences for former chinese president jones. im in beijing. shelmet chinese leader. she jan thing as he seeks to shore up diplomatic and trade relations. he also discussed protests over china's 0 coven policies. and these 2 people are dead and dozens more missing after a landslide swept away a section of highway in southern brazil. rescue workers say bad weather and the remote location in the state of paranoia are complicating the search for survivors . satellite imagery shows that russia may be gearing up for a massive aerial assault on ukraine. these images show almost 2 dozen long range bombers and cruise missiles, being prepared for combat at the angles to feel out of last in russia. ukraine military officials sold local media bombers will be used to increase strikes on ground targets in ukraine, especially energy infrastructure bike martin is a senior fellow for war studies, kings college london. i asked him earlier if the activity

in addition, the european council members discuss the conflict in ukraine, the influx of migrants and of defense and security , joins vladimir kobyakov vladimir well, in early december, the european commission. introduced the ninth package of sanctions against russia today it is again not were able to agree. let's immediately list the news and theses ourselves so briefly, so the ninth package of sanctions for russia is unlikely to have time to agree, but everyone is trying to think how to further resist moscow and beijing, they also think how to economically resist the actions of the united states and it is only worth joining trade wars with washington. well , mostly chapters. there in the comments today they really remember the price of gas. and at what height should the european union build a gas ceiling, but most eu countries believe that these prices can shake up their economies and compare them to an attraction not for everyone. in the spring of 21, exchange prices for gas have already begun to be compared with a roller coaster in russia with a roller coaster, hinting at the us b

the representative of the national security council told european viewers their american picture of thend it does not change the world economy, it was not the sanctions that drove the world economy into crisis, and putin did not even talk about the negotiations. i think the world's economy is paying the price for putin's war in ukraine, so we're working with france to make sure ukraine succeeds on the battlefield. only now the french authorities, according to the publication of the politician in informal conversations. howling from what is no more in a position to give ukraine weapons their stocks are almost empty they will obviously put pressure on guests from paris today, in the white house, in addition to biden, vice president harris and the secretary of state will be at dinner at dinner, the pancake chef of the white house the day before showed what they will treat the guests and how they will decorate the table in all corners in the evening should smooth colors, white, blue. red colors, the national flags of both countries, the leader will serve beef sturgeon caviar with onion marm

and if you just look over the last couple of days in europe at what the european council has done. they've talked about how they developed their own strategy that they can then align with ours. and then you look at how we are operating with key countries in the developing world. we've announced just energy transition partnerships with south africa and indonesia. these are not small deals. in indonesia talking close to $20 billion, in south africa close to 10 billion to help them transition from coal-fired power plants to renewable energy and to do so with significant mobilization of investment. link up the domestic investments to the united states in all of these clean energy technologies with those kinds of projects and programs, and what you have is benefit actually extending to every corner of the world, and that's what's so exciting about these profound investments in the kind of key industries of the future is that they don't just have to be about the united states doing it at the expense of everybody else, but rather the united states being a font of growth in energy for the

been adopted since 2016, the countries of the european union have agreed to the ninth package of sanctions against russia, the czech presidency of the council of the european union said on twitter, also as reported by the media, the written procedure for the approval of sanctions will be completed by noon today, in addition to a new list of two hundred under of sanctioned russians, the eu introduces restrictions against three russian banks, additional expert restrictions for dual-purpose goods, and in addition, the european union wants to prepare measures in order to complicate russia's access to drones, the european union will allocate 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to ukraine next year, this is stated in the conclusions of the european council, the letter-leaders agreed to urgently intensify the provision of humanitarian aid and assistance in the field of civil protection to ukraine, as well as to promote the restoration of ukraine 's critical infrastructure in order to help pass the winter, in addition, the eu heads of state agreed to increase military support for ukraine, in particular with regard to air defense the enem

but vladimirovich, nevertheless, but these torments of creativity e european commission of the european councilthe governing bodies, and the european union, they sat for 15 hours. so i already spoke about poland, their demarche there and so on. is it possible to say that everything the further we go with the packages with these numbers, the harder it is to find a consensus in the european union. yes, of course, this is exactly so, because after all, some begin to remember. but from the shirt that is closer to the body. and their economic interests should not be completely ignored for the sake of ukraine. so you mentioned these 18 billion. an additional package with help to ukraine, but no one says that this is not a grant, not help. this is a loan, let it be on record terms. well , you know, which sooner or later, but ukraine the current le-a regime or under the next leadership, sooner or later you will have to repay, yes, this loan is further preferential, so to speak, the period, that is, the first 10 years, and you can not pay interest, and then you have to. so to say that the european union

here are the prices, and we decided so, we see how the european council already says in relation to itsyou circumvent sanctions, this is equivalent to a criminal offense. and now we are seeing that in different corners we understood something for ourselves long ago and finally in the twentieth year. this, probably, somehow confirmed their understanding that everything is the need of this just state, a just society, a fair business, fair relations of states with each other. friend. but what is justice in our understanding of the new generation. a variant that has already come out since the twentieth century. we are no longer people of the 20th century. but the 21st century has not yet entered. i haven't found one for myself. the answer to the question. that's what we are in the modern sense in its fresh adequate understanding. e we have when we say a just society. that's how you see it for yourself in general, well, i think, first of all, we are talking about the right to life, and the right to life and what ensures this life. see. now most of the peoples of the world do not have generic

and if you just look over the last couple of days in europe at what the european council has done. they've talked about how they developed their own strategy that they can then align with ours. and then you look at how we are operating with key countries in the developing world. we've announced just energy transition partnerships with south africa and indonesia. these are not small deals. in indonesia talking close to $20 billion, in south africa close to 10 billion to help them transition from coal-fired power plants to renewable energy and to do so with significant mobilization of investment. link up the domestic investments to the united states in all of these clean energy technologies with those kinds of projects and programs, and what you have is benefit actually extending to every corner of the world, and that's what's so exciting about these profound investments in the kind of key industries of the future is that they don't just have to be about the united states doing it at the expense of everybody else, but rather the united states being a font of growth in energy for the

the council of the european union also, as reported by the media , will complete the written procedure sanctions by friday afternoon , in addition to the new list of 200 russians subject to sanctions is introducing restrictions against three russian banks, additional expert restrictions for dual-purpose goods, and in addition, the european union wants to prepare measures to complicate russia 's access to drones at the sviatohirsk and lyman security points, schoolchildren study online because there is always internet access. kyril tymoshenko during his trip to donetsk region, he noted that the power grids are being actively restored in the territory of the occupied communities of donetsk region the delivery of humanitarian aid continues without interruption, in addition, residents of the occupied territories can receive firewood for free, the legendary ukrainian shchedryk, sergeants and officers of nato performed the english version of the work of the composer mykola leontovich, they sang a cappella, the video was released by the ministry of culture and information policy of ukraine, sh

european councils are seeking legal grounds for the confiscation of russia's assets frozen in europe,bbery will have huge consequences for the eu itself, to make many countries think. how reliable is the institution of private property in europe and is it worth it to continue investing in europe if legally invested can take away at any moment christmas 2022 will be remembered by italians tangibly and cool in houses and modest gifts for most matters. i would like to find something useful under the tree, preferably with edible food in the first place in the rating of gifts, food and 7 emelyanovich vesti yuzhny european. in the coming 2023, russia will maintain the volume of oil pumped through ukraine via the druzhba pipeline today, the russian foreign ministry assured that deliveries to hungary, slovakia , the czech republic will remain at the level of this year. the druzhba oil trunk pipeline system is almost 8,900 km long, of which 5,000 km outside russia originates from the oil pipeline in the samara region, it goes further through bryansk, then it is divided into two lines, the nort

means meets the interests of europe and all countries of eurasia in beijing with the head of the european councilles. michel, his words lead to china central television the chinese leader urged to avoid escalation, and instead stimulate negotiations. sentinping stressed china has always been on the side of peace and will continue to play a constructive role. the european union threatens to ban twitter if elon musk does not comply with the requirements and with moderation on this file times, the european commissioner, on internal market issues, this breton personally phoned elon via video link mask and demanded that he aggressively combat misinformation on twitter by threatening. otherwise , with large fines or blocking the service throughout the european union, in particular, he demanded that the owner of the social network refuse to arbitrarily unblock accounts banned under the previous owners, i note that earlier the mask announced one of its main goals was the fight against online censorship. the belarusian shepherd dog is not for sale . but it is best to check. new accusations against russia

he meant to european council presidential michelle in beijing relation. so all strain that lend policy due to china's treatment of the week of minority. michelle said that he raised the issue of human rights human rights. and i welcome the reduced with you in china, human rights. we will follow up on this term, isn't it, does this format this not convince for more than 3 years? so this is an important signal. the dialect will allow us to focus. why does human rights policy issues and an individual choose? a spokesman herself, africa, as president says, or oppose a meeting with members of the governing african national congress about his political future. an independent panel found that he violated his earth of office while the person was investigated after millions of dollars hidden inside a sofa was stolen from his game phone. he denies any wrong doing. the findings can lead to his impeachment the army and democratic republic of congo says m. 23 rebels on their allies have killed 50 civilians in the eastern town of can she say in a group denies responsib

charles michel to restore ukraine has become very expensive the european council is looking for legalfrozen in europe . in russia, according to lawyers, this robbery will have huge consequences for the eu itself, to make many countries think. how reliable is the institution of private property in europe and is it worth it to continue investing in europe if legally invested can be taken away at any moment, and semelyanov's news southern european, bureau? tomorrow , catholic christmas will come for western christians around the world. today is christmas eve, pre-holiday chores, the british and french have complicated strikes and on your other side, the english channel, it is carried out by railway workers in britain, where nurses also went on strike and revered lions for a protest action throughout the week. now border guards have joined in, arriving at airports warning about possible problems at passport control, the rise in prices also forced them to adjust plans for the holiday saves on food gifts and, of course, on heating, the head of the german party. cd, friedrich moers suggested

and parliament, and this resolution is previously approved by the european commission and the european councils, this is the position of the european union as a whole, what about the fact that russia is a terrorist state and then it says about the need for that very tribunal, they decided that if the state is a terrorist, then you can do whatever you want with it, any means are good. it's not that you can do whatever you want. they decided that they were on a horse that they would now be, the very winner who would judge. they decided that they will break russia, that they are sure of their victory and therefore yes, their americans played, but they remember how they fabulously enriched themselves not by the destruction of the soviet union, and they that for the destruction of russia they will pay back a hundredfold everything that the germans stole from them the americans and this scholz, from which there, uh, liver sausage or something. and what he recently wrote in his program article , a huge article came out, where he says that germany has recently become the economic leader of the europea

. >>> those protests were discussed during a meeting between xi and european council president charlesichel. they have agreed to resume dialogue on human rights. the two met thursday for about three hours in beijing. protesters across china are fed up with strict anti-coronavirus measures, including restrictions on people's movement. the country has been trying to crack down on the demonstrations. china has not disclosed how xi referred to the issue during the talks. but after the meeting, michel made his views clear. >> t right of assembly is an important fundamental right guarante by international instruments and also by national constitutions. >> a spokesperson for michel says the leader also called on china to help end russia's invasion of ukraine. china's foreign ministry says president xi responded that his country will remain on the side of peace and continue to play a constructive role in its own way. michel says they agreed russia's nuclear threats are irresponsible and highly dangerous. ♪ ♪ >>> switching gears now to the weather. some residents of bolivia are dealing with a s

the european council today failed to agree on a new package of financial assistance to ukraine for 18on euros. hungary opposed its authorities, let me remind you that they have repeatedly made it clear that they should allocate money from the budget. each country must individually and at its own will. however, brussels still insists on the principles of collective responsibility and turns a blind eye even to criminal schemes that allow some to make good money under the pretext of supporting the kiev regime, the report of our european correspondent anastasia popova is the european concept of unconditional support. ukraine is bursting at the seams. increasingly, there are news about frauds under the slogan of helping kiev, for example, from spain, under the guise of humanitarian cargo , drugs were sent there on trucks with ukrainian numbers ; andalusia engaged in illicit trafficking. 30 people were arrested for drugs for disguising drugs in a cardboard box as supplies and humanitarian aid intended, allegedly for ukraine, about ukraine itself, the german media write that there will be no

of the european union in the ninth package of sanctions against russia, the chairman of the european council announced charles michel proposes to add about two hundred individuals and companies to the sanctions list, moreover, the european commission proposes to introduce additional export restrictions for dual-purpose goods and has also prepared measures that will make it difficult for russia to access drones . in addition, the eu has allocated financial aid to ukraine in the amount of 18 billion euros under the enemy the dnipropetrovsk region remains on fire in the nikopol district. the entire night was under the threat of shelling , the head of the region, valentyn reznichenko, said the russians hit the manganetsk community, the attackers covered it with fire from heavy artillery, fortunately, the people were not injured, the enemy also does not leave sacks of millet alone, they were killed 58 times along the northern border borders during the day, he informs the head of the regional military administration, dmytro zhivitsky, 43 mortar attacks were recorded on the territory of the krasnop

the replacement of russian pipeline gas with residential natural gas, the united states the european councild the goal of the gap, yes, to completely nullify the import supply of russian energy resources in the twenty-seventh year. this means that numerous sanctions are being introduced for this, and the second thesis is this . uh, orgy of sanctions, well, on february 24 it was. so, approximately 2.600 against us at 15 december already more than 12.000 100. yes, feel the difference. russia has already left the world. at the end of february, in the first place in terms of the number of foreigners introduced against foreigners, having overtaken iran , it is in second place. yes the european union, adopted nine packages in the work of the tenth one of the results of the mass exodus of western companies from russia from here. the need to take countermeasures, including or first of all in the energy sector, well, a couple of examples yes, for example, the reorganization of the transfer of a company of operators to russian jurisdiction projects under the sakhalin-2 production sharing agreement. we

this was stated by the director of the branch of the european council on foreign relations, the complexes should be managed by german soldiers and poland wanted to involve the frg in a direct conflict with russia but did not withdraw. now tens of thousands of ukrainians are trying to send tens of thousands of ukrainians to warsaw for wintering in europe natalya goncharova on how the conflict destroys old light. europe is tired of refugees from ukraine and is starting to take legislative measures to restrict entry as it waits for the new wave this winter, according to the final times, the number of refugees with ukraine from other countries of the continent is amazing from january to september ukrainians filed 4 million 400,000 applications for temporary protection in the eu although it is estimated that hundreds of thousands have already returned home some countries, for example, italy under the leadership of the government of george meloni calls for tightening the migration legislation. with the supply of weapons to kiev, the problems of the bundeswehr also survived, as lemon said the he

blog covering security affairs and joining us virtually from london is ulrika franca of the european council on foreign relations actually currently joining us from france, i'd like to begin if i may with you thomas and in history winter has famously worked to russia's advantage, helping them repel napoleon hitler would you say winter will also help the russians this time? well, i doubt it this time because we have to see yes, russia had an advantage against napoleon against the germans in the second world war. on the other hand, if you remember the finnish winter war in 1939 it was a different story and the finns had the advantage because they knew the terrain, they knew winter, they knew how to deal with it. and here we have the ukrainians who also have an advantage because they know the terrain and they know the situation. so is this old equation, russia knows how to win the winter war wouldn't necessarily apply at this point. what are the two key factors? if you had to identify? just two? what are the two key factors that essentially decide who has the advantage under harsh conditions? w

providing assistance to ukraine and supporting its recovery, it is stated in the document of the european council , we were also reminded there about the agreement of the g7 group of countries to create a donor platform to support ukraine and recommended to the european commission to strengthen the allocation of power generators , transformers and lighting and high-voltage equipment in ukraine in addition to that chapter eu states have indicated that they will continue to support refugees from ukraine, this is tangible, this is concrete, this shows that the european union firmly adheres to keeps his word of loyalty. this is obviously very important for ukraine. in addition, the heads of state of the european union agreed to increase military aid to ukraine, first of all, it will apply to anti-aircraft defense and demining. books in russian are expensive, although for waste paper 50,000 uah, not so much for cars for the armed forces of ukraine , were collected by the residents of kropyvnytskyi benefactors contributed the rest to the required amount for the car, where and what tasks will the milita