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Talks continue despite a threat by the Hungarian prime minister to veto the move. We hear from a senior Ukrainian MP. Also on the programme: We hear from the prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines who is trying to get Venezuela and Guyana to sort out their territorial dispute over oil wealth; and why Parisians are up in arms about a new metro station being named after the controversial singer Serge Gainsbourg.(Photo: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel pose for a picture during a European Union (EU) summit.Credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS.)

European Union leaders meet to decide whether the bloc will commit more financial support and open accession talks for Ukraine as Hungary threatens to veto. So are Ukraine's most ardent supporters inside the EU getting worried?Also in the programme: the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, on mediating between Venezuela and Guyana over their territorial dispute; and anger over plans to name a Paris metro station after the singer Serge Gainsbourg.(Image: European Council in Brussels. Credit: OLIVIER MATTHYS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

198 countries have agreed to 'transition away' from fossil fuels. But what does that actually mean?Also on the programme: The US Supreme Court is to hear a case which may determine the future of a pill used in most abortions in the country. Argentina devalues its currency by more than a half. And we'll speak to the mother of a Palestinian-American student who was shot in the US state of Vermont.(Picture: COP28 in Dubai ends. Credit: Reuters)

Delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference have reached an agreement that - for the first time - calls on countries to "transition away from fossil fuels", although that doesn't include gas . . . We hear reaction from countries in the developed and developing worlds. And we ask whether the summit can be considered a success. Also in the programme: we board the night train from Berlin to Paris, revived after it was scrapped nine years ago; and we hear how brain tissue and technology are being brought together for the next generation of computers.(IMAGE: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, COP28 President and UAE"s Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, bangs the gavel as he speaks following the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13 December 2023 / CREDIT: EPA / Martin Divisek)

198 countries are trying to reach a deal at the UN's climate conference in Dubai after a promise to "phase out" fossil fuels was removed from the draft agreement.Also on the programme: the Ukrainian President pleads with the US congress to resume military aid to his country, a supporter of the Harvard president on why it's right she's kept her job despite a huge row about anti-semitism, and tributes are paid to the South African singer Zahara, who has died at the age of 36. (Picture: Climate protesters in the UAE capital Dubai. Credit: EPA)

Delegates at the UN climate summit are trying to reach consensus on a final declaration, after the first draft caused outrage by failing to call for a phase out of fossil fuels. Also in the programme: the president of one of Turkey's top football teams has been arrested for punching a referee on the pitch; and we hear from the father of an Israeli woman killed by Hamas, who wants a Palestinian state but only once Hamas is defeated. (Picture: Climate activists protest against fossil fuels at Dubai's Expo City. Credit: Reuters)

European and US delegates at the COP28 climate summit have expressed disappointment at a draft of the final deal, saying it is not tough enough on fossil fuels. The draft text endorses a major reduction in fossil fuel use, but does not call for their phasing out.Also, dissident doctor, Gao Yaojie, who exposed China's Aids epidemic, dies at 95. And the US is considering reclassifying potatoes - from vegetable to grain. Which is it? We'll speak to a leading potato expert.Photo: Indigenous climate activist from India, Licypriya Kangujam, 12, holds a placard while protesting at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023. Credit: Epa)

Heavy urban battles raged Monday in the Gaza war which has killed 101 Israeli soldiers and several thousand Palestinians. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims "It is the beginning of the end of Hamas".Also in the programme: a COP agreement edges closer; and Nikki Haley's bid for the US presidency.(Photo: Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip following Israeli airstrikes, as seen from an undisclosed location near the border between Gaza and southern Israel. Credit: ABIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Argentina's new president Javier Milei says shock treatment is needed to deal with the country's severe economic crisis. How will people cope?Also in the programme: The World Health Organisation has adopted a resolution calling for immediate medical access and humanitarian aid for Gaza; and the colossal sea monster fossil found in the cliffs of southern England.(Photo: Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures to supporters, after his swearing-in ceremony, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2023. Reuters/Agustin Marcarian)

The head of the United Nations' World Health Organisation has said the war in Gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians in the territory.But the head of Israel's armed forces has called for a stepping up of the military campaign against Hamas.Also in the programme: The Nobel Peace Prize is handed out in the absence of the winner, Narges Mohammadi, who remains in prison in Iran; and we'll hear why the Japanese baseball player, Shohei Ohtani, has landed a record-breaking contract in the US.(Photo shows the director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking on 21 May 2023. Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters)