European countries are left reeling after Donald Trump cuts them out of negotiations with Russia over Ukraine: we speak to Estonia's foreign minister, and hear from Kyiv on how Ukraine sees its future. Also in the programme: unearthing a major piece of Roman history in an office basement in London; and we get the latest after a man drives a car into a crowd in Munich. (IMAGE: Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna speaks to the media as he attends Foreign Affairs Council at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 27 January 2025 / CREDIT: Olivier Hoslet/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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And coming up a little later, we will have more on that developing story.
Out of Munich, a car's been driven into a crowd, injuring nearly 30 people.
Some seriously will go live to Germany in.
In less than 50 minutes.
But we are going to start with what looks like a major shake
up of the transatlantic alliance established in the wake of the Second World War.
A shake up that's left European countries reeling today and scrambling to work out how to respond.
And it all turns on President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that negotiations