US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the Munich Security Conference. As Ukraine’s President Zelensky warns about Vladimir Putin’s European ambitions, is Europe now on its own when it comes to defence? Also in the programme: why did six federal prosecutors resign in protest in New York and D.C. yesterday? And the study explaining why humans feel there IS a separate stomach for pudding. (IMAGE: US Vice President JD Vance speaks during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC), in Munich, Germany, 14 February 2025 / CREDIT: Ronald Wittek/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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And once again,
it is the future of Ukraine that's dominating discussions
between the major Western powers following President Trump's startling announcement earlier
in the week that he'd spoken one on one of Vladimir Putin to set
in motion negotiations over bringing three years of war to an end.
And those debates are now being played out on a very public stage
because the annual Munich security Conference got underway today.
President Zelenskyy of Ukraine echoes the words of many European leaders,