2025-02-15
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I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Saturday 15th February, these are our main stories.
President Zelensky of Ukraine has met JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference after the US Vice president launched a wide ranging attack on European politicians.
African leaders at a summit in Ethiopia have agreed to increase their health, budget and taxes to compensate for a freeze on foreign aid by the United States.
The latest figures from South Korea indicate that the suicide epidemic among young people is continuing despite efforts to address it.
Also in this podcast, well, if you're familiar with YouTube, you may have heard that video.
Believe it or not, the video sharing platform is 20 years old.
The future of Ukraine took center stage at the International Security Conference in the German city of Munich on Friday.
It came after several days of speculation about how President Trump's telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday might be the start of a process that will end the conflict.
On the sidelines of the conference, the US vice president, J.D.
vance, told reporters that Washington could impose economic sanctions on Russia if it refuses to agree what he called a good peace deal that guarantees Kyiv's long term independence.
There are economic tools of leverage, he said.
And there are of course also military tools of leverage the US could use.
Later, he addressed the delegates at the meeting.
This is a security conference, and I'm sure you all came here prepared to talk about how exactly you intend to increase defense spending over the next few years in line with some new target.