the, the breaking news russian crypto currency entrepreneur alexander vedic, were tons to most of the being released from a us jail. it a prison is 12 with washington plus having a meeting community. russia is going to be there with our people. ukraine is also invited by the way, president trump claims to have organized that try lateral tools to resolve the ukraine, conflicts holders such anything has been confirmed and with them unique security calling for installing today, your repair and officials on the edge as relations with washington sour of a terms commitment to stop the war, brussels this building,

the very good morning to do this is all the international with the world news update is great to have you with us on top story. we started with breaking news this friday morning. russian citizen, i legs on the vic for aid for me, us prison that has landed in law school. he was met by loved ones as he stepped out from an american federal authorities. yet mister finnic was arrested in greece in 2017 on the us request on slates, a convicted states, side on money laundering charges, the crypto currency entrepeneur spend nights, the accusations, but eventually agreed to a plea deal. when it was released off the most gro, handed of an american teacher who's been jailed for smuggling drugs into russian of the peace making announcements from donald trump just keep coming. he's now says

us russian on ukrainian officials will hold talks in munich, where the annual security conference kicks off today. he has, has however, denied such plans. well, most go has not yet commented that having a meeting in munich tomorrow, russia is going to be there with our people. ukraine is also invited by the way, i'm not sure exactly who's going to be there from any country, but high level people from russia, from ukraine, and from the united states. oh, joined in the studio now by all the political correspondent, eagle pace going off many thanks for the length of morning to you. so what a week it's been a goal. first, we have the phone call between the us and russian presidents and now followed final announce meeting in new nick would be a security conference that due to start today, take us through how the stakes are rapidly being raised over here. right,

right. well, things are looking very serious and i'd have to say that the base with which events are unfolding is quite impressive. the 2 presidents spoke just on wednesday of less than 2 days ago. and it seems that we're already looking at high level negotiations, which are rapidly being prepared. and this has also been confirmed by the kremlin. are you ready to add tungsten? they talked and agreed that even the most difficult problems should be solved through peaceful negotiations. in this case, the president putin agreed with this thesis of president trump. putin has repeatedly said that we are ready to enter into such peaceful negotiations and achieve our goals, specifically through peaceful negotiations. this has been confirmed through political and diplomatic means. and in fact, this is how the heads of state expressed their political will towards this process . this is a very important a chief event of this conversation,

which continued in the form of the instructions given by the presidents after their talks, which has already set in motion the machine of assistance departments, etc. who will now gradually enter into a dialogue and prepare for further contacts, both at the working and at the highest level by listening to me, but a scope that i do have to add that he didn't really specify anything about munich. so that will have to see and just find out what happens. a lot of this information is coming. so sick and falls. we have so many announcements coming from president trump over the past 24 hours alone. what are the latest key points that we're hearing from washington? well, i think a very important point that he's made is that he will not allow ukraine to become a member of nato. he says that he understands that that is the red line for russia . and he says that if joe biden would've would've listened to moscow as warnings before, and understood this, then the whole conflict could have been prevented, and resulting diplomatically before all the military action even started. is of

course, i don't see any way that a country in russia's possession could allow them just in their possession, could allow them to join them. i don't see that happening. and long before president button, russia was very strong. and the fact that i believe that's the reason the worst started because bite went out and said that they couldn't join nato. and he should have said that as soon as he said that i sent you know what, you're going to have a war. and now, and i was right about that. this is a war that would have never happened to buy what price you know, i remember who i mean putting also saying before that if the donald trump would have won that election in 2020, then the conflict in ukraine most likely would have been prevented. it's uh, it's hard to think what could be coming up next week from the in the white house. i'm focus to one of the global events we can look forward to. well, it looks like donald trump has a wider vision and then just focusing on the relations with russia and specifically

on the conflict in ukraine. he's looking at a, a quite a wider is global scale. i think fair to the united states when things straightened out, which i hope will be and then not too distant future. the meeting i want to have 1st is a meeting with china and a meeting with russia on slowing down, stopping and reducing nuclear weapons in particular, and also on not having to spend that kind of money. we're all spending on weapons, military weapons. generally. these are some, quite loud. i don't know. announcements, brands big plans by trump, but uh, if something like that would have happened if they would agree between russia, china and the united states. i think that would be a huge event for the whole world, comparable perhaps to the also conference which lay the foundation for the modern for, for a global security structure. the question is,

will they have enough mutual trust and determination to do so? while the allies will be on munich today, and the allies will continue to be on president trump and whatever comes out of his mouth next, when he thinks the coming in, your group is gonna appreciate as well as a friend in i guess. let's cross that lives, the risk consulting adult states on electronics alejandro. brew nobody. thanks for joining us. it's good to see this morning. so donald trump had to restart while he's made his view of how the war started quite clear and outright binding's stones that ukraine could become a nathan man, but was the trigger. so what effects could such an admission from the new american president have on the realities of today and tomorrow? and you will, if you, as well as in some countries, the kind of the suggestions, or even accusations that trump is making about the previous residents of the white house could even lead to criminal investigations. because this is one

case where there is no ambiguity. trump is absolutely right. uh, the um, the nato issue was the main crux of that led to the war and had biden agreed to even discuss the possibility that is sort of or it could certainly delayed if not prevented the war that started on february 24th, 2022 from starting in the 1st place. so i think uh on, on the issue of russia, trump has been absolutely a better then what he promised his voters when he got into the white house, the things are moving at lightning speed. uh, i read the, the munich conference. uh, the russians have not been invited to music for quite a while. yeah, and this is already a surprise been that are going to be meeting high level of visuals. and i do think

that trump is now preparing. he's had everything in his life, he's now looking to his legacy. he probably wants a nobel peace prize and he probably wants to a picture, a historic picture, a, the thing i liked style in churchill and roosevelt at the altar. and i think that somehow i suspect that we're going to end up in y'all to in a few weeks, or that was such an opportunity. that would be something it at the moment with the news coming in the past few days alone. it's if those to good to be true doesn't it? there's a why in your view was trumps. administration made such a dramatic you tug on the you're trying conflict which is really quotes what she says. european allies completely off god summer saying that the relationship between europe in america will never be the same again. what are your thoughts on that? well, it's very interesting because one of this,

and this is why it's sounds. well, the reason why it sounds too good to be true is because we know that the one, the economic power that's a benefit the most from it, from the wars and of the past 25 years since george w bush go into the white house. and it is the defense industry. if you look at the stock price of the various defense contractors, you will only see was some vips and you know, a few here and there. but generally, the trend is way up in the hundreds of percentages of so not all the trump to talk a piece reminds me of in some ways of kennedy speaking on june the 10th 1963, 2 american university students on their graduation. and in this speech, it kennedy was speaking about, please. now he was using a much more elegant and poetic language then trump. but basically there is,

there is a trumpet saying, is delivering the same message. it's time to stop treating russia as an enemy. and this means that the defense industry will have to retreat. this also means that the defense industry in europe will have to retreat and of course york will be left struggling for a new security arrangements. it's clear, trump no longer wants to be the big boy in nato. and nato itself may collapse not mega sort of collapsed in 1992 along with the soviet union and the worst. so back. but it's the last of this long and manufactured the conflicts, and it looks like that the era of such events is over or, you know, nice that as we know has been fading. you train with these promises of accession to the military block for 2 decades. the following translated announcements, the nato, a chief mock worst has suddenly wilks back, a pledge to make us pause of the block off the tops. what do you make of this

dramatic flip flop? do you think would these just the stalls have more to come? yes, absolutely. my through to uh, who was uh, not so successful apartment is there of holland. um is that will be, i think, the caretaker of deluxe to the last years of the last month of naples, i think many european leaders some might be relieved because the pressure of the trump was putting on them the if you want native to continue, then you must devote 5 percent of your g d p to military spending. that's something it sounds little 5 percent, but it easily turns out to be something like 40 percent of the state budget devoted on military expenditures. so that is something most all european countries cannot afford particularly with their significant welfare systems. so um, i think marketing will be trying to find ways to make nato in some ways still

relevant. um, but um, once the piece is done with ukraine and once the relations are normalized with the united states, it's really hard to see where a, where nato, as it stands right now, that is a native dominated by the united states can play a role. i think that there, it might evolve into a european security unit, but this mean send a shockwave the to the european union itself to brussels and many already questioning the does that institution. so it's truly a revolutionary time. now, if it went down to me, the least trump would probably already have a nobel peace prize. me a lot of why is it going to be on the security conference starting today in new names? donald trump is claiming that russian officials are coming to munich has not yet

been confirmed by moscow. k. f has denied plans to meet any russians that what do you make of the situation at the moment as well? i'm not surprised that keeps as he is being taking the back uh after you can imagine the length of his position after years of being called old and, and where, whereby every major world leader or sorry, you're a western leader, was looking for a photo op for his own the constituencies a for their own constituencies uh, with zalinski. you know, this was a very strange war where leaders click come and go to p. s. as they please. they know that we didn't have this situation in world war 2. um and does the landscaping was traveling errors, spending more time abroad than i think in kias itself. so, so you can imagine what will happen after that to a period where's that landscape clearly seeing the,

the proverbial riding on the wall, the war is over and he has defined the reason. uh, the result that throws himself because of course, he's representing the interest of the right wing groups that triggered this conflict in the 1st place when they, with the my done the revolution of 2014. let's call the so called revolution. and the, the, the attacks and the dumbass and go next regions. so i, so lensky really doesn't have much to do with the landscape was large. the russian educated, the, that he is a native of russian speaker. he have to learn ukrainian himself or just what the, just like they're trying to force many people, russian, i'm not a ethnic russians to, to speak ukrainian, the in the of the country. so i think it's,

the landscape will be that it's position itself will be in question and it's different that i, i think he's going to be the truly in a next essential crisis. the very shortly starting already today. or if you're watching the space closely. many thanks for speaking to us this morning. it's always good to hear your thoughts. alexandra bruner. we've consultant, adults, state and electric. thank you. as well as well, the official will sit down to the munich security conference today. the tables have been turned on. european nathan members has been shocked by the us presidents announcements of his direct talks with the size of a person and a push to end the ukraine calling states, which many u officials want to keep going on. say is maureen, a cause or of a has more days, hence it's the most important form for security policy in the world, a conference where no actual decisions are made, but plans and intentions are definitely laid out. it's been well established that

it's a good barometer for trans atlantic relations which appear to be on shaky grounds as of late, especially after donald trump was re elected and started demanding more of his european allies. you know, we have over $300.00. they don't take our cars, they take all of us and we take everything tremendous amounts of product but really advise you i think that would be work. well, you're asking me a question. share it in here. or am i going to impose stairs on the european union? do you want the trussel answer or should i give you a little answer?

absolutely. the european union industry this so terribly. i told the european union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the united states by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. otherwise, it is tariffs all the way to little trump will not be attending the event. it's the he was vice president and secretary of state who will have to face the music of potentially explain why they're put in america. first of a sudden when for decades, u. s. foreign policy seem to out way, domestic issues. it's easy to see while european leaders are upsets. trump made a clear that he wants his fellow later on members. so increase their defense spending targets. the us has always covered most of the alliance as costs, but now it's changing it soon. if you don't pay, we're not going to protect you from said the problem is, is europe's economy. it's not doing that grades on top of that. they're also facing

a trade war with their main ally. as the old trend is expected to increase terrace on all steel and aluminum imports into the united states, which doesn't exclude his bodies, the european ministers are electrically shaking in their boots. call it as an escalating phrase war trying to do every thing they kansas stop that from happening . the job of the i'm gonna come since i have already mentioned the american tariffs that are threatening us, possibly on steel and aluminum. if the us leaves us no other choice than the european union will react in the united manner as the largest market in the world with 450000000 citizens, we have the power to do so. that uses no justification for the imposition of studies on our exports, which is economically conser products. especially given the deeply integrated production checking says probably set through our extensive tons of empty threats

and investment times we stand against on justified barriers to free and fair trade . if we remain fully committed to a level playing field, we will always take the necessary steps to protect our economic interests of as well as european businesses workers and consumers from unjustified tariff measures of that sort. all there's also that little issue over greenland because owning the territory is apparently fired. so for us national security. well obviously that didn't go down well with denmark or the rest of europe for that matter. but there is also another issue, a much bigger issue. europeans are soft and uphold therapy in sidelines and pretty much ignored when it comes to resolving the conflict in ukraine present. donald trump says he was looking forward to negotiating with russian president vladimir putin to end the war and ukraine. potential breakthrough in the war and ukraine

after calls with russian president put and ukrainian presidents, the landscape president trump, now saying peace negotiations will start immediately create the for moscow. what about ukraine? after 9, a minute phone call between president trump and russian president vladimir putin. those 2 leaders agreed to meet and begin negotiations immediately to end the war and ukraine, but apparently, without ukraine's participation. interesting question. i think they have to make peace, that people have been killed and i think they have to make peace. i said that was not a good way to go into and i think they have to make peace. that's what i take while the russian and us leaders appear committed an owner, a way to put an end to the conflict and ukraine. there is your pin town supplies are upset, the word consults, a foreign ministers even held a meeting in paris. so highlight that their opinion matters and should be taken

into account. there will be no just and lasting peace in ukraine without the europeans in paris. so i'm following codger colors. jose manuel out virus writers loud sikorsky, angelina barrow bach. david lemmy andrews qu bilious maria tree party. and andre cba tonight to talk about european security and our support for ukraine. there will be no just and lasting peace and ukraine without the participation of europeans. peace can only be achieved in the long term if we act together as a nato partner with our american friends. ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. unconditional priority must now be strengthened in ukraine and providing robust security guarantees. in any negotiation, europe must have a central role. so what if they had 2 years to figure it out? both have been unable to let the blood should continue. those weren't their words,

of course, but those are the rep precautions and they know it. we are ready to as a, has our support for ukraine, which means that they are ready to send more money and more weapons. so what if they don't have enough for nato or their own countries? but as long as they have enough for you pray and our share, the objectives should be support ukraine and the position of strength. that's impossible, and they know it's ukraine is losing the war and there's no reversing that. this declaration is a sub testament of bad persetti and leadership. while president donald trump and president putin negotiate on peace. you officials, issue worthless statements. you come to request a seat at the negotiating table, you have to run it through strength, good leadership and smart diplomacy. the position of brussels to support killing as long as it takes is morally and politically unacceptable. europe has squandered its central role by damaging its economy to rejecting cheap russian energy supplies and

limiting its political cloud to mirroring what us is doing. now your role is to stand in the corner and watch. but europe continues grasping at straws, trying to select a potential piece meal. looks like a that's ones with their media using the same rhetoric and the same language as always. well, that's your language. not mine, certainly not of betrayal. but as i said to our allies yesterday, we recognize the incredible commitment that has been made over many years. and no country as a president trump has pointed out, has made a larger commitment to the ukrainian mission than the united states of america. north of $300000000000.00. so the united states has invested in stabilizing those front lines. after the aggression of russia, there is no betrayal there. there is

a recognition that the whole world in the united states is invested in interested in peace and negotiated peace, ridiculous questions like raised or the reason he decided to skip the munich security conference, even though he is in the europe this week. but there are enough high level officials from the us going who will no doubt have a lot of questions to answer. the problem is, history has shown that all these world leaders don't really pay a lot of attention to what is being said at this conference. bladder, where it puts in the use the very same platform for years. warning the west not to expand nato east towards from as early as 2007 and what became known as his munich speech. it says, let us go to shooting it may to expansion does not have any relation with the more than i zation of the alliance itself. with ensuring security in europe. on the

contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. and we have the right to us against whom is this expansion intended. and what happened to the assurances our western partners made after the dissolution of the warsaw pact. where are those declarations today? no one even remembers them. but i will allow myself to remind this audience what was said. i would like to quote the speech of nato general secretary, mister warner in brussels on 17th may 1990. he said at the time that the fact that we are ready not to place a nato army outside of german territory gives the soviet union a firm security guarantee. where are these guarantees they're getting? it was very clear about the interest and repercussions of such a move. but does anyone listen? no. in fact, right before the special military operation began, learn ski, use the conference. so deliver the final blow. yeah,

your present. i have instructed the foreign ministry to convince somebody to budapest memorandums taking a treat countryside. if it fails to take place or refuses to provide security guarantees to you kind of what we're going to attend, the closest signed in 1994 is no invoice. there was a lot of skill was clueless, the was certainly was that after so many years of warnings and requests not to escalate the tensions along the russian border, but they did unless it and now when was seemingly approaching the end of the slide, this europe has a problem with that and also what the us, perhaps the tide is in the turn and as a make it a break of situation boils in the west looks like it's going to be one interesting conference. great to have you with this is friday morning. i hope you're having a perfect start to your day with that with more news updates and analysis from across the globe. but the top of yeah. see that the

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security. so, but i should use the restroom collection of over the course to know what the community is. i just googled on this. let me just skip 1st. was isabelle burske. we're going to get it done. so i think she was wanting to just because i didn't come, you know, communicated the integrity most of the stuff day today. and would you like me to get to you? she said the earlier this because i know i just came down here that i've used the new the new e phone to, to do with this issue.