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. >> alice weidel. >> leader of the. >> anti-immigrant party called afd. he chose to meet with her instead. our producer there, claudia otto, confirmed some. >> details of this meeting. >> including that it lasted 30 full minutes. it comes just weeks after elon musk addressed the afd party convention, sending shockwaves throughout europe. as musk told the party not to be ashamed of germany's past. >> i think there's like. >> frankly, too much of a. >> of a. >> focus on on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that. >> german chancellor schulz, in an incredible moment after that, slammed musk's decision to meet and cozy up to the far right party's main candidate. >> he said this to. >> our fred pleitgen. >> what is new is that he is intervening in favor of. >> right wing. >> politicians all over europe, and this is really disgusting. >> well, musk is. >> not alone now because jd vance had that meeting today. we are told that that 30 minute sitdown again that he did with the far right party when he did not meet with the leader of germany, covered a wide ran

instead, vance berated them, and we learned that shortly after that, he met with alice weidel, the leader of germany's far right party. according to her spokesperson, they talked about german domestic politics and the ukraine war. it was a busy day in munich. our christiane amanpour was there and joins us tonight. j.d. vance spoke at the munich security conference, and his remarks are being scrutinized. i want to play a portion of what he said and get your reaction. let's listen. >> the threat that i worry the most about vis a vis europe is not russia. it's not china, it's not any other external actor. and what i worry about is the threat from within. the retreat of europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the united states of america. >> the vice president went on to criticize europe's commitment to democratic elections and freedom of speech. but russia is continuing to recruit soldiers and manufacture weapons and ammo at a very rapid pace. do you think anyone in europe shares his view? >> honestly. >> the reaction from key europeans afterwards was was very sho

deutschland party, who are the second place in the polls, also seized on the incident, with co—leader alice weidelng on social media platform x saying should this go on forever migration turn around now. in other news, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says kyiv will not accept any peace deal agreed by russia and the us without its involvement. this comes as donald trump has assured that ukraine would have assured that ukraine would have a seat at the table in any negotiation over the war. speaking from the oval office, the us president said he trust putin on the ukraine war. and he confirmed that defence secretary pete hegseth comments on ukraine not joining nato were accurate. >> we want, like you, a sovereign and prosperous ukraine. that said, the united states does not believe that nato membership for ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. >> back in the uk, two men accused of attacking police at manchester airport have denied assaulting police officers after assaulting police officers after a video of the incident went viral. 20 year old mohammed ahmad faces multiple

leader of aft, which is afd, which is the far right party you were just referring to in germany, alice weidelare the aims of these parties of afd? of the other far right, ultra nationalist parties that are trying to take power across western nations? what do they want to do? >> look, it's the same as far right parties in other parts of the world as well. there is common cause in trying to clamp down on immigration. there's a constant fear of the outsider. the other there are racial undertones to this. jd vance mentioned brexit as well in the uk as being an example of how you have to listen to your people because they're telling you to stop letting people in to have tougher immigration policies, to cancel sort of ideas about wokeness, for example. those are all familiar themes for many parties on the far right spectrum, some that are in power in europe, some that wish to in countries like france and germany. but also it's something that finds common cause with the other far right parties in other parts of the world. you know, in asia, in africa as well. this is not uncommon. javier melaye in a

afd party's co-chair alice weidel, potentially on the sidelines of this summit here. and vance, also, too, trying to sow doubt into the validity period of electoral processes across these western democracies. these are u.s .'s key allies for decades. and so it's remarkable to see president trump's vice president here using this platform not to try and outline ideas about a peace plan for ukraine or make nervous european allies feel, indeed, in a venue like this, that the united states has got their back and isn't about to abandon them, but instead suggest in an area very close to eastern germany, which was until not far ago run by a pro-soviet regime and brutal indeed, as it was, that, in fact, these western democracies are themselves closer to totalitarianism. it beggared belief, and we've indeed heard the german defense minister boris pistorius, say that it's unacceptable to have these comments made. so a remarkable moment, certainly one capped by meeting a german far right party that elon musk himself has been exceptionally strong. proponents of boris. >> nick brin

he met with german far right leader alice weidel at the munich conference.up that elon musk has also promoted. viktor orban could not have done better. what is how is this going down with among our allies? >> very badly. >> and i expect that's intentional. the speech that he gave. >> was met with stony silence. my colleagues were. >> there, and. >> they echoed other. >> people's reports from it. they were expecting this is. >> an annual security conference. >> where the ukraine. russia issue is on everybody's minds. and they were expecting the vice president to talk about that. he mentioned. ukraine a couple. >> of times in passing. >> the purpose of his. >> speech. >> as you've already. >> outlined. >> was to say that the real threat to europe came from. within and came from his audience there in munich. it came from liberal democratic, liberal democracies, including germany, which faces a general election ten days from now. where vance is and elon musk, of course, are openly backing the far right, the nazi adjacent party. so this is just not in anybody's p

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turn around nwith co—leader alice weidel posting on social media platform xg should this go on forever migration? turn around now. german police have arrested a 24 year old asylum seeker who was detained at the scene. officials say the suspect was known to the police for theft and drug offences. authorities also say the driver was alone, but eyewitnesses reported two men in the mini coopen reported two men in the mini cooper. in other news, now ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says kyiv will not accept any peace deal agreed by russia and the us without its involvement. this comes after the kremlin confirmed ukraine will, of course, take part in any peace deal negotiations. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. now two men accused of attacking police at manchester airport have denied assaulting police officers after harm to two officers. his brother, 25 year old mohammed ahmad, is charged with injuring a male officer during the brawl at terminal two. a female officer suffered a br

deutschland party, who are the second place in the polls, also seized on the incident, with co—leader alice weidelosting on social media platform x saying should this go on forever migration? turn around now. german police have arrested a 24 year old asylum seeker who was detained at the scene. officials say the suspect was known to the police for theft and drug offences. authorities also say the driver was alone, but eyewitnesses reported two men in the mini coopen reported two men in the mini cooper. in other news, now ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says kyiv will not accept any peace deal agreed by russia and the us without its involvement. this comes after the kremlin confirmed ukraine will, of course, take part in any peace deal negotiations. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. now two men accused of attacking police at manchester airport have denied assaulting police officers after assaulting police officers after a video of the incident went viral. 20 year old mohammed ahmad faces multiple charges, includin

deutschland party, who are the second place in the polls, also seized on the incident, with co—leader alice weidelosting on social media platform x saying should this go on forever migration? turn around now. german police have arrested a 24 year old asylum seeker who was detained at the scene. officials say the suspect was known to the police for theft and drug offences. authorities also say the driver was alone, but eyewitnesses reported two men in the mini cooper. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says kyiv will not accept any peace deal agreed by russia and the us, without its involvement. this comes after the kremlin confirmed ukraine will, of course, take part in any peace deal negotiations. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. in other news, an inquest into the death of a 12 year old girl who said she was raped by an older boy has found none of the authorities who had contact with her could have prevented her death. our north west reporter, sophie reaper has the details from outside liverpool crown court. >> we