i think we're seeing that in terms of what, you know, we listen to the uk defence secretary, john healeydavid lammy and other european leaders. they are striking a slightly diplomatic tone in that they say, look, cooperation with the us is needed and so too is supporting ukraine. they have reiterated president zelensky�*s desire that ukraine is involved. that ukraine is involved in any peace talks about its future. but i think the munich security conference this year is going to be shaped by what a ceasefire could look like and how europe is going to step up, in the words of donald trump, in terms of global security, european security and security for ukraine, in terms of policing a frozen conflict. the 24—year—old suspect, lived in the city and has been in germany since 2016. counter—terrorism police are investigating the incident, which happened just ten days before government elections in germany. nicky schiller reports. flowers left at the scene of the devastation by the country's interior minister. germany is digesting the reality of a car being driven into a crowd at a transport wo

it is hegseth meeting with britain's defense secretary john healey. hegseth echoed president trump's call for an end to the decades long war between russia and ukraine, but he called it unrealistic to return all the land seized by russia. hegseth also said the trump administration does not see ukraine joining nato as part of the solution. hegseth was clear that american troops will not be sent to ukraine, and he called on european nations to step in. meantime, they are working to end that war in ukraine. president trump spoke by phone with russian predent vladimir putin. the call lasted about 90 minutes. president trump reports putin is willing to negotiate with ukrainian president zelenskyy, and said in a post to truth social that they agreed to have their teams begin that process. this was the first phone call between the two leaders since the start of president trump's second term. president trump said another meeting related to that war will take place later this week. we're learning more about the prisoner trade with russia that brought american

to that end, i want to thank my uk counterpart, defense secretary john healey, for hosting this ukraine defense contact group and for his leadership on support of ukraine. president trump gave me a clear mission achieve peace through strength as well as put america first. our people, our taxpayers, our borders and our security. we are doing this by reviving the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military and reestablishing deterrence. nato should pursue these goals as well. nato is a great alliance. the most successful defense alliance in history. but to endure for the future, our partners must do far more for europe's defense. we must make nato great again. it begins with defense spending, but must also include reviving the transatlantic defense industrial base. rapidly fielding emerging technologies, prioritizing readiness and lethality, and establishing real deterrence. finally, i want to close with this. after world war ii, first general and then president eisenhower was one of nato's strongest supporters. he believed in a strong relationship with europe. however, by the end of eisenhowe

to that end i want to thank my uk counterpart, defense secretary john healey, for hosting this ukraine defense contact group and for his leadership on support of ukraine. president trump gave me a clear mission. achieve peace through strength. as well as put america first. our people, our taxpayers, our borders and our security. we are doing this by reviving the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and reestablishing deterrence. nato should pursue these goals as well. nato is a great alliance. the most successful defense alliance in history. but to endure for the future, our partners must do far more for europe's defense. we must make nato great again. it begins with defense spending. but must also include reviving the transatlantic defense industrial base, rapidly prioritizing readiness and lithology, and establishing real deterrence. finally i want to close with this. after world war ii, first general at the president eisenhower was one of nato's strongest supporters picky believe in a strong relationship with europe. however, by the end of eisenhower's presidency even he was conc

speaking at nato, speaking at nate, the uk defence secretaryjohn healey defence secretary john healeyaid defence secretaryjohn healey said ukraine's voice must be a part of any negotiations for a peace deal to end the with russia. our defence correspondence jonathan beale is there. tell us what we have been hearing. we have seen a fundamental change in the last few days about ukraine. the nato alliance presented a united front on ukraine making clear that ukraine should be involved in any discussions and decisions about its future. they still say that. but it is ultimately donald trump calling the shots, not the nato alliance. the biden administration intimately alliance. the biden administration i| united ly alliance. the biden administration i| united front involved in nato united front presented over the last involved in nato united front pres seems iver the last involved in nato united front pres seems to r the last involved in nato united front pres seems to be e last involved in nato united front pres seems to be in .ast driving involved in nato united front pres seems to be in

the defence secretary says there will be no talks about ukraine without ukraine, as john healey insists kyiv must be in the strongest position to negotiate. nato's new secretary—general also says any peace deal must prevent russia from trying to seize more land in the future. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. >> we'll see what that means. we have, i think, when the war ends. one thing he was very strong about, he wants, if it ends, he wants it to end. and that's president putin said that he wants it to end. he doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it, of a ceasefire so we can stop the killing. and i think we'll probably end up at some point getting a ceasefire in the not too distant future. president putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. and he didn't want to have peace with biden. >> was that conversation with. >> was that conversation with. >> those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin. >> for the very

john healey said the focus for now should be on ensuring kyiv is in a strong position going into anyential peace talks, after the us insisted the country's membership of the military alliance was not a realistic prospect. well, mr trump said in a post on his social media platform today about his call with the russian president. we've also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has also spoken to the us president. they reportedly discussed opportunities to achieve peace and the preparation of a document governing security and economic cooperation. elsewhere, sir keir starmer and the leader of the opposition clashed over immigration at prime minister's questions today, conservative leader kemi badenoch repeatedly asked the prime minister why a gazan family of six was allowed to come to the uk under a scheme intended for ukrainians. and if that loophole would be closed. >> there are millions of people all around the world in terrible situations. we cannot help them all and we certainly cannot bnng all and we certainly

include people like energy secretary ed miliband, defence secretary ed miliband, defence secretary john healeyinister stephen kinnock, even home secretary yvette cooper. so what are the key issues reform voters really care about? well, we know that they really, really care about immigration. they want legal immigration lowered and they want illegal immigration stopped. so what has labour promised on these issues? well, look at legal immigration. the answer is very little beyond a few platitudes about bringing the numbers down without mentioning a cap at all and reducing reliance on foreign laboun reducing reliance on foreign labour. but what has labour promised on illegal migration? well, the answer is we covered last week is that actually they've decriminalised illegal migration. they've opened the floodgates. they've given people more incentives to come to the uk illegally. the key point here is that labour simply doesn't have the will to resolve the issues that matter to reform voters, that matter to the country. in other words, a reform party isn't going anywhere any time soon, and it only

the defence secretary says there will be no talks about ukraine without ukraine's involvement, as john healey insists kyiv must be in the strongest position to negotiate. nato's new secretary—general also says any peace deal must prevent russia from trying to seize more land in the future. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. >> we'll see what that means. we have, i think, when the war ends. one thing he was very strong about, he wants, if it ends, he wants it to end. and that's president putin said that he wants it to end. he doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it, of a ceasefire so we can stop the killing. and i think we'll probably end up at some point getting a ceasefire in the not too distant future. president putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. and he didn't want to have peace with biden. >> was that conversation with. >> was that conversation with. >> can you tell me why that is okay? >> sir keir starmer has promised the la

. >> the defence secretary says there will be no talks about ukraine without ukraine, as john healeyists , kyiv must be in healey insists, kyiv must be in the strongest position possible to negotiate. nato's new secretary—general also says any peace deal must prevent russia from trying to seize more land in the future. it follows donald trump claiming he and vladimir putin had agreed to start talks on ending the war immediately. let's take a listen to what donald trump had to say. >> we'll see what that means. we have, i think, when the war ends. one thing he was very strong about, he wants, if it ends, he wants it to end. and that's president putin said that he wants it to end. he doesn't want to end it and then go back to fighting six months later. we talked about the possibility i mentioned it, of a ceasefire so we can stop the killing. and i think we'll probably end up at some point getting a ceasefire in the not too distant future. president putin wants to have peace now, and that's good. and he didn't want to have peace with biden. >> was that conversation with him? >> in other