we had the munich security conference and that open schism between america and europe, and now the breakdowntions between the united states and ukraine. and throughout all of this, there has been no sign that moscow is ready to make any concessions, ready for compromise, ready to give back any of the territories it has seized over the last three years. and after what we saw in the white house, that will not have changed. quite the opposite, i think. delegations are meeting in cairo to begin working on the second phase of the gaza ceasefire. egyptian security sources say israeli negotiators are trying to extend the first stage of the ceasefire by six weeks. israel's military has so far refused to leave the philadelphi corridor — a strip of land along the gaza—egypt border — by saturday, something that israel had agreed to in the terms of this first phase of the ceasefire. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has more. the gaza ceasefire deal is reaching another critical moment. phase one, the six weeks of phase one, end this weekend. despite many uncertainties along the way, everything tha

the other place i went to before the munich security conference was brussels. i spent three days running around nato and the european commission. and i think -- before i get to that, i want to perhaps say something slightly more personal because, like you, i was a reporter for a long time and my time as a reporter began after the fall of the wall. because i had trained as a human rights lawyer people said the balkans, afghanistan. i spent a lot of time covering war crimes and i am angry every time i read about russian bombardments of ukraine. i wake up angry every bloody morning and go to bed angry about this. this is not ok. and i think i can tell you that many of my fellow europeans and people in my field feel the same way, a visceral, profound anger at russia. there is no going back for my generation to a comfy relationship with russia that goes over the head of a country that is attacked every day. i want to make that clear. i want to say, anastasiia, if we are fair, some of those air defenses protecting kyiv right now are danish and german and -- anastasii

we saw the extraordinary events of the munich security conference with that open schism between americand now after the dramatic events in the oval office, we see a breakdown in relations between the united states in ukraine. all of this is good news for vladimir putin. the russians are very confident now that they are going to build a new relationship with america, a stronger relationship with the trump administration, and that they are going to get everything that they want in this war against ukraine. helena: are russia editor in moscow. we appreciate your reporting. thank you for watching world news america. for the latest, you can head to our website as well, bbc.com/news, where we continue to have that live page coverage from our reporters poised across washington, wanted to ukraine, and also in russia for full reaction after that meeting in the oval office between ukrainian president vladimir belinsky and donald trump, which did end abruptly. thank you for your company. i will have more for you very soon. bye for now. narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided

i was at the munich security conference, actually, we talked at four in the morning there, i now rememberd then was, well, we've got to pick this up. we've got to unite, we've got to stand behind the democratically elected leader of ukraine against this imperialist dictator that has invaded his country. and tragically for now, that's where the center of gravity for the free world is. >> michael mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia. i do appreciate you being here. i know that there's a lot of demand for your time on a night like this. after a shock like this. it's an honor to have you here tonight, sir. thank you. >> can't imagine being anywhere else. thanks for having me, rachel. >> all right. >> we've got much more ahead here tonight, including, i'm really happy to say, a live visit with senator cory booker visit with senator cory booker coming up. i'm thinking of updating my kitchen... —yeah? —yes! ...this year, we are finally updating our kitchen... ...doing subway tile in an ivory, or eggshell... —cream?... —maybe bone?... don't get me started on quartz. a big big island... you ev

um, in the kind of media space, because, i mean, we obviously did this the speech at the munich security conference where he raised some eyebrows about some of his comments about political parties in germany, to say the least. but this was kind of his first chance to engage in a way that really has grabbed headlines. and keep in mind, he's essentially been playing second fiddle to elon musk in terms of dominating the headlines over the past few months. and so this was sort of his coming out party in that sense. and clearly he's sort of played the role. and this has led to all sorts of questions as to whether or not this was coordinated or an improvised moment of basically being trump's enforcer and arguably kind of helping start the real squabble that we saw there in, uh, in the oval office in those last few minutes. i will stress, though, when it comes to vance in terms of his ideology on ukraine, this isn't all that surprising that he would be leaning in trying to be the president's defender, because he has previously going back to 2022. he was quoted as saying, i believe on on steve bannon's pod

going back to the munich security conference and vice president vance's messages or this meeting in the oval office. now, they don't like it, but interests are interests. and i would just say the u.s. and ukraine have a shared interest, uh, including around the minerals and resources deal. the united states and europe have a shared interest in containing vladimir putin and his efforts to rewrite borders in europe. so we are we approach it differently. there's a lot of emotions in the air right now, but we've got to focus on what our interests are and getting common outcomes together. >> all right. kurt volker, thank you very much for your time. we really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> breaking news tonight. israel says it has agreed to extend its cease fire deal with hamas. that deal paused fighting in gaza for weeks as dozens of israeli hostages and then hundreds of palestinian prisoners were released. among the hostages freed. israeli american sigi chin. the israeli prime minister's office saying the u.s. made the proposal for that extension. it will extend the current c

just two weeks ago here in europe, at the munich security conference, vice president j.d.ce essentially attacked european democracy. and now this. you hear this furious back-channeling from different leaders. president emmanuel macron of france, for instance, did speak with president zelenskyy after that shouting match at the oval office. the elysee did not say what they spoke about, but a lot of other leaders have spoken among themselves. and this is what president emmanuel macron said after that drama, pointing out that this was not started by. ukraine. >> we all know the situation. there is an aggressor and that is russia. there are people attacked who are from ukraine. we were all right to help ukraine and sanction russia three years ago, and to continue to do so. and when i say we, i'm talking about the united states of america, the europeans, the canadians, the japanese and many others. and that's it. therefore, we must thank everyone who has helped, and we must help those who from the beginning have been fighting because they fight for their dignity, for their indep

in fact, two weeks ago, we saw at the munich security conference that our vice president went on theld stage. he undermined our european allies, he undermined western democracy, and he endorsed far right german political parties in the midst of their parliamentary elections. while they're cozying up to putin. and now this. this is dangerous. it's taking the united states in a position that is making our country weaker. and frankly, it's going to make our country less safe, not just globally, but here in the united states. >> all right. thank you for sharing all that. i do want to get to your position as top democrat on the house doge subcommittee. so let's get to the developments on that front. as federal workers are getting emails, again, demanding they list accomplishments this last week. and if they don't respond, it will be viewed as a resignation. but instead of the email coming from the office of personnel management, it was going to come directly from agency heads. and that would suggest the administration is getting a somewhat better grip on how to get doge initiatives done w

. >> munich security conference ten days ago or so, i was there. that speech was a campaign speech for his base and insulted the entire continent of europe. and this was designed for that. and this this incredibly insulting. why don't you thank us again with david? i just i it was so embarrassing to me as an american. i just want to say that publicly. this is not the way our leaders have ever behaved. i've been in meetings with our former boss, jen, that got heated from time to time with leaders, including with russian leaders, but it was behind closed doors. and that's the way diplomacy is supposed to take place. and the fact that this took place with the cameras rolling suggests that it was for the cameras. and one last thing on the. thank you. why don't you thank us? i want to remind everybody that this team, trump and vance, has done absolutely nothing for president zelensky and the ukrainian people. the american people. yes. thank you, thank you, thank you. you said that a thousand times. but what have they done? they've told him he has to giv

i was at the munich security conference a week and a half ago, and at the paris ii conference, it was the same vance who was, you know, right up front and out there. but the real thing, it revealed to me, laura, was this at the end of the day, ukraine is just sort of a speed bump for president trump and vice president vance. they're on to a much bigger project. >> what is that endgame? >> that bigger game is normalization of the relationship with russia, a much larger power. they want the business deals. if they want mineral deals, they probably want them there more than in ukraine. certainly the oil business. there has been a fondness that the president himself has had for vladimir putin that we've never fully understood over the over the years. maybe it's just his authority and power, but at the end of the day. ukraine is a blockade to building that larger relationship. and today i think trump sort of emerged from this saying, well, fine, i took care of that. i basically put him in his place, and now he's going to go off and have his negotiations one on one with putin, without the u

i was at the munich security conference a couple of weeks ago with the chinese. the foreign minister was jumping in at the chance to to try to improve their relationship. i was also in taiwan just last week meeting with their leadership, and i can tell you that they're also very nervous about the increasing, um, exercises, military exercises that the chinese are conducting, uh, around their borders, around their seas. and they're very worried about whether america would come to their aid. >> um, and so knowing all of that, going back to, to russia and ukraine, um, how how does russia come out of all of this? and how concerned do you think, uh, the world should be for an emboldened putin, if that is the outcome of this? >> well, certainly, if russia is able to win this conflict now, they can't militarily occupy all of ukraine. they don't have the offensive capacity for that. they can't even take the small towns like pokrovsk and toretsk in eastern ukraine, even though they've been trying to take it for months. uh, but if they can get a peace deal done, that not on

i saw it in munich security conference. it's the largest conference in the world. and the united states vice president looked into the eyes of the european leaders and basically told them, you're a bunch of losers and suckers and you're irrelevant. and the next he did, he went to meet the leader of the neo-nazi party in germany, ignoring chancellor and other political parties. and then, of course, we know that they are supporting practically every far right neo-nazi group group in europe, namely romania. it is something that is not probably is properly described here. but the guy was running in romania, he's a nazi. he's not hiding it and supported by russian money and of course supported by elon musk and jd vance, concerned about the will of the people. yeah. so it's, you know, during the campaign, presidential campaign, you know, they were complaints about democrats using hitler analogy. the problem is, you know, you don't have to use it. they are following these paths. and just to understand the nature of afd alternative for germany, the party that was so veheme

he is blowing up our relationships in europe when he goes to the munich security conference.blowing up these deals for trump. maybe he needs to take a timeout and trump can put him in the corner until he learns how to behave better so that deals don't get blown up and our relationships don't get blown up around the world. host: let's hear from bill in kentucky, the line for independents. good morning, bill. caller: morning. i wanted to ask the lt. col., does he think he has more qualifications than pete hegseth? and talking about the money from russian staff and china, he just played it off on trump. everyone knows the american people are not stupid. the biden family is dirty. he can just take up for the democrat party all he wants, but it is the truth. he can get red in the face like he is getting right now. have a great day. guest: thanks, bill. appreciate that. it is a perspective. for sure it is a perspective. not sure how informed it is, frankly. the fact is if you do the digging on this one, it is more than just accusations from trump and his political coterie when they

he is blowing up our relationships in europe when he goes to the munich security conference.owing up these deals for trump. maybe he needs to take a timeout and trump can put him in the corner until he learns how to behave better so that deals don't get blown up and our relationships don't get blown up around the world. host: let's hear from bill in kentucky, the line for independents. good morning, bill. caller: morning. i wanted to ask the lt. col., does he think he has more qualifications than pete hegseth? and talking about the money from russian staff and china, he just played it off on trump. everyone knows the american people are not stupid. the biden family is dirty. he can just take up for the democrat party all he wants, but it is the truth. he can get red in the face like he is getting right now. have a great day. guest: thanks, bill. appreciate that. it is a perspective. for sure it is a perspective. not sure how informed it is, frankly. the fact is if you do the digging on this one, it is more than just accusations from trump and his political coterie when they a

yesterday, i think yesterday was confirmation for many europeans of what they saw after the munich security conferenceis big, grand jamboree of security officials where jd vance spoke at. also, pete hegseth, when he went to europe, said the united states would reduce its forces in europe. you know, there's two ways to look at this. on the one hand, i think the american perspective on europe is that these are free riders. the europeans have not gotten their act together and they are not spending much on defense. and we are tired of taking care of european security. i think that's not just a trump administration perspective. in some ways, it's very bipartisan. the other way to look at it, this is how europeans look at it is look, the united states has told europe not to get its act together. the european union does not do defense. because the united states, in large part, has told it not to for the last 35 years. the european union was created in 1993. there was a conversation about the e.u. creating its own movement in the 1990's. the clinton administration told them not to. that has been bipartisan po

yesterday, i think yesterday was confirmation for many europeans of what they saw after the munich security conferencethis big, grand jamboree of security officials where jd vance spoke at. also, pete hegseth, when he went to europe, said the united states would reduce its forces in europe. you know, there's two ways to look at this. on the one hand, i think the american perspective on europe is that these are free riders. the europeans have not gotten their act together and they are not spending much on defense. and we are tired of taking care of european security. i think that's not just a trump administration perspective. in some ways, it's very bipartisan. the other way to look at it, this is how europeans look at it is look, the united states has told europe not to get its act together. the european union does not do defense. because the united states, in large part, has told it not to for the last 35 years. the european union was created in 1993. there was a conversation about the e.u. creating its own movement in the 1990's. the clinton administration told them not to. that has been bipartisan

so munich is the big security conference. a bunch of us senators go. 's right. this is him talking about zelensky just two weeks ago and then talking about what happened today in the oval office. take a listen. >> i want to tell you and your people you're the ally i've been hoping for all my life. not one american has died defending ukraine. you've taken our weapons and you've kicked their. and i'm very proud to have you as our ally. >> so. >> would, i think, complete, utter disaster. what i saw in the oval office was disrespectful. and i don't know if we can ever do business with zelensky again. he either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change. >> how do you take this guy seriously? >> lindsey graham was right. two weeks ago, i was in the room in munich when he said that. and by the way, lindsey graham and i have traveled to ukraine. i've been there six times, and every time i've been there, zelensky has exemplified the courage and strength of his people, beginning right after the invasion, when they

raight because president trup and his team went to munich, to the security conference just weeks ago,were engaged in diplomacy. they were trying to create an opportunity for the united states to have a financial and economic interes financial and economic interest in the future of ukraine. that was through a minerals deal, the u.s. has a strategic interest in having a long term supplyar return for rare earth minerals. it might not be the date out membership that they want. it is a close secondip period richard said yes, let's do it. that sounds like a good deal. disparaging the administration. president trump said some things and try to create pressure gustus on the way to washington to sign the mineral deal? so i get it, my colleagues want to throw stones everything president trumpis does. my favorite was in president trump is engaging with canada and mexico the democrats did not even have time to throw stones at his attempt to bring them to the table and secure their side of the border. it only took them for five hours to come to the table. the articles and not even gone to print it