Munich Security Conference kicks off amid strained transatlantic ties
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
World leaders and diplomats from roughly 120 countries gather in Germany for the Munich Security Conference, where strained transatlantic ties have taken center stage. Also, Tarique Rahman, the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has emerged as the big winner in this week's pivotal election. And, students in Gaza are slowly getting back to their education after more than two years of war. Also, Kenyan plans to reopen two checkpoints along its border with Somalia, after nearly 15 years of closure. Plus, a Japanese tap dancer brings rhythm to the streets of New York City.
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| 0:00.0 | Bangladesh has chosen a new prime minister. |
| 0:08.1 | Why did you come here today? |
| 0:10.0 | I came here to see him, to congratulate him, to congrats, |
| 0:13.3 | because yesterday last night couldn't sleep. |
| 0:16.0 | You're too excited? |
| 0:16.9 | Yeah, very excited. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm Marco Wurman, the latest on an historic election. |
| 0:21.6 | Also in Gaza, most of the schools have been damaged or destroyed, but kids are starting to go back to class. |
| 0:26.6 | They just want to have the possibility to learn and to be able to build the future for themselves. |
| 0:33.6 | And in Southeast Asia, officials are shutting down scam centers. |
| 0:36.6 | The people who work in them are also victims. |
| 0:39.8 | I understand that people may feel reluctant to think of people who've been involved |
| 0:45.1 | scamming others as victims, but that's a reality that exists. |
| 0:49.7 | Plus, a Japanese tap dancer brings new flavor to New York City coming up today here on the world. |
| 0:57.2 | This is the world. I'm Marco Wormann. Thank you for joining us today. Leaders and policy makers from around 120 different countries are in Germany today for the start of the Munich Security Conference. |
| 1:08.3 | Transatlantic relations, which have been strained throughout President |
| 1:11.1 | Trump's first year back in office, are expected to take center stage. Opening today's event, |
| 1:16.6 | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, in German, that the international world order, as we have |
| 1:21.2 | known it, no longer exists. And then he switched to English. Let me paraphrase this for our American friends in English. |
| 1:30.0 | For three generations, trust amongst allies, partners and friends, |
| 1:36.5 | has made NATO the strongest alliance of all times. |
| 1:42.0 | Europe knows deeply how precious this is. In the era of great power rivalry, |
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