Ukraine's future is focus of Munich Security Conference
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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US and EU allies discuss Ukraine's peace prospects at the Munich Security Conference. The Russian delegation is not invited. Also: long sentences for rhino poachers in Indonesia, and the smell of mummies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Rachel Wright, and at 14 hours GMT on Friday the 14th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:12.3 | US and EU leaders meet in Munich, where the future of Ukraine is being discussed. |
| 0:17.2 | We hear from our security correspondent and from Russia. |
| 0:20.5 | Ukraine has accused Russia of launching a drone attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power station causing significant damage. |
| 0:29.8 | Also in this podcast, fruit flies and zebrafish have been genetically modified to eat a toxic pollutant. |
| 0:39.3 | It's 50 years since the death of Sepulam- Grenfell Woodhouse, commonly known as PG Woodhouse, creator of some of the most widely |
| 0:45.0 | read comic works of the 20th century. And you can do it. Your body can surprise you that we have |
| 0:51.9 | strength that you will never know about it. |
| 0:54.2 | It just has to experience it. |
| 0:55.8 | The Egyptian fencer who competed in the Olympics while seven months pregnant. |
| 1:04.2 | But first, all eyes are now on the German city of Munich, |
| 1:08.6 | which has become the focal point for the war in Ukraine, or perhaps |
| 1:12.2 | efforts to end it, especially those coming from Washington. Lots of top US administration officials |
| 1:18.3 | are attending the annual security conference, as is the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky. |
| 1:24.2 | But there is no Russian delegation. That's because Russians still aren't officially |
| 1:29.4 | welcome in Western circles, despite the long phone call between President Trump and President |
| 1:34.8 | Putin on Wednesday, in which the two men discussed a face-to-face meeting. Speaking to |
| 1:40.3 | journalists, President Zelensky has said that Ukraine must be a full participant |
| 1:45.0 | in any negotiations towards a peace deal. |
| 1:48.5 | Of course, it will be very strange if the policy of the United States will shift to Russia. |
| 1:54.2 | But I think this is a very important moment for the new team. |
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