This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Saturday the 15th of February, these are our main stories.

President Zelensky of Ukraine has met J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference

after the US Vice President launched a wide-ranging attack on European politicians.

African leaders at a summit in Ethiopia

have agreed to increase their health budget and taxes

to compensate for a freeze on foreign aid by the United States.

The latest figures from South Korea

indicate that the suicide epidemic among young people

is continuing despite efforts to address it.

Also in this podcast,

Well, if you're familiar with YouTube, you may have heard that video.

Believe it or not, the video sharing platform is 20 years old.

The future of Ukraine took centre stage at the International Security Conference in the German

city of Munich on Friday. It came after several days of speculation about how President Trump's

telephone conversation with

Vladimir Putin on Wednesday might be the start of a process that will end the conflict.

On the sidelines of the conference, the US Vice President J.D. Vance told reporters that

Washington could impose economic sanctions on Russia if it refuses to agree what he called a good

peace deal that guarantees Keeves' long-term independence. There are economic tools of leverage,

he said, and there are, of course, also military tools of leverage the U.S. could use.

Later, he addressed the delegates at the meeting.

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