Frank Gardner Security Correspondent, BBC News UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance in Munich – but will not play a part in next week’s talks with Russia A series of US declarations rocked last week’s Munich Security Conference and caused discord among the European…
US Vice President JD Vance delivers his speech during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany on February 14, 2025. Thomas Kienzle | Afp | Getty Images European leaders reeled Friday after U.S. Vice President JD Vance lambasted the continent’s democratic institutions, warning that its greatest threats came from internal factors. “The…
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor VIFOGRA/PAUL/EPA-EFE The attacker admitted using his Mini Cooper to drive into the crowd in Munich An Afghan man arrested on suspicion of driving into a crowd of people in Munich, injuring 36, has admitted carrying out the attack and appears to have had a religious motivation, say prosecutors. Munich public…
Lucy Clarke-Billings BBC News Getty Images A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 30 people, police have said. Officers said they were treating the incident as a suspected attack. Here’s what we know about the attack so far. What happened?…
President Donald Trump has announced that US, Russian and Ukrainian officials will meet at a security conference in Munich on Friday for talks on how to end the war in Ukraine. “Russia is going to be there with our people,” the US president said. “Ukraine is also invited, by the way, not sure exactly who’s…
Getty Images The driver, an Afghan asylum-seeker, was detained at the scene, officials said At least 30 people have been injured, some seriously, after a car was driven into a crowd in Munich, just a week before the country’s federal elections. The driver was a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, police said, and was identified in…
Frank Gardner Security Correspondent Reuters JD Vance has arrived in Munich for the conference and is expected to lay out the US plan for Ukraine The US Vice President, JD Vance, Ukraine’s President Zelensky and up to 60 other world leaders and decision-makers are due to convene in Munich over the next three days for…
