China believes all stakeholders in the Russia-Ukraine conflict should participate in the peace talks, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday, underscoring Europe's role in them after a flurry of U.

Clarity is beginning to form around Donald Trump’s plans for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with his administration appearing to accept some of the Kremlin’s key demands that Ukraine should not join NATO nor return to its pre-2014 sovereign borders.

World leaders and senior diplomats descended on Munich on Friday for a weekend that could mould the future of global geopolitics. Top officials from China, the United States and Europe were meeting at the Munich Security Conference to discuss US President Donald Trump's vow to end the war in Ukraine by negotiating directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US Vice-President JD Vance has launched a scalding attack on European democracies, saying the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but "from within". It had been expected that Vance would use his speech at the Munich Security Conference to address possible talks to end the war in Ukraine.

US Vice President JD Vance has come out swinging against European allies – not for how they manage their national security or for not enough defense spending, but for not listening to their citizens and suppressing voices they disagree with.

President Donald Trump has defended comments made by Vice President JD Vance after he launched a scalding attack on European democracies. The US Vice President used his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday (14 February) to say the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China,