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World leaders meet in Munich amid concerns over Ukraine

The Russian government has decided to not send a representative this year

Today Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky is due to meet with US vice-president Kamala Harris and German Chancellor Scholz at the Munich Security Conference.. The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC’s Chief International correspondent, Lyse Doucet that the situation is becoming increasingly dangerous.

Also in the programme: The legacy of China’s Winter Olympics; and the challenge of translating books of Nobel laureates.

Paul Henley has two guests to discuss these and the other stories of the day. Gwen Hines is CEO of the British charity, Save the Children; and Monika Sus is assistant professor at the Institute of Political sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences and fellow at the Centre for International at Security at Hertie School in Berlin.

(Photo: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a meeting at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany. Credit: Reuters.)

23 minutes

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  • Sat 19 Feb 202208:06GMT