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00:00As the dust settles on the Munich Security Conference, Europe was left caught off guard
00:05by US announcements concerning the war in Ukraine.
00:12Thousands protest outside the Munich Security Conference venue demanding politicians prioritize peace over war.
00:22A two-year-old girl and her mother have died two days after they were critically injured in the Munich car ramming attack.
00:31One year after the death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition is struggling to find a new leader.
00:45European leaders were left caught off guard by the recent actions of the Trump administration
00:50concerning the ongoing war in Ukraine and European defence.
00:54They are set to meet in Paris to address the uncertainty and find a solution to their growing concerns
01:00about being pushed out of the peace process.
01:04The message from Munich is clear.
01:07Europe is not nice to have, Europe is a must have.
01:12President Macron is preparing for a European leaders meeting for an emergency summit tomorrow in Paris.
01:22We Europeans need a plan for peace on our continent.
01:28The US announced they will meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days
01:34to start talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
01:38However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine wasn't invited to the talks
01:44with fears growing of jeopardised Ukrainian sovereignty and weakened European security.
01:51Thousands of protesters demonstrated against the Munich security conference in Germany
01:59calling on politicians to prioritise peace over war.
02:02Demonstrators rallied against NATO, the arms industry and further weapons deliveries to Ukraine
02:08which has been fending off Russian aggression for almost three years.
02:12Protesters also voiced their objection to the planned stationing of US medium range missiles in Germany from 2026.
02:19Some 5,000 police officers were reportedly deployed to secure the vicinity.
02:24Police sources say more than 2,500 protesters participated in the rallies
02:29adding that there were no incidents or violence.
02:32They also say that the turnout was lower than anticipated
02:36and say Thursday's vehicle ramming attack against a protest in the city may have impacted that.
02:41A separate protest also took place in support of Ukraine.
02:44Participants of that protest urged politicians to continue financially and militarily supporting Kiev in its fight against Moscow.
02:55A two-year-old girl and her mother have died two days after they were injured
02:59in the car ramming attack on a union protest in the German city of Munich.
03:03On Thursday, a 24-year-old Afghan national was immediately arrested after driving a car into a crowd of people.
03:11Authorities said at the time that 39 people were injured, two of which were in critical condition.
03:16Prosecutors say the Afghan man appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive
03:21but no evidence pointed towards his involvement with any radical networks.
03:25It was the fifth in a string of attacks involving immigrants over the past nine months in Germany.
03:30It also came just over a week before the country holds its federal elections
03:35with immigration being one of the forefront issues.
03:38Immigration debates have paved the way for Germany's far right to make significant gains politically.
03:43The Alternative for Germany party, which promises to crack down on immigration,
03:47is currently projected to win around 20% of next week's vote.
03:54A year ago today, news came that Alexei Navalny had died in a peanut colony in the Arctic
04:00and it turned out to be a big blow to Russia's opposition movement.
04:05In a statement on Sunday, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaya Kallis said
04:10Alexei Navalny gave his life for a free and democratic Russia.
04:16And since his death, the opposition has struggled to take on President Vladimir Putin.
04:22Without its fiercest foe, it's failed to form a united front and a clear plan of action against the Kremlin.
04:30Instead, rival groups have traded accusations that some see as efforts to discredit each other and vie for influence.
04:37Navalny wasn't the first opposition leader whose sudden death shocked both Russia and the world.
04:42In February 2015, prominent politician Boris Nemtsov was gunned down on a bridge near the Kremlin.