James Menendez

Where there is agreement, as Europe and Ukraine work out how to stand up against Russia, is that they still need the support of America.

But unclear at this point whether that coalition will be a two-party one or will have to involve three parties.

But unclear at this point whether that coalition will be a two-party one or will have to involve three parties.

Yeah, very briefly, a sizable AFD vote. You mentioned some of the other parties. The parties on the populist left have also done perhaps better than expected. What does it all tell us, do you think?

Yeah, very briefly, a sizable AFD vote. You mentioned some of the other parties. The parties on the populist left have also done perhaps better than expected. What does it all tell us, do you think?

That's double the previous.

That's double the previous.

How can you be so sure they've reached their ceiling when they have advanced considerably from the last general election?

How can you be so sure they've reached their ceiling when they have advanced considerably from the last general election?

I come back to the point that more and more Germans are voting for them, even if you think they have almost reached the ceiling. And given that the other parties are doing worse than them, can they realistically be kept out of power, even if they are continuing to be second?

I come back to the point that more and more Germans are voting for them, even if you think they have almost reached the ceiling. And given that the other parties are doing worse than them, can they realistically be kept out of power, even if they are continuing to be second?

Well, that's the catch-22, isn't it? They have been democratically given around 20% of the vote. Yes. So, clearly, Germans, and perhaps more younger Germans, it would seem, have been deciding that they want them as someone who is not of the establishment. Yes.

Well, that's the catch-22, isn't it? They have been democratically given around 20% of the vote. Yes. So, clearly, Germans, and perhaps more younger Germans, it would seem, have been deciding that they want them as someone who is not of the establishment. Yes.

President Zelensky appeared relaxed as he faced questions from the world's media. The subject matter, though, was far more businesslike, with topics covering his problematic relationship with Donald Trump and what it meant for European security. He also said this when asked whether he'd step down to achieve peace.

President Zelensky appeared relaxed as he faced questions from the world's media. The subject matter, though, was far more businesslike, with topics covering his problematic relationship with Donald Trump and what it meant for European security. He also said this when asked whether he'd step down to achieve peace.

On the White House's demands that it gets access to billions of dollars worth of Ukraine's natural minerals in exchange for the military aid it's provided to date and could in the future, Mr Zelensky says America's help so far had been agreed grants, not loans. He said he wouldn't agree to a security deal which, in his words, would be paid off by generation after generation.

On the White House's demands that it gets access to billions of dollars worth of Ukraine's natural minerals in exchange for the military aid it's provided to date and could in the future, Mr Zelensky says America's help so far had been agreed grants, not loans. He said he wouldn't agree to a security deal which, in his words, would be paid off by generation after generation.

He is meeting Western leaders tomorrow, some in person and some online, as they work out how to provide a post-war security where America won't. If Ukraine's leader rejects a Donald Trump-shaped peace proposal he doesn't agree with, as he suggested today, then it would have lasting consequences for the course of this war.

He is meeting Western leaders tomorrow, some in person and some online, as they work out how to provide a post-war security where America won't. If Ukraine's leader rejects a Donald Trump-shaped peace proposal he doesn't agree with, as he suggested today, then it would have lasting consequences for the course of this war.

I never accepted myself as a hero. Just an actor, that's all. And it's easier that way because then you don't take on a lot of things that you have to face eventually.