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Conservative Friedrich Merz looks set to be Germany鈥檚 next leader. He has pledged - what he called independence - from the United States, saying Donald Trump is "largely indifferent" to Europe's fate. We get an update from James Coomarasamy, who is in Berlin.

It is the third anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. It comes as Washington has resumed relations with Moscow and President Zelensky has said he would resign in exchange for Nato membership. We speak to a former Ukrainian foreign minister.

We get an update from our correspondent in Rome, on the health of Pope Francis, who is currently in hospital where he is being treated for double pneumonia.

The Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine warns that the world "must not ignore what is happening" in his country. He claims that many political opponents, including his brother, have been kidnapped, interrogated, and sometimes even tortured by the Ugandan army. We get a response from the Ugandan army.

(Photo: Christian Democratic Union party leader Friedrich Merz, after the exit poll results are announced for the 2025 general election, Berlin, 23 February, 2025; Credit: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters)