Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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I'm Celia Hatton, and at 16 hours GMT, on Wednesday, the 24th of December, these are our main stories. President Zelensky reveals a peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine after talks with Washington. And the UN says both sides in Sudan's civil war are using drones, with deadly results.
Let's start in Ukraine, where in the last few hours, Kyiv's released the latest draft of the peace plan it's hammering out with the Trump administration. It's a possible pathway to end Russia's war on Ukraine. This new version shows some changes in Ukraine's stance, with Kyiv floating the possibility that its troops could withdraw from the eastern Donbass region, making it a free economic zone.
There are security guarantees for Kyiv, too, with a coordinated response from the U.S., NATO and the Europeans if Russia invades Ukraine again. The Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, said the Russians would weigh in on the draft deal once the Americans had spoken to them, adding that his side was working hard to end the war.
Ukraine has never been and will never be an obstacle to peace. We are working actively and doing everything necessary to ensure that the documents come to fruition and that they are realistic. The key is that Russia must not sabotage this diplomacy and must take ending the war 100% seriously.
The conflicts dragged on for nearly four years. On Tuesday, officials said three people, including a young child, were killed in massive overnight Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine. There have been repeated calls for a Christmas truce, which Russia has apparently rejected. For more on the draft deal and other developments, I spoke with our correspondent in Kyiv, Samira Hussain.
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Chapter 2: What is President Zelensky's 20-point plan to end the Ukraine war?
and other standards on social media platforms operating in Europe. The DSA has become a bitter rallying point for US conservatives, who see it as a weapon of censorship against right-wing thought, an accusation the EU furiously denies. Thierry Breton said the ban was a witch hunt and compared it to US attempts to suppress alleged ties to communism during the McCarthy era in the 1950s.
Among the others being targeted is Annalena von Hordenberg, the co-founder of the NGO HateAid.
The target clearly is the European Union. The target is European sovereignty. And the US is trying with this move to obstruct the enforcement of European law on American cooperation. within European jurisdictions. They are attacking us because this is precisely what we are doing with our work. We are trying to comply with the rule of law here in Europe. And the U.S.
government has for months now tried to obstruct the enforcement of European law on U.S.-American social media platforms here in Europe. The accusation of censorship is used to silence those who stand up for human rights and freedom of expression. We need to decide if we can enforce it here in Europe or if we are too intimidated by a U.S. government not to do it.
Earlier this month, the EU fined Musk's ex $140 million for violating DSA rules. It said the blue tick verification badge was deceptive and did not ensure the users were verified and actual people. This provoked a backlash from the US government, which suggested that key European businesses such as Accenture, DHL, Siemens and Spotify could be targeted in response.
Washington is also attacking the UK's Online Safety Act, which tries to impose content moderation requirements on major social media platforms. Last week, the White House suspended implementation of a tech cooperation deal with Britain.
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Chapter 3: What are the security guarantees included in the Ukraine peace proposal?
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This is the Global News Podcast. To Sudan now. The devastating war there has gone on for more than two and a half years. It's been repeatedly described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Now, the United Nations says it's alarmed by the increasing use of drones by both the regular army and their opponents in the war, the paramilitary rapid support forces.
UN officials say more than 100 people have been killed in the past two weeks by drone attacks in one region alone. Our global affairs reporter, Richard Kagoi, who's covering the story from Nairobi, told me more about what the UN had said.
They just further elaborated the security and humanitarian situation. They're saying that that's deteriorating. They talked about the mass displacements that has been caused now by the intensifying attacks by the paramilitary rapid support forces. in the Kordofan region.
They talked about civilians who have been targeted, who have been victims, and now even aid workers, including UN peacekeepers, have been targeted in the drone attacks that have been taking place, especially in the past two weeks since December.
So let's focus in on these drones a bit more. Where is each side getting their supply from?
Right. So there have been reports that the United Arab Emirates has been supplying Chinese-made drones and other weapons to the RSF. And now this has been said to be delivered through networks or supply lines and alliances that they do have in places like Libya, in Chad, in Uganda. in Kenya and also the breakaway region of Somalia.
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Chapter 4: How does the situation in Ukraine affect the mood in Kyiv?
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