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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
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,
Kiev'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 Donbas region,
making it a free economic zone.
There are security guarantees for Kyiv, too, with a coordinated response from the US,
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.