Global NewsGlobal National: Dec. 24, 2025 | Ukraine open to creating demilitarized zone in new draft peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now says his country is willing to withdraw troops and create a demilitarized zone in the Donbas region if Russia does the same. As Mackenzie Gray reports, Zelenskyy’s idea is in line with a revised U.S.-backed peace plan, but major questions remain on Russia’s end.

The European Union is warning it could act after the United States imposed travel bans on five Europeans it accuses of pushing a campaign of censorship against Americans. Brussels says the move is unjustified and undermines shared democratic values. Candice Cole reports on the deepening row.

Parts of western North America are being hit by a sharp weather contrast this Christmas Eve. Neetu Garcha looks at the heavy rain and flooding in California and the extreme cold putting pressure on Yukon’s power grid.

Plus, three Canadians are referenced in the latest release of documents tied to the investigation into deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Heather Yourex-West reports on the Canadian links into the expanding case.

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