U.S. Peace Plan for Ukraine Sparks Pushback, Pacific Drilling Proposal Revives Old Fights, Roblox Adds Age Checks, Kim Kardashian’s Skims Hits $5 Billion

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

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European leaders reaffirm support for Ukraine after a U.S. peace plan proposes concessions Kyiv says it cannot accept. The Trump administration moves to reopen the Pacific to offshore drilling for the first time in decades, prompting strong opposition from California officials and climate groups. In business, Roblox introduces new age-verification requirements amid rising scrutiny over child safety and Kim Kardashian’s Skims reaches a $5 billion valuation following a major funding round.

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0:00.0	This is an L.A. Times Studios podcast.
0:09.2	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to Headlines from L.A. Times Studios.
0:14.1	Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:18.0	European leaders are closing ranks around Ukraine after a surprise U.S. peace plan left
0:24.2	them on the sidelines.
0:26.0	According to reporters, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom held a joint call with Ukrainian
0:31.0	President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday, promising what they called full and unchanged support
0:37.1	as the war drags on.
0:38.3	The reassurance comes as officials scramble to make sense of a 28-point U.S. proposal,
0:44.3	one that appears to line up with several of Russia's demands.
0:48.3	The plan would force Ukraine to make concessions that Zelensky has repeatedly said are off limits, including
0:56.0	giving up territory, limiting its military, and slowing its path to NATO.
1:01.5	It also offers only limited security guarantees, something that has alarmed European allies.
1:08.0	Ukrainian lawmaker Alexander Marejko said Ukraine wouldn't accept the current
1:13.1	deal. Here's what he told a reporter in Kiev Friday.
1:16.1	Well, this plan is definitely a non-starter, but I don't rule out that it might be part
1:22.2	of the Trump's game. He usually is kind of typical style for him for his deal making.
1:27.9	He starts with something absolutely absurd, ludicrous, which causes shock,
1:32.4	and then he becomes more reasonable and reasonable.
1:35.0	I don't know.
1:35.5	But we're discussing the text which I saw today, and it's totally unacceptable
1:39.9	because it starts, first of all, with the confirmation of Ukraine sovereignty.
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