Zelensky says Ukraine facing crucial decision

Ukraine’s President Zelensky sets out what’s at stake as Donald Trump gives him until next Thursday to accept a US peace plan seen as strongly favouring the Kremlin.

Also in the programme: another row over fossil fuels at another UN climate conference, this time in Brazil - we hear from Ireland's climate minister about what needs to happen in the final hours, and why Ireland is among over 80 countries to have signed up to a parallel and more radical ‘Belem Declaration’; and as a Frida Kahlo painting sets a new auction record for a work by a female artist, we hear why the painting – and the painter – are so special.

(IMAGE: Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike on a high-rise residential building in Ternopil, western Ukraine, 21 November 2025. At least 31 people were killed, including 6 children, and 94 others, including 18 children, were injured in Ternopil after Russian forces launched overnight strikes across Ukraine on 19 November / CREDIT: Mandatory Credit: Photo by MAXYM MARUSENKO/EPA/Shutterstock)