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Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘board of peace’ takes shape

Some international leaders worry Trump’s new organization may attempt to supplant the United Nations – key US politics stories from 22 January at a glance

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Trump’s Board of Peace launches into a warring world

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‘The US needs Greenland for what again?’: Trump is now suggesting Russia and China are not enemies and NATO is the ‘real threat’

For weeks, Donald Trump has justified his fixation on Greenland with a single, blunt argument: America needs it for security. Against whom? Russia and China. And then, on Jan. 20, Trump quietly reposted something against NATO, which collapsed that entire story.

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Trump’s Gaza plan is a rebuff to Israeli extremists, but will soon be put to test

Blueprint presented by Jared Kushner shows unified Gaza run by Palestinians, with Rafah crossing to open next week

The Guardian - UK

‘Is this just Trump’s off-ramp?’: European diplomat exposes what’s really going on with Trump’s Greenland announcement

Trump chickened out again?

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Davos onlookers notice Trump’s ‘board of peace’ logo resembles UN emblem

The US president unveiled the board with a gold logo whose resemblance to the UN emblem sparked European criticism

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: an international body in service to one man’s ego

Editorial: It was supposed to give Gaza a future, but the US president is using it to attack the UN, international law and multilateralism

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Nigeria church attackers demand ransoms as search intensifies for over 150 hostages

The gunmen who abducted more than 150 church worshippers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northwest are demanding 17 motorcycles as ransom from families

The Independent UK

EU must 'move towards creating European army', Spanish FM tells Euronews

Spain’s foreign minister told Euronews that Europe must take full control of its own security in the face of rising geopolitical uncertainties. To this end, he said the EU must move towards creating a European army.

Euronews

Drone attacks shock city in central Sudan as war inches closer

Drone strikes have intensified in and around al-Obeid in central Sudan as the country's devastating civil war closes in on the army-controlled city, causing significant civilian deaths in at least two cases, residents say.

Radio France Internationale

‘We can do pretty much anything we want to do’: Trump’s board of peace is both absurd and worrying

ANALYSIS: Trump’s new enterprise is the clearest sign yet of his expansionist-interventionist intent – and however bizarre, we should take note, chief international correspondent Bel Trew writes

The Independent UK

Trump Suggests Ukraine War Settlement Coming 'Soon' Amid Launch Of New Peace Board

Trump heralds imminent Ukraine peace whilst formalising his Board of Peace at Davos, even as Greenland sovereignty remains firmly non-negotiable.

International Business Times

Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions

More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are gone and beehives destroyed. So, too, are the livelihoods they supported. Meanwhile, fields and forests have disappeared under the intense fire caused by white phosphorus shelling.…

The Conversation

US turns its back on global efforts for women and children terrorized by violence and conflict

The Trump administration’s recent announcement that it is withdrawing from 66 international organizations and treaties is another blow to the global system where all countries unite to share concerns, agree on rules of conduct and determine agendas for collective action.

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The Independent UK

UN warns of 'catastrophic' hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out

The U.N. World Food Program warns that over a million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food aid soon without new funding

The Independent UK

Why are some countries – including UK – reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president said that once the group is formed ‘we can do pretty much whatever we want to do’, days after his threats to Greenland

The Guardian - US

‘Endangered lawyer’ day highlights US justice system’s plummeting standing

International coalition of legal groups focuses on political intimidation of lawyers and judges in US – once a role model

The Guardian - UK

Trump claims world ‘richer, safer’ than year ago at launch of his ‘board of peace’

US president holds signing ceremony at World Economic Forum amid concerns new body seeks to replace UN

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The Independent UK

Fire at Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh destroyed homes and displaced thousands of Rohingya

A massive fire this week has destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing more than 2,000 people

Euronews

Trump launches 'Board of Peace' at Davos signing ceremony

The board originated in the US president's 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan endorsed by the UN Security Council, but has expanded far beyond its initial mandate.

The Guardian - UK

UK not ready to sign up to Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’, says Yvette Cooper

Foreign secretary says Britain supports president’s Gaza plan but there are concerns around involvement of Putin

Euronews

‘Wrong side of history’: Report ties top polluters to countries blocking fossil fuel phaseout

Many state-owned fossil fuel firms that emitted the highest levels of pollution in 2024 went on to block a phaseout roadmap at COP30.

The Independent UK

Starmer snubs Trump’s signing ceremony for Gaza board of peace over Putin involvement

Trump insists war in Gaza ‘is really coming to an end’ despite ‘little fires that we'll put out’

The Independent UK

Philippine journalist given long jail sentence over ‘fabricated’ terrorism charge

The conviction, after nearly six years in detention, has drawn international condemnation from media rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What’s going on with Trump’s board of peace?

In today’s newsletter: What began as a temporary mechanism to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction is quietly mutating into a permanent system of external control, raising urgent questions about who will govern in Palestine

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