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Could Trump’s bid to become peacemaker-in-chief sideline the struggling UN?

Could Trump’s bid to become peacemaker-in-chief sideline the struggling UN?

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondentBBC"Together we are in a position to… end decades of suffering, stop generations of hatred and bloodshed, and forge a beautiful, everlasting and glorious peace for that region and for the whole region of the world."Such was the soaring promise of US President Donald Trump as he inaugurated his new Board of Peace on the stage of stages that is the Davos Economic Forum this week.The world of all too much suffering and strife badly…

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Trump’s Board of Peace, Zelensky and Musk at Davos

Before President Donald Trump left the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, he announced the creation of the Board of Peace and called it a "new international oversight body", though several key US allies were not present at a charter-signing ceremony. Trump also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Elon Musk appeared at the forum for the first time to talk about space and AI. The BBC's Faisal Islam is in Davos and runs through the day's…

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Barron Trump called UK police after seeing woman ‘beat up’, court hears

Barron Trump called UK police after seeing woman ‘beat up’, court hears

Kerena Cobbina & Maia DaviesPool/Getty ImagesBarron Trump, the president's fifth child, said he met the alleged victim on social mediaDonald Trump's youngest son contacted UK police saying he witnessed a friend in London being "beat up" during a video call, a court has heard.Barron Trump, 19, told police he had friends call 999 from the US so that he could report the alleged attack in January 2025.Matvei Rumiantsev, 22, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of…

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Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa’s Syria

Rapid rollback of Kurdish-led forces reshapes Sharaa’s Syria

Hugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, BeirutAFPSyrian government forces advanced rapidly into north-eastern Syria in recent daysPresident Ahmed al-Sharaa has made significant advances in his efforts to unify a deeply fractured Syria, reclaiming large swathes of territory in the north-east that had been under the control of a Kurdish-led militia alliance for more than a decade. What happens next will be a test for a government that has tried to assert its authority over the whole country.The gains by government…

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What we know about Trump’s ‘framework of a future deal’ over Greenland

What we know about Trump’s ‘framework of a future deal’ over Greenland

EPAUS President Donald Trump has announced that there is a "framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland".The statement came as a surprise after days of mounting tensions, culminating with a threat to impose economic sanctions on eight close US allies which have opposed his plans to seize the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.So what could this deal entail and will it be acceptable to Denmark and Greenland - both of which have made it clear they will…

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Son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition candidate freed from jail, wife says

Rafael Tudares, the son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González, has been released from prison, his wife has said, more than a year after he was detained as part of a crackdown on Maduro government critics and their relatives.Mariana González said her husband had returned home after "380 days of unjust and arbitrary detention".Tudares is one of more than 150 detainees who have been released since the US military seized Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, in a nighttime raid…

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Trump to meet Zelensky as US envoy says ending Russia war down to one issue

Trump to meet Zelensky as US envoy says ending Russia war down to one issue

Paul KirbyEurope digital editorAleksandr Gusev/SOPA ImagesUkraine's Volodymr Zelensky arrived in Davos on Thursday ahead of his talks with President Donald Trump (file pic)US President Donald Trump will meet Volodymyr Zelensky at Davos on Thursday, after his envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism about finalising a deal to end the war in Ukraine."I think we've got it down to one issue and we have discussed iterations of that issue, and that means it's solvable," Witkoff said ahead of his trip…

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UK holds off joining Trump’s peace board over Putin concerns

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will not yet be signing up to US President Donald Trump's proposed Board of Peace over concerns about Russian leader Vladimir Putin's possible participation.Cooper told the BBC the UK had been invited to join the board but "won't be one of the signatories today" at a planned ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The foreign secretary described the board as a "legal treaty that raises much broader issues"…

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US allies won’t forget Trump Greenland crisis

US allies won’t forget Trump Greenland crisis

Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondentGetty ImagesProtesters have taken to the streets outside the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland this monthWhat on earth has the last fortnight been all about?In the wake of a successful military operation in Venezuela earlier this month, a buoyed-up Donald Trump started to ratchet up the rhetoric on Greenland.Day after day, the world was treated to claims of ownership, threats of military action and tariffs against traditional allies in Europe.Now, in an apparent puff of smoke,…

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Trump drops threats of tariffs on Nato allies over Greenland

Bernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporterWatch: The BBC's Faisal Islam on how Trump's Davos speech receivedPresident Donald Trump has said he no longer plans to impose tariffs on European countries that had opposed his ambitions for the US to acquire Greenland. In a social media post, Trump said his decision followed a "very productive meeting" with Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte. "This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all Nato…

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Trump’s jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe’s leaders

Trump’s jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe’s leaders

Nick BeakeEurope correspondent, DavosAFP via Getty ImagesDonald Trump delivered a wide-ranging speech at the Davos summit in Switzerland"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German," President Donald Trump told his audience at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday.He may well have forgotten German is the most widely spoken of the four official languages in Switzerland.Many people – from Brussels to Berlin to Paris – will have found his speech to be insulting, overbearing…

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What it was like inside the room with Donald Trump at Davos

What it was like inside the room with Donald Trump at Davos

Faisal IslamEconomics editorGetty ImagesI'm in the room, and have just seen President Trump enter and it's fair to say he got a good welcome from the crowd, certainly at the beginning. A standing ovation.On top of that, there was an astonishing scrum to try to get in, with many turned away - even heads of state.And the security was unbelievable, not letting even some of the most famous attendees in or out of the hall.But, minutes into the…

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