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World Service,17 Jan 2026,54 mins

Blair and Rubio on Trump's Gaza 'Board of Peace'

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President Trump announces the key members of his “Board of Peace” for Gaza, tasked with overseeing the management and rebuilding of the Strip. But the challenges are immense — so what are the chances of success? Also in the programme: US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on nations that do not support his ambitions to annex Greenland. Iceland’s foreign minister joins us, and we examine a row over Gaza at a book fair in Australia. Presenter Rebecca Kesby is joined by Dimitar Bechev, Director of the Dahrendorf Programme at the European Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and Jana Bakunina, a Russian-born author and investment specialist. (Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. 9 Jan 2026, Credit: Reuters)

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