Donald Trump names Gaza 'Board of Peace' members
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has named the members of his 'Board of Peace' that will oversee the second phase of the Gaza peace plan. Among them are the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the former British prime minister, Sir Tony Blair. But no Palestinian or Arab has been appointed. Also, two tiny fragments of one of mediaeval Europe's greatest artworks, the Bayeux Tapestry, have been returned to France from Germany years after they were stolen. Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late Shah of Iran, has called on the international community to protect the Iranian people by degrading the Islamic regime's capacity for repression. A group of British parents take TikTok to court, saying their children died after taking part in dangerous viral trends. And the story of rare drawings by a prisoner at the Dachau concentration camp which are being sold in New York.
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| 0:36.3 | Donald Trump names his so-called Board of Peace to oversee his |
| 0:39.7 | Gaza peace plan, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
| 0:45.9 | Meanwhile, the US President justifies his decision to keep Nicholas Maduro's former deputy |
| 0:51.2 | in charge of Venezuela for now. And Germany returns two fragments of the near thousand-year-old Bayer tapestry seized during World War II. |
| 1:03.4 | Also in this podcast. |
| 1:05.8 | There's so much proof out there that there is very harmful content on TikTok's platform and this had a huge, huge |
| 1:13.2 | impact on Isaac's loss of life. |
| 1:15.7 | The families of five British teenagers who died after using TikTok sue the social media platform. |
| 1:26.1 | It's called the Board of Peace, a group of men tasked with rebuilding Gaza, one of the most densely populated places on earth, which was shattered by war. |
| 1:35.8 | Most of the buildings in the Palestinian Territory were destroyed or made uninhabitable. |
| 1:40.9 | Many there are living in tents, food remains scarce, and basic education and |
| 1:45.7 | health care needs still aren't being met following two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas. |
| 1:51.3 | Stepping in to try to end the suffering are, among others, the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio |
| 1:56.7 | and the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. President Trump's Board of Peace will oversee the second phase of the Gaza peace plan. |
| 2:05.4 | But no Palestinian or Arab has been appointed. |
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