Former prince Andrew arrested; Board of Peace meeting; Alzheimer’s ‘clock’; and more
The 7
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
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| 0:36.6 | President Donald Trump's Board of Peace will meet for the first time today. |
| 0:39.3 | That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, February 19th. Let's get you caught up with |
| 0:45.4 | today's seven stories. In Washington today, officials from dozens of countries will gather for the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace. |
| 0:58.0 | The board was originally conceived of to oversee Trump's peace plan in the Gaza Strip and the rebuilding of the devastated territory. |
| 1:06.6 | But Trump has larger ambitions for the project. |
| 1:10.1 | He has said it has the potential to become the most consequential international body in history. |
| 1:16.4 | Some countries fear he intends it to supplant the United Nations, which he has been highly critical of. |
| 1:22.6 | Trump spoke about the board to reporters on Air Force One on Monday. |
| 1:26.8 | I think it can be. We're going to have all world leaders. They're putting up tremendous amounts of money. And I think it's going to go far beyond Gaza. I think it'll be peace all over the world. And we're working in conjunction with the United Nations. Look, the United Nations is there. They haven't lived up to potential. United Nations has great potential. They haven't lived up to new potential. United Nations has great potential. |
| 1:45.6 | They haven't lived up to the potential. |
| 1:47.2 | But I think they might aid us a little bit. |
| 1:50.7 | But we have the greatest leaders in the world joining the Board of Peace. |
| 1:54.5 | Among those greatest leaders in the world are some far removed from events in the Middle |
| 1:59.6 | East, but who are in Trump's good graces, |
| 2:02.9 | like Argentina's Javier Millet and Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban. Of the 60 or so invitations |
| 2:10.0 | that Trump has sent to heads of state to serve on the Board of Peace, about two dozen countries |
| 2:15.0 | have agreed to join. It's unclear which leaders, or how many, |
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