Trump launches Board of Peace
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has presided over a signing ceremony inaugurating his Board of Peace. Speaking in Davos, he expressed his belief that it'll help forge what he called a "glorious and everlasting" peace for the Middle East and the wider world. Nearly twenty other dignitaries have signed the agreement. Mr Trump said the board would work in conjunction with the United Nations. Critics say it is designed to replace some of the UN's functions. Also: Denmark's prime minister has insisted her country's territorial integrity must be respected, a day after President Trump said a possible deal on Greenland will achieve everything he wants. Two people have died and several are feared buried after landslides in New Zealand's North Island. Wildlife rangers in Pakistan have seized 11 lions illegally kept in Lahore after one of the animals escaped and attacked a girl. And the nominations for this year's Oscars are out - with the vampire horror Sinners up for a record 16 different awards.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm on criticise and on Thursday the 22nd of January, these are our main stories. |
| 0:15.7 | Donald Trump has presided over a signing ceremony for his Board of Peace, |
| 0:19.9 | which he says will usher in glorious and everlasting peace for the Middle East and the wider world. |
| 0:25.5 | But critics say it's designed to replace some of the UN's functions. |
| 0:29.1 | This board has the chance to be one of the most consequential bodies ever created. |
| 0:33.6 | And it's my enormous honor to serve as its chairman. |
| 0:36.4 | I was very honored when they asked me to do it. |
| 0:38.6 | Denmark's prime minister has insisted her country's territorial integrity must be respected, |
| 0:44.4 | a day after President Trump said a possible deal on Greenland will achieve everything he wants. |
| 0:49.9 | Wildlife Rangers in Pakistan have seized 11 lines illegally kept in Lahore |
| 0:54.0 | after one of the |
| 0:55.0 | animals escaped and attacked a girl. |
| 0:58.5 | Also in this podcast, several people, including children, are missing after a landslide engulfed a campsite |
| 1:04.1 | on the North Island of New Zealand. |
| 1:06.0 | I heard this huge tree crack and all this dirt come off behind me. And then I look behind me and there's a huge landslide coming down. |
| 1:12.8 | I'm still shaking from it now. |
| 1:14.1 | It's like the scariest thing I've ever experienced in my life. |
| 1:16.8 | And we look ahead to the runners and riders for this year's Academy Awards |
| 1:20.1 | as the nominations come out and one film makes Oscars history. |
| 1:26.8 | Some of the most powerful leaders in the world are continuing to spend these winter |
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