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Issued on: 19/02/2026 - 04:18Modified: 19/02/2026 - 04:36

US President Donald Trump walks on the podium after a signing ceremony of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. US President Donald Trump walks on the podium after a signing ceremony of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, January 22, 2026. © Markus Schreiber, AP

US President Donald Trump convenes allies in Washington on Thursday to inaugurate the “Board of Peace”, a new body aimed at consolidating progress in Gaza while signalling broader ambitions to reshape international conflict management. This comes a day after the UN Security Council held a high-level meeting on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel's efforts to expand control in the West Bank. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Yesterday's key developments:

  • World leaders prepared to head to Washington on Thursday to discuss the future of the Palestinian territories at the first gathering of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.

  • The UN Security Council held a high-level meeting Wednesday on the Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel's efforts to expand control in the West Bank.

  • A top UN official warned Wednesday that steps by Israel to tighten control of areas of the West Bank administered by the Palestinian Authority amount to “de facto annexation.”

  • On Wednesday Mike Waltz, the US ambassador to the UN, appeared to criticise countries that had not yet signed on to the Board of Peace, saying that unlike the Security Council, the board is “not talking, it is doing".

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)

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