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Trump asks Putin to join Gaza ‘board of peace’ even as Ukraine war rages

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join United States President Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, purportedly aimed at resolving global conflicts as well as overseeing governance and reconstruction in Gaza.

The invitation, which emerged on Monday, was extended as Russia’s nearly four-year war on Ukraine continues and a peace deal there remains elusive. Trump had been pushing for an end to the war, one he claimed he would stop within 24 hours of taking office a year ago. A war of attrition has been raging on the ground, and peace negotiations are ongoing, but momentum has slowed again.

The White House has reached out to figures around the world to sit on the “board of peace”, chaired by Trump himself.

“President Putin also received an invitation to join this board of peace,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday. Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer with Washington, he said, without adding whether Putin is inclined to join.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a Putin ally, has also been reportedly invited to join the group by Trump.

First Iran and now Greenland, double blow for EU leaders; hit by Trump tariffs

European leaders have found themselves in an awful predicament after Donald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs if they didn’t fall in line on Greenland. This blow comes after European leaders’ failure to see the regime change in Iran even after days of protests. Rifat Jawaid looks at this development and also on the controversy surrounding the composition of the so-called Gaza Peace Board by Trump.