WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.

The meeting, proposed for Feb. 19, would include both world leaders who accepted Trump’s invitation in January to join the board as well as members of an executive committee for Gaza that will oversee the specifics of the territory’s governance, security and redevelopment, two Trump administration officials said Saturday.

It was not immediately clear how many leaders would accept the Republican president’s invitation, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced and details of its agenda were still being determined.

One official said the administration expected “robust” participation.

A copy of the invitation that was sent late Friday to invited participants and obtained by The Associated Press, says the meeting will be held at the U.S. Institute of Peace, now known as the Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace, pending an ongoing legal battle with the former leadership of the nonprofit think tank. The administration seized the facility last year and fired almost all the institute’s staff.

Trump’s new board was first seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. But it has taken shape with his ambition for a far broader mandate of resolving global crises and appears to be the latest U.S. effort to sidestep the United Nations as Trump aims to reset the post-World War II international order.

Many of America’s top allies in Europe and elsewhere have declined to join what they suspect may be an attempt to rival the Security Council.

Many Burnley fans have now seen enough. Late in the first half, substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen tried to fire up fans behind the goal while warming up. Instead they responded with a chant of ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt’. Moments later, they followed it with ‘We want Parker out’.

Prime minister Keir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after the UK reduced its funding to the UN’s World Food Programme by a third.

The Labour leader had pledged to prioritise the “fight against hunger” and vowed to tackle “suffering and starvation” at a G20 summit in Brazil upon entering government.

But Britain has since cut funding to the WFP from $610m (£448m) in 2024 to $435m (£319m) last year.

Michael Bates, a peer and former Conservative aid minister, has hit out at the decision as he said cases of starvation are rising “exponentially”.

“If this was just a UK story it would be bad enough, but we are seeing it is a French story, it is a German story and a US story,” he told The Guardian.

“All these countries are cutting. There will be a time lag but this will cost lives. We have a responsibility to protect these lives.”

Last year the government hosted a two-day conference on starvation and malnutrition in Afghanistan. As of last year, nearly 23 million Afghans require aid, including 12 million lacking food. The World Food Programme has shut 298 relief sites across the country.

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Mr Bates called the decision to cut aid while calling for action “hypocritical”.

A UK government spokesperson told the publication that the UK remains the fifth largest donor to the WFP.

Prime minister Starmer made the decision to cut international aid to 0.3 per cent of GDP as he vowed to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent amid concerns over the country’s war-readiness. Rachel Reeves announced the decision last year, despite the party having previously promised to restore the figure to 0.7 per cent of GDP.

In December 2025, foreign ministers and charities hit out at the UK leader for cutting aid while funneling funds into initiatives to crack down on illegal immigration from Bangladesh.

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Flora Alexander, the International Rescue Committee (IRC)’s UK executive director, said at the time: “With the aid budget at its lowest in decades, every pound must go where it saves lives and tackles the root causes of crisis.

“That means prioritising fragile and conflict-affected states, where needs are greatest and where smart investment can help reduce the pressures that force people to leave their homes.”

The United Nations has warned that 55 million people are to face a hunger crisis in central and West Africa.

Four countries – Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger – account for 77 per cent of that the food insecurity, with some 15,000 people in Nigeria currently at risk of food “catastrophe,” or famine-level hunger, for the first time in nearly a decade, according to reports.

This article has been produced as part of The Independent’s Rethinking Global Aid project

A drone attack in Sudan has killed 24 people, including eight children, according to a doctors’ group.

The Sudan Doctors Network said the strike was carried out by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a vehicle carrying displaced families on Saturday.

Among the dead were two infants, and several others were wounded.

It happened close to the city of Rahad, in North Kordofan province, which suffers from a severe medical supplies shortage.

The vehicle had been carrying the displaced families who had fled fighting in the Dubeiker area.

It comes a day after a World Food Program aid convoy was targeted, killing one and wounding several others.

‘Take immediate action’

The doctors’ group urged the international community and rights organisations to “take immediate action to protect civilians and hold the RSF leadership directly accountable for these violations”.

There was no immediate comment from the RSF, which has been at war against the Sudanese military for control of the country for around three years.

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A power struggle between the two led to open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, in 2023.

It has since left at least 40,000 people dead, according to the UN, with more than 14 million forced to flee their homes.

The crisis has fuelled disease outbreaks and pushed parts of the country into famine.

North Yorkshire Police said it happened in the Co-op car park in Carlton, near Selby, around 5.15pm on Wednesday, January 28.

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Officers said the crash was captured on CCTV and police provided an image of a woman the force would like to speak to, as it believes she may have information which could assist its enquiries.

A police spokesperson said: “The crash involved a grey Land Rover Defender type vehicle with a private numberplate which collided with a parked green Mini Cooper and then drove off.

“There was significant damage caused to the Mini.

“If you have any information, or you are pictured in the image, or you are the driver of the Land Rover please make contact via 101 asking for PC1223 Colin Irvine or via email colin.irvine@northyorkshire.police.uk quoting reference 12260017153.”

Saburi Olayinka Adeniji ha sadly died

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The family of a non-league footballer who was admitted to hospital with a serious brain stem injury tragically missed the chance to say goodbye. A GoFundMe had been launched to get his wife and daughter to the UK quickly before he passed away.

Kings Park Rangers player Saburi Olayinka Adeniji died on Friday, February 6, his club has confirmed. The devastating news was announced by the club on social media on Saturday, February 7, and was later reported by the Daily Star.

Adeniji’s wife and four-year-old daughter travelled from Nigeria to the UK but sadly arrived a day after his death. Kings Park Rangers have since launched a GoFundMe campaign to help bring his family to the UK so they can say their final goodbyes.

The club said: “It is with great sadness that we must announce our number 17 Saburi Adeniji ‘Ola’ passed away yesterday morning.

“He fought so hard to still be here for when his family arrived. His wife and daughter unfortunately arrived this morning, a day late.

“He will always be a King. He will always be loved. As a friend, as a dad as a husband, as a brother and as a son. R.I.P Saburi Adeniji.”

Emmerdale actor Ryan Hawley took to his Instagram to celebrate the soap’s latest win

Emmerdale stars were surprised to see Ryan Hawley posting on his Instagram as he celebrated the soap’s major win at the TV Choice Awards.

Actor Ryan Hawley reprised his Emmerdale role as Robert Sugden earlier this year after six years away from the ITV soap. Robert was sentenced in 2019 for the death of Lee Posner, and he swiftly cut off contact with Victoria Sugden and ex-husband Aaron Dingle.

His return came as Aaron was set to marry ex-Army medic John Sugden, and although Robert attempted to get Aaron back his efforts were rejected as Aaron vowed to move on without him.

However, things soon escalated when John was exposed for a long list of harrowing crimes, including the murder of Nate Robinson and holding Mackenzie Boyd hostage in an underground war bunker.

Robert found himself back in prison after John threw himself and Aaron off the edge of a cliff and blamed Robert on the incident. However, soon the truth was exposed and John fled from the country.

Since then, Robert and Aaron have been trying to get things back on track in their relationship and even decided to get married again during the epic Corriedale crossover that also saw John’s demise.

Away from the Dales, Ryan tends to keep his private life just that and isn’t one for sharing much on social media. However, after Emmerdale dominated the TV Choice Awards this year.

As well as the prestigious Best Soap prize, Lewis Barton actor Bradley Riches was named Best Soap Newcomer, and castmate Danny Miller (Aaron Dingle) won Best Soap Performance.

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Taking to his Instagram, Ryan shared some snaps from the night, as well as him posing next to on-screen partner Danny Miller for the occasion.

He penned: “Congratulations to everybody at @emmerdale for the clean sweep the other night! Especially @brad_riches @laurashaw_or_patbutcher and of course @danny_b_miller. Very well deserved! Proud to be part of the show! X”.

Some of his co-stars rushed to the comments as they mentioned his rare upload to social media. Bradley Riches wrote: “Ryan posting? WTF? Welcome to the dark side THANK YOU DIVA XXX”.

Shebz Miah who plays Kammy Hadiq also had the same train of thought and added: “Pahahahaha man like Ryan posting on the gram u kno”, leading to fans of the ITV soap laughing along with him.

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.

Good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the Transylvania Open final featuring top seed Emma Raducanu and third seed Sorana Cirstea.

Raducanu is contesting her first final since 2021, when she made that fairytale run to the championship match and US Open title after coming through qualifying.

The British No 1 has played some great tennis this week, coming back from a 5-0 deficit against Kaja Juvan in the second round and making lightwork of Greet Minnen and Maja Chwalinska in between. In her semi-final, Raducanu dropped her first set of the week against Oleksandra Oliynykova, coming through 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

The British No 1 was pleased with how she fought through in the three-set tussle: “I’m most proud of how I competed, came back in the third set, I don’t know if I could’ve done it without everyone’s support,” she said during her on court interview afterwards. “I really feel like I’m at home here, thank you so much everyone.”

Her opponent Cirstea is a home favourite who Raducanu has met once before – at Wimbledon in 2021 where Raducanu came out on top in straight sets. Cirstea, 35, will be retiring at the end of this season and will be looking to make happy memories at her home tournament.

Over in the Czech Republic, British No 4 Katie Boulter is taking on world No 124 Tamara Korpatsch in the Ostrava Open final.