What to know about Trump's Board of Peace
o President Trump was expected to unveil the charter of his "Board of Peace" on Thursday, during an event in Davos, Switzerland. While offering little new detail on what the group was to do, he took the stage to introduce fellow world leaders who have signed onto the initiative.

o Announced last year as part of a Trump-brokered Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan, the Board of Peace has been framed as an international body chaired by the president to help oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

o It's not yet clear how the board will operate and what countries will join. The administration says dozens of world leaders have signed up, though a handful of European countries say they will hold off on joining.

o Thursday's event will take place during Mr. Trump's visit to the 2026 World Economic Forum. The annual gathering of world leaders and business titans was partially overshadowed by the president's gambit to take over Greenland and his threats to slap tariffs on European countries that have pushed back, though he called off the tariffs Wednesday and said he'd reached a "framework" deal regarding Greenland.

Trump says Gaza ceasefire has ended starvation in the Palestinian territory
President Trump said the ceasefire his administration helped to broker between Hamas and Israel in Gaza had been maintained, and "delivered record levels of humanitarian aid."

"You don't hear those stories anymore with people starving," Mr. Trump said.

The ceasefire has held, but hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since it took effect in strikes that Israel routinely says are targeted against threats to its forces in the territory.

Three journalists were killed in one of those strikes on Wednesday, including one who had worked extensively for CBS News. Israel's military said it was investigating, but that its forces had struck, "suspects who operated a drone affiliated with Hamas in the central Gaza Strip, in a manner that posed a threat to their safety."

"We're going to be very successful in Gaza," Mr. Trump said. "Once the board is formed we can do pretty much whatever we want to do. And we're going to do it in conjunction with the United Nations."

He lauded the global body but said it had failed to live up to its "tremendous potential."

He said the board would work "coupled with the United Nations," to create a "safer future for the world, unfolding before your eyes," adding that it would help to "end decades of suffering."

Illegal drug shipments into U.S. by water down 98.1%, Trump says
Mr. Trump claimed the U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and surrounding waters had reduced water-borne narcotics shipments into the United States by 98.1%, which he said was a roughly 1% increase on the figures he had been given just the day before.

He repeated his vow to transition the U.S. offensive operations against Latin American drug cartels onto land, without naming any countries that he expected to order strikes on. As he did on Wednesday, he said the land strikes would be easy compared to the attacks on boats at sea.

Trump touts purported economic successes, speaks broadly about peace initiatives
Mr. Trump offered no new detail about the objectives or operations of the Board of Peace in his initial remarks, moving quickly into a rehash of his economic goals in the U.S. before repeating his misleading claim to have ended eight wars.

He said his press secretary Karoline Leavitt would later introduce the individual members of the peace board, who joined Mr. Trump on the stage in Davos.

"Places are really calming down," Mr. Trump said, claiming to have saved millions of lives by averting an all-out war between Pakistan and India, among other peace-brokering successes he touted.

Trump acknowledges some of his board partners "not so popular"
Mr. Trump said he was joined on the stage by members of the board who he described as "leaders of countries that are, in many cases, quite popular, but in other cases, not so popular."

Trump says Board of Peace will work with others, "including the United Nations"
President Trump opened his remarks at the signing ceremony by calling it a "very exciting day," and amid concern that he could be trying to build the board into a new global body to take on the role long held by the U.N., he said "we will work with many others, including the United Nations."

Putin still discussing potential peace board membership with his "strategic partners"
President Vladimir Putin said his country was still consulting with Russia's "strategic partners" before making a decision on whether to commit to Mr. Trump's peace board, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Mr. Trump's invitation to Putin and other authoritarian leaders to join the group has left some of America's longtime allies reluctant to commit to the vaguely defined board.

Mr. Trump has said he wants "everybody" powerful to take part.

"I have some controversial people. But these are people that get the job done. These are people that have tremendous influence," Mr. Trump said.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ahead of the event Thursday in Davos that Putin, "highly values peacemaking efforts by President Donald Trump and his team," according to the AP.

Trump arrives for Board of Peace signing ceremony
President Trump's motorcade has arrived at the Davos Congress Centre ahead of his expected participation in the signing ceremony for the Board of Peace.

U.K. not signing onto peace board due to potential involvement of Russia's Putin
Britain has declined to sign onto the peace board for now, U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Thursday, and would not be taking part in the signing ceremony in Davos.

"We won't be one of the signatories today," Cooper told the BBC. "Because this is about a legal treaty that raises much broader issues, and we do also have concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace, when we have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will be a commitment to peace in Ukraine."

Here's what we know about the Trump-backed Board of Peace
Mr. Trump could offer more details Thursday on his proposed international "Board of Peace" as questions linger over its composition and scope.

The president floated the concept of a Board of Peace last year, as part of a plan brokered by his administration to end the Israel-Hamas war. The board was conceived of as an "international transitional body" that could help oversee a new, technocratic post-Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and fund the Palestinian territory's redevelopment.

"This body will call on best international standards to create modern and efficient governance that serves the people of Gaza and is conducive to attracting investment," the peace plan said.

Last week, the White House said the board would play a role in implementing the Gaza peace deal and "providing strategic oversight, mobilizing international resources, and ensuring accountability as Gaza transitions from conflict to peace and development."

The board is set to be led by an executive committee that includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga, among others.

The organization is set to be chaired by Mr. Trump. In a press conference last year, the president said he's slated to lead the board "not at my request, believe me. I'm very busy. But we have to make sure this works."

Countries can contribute $1 billion to the Board of Peace to become permanent members instead of having a three-year membership, a U.S. official told CBS News, confirming a Bloomberg report. The official said it isn't a requirement to contribute to become a member.

The official also told CBS News that any contributions will be used to rebuild Gaza and said "virtually every dollar" raised will be spent on the Board's mandate. There will be no "exorbitant salaries" or "administrative bloat," the official said.

These countries have said they will join the Board of Peace
CBS News confirmed that more than 50 countries had been invited to join the Board of Peace as of Wednesday. As many as 20 to 25 countries have agreed to join, Witkoff told CNBC. But so far, only a handful have said so publicly.

Among the countries that have said they're accepting Mr. Trump's invitation: Israel, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kosovo, the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Morocco, Hungary, Qatar, Vietnam, Canada, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Mr. Trump told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted his invite.

Other countries are considering their invitations.

In a joint statement, officials from Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia said they welcomed the invitations to join the body.

Norway and Sweden said Wednesday they're holding off, at least for now, due to concerns about the terms for joining. A source familiar with the matter told CBS News earlier this week that France intended to decline.

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