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But later Mr. Trump indicated it would also tackle other conflicts. On Tuesday he said it might even replace the United Nations. In a joint statement released Tuesday, seven countries including Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt say they'll join the organization. There are reports that Russia is considering whether to sign up too. So what more do we know about this new grouping and who else has been invited to join?

Middle East analyst is Sebastian Ascher. We still don't 100% know when Mr. Trump first presented. It did seem that it was already locked into Gaza. Since then we've seen several other boards splinter and above them is the Board of Peace, which has now morphed into something which could be much wider. It's being presented by the Trump administration as something that can oversee the conflicts across the world moving away from Gaza.

And we've heard from a number of world leaders that they've received invitations. President Putin, his spokesperson, saying that they're looking into it. France saying that they were very much up for it when it was about Gaza. But if it's a potential replacement for the UN Security Council, that's not what we're interested in. Hungary, Argentina, Morocco, Vietnam, Belarus have joined up. Israel has joined up. There was some speculation there.

että Benjamin Netanyahu ei halua, koska siellä olisi ihmisiä Yhdysvallan puolesta, joilla hän ei halua olla samassa ruumassa. Koska se on melko monimutkainen struktuuri, vaikka Mr. Trump näyttää olevan yksinkertaisen voimakkaan täysin.

Se on se, miten se näyttää tällä hetkellä. Kaikki asiat, joita EU ja Yhdysvallan turvallisuuskansliit ovat, ja miten vahvistuneet maat ovat vetoittaneet, niin ne voivat pysyä. Katsotaan Israelia ja muita asioita, kuten Ukraina. Ja usein ei ole tehty mitään, koska yksi maa, joka on hyvin kohtuullisesti osallistunut siihen, päättää vetoittaa mitään.

Well, this seems almost to be boiling down to one man will now have that veto for everything across the world, if this develops into a genuine powerful entity that has a role that fulfills some of what the UN has been doing, which I think is certainly what President Trump and his administration would be looking at. And they would essentially like the UN in so many areas to be replaced, Gaza being the first one of all.

There are wider questions about the credibility of this board, given that Russia, which invaded Ukraine, has been invited to be on it, and given that member countries are being asked to cough up a billion dollars each if they want permanent membership. Of course, that's a huge issue. You look at the UN, that is many countries obviously pulling in different directions. Critics would say this is designed to undermine the UN, which is the big arbiter of global security since the Second World War.

Oh absolutely. There's no doubt, however this may have been stated publicly, that this is being projected as a way of bypassing the UN and that role that it's played. Sebastian Ascher talking with Jannat Jalil. And you can watch that full interview on the BBC's YouTube channel under the podcast section. Select Global News Podcast.

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Now, the organizers of those Hong Kong vigils are going on trial. They're facing charges under the national security laws that have effectively shut down all political opposition to the ruling Communist Party. Our correspondent in Hong Kong, Martin Yip, spoke to me from outside the Hong Kong courthouse and told me about the three activists.

Martin, we have to remember how big these annual Tiananmen vigils were in Hong Kong. I covered a few of them as a correspondent. They were big public events at the time. This trial shows just how much things have changed there.

Martin Jep in Hong Kong. Now, when we think of the big car manufacturing nations, countries like Japan, the US, Germany and other Western European nations usually spring to mind. So you might be surprised to learn that across the world, Slovakia in Eastern Europe makes the highest number of cars per capita. Almost a million vehicles a year for a population of just five million.

Some of the biggest car manufacturers now have factories there, with Volvo the latest to join the growing list. John Lawrenson traveled to Slovakia to find out why this small nation has become a car-making powerhouse.

Tämä on eurooppalainen tehtävä kielipalvelun kielipalveluissa, juuri Jilinän slovakian kaupungin ulkopuolella. Slovakia oli osa Turet-Slovakian sosialistisesta republikaan, ja sotilaat tehtiin kielipalveluissa kielipalveluissa, joita tehtiin kielipalveluissa kielipalveluissa.

Mutta velvettä revoluuttia jälkeen, 1989 vuonna 1989, sain kommunistin jäsenet pakkauksen, ja taitojen ja slovakian jäsenet sopivat yhdistämään kaksi yksityistä maa-arvoa. Volkswagen osti ja kohdatti vanhaa slovakian autonjohtajaa Skodaa, ja muu ulkomaan automobilipäällikkö muuttui myös.

Peugeot Citroën, now Stellantis, Kia, Jaguar Land Rover and now Volvo. Peter Prokop is the Czech-German head of Give, a management consulting firm that advises clients in the automotive sector.

At the end of the assembly line I see a car driving around that is completely swathed in padded cloth. It's their new all-electric vehicle, the EV2, which will go into production in February. The president and CEO of Kia Europe is a Frenchman called Marc Andriche. I asked him why Slovakia.

What is happening in Slovakia is also happening all over East Central Europe. In this part of the EU, low wages, a tradition of industry and educating to provide manpower for industry mixed with Western and Asian technology and management is proving a winning combination.

Still to come in this podcast. It's fantastic. This is really quite something because it's showing us how people are moving around the world. A hand shape in an Indonesian cave. Maybe the world's oldest known cave art.

Jos journalisti on ensimmäinen historiallinen kirja, mitä tapahtuu, jos se kirja on väärä? Vuonna 1999 neljä russi-apartementtä rakennettiin, kymmeniä tullut, mutta edelleen emme tiedä, kuka teki sitä.