Trump names Blair and Rubio to Gaza ‘board of peace’

US President Donald Trump on Friday tapped his Secretary of State Marco Rubio and former British prime minister Tony Blair as founding members of the Gaza “board of peace”. Trump also named his special envoy Steve Witkoff, son-in-law Jared Kushner and World Bank President Ajay Banga among those on the seven-member “founding executive board,” the White House said in a statement. Trump himself will chair the board, it said, adding that further members would be announced in coming weeks. Blair is a...