Greenland, Macron: tariffs unacceptable. Carney: Canada stands with Denmark. Britain and the EU also ready to put up a united front

"You will find out." That was Donald Trump's response to a journalist who asked him 'how far he will go' to acquire Greenland.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer heard today from European Council President Antonio Costa to reiterate the common position of London and Brussels in support of the sovereignty of Greenland and Denmark. Starmer - according to a statement released by Downing Street - reiterated his position that 'the future of Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark alone', confirming the UK's readiness to play a role in strengthening 'the security of the Arctic region together with NATO'. The two also emphasised the 'fundamental importance of defence and security cooperation' between the EU and Britain 'in these volatile times'.

"I don't know what the Supreme Court will do" on tariffs, but "if we lose, and it's possible, we will have to do our best" to pay back "hundreds of billions of dollars". Donald Trump said this, admitting that his administration could lose the case currently before the Supreme Court on the legality of tariffs imposed on US trading partners

"No one has ever done anything like this, there is a boom in America," Donald Trump said in the media briefing, displaying one of the packets distributed to the press highlighting '365 victories in 365 days'. The tycoon reiterated that he inherited the chaos from the Biden administration and boasted what he considers the successes of his first 12 months.

Donald Trump opened the White House press briefing by stating that the past year had been 'an extraordinary time'. "We've done far more than any other administration in terms of the military, in ending wars, in completing them. No one has ever seen anything like it," he said. The US president then said, "I am going to a wonderful place in Switzerland. I'm sure I'm expected in Switzerland with great joy.

"Maybe we can engage her in some way." This was said by Donald Trump about Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, who visited the White House a few days ago. "She is an incredibly pleasant woman," the US president said speaking at a briefing with reporters at the White House on the first anniversary of his new term. Trump praised the cooperation with the caracs authorities, 'they work with us very well', and said 'oil companies will make massive investments there'.

"Do you want to live with them? Most of them are international murderers." US President Donald Trump began his White House press conference, one year into his second term, by showing photos of some of the migrants arrested in recent months in Minnesota. "They come with no money, they've never had money, they don't even have a country, they don't even have anything that looks like a country and they come here and they get rich," he added, speaking of the migrants of Somali origin.

US President Donald Trump's press conference at the White House began almost 50 minutes late (it was supposed to start at 7pm Italian time). The press room is packed and Trump will speak about his first year of his second term (reporters were handed copies of a document entitled '365 Victories in 365 Days. President Trump's return marks a new era of success'). Naturally, press attention is turned to the US president's threats to annex Greenland.

Already now, unfortunately, it counts for little, but the idea is that from now on talking about peace will never again go through the UN, but through the Board of Peace created by Trump, who will be its president even after he leaves the White House. This is, in short, the American president's fairly transparent plan with his new creature: a new body built in his image and likeness, chaired by him and composed of the countries he has chosen and will choose, with the possibility of changing them after three years. The 'magic world' of Donald Trump has come up with another idea that seems straight out of a fantasy-politics film, in the days when - after normalising and taking control of Venezuelan oil (but leaving the old regime in power) and threatening Greenland, the territory of European ally Denmark - he expressed two concepts that reveal the tycoon's true essence: a few days later Trump said that he does not need international law because the only limit is his morality and then added, speaking to the Norwegian government, that not having won the Nobel Prize he no longer feels bound by peace. At the same time he threatens some of his old European allies with new tariffs for supporting Denmark and Greenland. We witness an escalation that finds its final exaltation (for now...) in the attempt to build his own private UN, directly controlled by him. The idea of the Board of peace was initially born as a fundamental asset of the second phase of the peace plan for Gaza, it was to be the political reference point, in connection with the Palestinian technical government, to achieve the disarmament of Hamas, the withdrawal of the Israeli army and the start of the reconstruction of the Strip. But now the Board has become something much more important. Gaza is hardly mentioned at all. Trump's idea is that it can and should in future also deal with other wars and other points of tension, starting with Ukraine and Venezuela, and, above all, it can replace institutions that according to the US 'too often have failed'. The implicit reference to the UN is obvious. Trump has never liked the UN, does not understand multilateralism and conceives relations with states as bilateral relations based on force. The American president has cut American contributions to the UN and pulled his country out of many UN agencies considered inefficient and wasteful. At the last General Assembly at the Glass Palace last September, he attacked the UN and especially the fight against climate change, which remains one of the UN's priorities. Initial international reactions were quite cold and just under a dozen of the 60 countries that were invited to join answered in the affirmative. The others are considering it with a thousand doubts about an operation that demonstrates in a plastic way Trump's world view. The Board, according to the still unofficial statute that has been circulating in recent days, would be presided over by Trump, without a real and concrete term of office, who would have the power to appoint, select and remove the members of the Board, it is not clear with what criteria and parameters. Moreover, by paying the modest sum of one billion dollars a country would be entitled to stay beyond the three-year term. Russia was invited - confirming the feeling between Trump and Putin - but China, America's true and only global competitor, was not invited. The invitations made by Trump involve America's friends and countries that interest Trump in some way. In all, as mentioned, about sixty states. The UN has 193 members, almost all the countries of the world, plus two observers, the Holy See and Palestine. All the countries have the right to vote in the General Assembly, even though the real executive body, the Security Council (15 member countries, five of which are permanent with voting rights and ten rotating) is bogged down by the veto rights that are crossed in the face of the brutal geopolitical changes of this historic moment. There is no doubt that the UN - which played a decisive role in resolving international disputes in the last century - is not functioning today, that it no longer has any impact in attempts to restore peace and dialogue, and that it is in need of urgent internal reform. But this is not only the fault of the United Nations, but also of its member countries and major global leaders. Especially those who try to build their own little UN.

Donald Trump will hold a press conference at 1pm local time, 7pm in Italy. This was reported by White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, calling him a 'very special guest'.

President Trump has no plans to travel to Paris this week for an emergency G7 summit proposed by Emmanuel Macron. This was reported to CNN by a White House official. Macron had made the proposal in a text message sent to Trump, which the US president later shared on social media. "I can organise a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danes, the Syrians and the Russians on the sidelines of the meeting," Macron wrote in the message, also offering to organise a dinner before Trump's return to Washington. France currently holds the rotating presidency of the G7. A summit of leaders is scheduled for June in Évian-les-Bains.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in Davos that Canada strongly opposes tariffs on Greenland.

A signing ceremony to formalise the creation of the Board of Peace for Gaza is scheduled for Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. According to the White House schedule, President Trump will meet with world leaders later this week and sign the charter of the 'Board of Peace' on Thursday morning. The board, chaired by Trump, will oversee the next phase of the 20-point peace plan brokered by the US and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after the war.

"The NATO alliance is very solid and secure. We have spent 22 trillion more, about two thirds of our public debt. The Europeans, on the other hand, have spent their money on welfare, roads, education. Now is the time for them to catch up and they are committed to doing so'. Thus Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, at a conference at the Davos Forum, on NATO

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met in Davos with He Lifeng, China's vice premier who is considered China's 'economic czar' and chief foreign trade negotiator. "I met with my Chinese counterpart here in Davos," Bessent told Cnbc, referring to the negotiations that had already taken place between the two during the past months of trade tensions that had led to reciprocal tariffs of over 100 per cent, "they did everything they said they would do. Bessent did, however, suggest that China "buy a little more" from the US, because President Trump always brings up this subject every time he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned in Copenhagen that 'the worst may yet lie ahead'. "We are now threatened by our closest ally," she told Danish MPs. The Danish government has been invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos, but yesterday a spokesman for the forum made it known that no representative plans to attend

"In 2026 we will do our best to have a stronger and more autonomous Europe. We need more growth and more stability. But we prefer respect to bullies and the rule of law to brutality'. Thus the French President, Emmanuel Macron, in his speech at the Davos forum in Switzerland.

US President Donald Trump 'has a very clear view on the security of the Western Hemisphere and that Greenland is essential for the US missile shield. He is concerned that if there were an incursion into Greenland the US would be called upon to defend it. He feels strongly that it must be part of the US to prevent a conflict, rather than see the US get involved ex post". This was stated by US Secretary of State Scott Bessent when interviewed during the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"If someone intervenes in Greenland, no one" other than the US "is able to control it," Bessent noted.

Europe is at 'a crossroads' and must decide its policy towards US President Donald Trump, who continues to 'cross red lines', making transatlantic relations increasingly fragile. This was stated by the Belgian Prime Minister, Bart De Wever, as reported by the Guardian. "So far we have tried to please the new president in the White House. We have been very lenient, even with tariffs. We have been lenient hoping to get his support for the war in Ukraine. But now so many red lines are being crossed that we are forced to choose self-respect. Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is another,' said De Wever, according to whom 'if you back down now, you lose your dignity. And that is probably the most precious thing you can have in a democracy'. The prime minister confirmed that he will meet Trump tomorrow, accompanied by Belgian King Philippe. "But (the meeting, ed.) will have a different character from what we had planned," he added, specifying that his message to Trump will be: 'you are overstepping your bounds'. "Either we stay united or we will be divided, and if we are divided, it will be the end of an era, of 80 years of Atlanticism, which is really coming to an end," he concluded.

"France and Europe attach great importance to sovereignty and independence" as well as to the rules of international law: "That is why we have decided on the deployment of our forces in Greenland". This was said by French President Emmanuel Macron during his special address at the World Economic Forum

"The new tariffs are unacceptable especially if they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty". This was said by French President Emmanuel Macron speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"Greenland is strategic. It is no secret. There are important submarine routes nearby and there are minerals under its territory that are crucial for the global economy. But let me be clear: Greenland belongs to its people. No threat of tariffs will change that. Sovereignty is non-negotiable'. Kaja Kallas said this while speaking at the Euro Chamber. "The statements made by President Trump create a situation that we have never experienced before. Our response must be to remain calm, defend our position and act in a united way."

"All options remain on the table, we do not exclude any of them: we are looking for an amicable solution with the US but we are ready to act if this does not happen". This was said by Economic Affairs Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis at the press conference at the end of the Ecofin meeting at which ministers discussed the ongoing confrontation between the US and the EU over the announcement of new US sanctions against eight European countries for their direct military involvement in the defence of Greenland. The finance ministers are waiting for the outcome of the discussions that the 27 leaders will have on Thursday. Dombrovskis also spoke of a "possible use of counterdrugs", referring to the already packaged and decided 93 billion tariff countermeasures whose suspension is valid until 6 February.

Reasonable voices are being heard in Europe, which have their own national interests at heart rather than imperial ambitions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today. "The healthy forces in Europe have woken up, their voices are already being heard. And not only in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, but also in Germany and France. There are forces that mainly have their own national interests at heart, and not imperialist ambitions, which were shot down long ago and will never return,' Lavrov told a press conference on the results of Russian diplomacy in 2025. Europe has missed the opportunity to participate in the resolution of the Ukrainian issue, the minister said, adding that NATO and the EU are now in a deep crisis.

How to respond to Donald Trump's invitations to attend the 'Board of Peace' will be among the topics discussed at Thursday's extraordinary European Council meeting. European sources told ANSA. The invitation to the EU was reportedly made to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

US President Donald Trump would also invite Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to the 'Board of Peace', a source in Ukraine's Foreign Ministry tells the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper. An informed source in the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Ukrainian newspaper that such a proposal has been made, but Ukraine is currently considering it and has not yet responded.

"The European business community stands in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland. Respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty is fundamental for compliance with international law. These are essential pillars to ensure stability and predictability for our businesses and economies'. This was underlined in a note by Business Europa, the EU business association. "The transatlantic economy is the largest and most important in the world and generates mutual benefits for businesses and citizens on both sides of the Atlantic. Imposing additional tariffs will not benefit anyone and could seriously undermine relations. We hope that an acceptable solution can be reached through dialogue. Europe should firmly defend its interests if these are compromised. Europe must remain united and coordinated in its response,' Business Europe further emphasises.

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Europe stands by businesses for a future where companies, workers and territories can grow and prosper

30 May 2025

"We will soon present the 28th regime. The ultimate goal is to create a true European company structure, which we call Eu Inc.: a single, simple set of rules, valid throughout the Union, that allows companies to operate much more easily between member states'. This was announced by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Davos. "Entrepreneurs will be able to register a company in any EU country within 48 hours, fully online, and benefit from the same capital regime throughout the Union. Looking forward, we need a system where companies can do business and raise finance frictionlessly across Europe, as easily as in uniform markets like the US or China,' he explained. 'If we do things right - and fast enough - this will not only help European companies to grow, but will attract investment from all over the world,' he added.

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'More power to Esma': Brussels tightens up on the European single market

04 December 2025

The tariffs additional tariffs against several European countries announced by Trump "are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and the US reached a trade agreement last July and in politics as in business, a deal is a deal. When friends shake hands, it must mean something'. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen indicated this when speaking at the Davos forum, adding that the EU considers "the people of the United States not only as allies, but as friends: to make us fall into a dangerous downward spiral would only help the very adversaries we are both so committed to keeping out of our strategic landscape. So our response will be resolute, united and proportionate'. In any case, von der Leyen reiterates that 'we must have a strategic approach in addressing the the question of Arctic security', which 'can only be achieved together'.

Il logo del World Economic Forum (WEF) è esposto durante il 56° incontro annuale del World Economic Forum (WEF) a Davos, Svizzera, il 20 gennaio 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

"We are working on a package to support Arctic security. First principle: full solidarity with Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark. The sovereignty and integrity of their territory are non-negotiable. Secondly, we are working on a massive increase of European investments in Greenland. We will work hand in hand with Greenland and Denmark to see how we can further support the local economy and infrastructure. Thirdly, we will work together with the United States and all partners for broader Arctic security'. This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

La presidente della Commissione europea Ursula von der Leyen interviene durante una sessione plenaria nella sala congressi in occasione della 56a riunione annuale del Forum economico mondiale (WEF) a Davos, Svizzera, il 20 gennaio 2026. L'incontro, dal titolo "A Spirit of Dialogue" (Uno spirito di dialogo), riunisce imprenditori, scienziati e leader aziendali e politici e si svolge dal 19 al 23 gennaio. EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON

"We consider the people of the United States not just our allies, but our friends. And plunging us into a dangerous downward spiral would only favour the very adversaries we are both so determined to keep out of our strategic landscape. Therefore, our response will be resolute, united and proportionate'. This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said today that Israel has been invited by the United States to join the so-called Board of Peace promoted by President Donald Trump. This was reported by the Reuters news agency.

"There is still work to be done, but we are on the threshold of a historic trade agreement" with India: "some call it the mother of all agreements: an arrangement that would create a market of 2 billion people, equal to almost a quarter of global GDP. And, crucially, that would give Europe a first mover advantage with one of the most dynamic and fastest growing economies in the world'. This was said by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Davos. "Europe wants to do business with the economic powers of this century. From Latin America to the Indo-Pacific and far beyond, Europe will always choose the world. And the world is ready to choose Europe,' he added.

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Von der Leyen a New Delhi per avvicinare India e Ue

28 February 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "will not be arriving today" at the World Economic Forum, where the Ukrainian delegation had advertised a speech to the Davos audience at 2.30pm. This was reported by diplomatic sources according to which the decision not to travel to the Forum, where a large US delegation with US President Donald Trump as well as NATO and EU leaders is present, is linked to the ongoing bombings in Ukraine.

It is an open clash between Keir Starmer's government and US President Donald Trump over the October 2024 agreement for London to return to Mauritius the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, which includes the island of Diego Garcia where a strategic British air base shared with the US for decades is based. Downing Street released a memo defending the agreement - negotiated when the Biden administration was in power in Washington and attacked now by Trump - arguing that it 'ensures' control of the base is maintained 'for generations' and guarantees that 'adversaries stay out'. He also recalls how it was endorsed at the time by all the allies of the Five Eyes group (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States). Trump, on the other hand, in a message circulated a few hours ago, had branded that agreement as 'a great stupidity' committed by the British ally, evoking the fear of losing Diego Garcia and the need on the American side to somehow take direct control of it (along the lines of what was claimed for Greenland in another area of the world).

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UK, historic cession of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. In return it retains the Diego Garcia base

03 October 2024

The US president, Donald Trump, published two consecutive posts on his Truth social networking site with modified images showing US flags over Greenland. One of the images appears to be a modified version of the picture from August 2025, when European leaders visited Trump in Washington: the presentation panel has been modified so that a stars and stripes flag covers the USA, Canada and Greenland (but also Venezuela).

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today that Nato is "seriously" preparing for war with Russia. "Nato is seriously preparing for war with Russia," the Russian diplomat said during a press conference at which he outlined the achievements of Moscow diplomacy.

"If you read the statements of Kallas, von der Leyen, Macron, Starmer, Rutte, of all of them. They are seriously preparing for a war with Russia," the Russian diplomat specified. "They are not hiding it at all," Lavrov added.

US President Donald Trump said he had agreed to hold a meeting on the future of Greenland with various parties on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "I have agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos," Trump wrote on his Truth Social, referring to the planned contacts on the island issue.

Afterwards, the president said that the theme will make the international exhibition particularly significant. "We will see what happens, but let's say it will be a very interesting Davos," he told reporters in response to questions about Greenland.

"Acting with threats on the tariffs front is completely unacceptable. And that is why the European Parliament has decided, together with the three big groups, to suspend the trade agreement" with the US. This was announced by the president of the EPP group, Manfred Weber, explaining the decision to postpone the Euro Chamber's OK to the tariffs deal signed in Scotland. 'It is the most powerful instrument we have right now, the US will not be able to access our products at zero tariffs,' he stressed. (ANSA).

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Trump and Von der Leyen: we have an agreement, tariffs at 15 per cent. No change on steel and aluminium

27 July 2025

"I would advise to keep calm in these trade negotiations, not to degenerate further, not to use the Trump style, but to use the European style. This week is the week of the talks where von der Leyen had the opportunity to speak. So this is the week of the talks to underline what the EU is saying about the security issue: Greenland is an integral part of Denmark. So whoever plays with Greenland is playing with NATO. It is obvious. So says the president of the European People's Party, Manfred Weber, at a press conference in Strasbourg.

"This is a broader issue. We emphasise the Arctic dimension of our security. It is of utmost importance for us Europeans as well. But we must make things safer together within transatlantic cooperation. This is what we stand for,' he concludes.

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Greenland, Nato: 'Threat in the Arctic grows'. The countermeasures Europe is studying to stop Trump

11 January 2026

Ukraine's foreign minister called for urgent support for Ukraine, including air defence and sanctions against Russia, saying Moscow's latest "barbaric attack" was a wake-up call for world leaders gathered in Davos. "We need additional urgent energy assistance, air defence and interceptors, as well as sanctions against Moscow," Andrii Sybiha said in a post on X, adding that thousands of homes in the capital Kiev were left without heating in freezing temperatures.

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Ukraine, electricity returns to Chernobyl. Zelensky skips Davos

20 January 2026

China has confirmed that it has received an offer from US President Donald Trump to join the Board of Peace. This was said by Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun.

Kirill Dmitriev, special representative of the Russian presidency for investment and chief negotiator with his US counterpart, called the leaders of the countries supporting Ukraine a 'coalition of the chastened'. In a post on the social network X, Dmitriev accompanied the phrase with a photo of the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

US President Donald Trump's threats to impose 200% tariffs on French wines and Champagne to convince Elysée chief Emmanuel Macron to join the Board of Peace for Gaza are considered ''unacceptable and ineffective''. Macron's entourage told broadcaster Bfmtv, explaining that they had ''taken note'' of Trump's statements.

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EU assesses 93 billion tariffs against the US for Greenland (Ft). Trump will see European leaders and von der Leyen in Davos

18 January 2026

US President Donald Trump has said that European leaders will not 'meet much resistance' to his plan to occupy Greenland. "I don't think we will meet much resistance. We have to have it,' he told a reporter in Florida who asked him what he meant by Europeans opposing his plans. Trump also announced a 'meeting of different stakeholders' on Greenland in Davos.

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Critical minerals, in Greenland (for now) Europe and Canada outperform the USA

20 January 2026

As Europe tries to recompose itself in the face of US President Donald Trump's pressure on Greenland, relations between France and Germany are going through a highly tense phase that threatens to weaken the traditional Franco-German axis, often referred to as the engine of the European Union. Politico writes today.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced his intention to build a common position with French President Emmanuel Macron in the coming days in order to achieve a negotiating result with Trump. A goal that, however, comes after months of mutual frustration, mistrust and political contrasts.

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the UK's plan to cede the island of Diego Garcia, in the Chagos archipelago, to Mauritius is an 'act of utter weakness'.

The United Kingdom will double the contingent of Royal Marines deployed in the Norwegian Arctic from 1,000 to 2,000 within three years, Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper announced in the House of Commons.

"For over 50 years the Royal Marines have been training in the Norwegian Arctic. Now we are strengthening this commitment, doubling the number of marines present from 1,000 to 2,000 over three years," Cooper told Parliament. The minister recalled that last autumn the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force mobilised thousands of troops, including more than 1,700 British soldiers, together with ships, land vehicles and aircraft deployed from the Baltic area to Iceland.

Speaking to reporters before leaving Miami, US President Donald Trump said that he "doesn't care about the Nobel Prize". "First of all, a very decent woman felt I deserved it and really wanted me to receive it. And I appreciate it," Trump said, quoted by CNN, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who presented the tycoon with his Nobel Peace Prize during his visit to the White House last week. "If anyone thinks Norway doesn't control the Nobel Prize, they are joking. They have a board but it is controlled by Norway, and I don't care what Norway says, but I really don't care. What I care about is saving lives."

Donald Trump posted on Truth a screenshot of what he claims is a message sent to him by French President Emmanuel Macron. "My friend, we are in total agreement on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I don't understand what you are doing on Greenland,' the message reads. "I can organise a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite Ukrainians, Danes, Syrians and Russians on the sidelines," the post attributed to the Elysée chief continues. "Let's have dinner together in Paris on Thursday before I return to the United States," the message signed "Emmanuel" concludes.

US President Donald Trump threatened '200% tariffs on wine and champagne'. Warned on Monday night that Macron was unlikely to respond to Trump's invitation to world leaders invited to join the Board of Peace for Gaza to sign the committee's charter on Thursday in Davos, Trump replied: "Nobody wants that because he's going to leave office very soon.

At least one person has been injured in the Ukrainian capital following a Russian missile attack, according to local authorities, while the Kiev Air Force has issued a warning of ballistic missiles heading towards several regions of the country, including the metropolitan area. The Ukrainian Air Force reported around 6.30 a.m. local time a second wave of missiles coming towards the capital, following a first large-scale night attack conducted with drones and missiles that caused heating and electricity outages in several neighbourhoods. Emergency services have intervened in several areas affected by the blackouts, while operations to check the damage to civil infrastructure continue. The authorities maintain a state of alert for further possible attacks.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the organisers of the World Economic Forum of cancelling his participation in the Davos event due to political pressure and 'false information' spread during the recent wave of protests in the Islamic Republic. "The Wef cancelled my presence in Davos based on lies and political pressure from Israel and its supporters in the US," Araghchi wrote on X.

The head of Iranian diplomacy claimed that, during the suppression of the unrest that followed the initially peaceful demonstrations, the authorities intervened to protect the population from 'armed terrorists' who, according to him, had received external support.

"I had a very good phone call with Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary General, about Greenland. I agreed on a meeting between the various parties in Davos, Switzerland. As I told everyone, very clearly, Greenland is critical to national and world security". US President Donald Trump writes this on Truth. "There is no going back - on this, everyone agrees! The United States of America is by far the most powerful country in the world" and "we are the only power that can guarantee peace around the world - and you do that, quite simply, through force."

Just a little further and 'Cyclone' Trump will arrive in Davos. The US president's is not a debut but a return to the World Economic Forum, and yet Trump 2.0, strengthened by electoral consensus in his desire to shake up the old multilateral world, is already causing chaos and uncertainty before he even arrives, with shocks that are shaking the European Union, NATO and the very unity of the West. The tycoon's presence in Davos is scheduled for 21 and 22 January: Wednesday with a 'special address', Thursday with what for Trump should be the first convocation of the newly-formed Board of Peace, the Committee for the pacification of Gaza.

Reconstruction in the enclave, along with Ukraine and Greenland, are the international crises on which the leaders attending the Forum will try to patch up. Starting with Europeans such as Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron. Objective, a pacifying meeting but with the need to put some stakes in the tycoon.

After Russia's new attack on Kiev with ballistic missiles and drones, power and water outages have been reported in several districts of the capital. Ukrainian media report this, citing the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko. At the moment the balance is still only one person injured.

The crackdown on demonstrators participating in nationwide protests in Iran resulted in the death of at least 4,029 people. This was reported by Human Rights Activists, saying that more than 26,000 people were arrested during the crackdown. According to the NGO, 3,786 of the victims were protesters, 180 members of the security forces, 28 children and 35 people who were not taking part in the demonstrations. It is feared that the real number of victims may be much higher.

A group of senior Israeli government ministers have decided not to reopen the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, opposing US demands that the crossing resume operation as per President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the Gaza war. This was reported by Ynet, which said the decision came amid dissatisfaction on Israel's part over the inclusion of senior officials from Turkey and Qatar on the Gaza Executive Council of the Board of Peace, which will oversee the post-war management of Gaza. Israel also argued that it should not reopen Rafah in both directions before Hamas agrees to disarm and return the body of the last Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili.