US pays $160 million of more than $4 billion owed to UN
The United States has paid about $160 million of the more than $4 billion it owes to the U.N., a United Nations spokesperson said on Thursday as President Donald Trump hosted the first meeting of his "Board of Peace" initiative that experts say could undermine the United Nations, Reuters reported.
"Last week, we received about $160 million from the United States as a partial payment of its past dues for the U.N. regular budget," the U.N. spokesperson said in a statement.
Trump said during his comments at the opening "Board of Peace" meeting that Washington would give the United Nations money to strengthen it, according to Reuters.
Trump's Board of Peace members Trump's Board of Peace members pledge $7bn in Gaza relief
Several countries which have signed up to Donald Trump's Board of Peace have contributed more than $7bn (£5.2bn) towards a Gaza "relief package", the US president has said, BBC reported.
Trump made the announcement during the first meeting of the organisation that many of US's Western allies have refused to join, fearing the body originally meant to help end the war between Israel and Hamas may be intended to replace the UN.
The second phase of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire plan includes the disarmament of Hamas and the reconstruction of Gaza, according to BBC.
Trump says world has 10 days to see if Iran agrees deal or 'bad things happen'
President Donald Trump says the world will find out "over the next, probably, 10 days" whether the US will reach a deal with Iran or take military action, BBC reported.
At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington DC, Trump said of negotiations with the Islamic Republic about its nuclear programme: "We have to make a meaningful deal otherwise bad things happen."
In recent days, the US has surged military forces to the Middle East, while progress was also reported at talks between American and Iranian negotiators in Switzerland, according to BBC.
Andrew released under investigation after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released under investigation following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, BBC reported.
On Thursday morning, Thames Valley Police said it had arrested a man in his 60s in Norfolk and was carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.
King Charles III said the "law must take its course" in response to Andrew's arrest and that the police had his "full and wholehearted support and co-operation".
