the, the, this is the w news live and from berlin. will the international criminal court issue arrest warrants were the leaders of israel and who mos today the court stop. prosecutor accused minister benjamin netanyahu with his defense minister of beer responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the gaza strip. the prosecutor also seeking the rest of her mazda officials on similar charges in connection with the october 17th terror attack. it is real, i'll say, coming up tonight, wrong president killed in a helicopter crash. the prime or use it is for administer and other top officials all died in the incident in a remote region of the country. the wrong supreme leader is ordered 5 days of

morning and a u kc. porch roof, which he leaks founder julian massage, can appeal against expedition to the us on the espionage charge, and we'll have more from lunch. the break golf is good to have you with us. on this monday, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says, claim that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the leaders of israel and who moss, their criminal responsibility for more crimes and crimes against humanity. knowing how the chords prosecute are kareem. com and he said he's therefore seeking an icpc arrest warrant for his really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel's defense minister you'll have kalonde and 3 come off leaders. yeah, yeah. then one mohammed steve and is my yeah. oh, i mean,

yeah. a must carried out the october, some of the tax in israel and is designated as a terrorist organization by many countries. stuck. here is the chief prosecutor of the icbc korean call. it's rare like whole states has the right to defend its population. it has every right to ensure the return of hostages that have been criminally and callously taken. those rights, however, do not absolve these rail, always obligations to comply with international humanitarian law. intentionally causing death, starvation, injury and suffering to the civilian population, including so very many women and children of criminal means to achieve military and political goals. that's what we are, that you have reasonable grounds to believe. the 3 senior leaders of how mass now. yes and why i'm at dice. and ishmael anita back,

criminal responsibility for the following international crimes. committed on the territory of israel and the state of palestine from at least the 7th of october. 2023. extermination as a crime against humanity. murder as a crime against humanity, as will crime the taking of hostages as a little crime rate and other acts of sexual violence. joining captivity as crimes against humanity. just woke crowds, torture. joining captivity is a crime against humanity and is a little crime. all right, we're going to go down to our brussels correspondent, jack barrick. he's been following the story floors, so jacket, we've got these expected arrest warrants aiming at the leaders of we can say are 2

warring parties. what more do we know about today's announcement? it's it's a really significant announcement by the international criminal court. the prosecute to that was very interestingly, flying by 2 very senior global prosecutors related to war crimes. one of them, brenda hollis, who was the woman, stood to his left is actually an american war. crimes prosecute to one of the most respected and celebrated will crimes prosecutors in the world. she's positivism investigation. now this is really significant that she was, did that well, car income was a nice thing. this application for the rest warrens of the is ready to ship and also the leadership of the how much terrorist organization. now, i see her presence that shows that there is a serious way to the international criminal court, the ones, the united states backing on this. what's interesting about that we've already now

had a statement from the us president joe biden, the us not a member of the international criminal court. and us president has cooled these, this application for a rest woman. warren's. i re just cut him con when he stood in a made this amount 9 segment. while the court is meant to work for the federal favor, him work independently, he knows that this is heavily political. w checked here at bringing us up to date some brussels jack, thank you. world, today's course announcements has been condemned israel from the political opposition to the president, to leading figures within the government. take a listen to what more cabinet minister benny got sad to say. subsequently, displacing the leaders of a country that went into battle to protect it. citizens in line with bloodthirsty terrorists is a moral blindness, that homes its duty and ability to protect its citizens. accepting the prosecutor's position would harm the ability of any country to protect the citizens and constitute a historical crime that could not be erased. all right,

let's go down to jerusalem. my colleague, i abraham, she's standing by. so i bring this up to date with reaction coming out of israel to this announcement. a full reactions from senior is really political figures have been rolling it for up to day. but we've just actually heard from the prime minister, and that's anyhow himself via a prerecorded message on a x. and he called this disgraceful accusing the i c, c of anti semitism. this is expected as time and time again throughout this whenever is real. is it? whenever a step is sticking against these really a government or israel on the international stage, a, they get immediately accused of anti semitism by a is really a leadership, not just from the prime minister. we've heard this before from others as well. we've also heard from the foreign minister who condemned this israel cats, but it's really for administer these really president and is really opposition. has

also spoken out about against this. interesting, we, erie le pete a leader of these really opposition who was not part of the the current unity government. but he has also spoken out against this and said he called up, this proceeds equivalency between these really government and from us which also the icy c prosecutor is being accused of an yearly pete has been very critical of the prime minister has asked that has been critical but also of the operations ongoing operation in ruffling. but it seems that when it comes to this is really up to is really opposition. and that is really political figures. riley around the flag and pretty much fall in line abraham. it in jerusalem at the latest to an item in the reaction from the prime minister while you're thank you this any, just a few minutes a will be joined by the international human rights lawyer,

wayne georgia. actually going to get his assessment of a potential i. c c, case against the leaders of israel and moss. it's coming up in just a few moments. are you turning now to today's other top story? the runs of president abraham are easy, has been killed in a helicopter crash. you run state television, says the president, right? you see his foreign minister and other government officials died in a remote region near the border with an answer by john iran supreme leader. i a total law. how many has appointed an interim? a president who must hold elections within the next 50 days. he's also ordered 5 days of national morning search team scout for the mountains and northwest in a run for hours from devin, my hon. eventually locating the crashed helicopter and finding no sign of survive as well. yeah, because so we've got to risk is pulled bodies from the wreckage

below the helicopter wing down near ron's buddha with as a by john were president crazy and his foreign minister had been attending a damn opening sooner and the one of advocacy must be the more about the business side, including a run state tv can send, can use if the dates home it, all you guys are sending shock waves across around it would lead is across the world, offering their condolences if i thought them to try out. first of all, i'd like to extend my condolences to the brother rearranging and people on the death of the president of the republic, the minister of foreign affairs, and their accompanying delegation following the accident. and locked out the we ask, god almighty to forgive them. right easy became president and 2021 and was

a deeply conservative and hotline leader he of a saw a brutal crack down on rainy and proteus to in recent years, rosie was seen as a potential success to the supreme leader. i a toner from amy and she is his strategy of supporting proxy forces across the middle east. i a total of how many has declared 5 days of public morning and said the vice president mohammed must, there would act as president. new elections must be held within 50 days. ron's cabinet has held an emergency meeting, assuming they would be no problem with the management of the country, and vowing to follow res. i'm joined now by come by my team a senior lecture at the university of sussex. he also specializes in a, in,

on iran and international relations. it's good to have you with this. um, abraham where you say he was and he was seen as a possible successor to the 85 year old supreme leader of iran. with that in mind, what does his sudden death mean for the future at the very top of the country? yes indeed, actually the fact that he was seen as a potential successor to watch on a hominy along with some of these old son who many observers believed he's a real kind of kind of that for, for succeeding his father has given rise to all sorts of speculation within uranium community abroad that inside here on whether this was and the sort of kind of caused some cold inside job to get rid of a potential competitor so that some of these, some can exceed to, to, to, to the throne of his father. but in,

in terms of the impact of his death in the actual, um, political structure of iran actually presidency has limited power. it's not compatible to the republican systems. the real power lies in the hands of the supreme leader to the hominy. and also the fact of power in the hands of the gc or over there she goes, which has close relationship with the company. so in some ways, you might say that this has simplified the succession with the removal of a potential candidate. but in any case, it is simply of experts which has to select to succeed who succeeds the, the supreme, anita, but many. but the kinds of testing at the members of that assembly themselves are selected by a body which is a point to a bunch of supreme data. so the whole thing is sort of the engineer or can be engineered in advance when you say that the, the power equation inside the country may be simpler because because of this

tragedy, i'm wondering, the, what does it mean for foreign policy? we know that iran is involved in a rack, syria, lebanon on human. and of course, we know that it backs him off in gaza. will this tragedy with the loss of the president, the for administer? will, will that change anything there as well? you know, as it's cuz uh, as i said, it was well known. um, you know, the, the, the person was the last say on matches of national security as well as the strategic foreign policy is the supreme lead to. so in that sense of, even if right you see was not in line with supremely the, i don't think he could actually make a huge change in that regards. but the fact that he's that to the rice, he was a protege of i to a hominy. he was very obedient to him, which was one reason why, among many reasons why he was actually able to win the elections because all the other potential candidates were disqualified by a body which is appointed by just supreme data. so i don't think his demise

actually impacts your arms foreign policy and regional policy and it will remain in the hands of while as you see on the supreme need to the, the relationship or the or the absence of a relationship with with is real. will that be impacted at all by, by this tragedy to i don't. so, i mean, one of the many conspiracy theories which is circulating around is that is why i might have had some role in it because racy was returning from a meeting with the president of as i, by john republic opening it, them between the 2 countries on is that by john is very, has very close ministry on security relations with this way and for which i actually uranium regime has in the past the threatened to that is a public colors i by john. but of course is right. i was denied any involvement and this remains a only a kind of the theory, but in terms of the impact on his reading, the writing and relationship,

i think iran will continue to support. it's a so called access of resistance, what other people call its proxy forces against is rain, but it will avoid a whole outdoor with this rain on united states. and there were reports of secret meeting between uranian and american also shows in amman regarding the same matter . and i think that's line will be continue. it's by whoever is replacing racing and iran and also by the i g, c and supreme leader, mr month. we appreciate your, your time and your valuable analysis tonight. thank you. thank you very much. i. this is, this has prompted mixed reactions from governments and world leaders. here's how some have been responding to the news. after abraham right, you see death and the heavy comforter crush messages of grief and support. many from countries back by iran in their fight against the united states or israel sworn enemies of a runs 1979 as amik revolution. the date location,

heads of other authoritarian states and regional neighbors sent their deepest condolences. china is foreign ministry issued a statement from she's been paying saying this country had lost a dear friend. did you mean for president? she said that since taking office president, right, you see made significant contributions to maintaining around security and stability and promoting the country's development and prosperity. he also made active efforts to strength and then develop the comprehensive strategic partnership between china and i run russian around have people in their ties since the start of not him are pigeons full scale invasion of ukraine. preaching also helps his country strategic partnership and friendship. to around the supplied most coast forces, which i had drones throughout the conflict. serious home to many a rambling militias. i'm president bashar al assad was fulsome, in his praise varieties these efforts to enrich syrian iran relations in pakistan. prime minister ship out of sherry, such as country would observe

a day of morning and fly the flag at half mast as a market respect. while indian prime minister and the render moody hailed right, you see is contribution just drinking the bilateral relationship. european union's reaction was relatively new usage council president charles me show, express the youth sincere condolences for the death of president tracy as well as other members of their delegation and crew. the block is imposed sanctions against iran in response to its human rights abuses, nuclear proliferation activities, and moved to support for russia's war of aggression against ukraine. it's a u. k. court today ruled at the founder of which he leaves, juliet sons' can appeal against being extradited to the united states. you may recall that in the us as on spaces espionage charges. he's been fighting an extradition from a british prison for the past 3 years. his lawyers argue that because of his for nationality, cassandra would not be able to rely on free speech protections which are granted to

us citizens by the 1st amendment. supporters hope that today's ruling could mark a turning point in his long running legal battles. julie designed himself was absent from the court proceedings in london for health reasons, as according to his legal team, but his wife stella was there, dw spigot, boss, spoke to her after the room. stella sounds you. you were in court. what was your, what was your feeling when you, when you heard what the judge had to say? while it was very tense, because the judges went away for 10 minutes and then 10 minutes between became 20 minutes and then 20 minutes became 30 minutes. and when we came back and i was very nervous, but then they said that they would grant leave to appeal. and obviously the immediate feeling was of relief. but part of me had hoped that the

judges would have reached the same conclusion. and then also said, you know, we've looked at this, we've heard enough, julian should just be released. they could have done that, they didn't. so we're facing another hearing in, in, in a few months time when last button and ministration just looks at this case and decides the right thing to do is to drop it, which of course is what should be done. and how realistic do you think that is? well, the president barton made us on pania so remarked if you want a few weeks ago saying that they're considering dropping the case. i think this indicates that there are conversations within the administration. we know that this, this case against julian is extremely controversial. that there are people within the administration that think should be dropped and those, those voices should be listened to. and, and of course there are still those people who wants to join,

spend the rest of his days in prison. they're the same ones who are planning to assassinate him. and so there are different attempts here, but obviously the, the temp that's on the side of defending freedom of speech, of democracy, of taking the principles of a free and open society seriously. are the ones who are saying this case should be dropped. and do you think there is a political momentum? i mean, after all, the german chancellor was also speaking out against an expedition. how important is that? it's crucial because of course, this case doesn't just affect the united states or australia or the u. k. a. this case will likely, unless the british courts ultimately find for julian and up in the european court of human rights. and it will shape the future of the scope of journalism, of the future of, of the limits or, or freedoms of journalist working in,

in europe. so of course, i think that's the transfer, all of shots is full, fully aware of the implications this case has for uh, european countries for european sovereignty for european freedom of the pressing ultimately for europeans. right. to know it's continuing and he's been behind boss, ready for, for 5 years. how, how can you, how can you keep up his strength and how can you keep up to a strength? well, there's an undeniable, of in search of support. and in a political case, that means everything, julian's ability to withstand the incredible extreme hardship that he's having to withstand is he's able to astonish because of the support and the support the scrolling and the attention that grows and the outrage at this case. so of course, uh without it would be i don't know where, where he would be right now, but he would, he would not have been able to,

to resist morally and physically in the way he has without all the support there is . and there was stella as long as they are speaking with your getting boss, your brains, president bottom is a lens game. he is a more time leader is the terminal office is supposed to be ending the course. that is, if you're looking at the calendar with no russian invasion of ukraine. elections have been suspended by martial law remains in force. but roger has been trying to undermine popular support for the ukranian president by running a social media campaign that calls for fresh elections. the outbreak of war february 2022. follow to me is a landscape, a former comedian with no previous political experience before becoming president, thrust into the role of wartime leader, go a nation and shock warmed quickly to his leadership during the way, my dear ukrainians. i am again talking to you just like i promised i will provide

you with updated and verified information every hour. his approval rating shot up to 90 percent far above its pre war peak 2 years on however many here are set up. a year ago, there were hopes for a counter offensive that would drive russia out if you crane. but now there's no end to the war. insight. the 10s of thousands of soldiers have died and the front line barely moved until recent russian advances. the government has passed an unpopular conscription law to get more recruits. all that has cost the government credibility, so let's get approval rating slipped to about 69 percent. and the latest reputable poll from february of this year signed significantly higher. the leaders in the us, france, and germany, but a worrying sign for the government. no elections can legally happen until martial law ends, but russia has allegedly seized on the fact that so lensky is term,

would be over this month to mount a social media campaign. like with the social media means this one says, traitor zalinski and publish cinco in jail. we demand elections. and this 190 percent of people are against you running for a 2nd term. so lansky is portrayed is being confused, asking who is against them. things are not necessarily so blake for the landscape though. a recent poll sided by bbc's ukraine service found 70 percent of ukrainians don't want elections while the war is going on. despite russian propaganda efforts, the dw spoke to people in the capital key of about it. and found mixed feelings to 3 in the evening. we have the enemy on our doorstep holding elections is going to cause division. that's a little bit of my loop, but it says there's this really in the them, i don't want elections right now because of the war. i'm happy with our president and don't have anything to criticize him for right now. and though suffice,

it's just not the right time for election. it's in washington. the ones that us made that is a veteran you out the i believe it's wrong to forbid the people to have their say, even during war time. and there's so many people fighting in the front lines that just wouldn't be possible physically, little bit about the position behind the header. so we have elections that will cost a lot of money. money that we don't have for drones and ammunition. so far, there's been no push from ordinary ukrainians or official pressure from ukraine's allies, or even the political opposition to hold a new vote. so as the landscape seemed secure in his job for now. but that might change without signs of tangible progress and a war that might drag on for years to come. well the nay sayers said this man, the game would not stand the test of time and weren't very wrong. the rubik's cube has turned 15 years old and it is still incredibly popular,

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