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outrageous and legally void. ah, hello there, i'm miss darcy, italian. this is al jazeera life in. doha was, they're coming. the talk is president says he will back finland's bid to join naser, but sweden's membership is still uncertain. a cause and pakistan grants form the prime minister and run con protective bal, which means he will not face arrest on terrorism charges for at least 10 days. and struggling us bank fast republic. it takes a beating as markets that ah, well, we begin with breaking news and the international criminal court in the hague has issued an arrest warrant for russian president lot in the prison. the i see, she says, the warrant is in connection with allegations of war crimes. and ukraine. the court

has also issued a warrant to arrest maria live over below, over. she is russia's presidential commissioner for human, for children's rights. moscow has repeatedly denied accusations of atrocities during the one year conflict. to date, 17th of march, 2023. the international criminal court as issued to warrants of arrest in the eucharist tuition for vladimir putin, president of the rational federation, and from the yellow ver, been of a commissioner of the rush of presents from chosen side for the alleged war crabs of devastation of children. from ukraine occupied territories, entered the russia physician. the judges f reviewed this formation and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that debt are credible allegation against dees persons for the alleged crimes. while the kremser, the kremlin spokesman, has a label,

this move by the icpc is outrageous and unacceptable. to meet you. pest golf said that russia like a number of states, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the international criminal court. and that, accordingly, any decisions of this kind, a null and void for the russian federation from the point of view of law. well, let's not get the perspective from ukraine and speak to stephanie decker and keith steph ukrainian authorities. they're already saying they believe this is really just the beginning. yes, and they have been pressuring the i c. c to issue arrest warrants for quite some time. my. they been working together with the cranium, prosecutor general, who immediately tweeted, welcoming the saying that they've been giving thousands of documents to the i. c. c . working together to try and build a case that would lead up to these kinds of moves. quoting 16000 children, at least that have been forcibly to ported, abducted from ukrainian territory and into russian held territory. so very much

welcome saying is just the beginning pointing out to the top leadership of moscow and that there, it will be accountability. it is, of course, as we know in the past, not that easy, but certainly hugely significant that this is now been issued by the i to see an arrest warrant for the russian president. and as you heard our colleague james basing, i think you'll be speaking to him a little bit later. you know, when it comes to international conferences and, you know, president putin traveling to other countries. this now completely changes the game on that. indeed, look, stephanie is lawrence, as you mentioned, relates specifically to the treatment of children being taken across the border to russia. what's now happened to them? yes, is very difficult, is to completely get a bigger picture. what we understand from various different investigations is some of these children would have been forcibly separated from their parents in areas that were taken and occupied. and there was fighting by the russians taken into

russian territory either put in to state institutions, orphanages, or adopted by russian parents. some investigations of sown these children learning russian in school singing the russian national anthem is other investigations i've looked into which media report saying that some of the children were very happy adopted by russian families. others are aware that they have been separated from their parents simply have no way of returning. russia says that all of this was done under a humanitarian efforts to remove children. awe from danger if you will. but of course, you know, under international law, this is a war crime. it is part of 2 cases that the i c c in the last 2 days and said it was looking into this, these arrests warrants issued under the children. it's also said 2 days ago that it was looking into investigating war crimes and it came to the targeting of civilian infrastructure. and we understand that the i c. c is looking into various other

files when it comes to potential war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by the russian federation. stephanie deca, that with all the reaction for us from give. thank you, steph. well, let's now go talk to, if i'm not a get an a james bays at the united nations. james, as we been saying, we knew that this was potentially in the works of the hugely significant. can you talk us through the implications here and not just for peasant hooton's? well, it is very, very significant that now one of the most powerful men in the world, the head of state of one of the permanent members of the un security council. the head of sate, of a superpower, is now, i'm a person who has an arrest warrant and could be arrested if he travelled around the world. let's put in perspective. there are 193 member states, the united nations, 122 of those countries are signatories to the rome statute that governs the international criminal court. and they would be obliged any of those countries to

arrest vladimir putin. if he set foot on that territory, we know from the past, omar bashir, the former leader of sedan, that there are countries that have ignored west arrest warrants from the i. c. c in the past. but it does, i think, create a headache for countries that might be wanting to host vladimir putin. we know there's a shanghai cooperation organisation meeting coming up in may in india, india also sharing the g 20 this year. vladimir putin didn't attend the last t 20 in barley. ah, would he go to the next one in india? well, india would have a be had 8 if he wants to do that. same for south africa at the end of august, if vladimir putin wanted to go to the bricks conference at south africa, would have to decide whether to arrest president putin. and although human rights campaign has said, this is a wonderful moment for accountability. there are potential problems for diplomacy going forward if you want to bring an end to the war. one of the people you probably need to bring to the table is president putin. what's the you ends

a view on all of this. the u. n is separate from the international criminal court, although they work closely together. i asked the up spokesperson for the un secretary general, whether the secretary general, now that putin has an arrest warrant issued in his name, whether the secretary general would meet with him or talked to him as a general rule, the secretary general will speak to whomever he needs to speak in order to deal or with issues out in front of him. does he though fear that this is a threat to diplomacy? because president putin is clearly the person who started the war in ukraine. one might assume that you need present, put in to bring the war to an end. one can't see, or i can't see president putin being allowed to come by the host country, the u. s. to the un general assembly high level week. i can't see how you could foresee another summit between president biden and president putin as we saw in

geneva. is this a threat this arrest warrant? did the diplomacy that you're working on? as i said, and this is the supplies across the board, the secretary general will always speak to whomever he needs to speak to in order to advance our lots of other people won't be able to separate. i can only, i can only speak for him. well, an indication, i think of the difficulties for the diplomacy ahead and how are various countries are going to calibrate. this came just moments ago when we had the u. s. ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. clearly, no friend of russia, no supporter of anything that russia has been doing over the last year. she'd been finishing a meeting on north korea. she'd been reading a statement about the situation to reporters in north korea. i then asked her about the arrest warrant. she walked away, she said nothing. are diplomatic as her james bay is there with all the latest force from you, and thank you janes. well, let's dig into this

a little more with tabby katanen. he's an international human rights lawyer and specializes in the field of warranty. joins us now from the hague to be let's start with the implications here for both person and has children's commission. and we've obviously been hearing there from james about the obligation that many countries now have to arrest both of them. how strict does that obligation? thank you. well, we've seen in recent times with the indictments for genocide alibi. she has one president, saddam, and we've seen the repercussions that came in south africa in particular when they failed to arrest him. 90 movers, they should have done, obviously with bridge and we're looking at a very, very different animal and an entirely. and so of course he is one of the most popular leaders in the world. so it's, it's going to be viewed through that land. it's going to be very difficult for, for any democratic state,

a member of the us party to the c c to allow you to enter the territory and take no action. so i think it could be put in, in a very uncomfortable position that he's is literally go to a barrel and by his, our board has his, his, the going to become more of the horizon he has already. and i think that this is a hugely significant staff. we shouldn't underestimate the importance of the day, even if he's not arrest anytime soon. type in a rush or so. but russia, meanwhile, saying that it doesn't recognize the i see that these warrants illegally void. when i speak to the president of the i, c. c, in the last hour, he insists that they have jurisdiction. i recall the u. s. also never ratified the rooms that the room statute that establishes the cc. so this isn't actually peculiar to moscow. well, i mean, the position that the russian federation has taken in their official statements

through that foreign ministries is, is very much the same as a number of other states that are not state state parties. well, the same position has been taken by israel in relation to the investigations and it does not matter that russia is not a signatory. the chemical has jurisdiction over the territory of ukraine. and any person who commits a crime, all the territory of all the crazes folded in jurisdiction of the central criminal court. so. so you know, the russian federation can complain and say that it's unlawful and they have no jurisdiction. they will lose that argument because they actually see very clearly does have jurisdiction. and the other thing that you have to remember is that the, the allegations that have been in the rest forms very important allegations against children. and this is taking a crime that occurs on the territory of 2 states. so the crime starts on ukraine's, but ends in russia and the i,

c. c has ruled previously in similar situations that it has very clearly jurisdictions in respect to those types of crimes. toby, as you say, these charges relate specifically to the treatments and movements of children. how serious are they in the scheme of things when it comes to the war? could we potentially see the charges added pap? absolutely. i think that there may very well be strategic reasons for why the prosecutor has chosen these particular charges. i mean, these are, these are highly agree, just charges these, these are charges that cause you will crimes effectively moving the population one country into another. and we've had the allegations of hundreds, if not thousands of children that have been falsely removed and possibly taken into to russia. we've sorry, all stories about the fate of those children once they arrive, that of course,

we have seen numerous other crimes being committed bombardment, torture, rapes, sexual offenses. and what we see in many, many conflicts. there is a huge array of charges that can be brought. i think this is, this is just the tip of the iceberg. this is just the start. there are going to be cases increasing cases being brought him in ukraine and being bored elsewhere. and i think as far as the i, c, c is concerned, this is, this is a hugely important step, but i think it is just the 1st step to the cabin. then international human rights law who specializes in the field of war crimes, always great to have your knowledge there at thank you for sharing your expertise with us again to be a whole. meanwhile, there's been more fighting and the much the bloody s battlefield and the war and ukraine. the institute for the study of war says that russia, wagner mercenary group, is nearing combination and siege of the city. according to the russian back leader

of u. cranston. yet screech and the situation for russian forces backwards is difficult because there are no signs that she is ready to order withdrawal of its truth. ah, now moving on and turkish president, russia typo on, says he will now support friends bid to join nato. it happened after his meeting with the finish president saline stone, ankara. odo, and said that the turkish parliament will begin ratifying hell, think he's best. the swedish fine minister says anger as decision to only ratify finland's bed is regrettable. to carry had previously blocked both finland and sweden's beds, fighting security concerns of indians. president saline star says the bid would be incomplete without its closest neighbor 95 percent of members of parliament sit and bolted last spring that we owe to apply for

membership. no, we have good, good, awesome, thank you. but we have a neighbor, sweden, and what i now see is not only due to the fact that they are nice people and we have excellent relations with our neighborhood. but i have a feeling to finish nito membership is not complete without to sweden or wrestle side or has the latest now for us from ankara, it was not a surprise, so it's from the beginning on when finland and sweden ball with the applied to be a member for the natal turkish officials and on could i have repeated the said that they have no problem with finance act session to nato because they didn't have any security disagreement with freelance. but the main issue was with sri than however, nato has insisted so far that freelance to be in to be accepted to nato as

a package. so, but it seems that nato has changed that position. and also last week that had been impassive talks between finland and turkey and also some other nato leaders. natal companies have also been involved in these negotiation process and lost re prison, added one. and his team to have agreed to give their full will for few lands bid to nato and prison ad one asked for a president to president meeting. and then based on that, the center of the felines president sold him initially have been invited to anchor . and he came here to day after the long meeting, that was his last longer than we were expecting. and that has been announced now. so now the process is going to work like that. this decision, the protocol has been assigned to the by 2 presidents and then is going to be sent to the turkish parliament once it's ratified there as well. and no one is expect many supplies. everybody believes that it's going to be ratified, done. the decision is going to be thrown to the brussels headquarters of nato,

and nato is going to take it from their own. now pakistan's woman prime minister among con, has been given temporary protection from the arrest by the high court and the whole they are warrants out against in, on multiple corruption charges. he also faces terrorism charges stemming from confrontations between his supporters and police. any of this week come on, hide as outside the court and the whole. a large number of august on teddy again, south of borders have gathered outside the lord high court. they said they had seen high drama for the past few days. go close between the police and a couple of days of the former prime minister, emron con, appeared before the lord high court to seek protective bade. duff guards had now been drawn, take relief at law, but that is happening often negotiations between the dedicating gov leadership, andy or tartar gauge, ad suggested by the court m. ron hahn is also going to appear in

a gorge heading and it's lum abad. where those are non billable waters were issued and i've gotten going to be important. my dad is come rail vault because the buggers on the prime minister had hinted that he would willing to extend an olive bronze stood a form of prime minister m ron conroy. sco said that he would be ready for that general opportunity. people and focused on have been glued to the television fees for the last $10.00 days. the former prime minister im ron connor said that he was not debating and god, because of a eminent take to had night. if god had already appeared to know that the nation or dame and he said that the government wanted to have ducked him and take him into custody. he accused the government of gosh door, dear dar job. some of it needed jim. but for the 1st time since it began, there seemed to be a ray of hope. before there will be doable. for them it will be

a small victory. but this is a long battle. and isn't that your dish or to prostate? what happened within the next 10 days is going to be significantly important for this country. mostella had here on out as in children, left about families and friends report from a mix of cam placed a space by last week and allowing ah frank assessments. this treaty provides this with this hopeful moment where countries could come together and stop putting in place. the rules will allow us to treat this global commons with the attention it deserves. inside story on al jazeera, all coveted beyond wealth. pay can, without hesitation, fought and died for power defines how well we live here, we make the rule,

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a holiday watching al jazeera, i'm hearing that, remind you about top stories. the international criminal court in the hague has issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir christian. the i see says the warrant is in connection with allegation, crimes and ukraine. the criminal spokesman has labeled to move outrages and unacceptable tucker's president of type one has agreed to start the process to ratify simmons nato membership. but he says he will continue discussions with sweden about what angry says is a lack of commitment to fight harris docket on school. the prime minister in runtime husband given temporary protection from arrest by the high court. and he faces multiple legal cases, which he says politically, mercedes well, us markets are down and early trading on friday. uncertainty around the banking

sector is the main contributor, their 1st republic bank opened down around 23 percent. and that's the spice and injection of cash deposits. where some $30000000000.00 and silicon valley bank has also now filed bankruptcy, while problems at credit suisse have rattled european market. president joe biden wants congress to impose tough punishment on banking executives as he tries to reassure the public after the collapse of silicon valley bank. let's speak to our white house correspondent, kimberly how could she's across this forest in washington dc. kimberly biden here, obviously still trying to stem the contagion. yeah, that's right. yeah, politically as well. there is a lot of unhappiness in the united states that once again, there has been life support given to bank executives that have mismanaged a bank. and even though this is different from 2008, when there was a congressional approved bailout for banks, and this time is different than the bank, silicon valley bank and signature bank were rescued through bank fees and an

emergency fund that banks paid into a politically there is concern at the white house that the president is perceived just bailing out the elite bankers at the expense of the middle class and the working class. and so in order to make sure that the public understands not only is this not the case, but to make sure that this doesn't happen again, the president is going a step further asking congress to make sure. 2 that regulators have the tools to put in place punitive measures to punish bankers for mismanagement. the white house doesn't have those powers, only congress can make laws. so what the white house is asking congress for are the powers to give regulators the ability to not only ban bankers that mismanage from the industry altogether, should they mismanage their powers, but also to scale back the pay for executives that don't do their job properly. and also to punish executives for bank this management. so obviously this comes on the

heels of the failures of those 2 banks, silicon valley bank and signature bank. and again, this is because the president doesn't have the power to do so through his white house of executive authority. so he's gone to congress in order to do so. kennedy, how could our white house correspondent across all of that for us in d. c. thanks so much. kimberly now, authorities in malawi, still coming to grips of the scale of destruction from psycho and freddie, the survivors of the floods on now struggling with a shortage of food. the government has been donating food fossils that aid is still coming in slowly. a lot of areas are inaccessible after the storm, of course, landslides, at least $326.00 people have died and thousands remain the thing for me, the miller has more now from the school and bland tire that's been converted into account for displaced more than 88000 people have been left homeless and left in malawi alone, due to the impact of cycling freddie. there were land slides landing as well as

heavy winds. and the people here lost everything including their homes. many of the 4000 here a children and some were brought in by community members because these children had lost both parents or their entire families. there are children here without homes to go to. now the volunteers here are concerned about their resources. they don't have enough for example, we don't even of for example enough one. let me does enough beebe machines so that again who made or st. i as the busy thought, i see the patients as a thing that people that i hear people yeah. have been left with nothing and they're relying on the community around them for donations to keep them going. we organize that it turned over. i know i remember we're used things, clothes, bergen, shoes, whatever the home they brought those things to my house. that's when we have come to distribute actually we're just, you know,

godaddy's issue number thing. it's our, my, me we want to do today. we're went to buy. so when to buy everything for these people while help is trickling in, they are only 18 classrooms at this primary school and they're completely full. they're running out of space. and so they're starting to pitch tents wherever they can to accommodate the people who continue coming in to this temporary camp. looking for refuge from me to mila al jazeera plant. i am allowing on protesters in france gathered across the country as unions there warned that they will continue to fight against pension reforms. the disease is action comes after president emanuel maxim bypass parliament and force through a controversial plan to raise the retirement age from $62.00 to $64.00. that good protest as even more as you see crowds that cause on fire. more than 300 people

were arrested. meanwhile, an india hundreds of farmers have stopped their march combined after a meeting between their leaders and government officials, the farmers were protesting against a huge truck, an onion prices. the 200 kilometer march began in the city of nothing, but it's not clear if it will now continue with already is. and thailand are searching for a missing metal cylinder containing radioactive material. the cylinder weighs around 25 kilograms and was reported missing on march 10th. from a power plant in prussian, bori province, east of bangkok, officials have warned that anyone who comes into contact with it could experience serious health issues. well, that's it for me. i'll be back to the news out here off the story. they were the me, the

off we go with your weather report for the middle east and africa. thank you for joining in. it's a fairly quiet picture across the baby in peninsula, but we are running the risk of seeing some showers in places like react, for example, just a few days ago. so pretty intense hailstorm there. elsewhere we've got this wind blowing down from iraq. so for us here in doha, looking at wind gusts on saturday of about 45 kilometers per hour, still active weather in bucharest on that western side of sin province through to below just on still the potential to see some hailstorm here saw quite the soaking the other day and the hor, for the 1st time in a few months that action has now moved over into india for turkey. yeah, i think we're going to see some more rain over, flooded out areas in the southeast where that is the earthquake zone right up against the border with syria. top end of africa looks like this. we've got a band of rain rolling across l g area. so for elders showers on saturday, but i think also for the next few days is while in central africa it's got

a pretty intense band of rain over bungie running the risk of seeing some flooding dark of the blue, the more intense the rain is falling. and to the south, we go, maybe still a few more showers for cause do luna's health providence in south africa on saturday. enjoy your weekend. we'll see you soon. take care. ah, the in by 43, a fraud takes on the big issues. this isn't a one off, he's talking about a systemic issue here. black gloves don't really matter in the police. world unflinching questions is war with lawanda, imminent rigorous debate. people who are dying because of lack of medical treatment, challenging conventional wisdom. the fact that people are starting to get angry about this is in itself a sign of progress. join me, mark him on hill for what al jazeera.