to classify small handful of animals as edible in all the rest they classify as disgusting. w series about our complex relationship with animals. the great meet debate. this week on d. w. ah ah . this is the w news live from good, an international arrest warrant for russia's president. international criminal court issues, a warrant for vladimir court in the hague, says it for his alleged involvement in abductions of children. also coming up,

china's president announces he's heading to russia. jean pink will travel to moscow next week. edging has offered the kremlin proposals to gain the born ukraine and the west piece china could be trying to portray so also on the program to he's president finally purchased finland's bid to join nato. to type a one, announced the move off. the talks with the finished president in ankara brings helsinki one step closer to joining the alliance. ah, matheney howard walk into the program with start with some breaking news just in the international criminal court in the hike is issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin, as well as russia's commissioner for children's rights, or the alleged war crimes and new credit couldn't as not responded to the war, is foreign minister dismissed it as being quite of no significance. court said the

warrant was issued. other persons suspected involvement in the on both deportation and transfer children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia. he's a short statement from the court to president. now this is an important moments in the process of just as before, days to see the judges. f reviewed the formation and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that the debt are credible allegation against dees persons. for the alleged crimes dicey c is doing its part of work as a court of law. the judges issued arrest warrants. there is a fusion, depends on international corporation. let's discuss this with mark ellis. now for a bit more, the executive director of the international bar association, he joined us from london. thanks for joining us on t w. let me start by asking if this warrant by the i c has more than just symbolic

many well, it definitely has symbolic meeting, but i think it also has some real real meaning because. so let's remember the, these types of atrocity crimes. there's no statute limitations on these crimes, and i recognize that in arrest warrant doesn't mean that let me put in is going to be in the hague anytime soon. but we've seen time and time again and even with sitting heads of state said they lose favor if not tomorrow, the next year of next year than sometime in the future. so i think this indictment, the rest war is, is exceedingly important. not just for justice and accountability, but i do think it will worry mister pool. he is now an indicted war criminal, and that's not a good a. so in practice, russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the i see,

but many other countries do. does this mean that he can theoretically be arrested if he goes abroad? a really good question for any state party of the i c. c. that state party would be obligated to arrest mister port and to work in his apprehension and then the transfer to the hey the ccs juris diction or the request for the i. c. c of non state parties is really not that relevant because non state parties will not will not see, it is their responsibility to, to, to arrest him. so he could travel, but he's not going to travel to any country where he's fearful that authorities would, in fact, tried to arrest him. so it's, he's going to be a pariah. within, within his own state, russia. and he'll have very limited opportunities to travel outside of russia

against the backdrop. michael, what happens now, in terms of the, i say, say, proceedings whether proceedings. now this is a significant step, but as i said earlier, i mean it's quite extraordinary that the pre trial chamber made this decision to uphold the request from the prosecutor for an arrest more in less than a month. so i think that suggests that the prosecutor did a very good job and setting out of a regional basis to believe that couldn't, has, in fact committed these crimes, these war crimes grade breaches. i might add a junior conventions. now the arrest for now is out. it's the responsibility of a states to, to support the court, to support this arrest war. but as i said earlier, that's not easy. and i think it's important that we bifurcate, the indictment in the arrest warrant from the apprehension,

because the apprehension is going to take a very long, long time. but that shouldn't, in any way deter us or make us feel that we've not, the international community has not made a significant step in supportive justice. and most importantly, for me, victims can, you can imagine the victim victims in ukraine. and you can imagine families in this case who have lost their children to, to this, to this atrocity crime of deportation. i think they're feeling better right now because they recognize the eyes of the international community is focused on this crime and focus particularly on mr. mark ellis is the, the director of the international bar association in london. we thank you for your time on d. w. thank you. china's president, teaching ping will meet his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow. next week . the visit will be, she's 1st to russia in nearly 4 years. fremont official says the 2 ladies will

discuss the conflict ukraine, as well as military cooperation. is signals a strong show of china support for russia as put in place is increasing international isolation over his invasion of the front. so as we said, the visit my president, geez, 1st 8 visit since being reconfirmed as chinese leader, as well as his 1st visit to russia since the invasion. so what should we make of the timing of the visit? i put that question to andrew small, a senior trans atlantic fellow with the german marshal funds indo pacific program here in building. oh, she didn't thing has take conventionally every major opportunity. he's had that these important junctures, ab, since he 1st became general sack 340 to meet with treated and conduct have these symbolic trips. and so in one way this is become, is, is the demonstration that he's prepared to go ahead with these kind of routine exchanges in which he is continued to deepen relations with russia. he even at

a sensitive juncture, m, as, as we're seeing now, am barely a year off to the russian invasion. that the criticism that he knew would come from being going ahead with the state visit in this context is something that he's am comfortable pushing back against the one thing that he is doing around there is it in order to provide some level of political cover for it and is also putting a pull in it would appear after the trip ab to zalinski and which he refused to do over the entirety of last year despite claiming to be neutral. and this can be portrayed in some sense or other as part of chinese piece efforts we ukraine. but i think the focus of this, as indicated, is very much the ongoing deepening of sinai russian eyes at which we've seen continue over the last yet economically in energy ties and literally took as president rich uptime ottawa has announced anchor is approving fin lands, bid to join nato. so move comes off the talks between edwin and his finished

counterpart. saline sto in ankara. ratification will still formerly made to pass through a vote in turkey's parliament. acura's decision. clee is one of finland, last hurdles to joining the alliance. hungry is now the only nato, a member who has not approvals, nordic countries bid, his she said it, and diploma think so it's here now. what the turkish and finish precedence had to say, i believe that natal, which i believe it come through. so even stronger it's true or villains, a membership renewal will play more efficient role in reserving global security and stability. nanda, with the completion of the application process, our relationships with him lent will be 40 fight on the grounds of nato alliance. our discussion as witness sweden, vivian. hello, lemon. jordan dickie ark bush. i'm not a must, melinda. so diana will be maintained on the grounds of the principles of the alliance and our approach regarding counter terrorism. i've heard it is,

sir, surely for a whole field. lanta very important, i just want to tell you that from our parliament, 95 percent of the members. so parliament sit and vaulted last spring that we are to apply for membership. now we have got an awesome. thank you. her button and we have a neighbor, sweden, and bought i now say 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 that her phineas nato membership is not complete. without her sweden or early, i talked to d, w dot dw, during giant. rather in istanbul,

i asked him about today's announcement and turkeys my mentors decision to start the process for finland. nato bid ratification one day, this will be going to stay for say, have be over again now, waiting to join nato, off the receiving. they are you not overwhelming. so pro, killed their location, but it has been held up by turkey and hungry over concern. turkey says is that failures to deal with good terror problems? turkey face president, one said the following, this agreement last summer with nato, finland, and turkey, the pin. and had that carried out all the aspects of that agreement. kentucky was ready to admit fin the finish president. i pay praise to the relationship between and to take a praise for press. one for his relationship over the ukranian war with close ties of the cranium, president and the russian president vladimir putin say he's probably the only person the welto study, one of the few that has contacts across the bold and has successfully broke the

deal for grain be distributed from from, from ukraine and that will certainly be welcomed by one who is in a very difficult election campaign when this meeting is taking place. so there was a great deal of warmness with both sides following this agreement. although that was this disappointment of sweden too, has not been agreed to join nato as of yet by token. during what's the process from here? finland have turkey tick. when can the fans expect to get the official to turkish ratification from him? well, it should be a formality. i mean, president one's a p policy controls. parliament has an overwhelming majority. so ratification should be very quick, although no one did seem to indicate a little bit about it. hopefully this will be rectified before the parliament closes for the election in may now quite what that possible delay could be is unclear, but i think that will be

a little bit of concern and send them over. this appeared to be a formality, but if everything goes to plan that, that should be enough time in the next couple of weeks. parliament to ratify what you've seen as a myth amount of sweden. now dorian is the clear and obvious exception here. one has significant reservations. why is it one okay, to sign off on finland to join but not sweet? well, part of that was very clear about that. he said the same, the swedish case is all very different. he said walton and has met all the parts of the agreement that was reached last summer between nato and turkey. they say finland hasn't been on still so sweet and still hasn't met all the criteria. in particular, the concern is that they say the sweden is aubrey. various terrorist organizations that are fighting the 30 state of the kurdish workers policy, the p k. k,

which is the fighting for decades, and also a group of turkey playing for a fair cru attempts against president one. and one says that these harris group have for free to protest on the streets of sweden. and he said that simply is unacceptable. and he also made it very clear that they had present to the list of a 124 people. but turkey wanted extra, di, could back to turkey from sweden. now sweden, this is purely a matter of course. they say that hands on time, but on christ says that's not good enough. they say they want to see action on the part of sweden. so they doesn't appear to be any soft. ready on turkey song, at least until after the elections in may. although there is also an element here that took the possibly using the blocking the suite them for concessions from washington. they washington, it's very keen for him to join and talk. he's looking some concessions from washington as part of any final agreement. korean john, thank you. before we go, he's one for the record books, the world's longest ever surfing session. like johnson is this man from

a professional in the sport he broke the world record in sidney. on friday, he's driving shattered the previous record hill by south africa's just insulin of 30 hours and 11 minutes into the cheese of the dedicated onlookers. johnson didn't stop at that record. he stayed in the water on his board into the evening to achieve a new record for 40 hours of non stop sifting trudy and epic. so that is all the news for now. don't forget there's always more on a website, a, d, w dot com, and socials as well. the hand we need is at the daily news for all the lifestyle every journey is full of surprises. we've done all out use them. why they indian.