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next week. aging has offered the kremlin proposals to gain the born ukraine and the west piece. china could be trying to portray itself as a peacetime also on the program, turkeys president finally purchased finland, bid to join nato, chipped her type at a one, announced the move after 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 hague is issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin, as well as russia's commissioner for children's rights. either alleged war crimes in new credit. britain has not responded to the war or his foreign ministry dismiss,

did as being quite of no significance. court said the warrant was issued. other persons suspected involvement in the vocal deportation and transfer children from occupied areas in 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 it's 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 2nd, if director of the international bar association, he joined us from london. thanks for joining us on d. 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 letter. we're not 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. and if not, tomorrow, the next year about 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 mr. put in. 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 mr. port and to work in his apprehension. and then the transfer to the hey the i ccs jurisdiction or the request for the i c. c of non state parties is really not that relevant because non state parties will not hearing 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. my, what happens now, in terms of the, i say, say, proceedings when the 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 in fact committed these crimes, these war crimes grade breaches. i might add junior conventions. now the arrest for an out 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 to 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 maybe 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, 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 director of the international bar association in london. we thank you for your time on d. w. thank you. china's president, teaching thing will make his russian counterpart vladimir putin in moscow next week . the visit will be, she's 1st to russia in milly for years. kremlin official says the 2 ladies will

discuss the conflict you friend, as well as military cooperation. is signals a strong show of china support for russia as food and phases, increasing international oscillation over his invasion of the front. so as we said, the visit, my president, geez, 1st i visit since being reconfirmed as chinese later, 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 marshall funds indo pacific program here in building. oh, she didnt thing has taken virtually every major opportunity. he's had that these important junctures, ab, since he 1st became generous at 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 ext is in which he is continued to deepen relations with russia. even at

a sensitive juncture, m as, as we're seeing now, ab belly, a year after the russian invasion. that the criticism that he knew would come from being gang 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 the is it in order to provide some level of little 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 rather as part of chinese peace 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 literary. took as president richard typo to one has announced anchor is approving, fin, land bid to join nato. so move comes after talks between one and his finished

counterpart. saline sto in ankara. ratification will still formerly need to pass through a vote in turkey's parliament. acura's decision clears one of finland, last hurdles to joining the alliance. hungry is now the only nato, a member who has not approvals, nordic countries bid, he said didn't mamma. so it's here now what the turkish and finish presidents had to say. i believe that natal, which i believe it comes with us, or even stronger it's true or villains, a membership renewal will play air more efficient role in reserving global security and stability. nanda, with the completion of the ratification process, our relationships with him lent will be 40 fight on the grounds of nato alliance. our discussion as witness sweden, vivian perez, lemon, ga, ridiculous from that, almost $10000000.00 that so that 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 funeral on her very important. i just want to tell you that her from our parliament, 95 percent of the members of parliament sit and vaulted last spring, that we are to apply for membership. no, we haven't got an answer. thank you. her button and we have a neighbor, sweden. and what 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 phineas nato membership is not complete. without her sweden or early, i talked to d, w, don't they w, during jones. rather in istanbul,

i asked him about today's announcement and turkey's momentous decision. to start the process for finland, nato bid ratification. one day this will be better to stay for lunch. they have be over again now waiting to join nato, off the receiving. they are you not overwhelming? so pro killed her application, but it has been held up by turkey and hungry over concern. turkey says is their failures to deal with good terror problems. turkey face president, one said the following. this agreement last summer with nato fin runs and turkey. the tenant had carried out all the aspects of that agreement and turkey was ready to admit fin the finish president. i pay praise to the relationship between 10 and i'm to take a praise for president, mom for his relationship over the ukranian war with close ties of the cranium, president and the russian president vladimir putin saying he's probably the only person. the walpole, certainly one of the few that has contacts across the bolt and has successfully

broke the deal full grain to be distributed from sprint from ukraine. and that will certainly be welcomed by one who is in the a very difficult election campaign. when this meeting is taking place, so there was a great deal warmness with both sides following this agreement. although there was this disappointment, but sweden to has not been agreed to join nato as of yet. 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 the middle of it about say that hopefully this will be rectified before the parliament closes for the election. in may now quite was that possible denay could be is unclear, but i think that will be

a little bit of concern and send them over this for the to be a formality. but if everything goes to plan that, that should be enough time in the next couple of weeks for 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 one okay to sign off on finland to join but not sweet? well, by the nurse 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 would be fighting for decades and also a group of turkey playing for

a fair qu, attempts against president one or the other. one says that these harris group 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 pretend 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 for the courts. 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 softening on turkey starts at least until after the elections in may. although there is also an element here that took the possibly using the blocking suite them for concessions from washington. they, washington, it's very frustrating to join and. ready some concessions from washington. a lot of any final agreements. korean jones, thank you. before we go, he's one for the record books. the world's longest ever sitting says 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 waco hill by south africa's just insulin of 30 hours and 11 minutes into the chaise of the dedicated onlookers. johnson didn't stop at that record. he stayed in the water on his board into the evening to achieve an irregular full 40 hours of non stop civic trudy and epic. so that is all the news for now. don't forget there's always more on our website at d, w dot com, and socials as well. the hand we need is at the daily news for all the lifestyle or flying rivers formed by hey waterfalls. perspiring trees or c evaporation.