oh, what drives them? ah, people nice to know what is happening there are ceilings, guardians of truth watch now on youtube. d. w documentary ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin wanted for war crimes and international arrest warrant from russia's president vladimir putin. the international criminal court in the hag accuses couldn't of illegally affording ukrainian children to russia. also on the program. turkeys president finally approved finland's bid to join nato.

branch of tie up here to want announced and loop after talks with the finish president in ankara. but what about sweden and german chancellor, olaf schultz meets japanese prime minister for me. okay. shita in tokyo for talks aimed at posting economic and defense ties. ah, i'm la. babble a lot. welcome to the show. the international criminal court in the heck has issued an arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir putin. the court said the warrant was issued over a legit war crimes in ukraine. hootin is suspected of involvement in the unlawful deportation of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia. while the kremlin has dismissed the allegations and said the icy seas warrant was meaningless. the

charges are the says that the i c. c has even laid against the heat of a permanent member of the you in security council, russian president vladimir putin and his commissioner for children's rights. and now wanted for war crimes. there alleged to have been responsible for ukrainian children being forced from the occupied cities and seemed to live in russia. judges f reviewed the information and evidence submitted by the prosecutor and determined that debt are credible allegations 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. the execution depends on international cooperation. the charge is being welcomed in ukraine, where officials have been sounding the alarm for months. while he is older,

they are suspects in the illegal forced transfer of ukrainian children. this means that from now until is arrest president of russia as the head of a terrace, the state will be afraid to travel outside russia because of the possibility that he will be extradited to the international criminal court. russia is not a member of the i. c, c, and has no legal obligation to cooperate with it. moscow's rejection of the charges came quick and fast portions, pre secret tracy, the decision was null, and void, former president dmitri mid. that if compete the respond to toilet paper, while the charges i get another condemnation of pollutants invasion, they're unlikely to bring any swift justice ukrainian children in russia. or for more on this, i am joined by stephanie balk, a professor of international criminal law at the university of marburg. professor bock, tell us why is the c c going after putting on these specific crimes,

the deportation of children? or when you go to the head of state and want to accuse out of state, it's always the problem of lincoln. the crimes committed on the ground to the person in very high position. if you see, we see the crime committed in which are, for example, it's rather have to prove that protein was very away from the crime scene. is individual responsible describes of duplication of children a close to link to the level of state policy. so it's easier to connect them to protein. hey, so proximity playing a key role there. and this warrant by the i c. c. does it have more than just a symbolic meaning, and is it realistic that we will see prudent on trial in the heck? yes, more than a symbolic meaning district putting freedom of travel,

he can't travel to other states who are members of the international criminal court because he must fear that he will be arrested as soon as you arrive there. and we're seeing so many unlikely things in international criminal law. so why not a trial against hooting? well, as we know, russia doesn't recognize the jurisdiction of the i, c. c, but many other countries do. so how do you think this will affect his behavior going forward? i think we're now use a warrant. another 2 to integrated in this propaganda saying this is just another form of the west to a tech russia from a hello for a national criminal court as a weapon in this war. so for now, again, what we'll see in the future there are,

there may be possibilities to and plus the service board. so tell us, what is the next step in terms of the i c, c, proceedings. the next step is wait until the rest of the international criminal court does not have the possibility to try a person in that sense. yeah. so the prosecutor will know, continue to collect other evidence, and then he has to wait until putting a rest, a surrender to the international criminal court. professor stephanie balk. thank you very much for your time. thanks. and vladimir putin is due to welcome china's president jean paying for talks in moscow next week. the visit will be, she's 1st to russia in nearly 4 years. a kremlin official says the 2 leaders will discuss the conflict in ukraine as will, as well as military cooperation. the visit signals

a strong show of china's china support for russia as phases, increasing international isolation over his invasion ukraine. turkish president, red chip tie up here to juan, has finally given his backing to finland, joining nato. well, that clears the way for turkey's parliament to ratify finish membership, but so far and on has given no indication. he will also accept sweden's bid to join the alliance with turkey and hungary are the only nato members yet to approve the 2 countries applications but rainy day in and kara, has a piece of good news thought had cinci at the presidential palace lodge up. they a bad one, greeted the finish president. turkey has been in the spotlight for dragging its feet in the ratification process. it's normal to the other kid thought that in we've seen that finland has taken sincere and concrete steps to fulfill their

commitments under the trilateral memorandum. they didn't make yolanda agatha and considering the sensitivity demonstrated and eliminate our country's security concerns of her and the progress. and that has been achieved. vicki falling that she has invasion of ukraine. fin, leonard, sweden applied for nato membership. all 30 nato members must certify the applications unlike vinland sued and must continue to wait for the approval from turkey, lumen holders that fin length president. welcome to decision and repeated his dance that sued and must join nato natal. i have a feeling that her phineas nato membership is not complete without sweden. we have so much common interest having being to really neighbor santa having in the baltic sea area on our sure.

so i would like to see in real news that we really need to the alley us. over 32 members, edwin's criticism of sweden became more pressing as turkey's snake selections are approaching critics off her demonte. he wants to win support from his nationalist waters. did i use terry schwartz has been covering this story from brussels, and she told us more about when turkey's parliament could ratify finland's session and where that leaves hungary now that the biggest obstacle, what was believed to be the biggest obstacle, turkeys and disapproval of, of both finish and swedish membership is now unblocked for finland. it will move quickly for helsinki. so president air to one to day said he would like to see this ratified by the turkish parliament before elections in turkey. in may,

hungary has said it will also prove within the next month or 2, they keep changing the date. so i hesitate to believe exactly which day hungry will ratify. they had said they would do it before christmas. but in any case, this is due to happen within the next couple of months, and then it will move very quickly, president nina. so he said he would like to wrap it up on their side before the next parliament is elected. but that's the 1st week of april. did i use terry shelter in brussels? former pakistani prime minister im ron con, has agreed to appear in court on saturday, ending a volatile stand off between his supporters and police. earlier khan had refused to attend hearings on corruption charges, leading to the court issuing an arrest warrant against him. efforts to arrest him, led to violent confrontation outside his house. between the police and council quarters, the warrant was liter cancelled. dozens of cases had been filed against con. it's since he was removed from office by parliament last year,

but he denies any wrong doing well. the w news asked him ron khan, why he had initially refused to appear in court. i was a betting and all the cases against me. i was a bearing and course. then i got shot on my leg and i was incapacitated for almost full months. the moment i recovered, i, when i back to court wandering a lot. hi gordon. in a somewhat high court the boy is this whole big thing blew up because of one of best that i didn't make. and that appearance was in this, in a gort where all my security team told me that there was no protection. the same court has to twice been tagged by terrorist judges have been killed. the lawyers have been killed it's, it's like a destro. so the only reason i didn't attend was because they couldn't guarantee me

security there. and because the indeed a ministry has announced, i mean they've got it written to me that my life was under threat. i mean, i had one assassination attempt to know. there is a strong johnson, another one. so therefore on one hand, the government says your life is under threat. secondly, they want me to abandon this. and in this particular court, which is a destro. so therefore it was only that one a bit, i'm sorry, missed on that led to the warrant. german chancellor, olaf shoulds is in tokyo for a trip aimed at strengthening economic ties with japan. schultz has been meeting with japanese prime minister for me. ok. sheet up appear discussed ways to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese raw materials. they also talked about the war and ukraine is nina has is in tokyo and she told us more about those talks. economic security is the headline on the 1st german

japanese government consultations. japan is germany 2nd largest trading to china and in light of russia's war against ukraine. both countries recognized as understood the need to reduce dependency on the players like china and russia and to diversify the role materials supply. but also when it comes to supply chains and overall economic resilience, jim covenant say that they're also here to learn a thing or 2 from the japanese. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in australia, authorities are trying to determine what caused hundreds of thousands of fish to die in the darling river in the country's eastern interior. years ago many fish died in the same area due to poor water flow for water quality and sudden temperature changes. protestors have blocked streets and clashed with police in

paris for a 2nd night. that's after french president emanuel microns government imposed a bill to reform pensions without a vote in parliament. the law would see the retirement age rise from 62 to 64. similar protests took place and other cities across france, revelers around the world have been marking irelands national holiday st. patrick's day. big crowds cheered on full dancers and acrobats in dublin and new york. the city is famous, cried celebrated irish heritage. a river in florida was even dyed green for the occasion. before we go, here is a reminder of the top story we're following. for you. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin accord in the hag says it's for his alleged involvement in abductions of children in ukraine . a kremlin has dismissed the allegations, calling them meaningless. german chancellor,

all ab schultz have been meeting with japanese prime minister for me up here in new york and tokyo rather the pair discuss ways to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese raw materials. they also talk to hope that's all for this show coming up next. look at how we form our 1st impressions of other people and how computers are learning to do so. that's in our documentary series doc film right after the break. thanks for watching you at the top of the hour. i'm with our flying rivers formed by waterfalls. perspiring trees or c evaporation during forest fires, a by.