sessions under the swastika documentary about the sounds of power and inspiring story about survival. music in nazi germany, watch now on youtube. d. w documentary. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin wanted for war crimes, an international arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin. the international criminal court in the hag accuses couldn't of illegally deporting ukrainian children to russia. also on the program. a former pakistani prime minister, im ron con, heads to court to face corruption charges. i made

a long brewing political stand off. and german chancellor, all off shorts, meat, japanese prime minister to me. okay. shita in tokyo for talks aimed at boosting economic and defense ties. ah, i'm labriola, welcome to the show. the international criminal court in the hague 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. gooden is suspected of involvement in the unlawful deportation of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia. the kremlin has dismissed the allegations. the charges are the says that the i c. c has even laid against the heat of a permanent member of the you insecurity 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 ation 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 suspect in the illegal forced transfer of ukrainian children. this means

that from now, until his arrest president of russia, as the head of a terrace is t, it 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 a response to toilet paper, while the charges i get another condemnation of putin's invasion, they're unlikely to bring any swift justice ukrainian children in russia. stephanie bach is a professor of international criminal law at marburg university here in germany. i asked her why the i c, c was going after putin on the charge of illegally deporting children. when you go

to the head of state and want to accuse out of state, it's always a 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 scraps of the protection of children a close to link to the overall 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 restrict 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 he will now use the arrest warrant. i have another 2 to read it in this propaganda. this is just another tom of the west of russia, a national criminal court as a weapon in this war. so for now, again, we'll see if in the future 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?

and the next step is waiting until this arrest, the international criminal court does not have the possibility to try a person in that sense. yeah. so the prosecutor will continue to collect other evidence, and then he has to wait until putting 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 choosing, 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 will discuss the conflict in ukraine as well as military cooperation. the visit signals a show of support for russia, as putin face is increasing international isolation. turkish president, wretched type ardon has finally given his backing to finland,

joining nato that clears the way for turkey's parliament to ratify finish membership. but so far to one has given no indication, you will also accept sweden's bid to join the alliance. 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 fort helsinki. 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 thought that in we've seen that finland has taken sincere and concrete steps center to fulfill their commitments under the trilateral memorandum. you don't make young the agatha and considering the sensitivity demonstrated and you eliminate our country's security concerns of her and the progress swollen that has been achieved. vicki

falling as she has invasion of ukraine. fin. leonard, sweden applied for nato membership. all 30 nato members must certify the applications. unlike finland, sweden must continue to wait for the approval from turkey by lumen holders. fin length president welcomed the decision and repeated his dance that suit and must join nato, nato membership. i have a feeling got 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 next elections are approaching. critics off our demonte, he wants to win support from his nationalist waters. t w's. terry shields told us more about when turkey's parliament could ratify finland's a session and where that leaves hungry. now that the biggest obstacle, what was believed to be the biggest obstacle turkeys disapproval 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 hungary 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 mean mister has 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 t w's. terry schultz in brussels, former pakistani prime minister im ron con, has agreed to appear in court in islamabad. con, deported his home in la whore to make the 300 kilometer journey to the capital. he faces corruption charges, but he denies any wrong doing. his failure to attend previous court hearings lead to an arrest warrant being issued against him. that warrant has now been cancelled after violent confrontations between his supporters and police outside his home. but can says he fears he could still be taken into custody. did i mean is asked him ron khan, why he had initially refused to appear in court? i was a bearing and all the cases against me i was a bearing and course then i got shot at my leg and i was and combusted for almost full months. the moment i recovered, i, when i back to court, want to know

a lot. i gordon in islam, but i called the police this whole big thing blew up because a one bedroom that i didn't make and that appearance was in this, in a court where all my security team told me that there was no protection. the same court has to twice been jacked by dentist judges have been killed. the lawyers have been killed. it's like a disk drive. so the only reason i didn't attend was because they couldn't guarantee me security there. and because the ministry has, has announced, i mean they've given, written to be that my life was under threat. i mean, i had one assassination attempt. now there is a strong johnson, another one. so therefore there on one hand, the government says your life is under threat. secondly, they want me to

a barondess. and in this particular court, which is a destro. so therefore it was only that one bedrooms, i missed and that led to those warrens. german chancellor laughed shoals is in tokyo for a trip aimed at strengthening economic ties with japan show. it has been meeting with japanese prime minister for me. ok, shita the pair discussed ways to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese rom, minerals, materials. rather, they also talked about the war in ukraine, dw, nina has a, is in tokyo, and she told us more about those talks. economic security is the headline for these very 1st german japanese intergovernmental consultations taking place in tokyo, where it will have shots. the german chancellor has brought 6 of his most important ministers to discuss bilateral issues here with ministers who share some of the responsibilities. now japan is germany,

2nd largest trading partner in asia after china, and in light of russia's war of aggression against ukraine. both countries have recognized the need to reduce dependencies on big players like china and russia. they've also recognized the need to diversify their economies and they want to learn lessons from each other. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines. agirri and our voting to elect regional governors 2 weeks after a chaotic presidential election, 28 of the countries 36 states are choosing new leaders. that as the opposition continues to rec, you reject the victory of president elect bola to new of the west. african nations ruling party authorities in australia say low oxygen levels are behind a mass fish die off in a remote area of new south wales state. it comes as the southern region experiences a heat wave years ago. millions of fish died in the same area due to poor water

flow, poor water quality, and sudden temperature changes. in sports, germany football, coach, hands if lake is under pressure falling, the team's dismal showing at the world cup and guitar was it to finally matches just around the corner. a flick emitted one big name from his selection. ah, thomas mueller has been a mainstay on the german team for more than a decade. but football, b, a young man's game flick is leaving the legend off the roster, at least for now. mueller, as a fresh faced 20 year old, put the world of international football on notice that the 2010 world cup he was named as the tournaments best young player. and he also won the golden boot with 5 goals. at the following world cup in 2014 germany won it all

in mueller. once again, let the offense becoming only the 2nd player to score 5 goals that consecutive world cups. germany fell hard after that peak failing to make it beyond the group stage in both russia and guitar. mueller was drug by former coach. you were him love after the russia debacle, but recall 2 years later. now with flicks decision to leave miller of germany's latest roster his international career finally looks to have come to a neighbor here of to day. thanks for watching the deline. ah. these places in europe are smashing all the records. stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters discover some of you to record breaking sites on your mac.