and all the rest they classify as disgusting. a donkey series about our complex relationship with animals. the great media debate this week on d w ah, [000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news live from berlin wanted for war crimes and international arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir putin. the international criminal court and the hag accuses putin of illegally deporting ukrainian children to russia. also on

the program, german chancellor, olaf shorts meets japanese, prime minister for me. ok. shita in tokyo for talks aimed at boosting economic and defense ties. and a former pakistani prime minister in ron con, heads to court, to face corruption charges amid a long brewing political stand off. ah, i'm lar babylon, 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 alleged 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 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 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 respond to toilet paper, while the charges i get another condemnation of pollutants invasion, they're unlikely to bring any swift justice or ukrainian children. in russia. stephanie balk is a professor of international criminal law at marburg university here in germany. i asked her why the i c, c was going after prudent 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 the problem of lincoln. the crimes committed on the ground to the person in very high position. if you see the crime committed in which are for example, it's rather have to prove the 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 doesn't have more than just a symbolic meaning. and is it realistic that we will see pollutant 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, i'm lucky things in international criminal law. so why not a trial against pretty 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 are you was the arrest warrant. i have another 2 to integrated in this propaganda saying this is just another tom of the west to attack russia. crime a hello for you. it is a national criminal court as a weapon in this war. so for now, what was in the future, they made the possibilities to enforce the service. so tell us,

what is the next step in terms of the i c c proceedings. and the next step is waiting until this arrested international criminal court does not have a 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 so rest a surrender to the international criminal court. professor stephanie balk. thank you very much for your time. thanks. dear mon chancellor. olaf shoulds is in tokyo for a trip aimed at strengthening economic ties with japan. shoulds has been meeting with japanese, a prime minister for me to shita. you are watching live pictures from a pet press conference with schultz and the japanese prime minister. earlier the pair discussed ways to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese raw materials. they've also talked about the war ukraine dw is nina

hossa is in tokyo and she told us more about those talks. economic security is the headline for these very 1st german, japanese inter governmental consultations taking place in tokyo, where it will have sites. 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. turkish president, wretched type, ardon has finally given his backing to finland, joining nato that clears the way for turkey's parliament to ratify finished membership. but so far erewhon has given no it an indication,

he 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 for helsinki at the presidential palace lodge up there, your bad tuan, greeted the finish president. turkey has been in the spotlight for dragging its feet in the ratification process. it's normal to the other to thought that in we've seen that finland has taken sincere and concrete steps to fulfill their commitments under the trilateral memoranda and let you go and make your own go through and considering the sensitivity demonstrated unmeasured. eliminate our country's security concerns of her and the progress, and that has been achieved. vicki filings as she has invasion of ukraine

fil leonard sweden applied for nettle membership. all 30 nato members must edify the applications. unlike vinland, sweden must continue to wait for the approval from turkey by looming all those that finland president welcomed decisions and repeated his dance. that suit in must join nato, nato membership. i have a feeling that her phineas nato membership is not complete. without sweden, we have so much common interest having it being to really neighbor santa having in the baltic sea area on our shore. 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 oh use terry schultz told us more about when turkey's parliament could ratify finland's a session and where that leaves hungary now that the biggest obstacle, what was believed to be the biggest obstacle, turkeys or 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 approve. within the next month or 2, they keep changing the days. 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 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 t w's. terry shorts,

in brussels, former pakistani prime minister, emron. com has agreed to appear in court in islamabad. con left his home in lahore 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 issued against him. that warrant has now been cancelled after a violent confrontations between his supporters and the police outside his house. but concerts, he fears he could still be taken into custody. he 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 gods. then i got shot on my leg and i was incapacitated for almost 4 months. the moment i recovered, i went back to god's one in the hall. hi gord, been in islam,

but i called the police. this whole big thing blew up because one of the better that i didn't make and that a parent was in this. and if gord, when all my security team told me that there was no protection the same gordon has twice been tagged by dentist, just been killed. the lawyers have been gil, it's like a death drug. so the only reason i did the den was because they couldn't get into mr. curity there. and because they did it, ministry has and i mean they've given reason to be that my life was on the thread. i mean, i had one fascination attempt and now there is a strong john, so, but other one. so therefore there on one hand, the government says your life is under threat. secondly, they want me to abandon this. and in this particular gord, which is destro. so therefore,

it was only that one of the benefits i missed and that led to the warrant. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines, nigerians are voting to elect regional governors 2 weeks after a chaotic presidential election. 28 of the countries 36 states are choosing new leaders. that's as the opposition continues to 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. protestors have block streets and clash 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 in other cities across france. in sports, germany football, coach, hands if lake is under pressure following the team's dismal showing at the world cup and guitar, with a 2 family matches just around the corner. flick admitted 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 co, 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 at consecutive world cups. germany fell hard after that peak failing to make it beyond the group stage in both russia and guitar. mueller was dropped by former coach. you are 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. thanks for watching. the de leon is bye for now. ah, ah, ah. ah