silva, i think i will live long enough to witness the factory farming. the great debate this week on d. w or ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin vladimir putin wanted for alleged war crimes, the russian president, he's here with a warrant for his arrest. international criminal court in the hague, accusing him of a legally deporting ukrainian children to russia. the kremlin reacts and really also on the program german chancellor left sholtes made japanese prime minister for

me. ok today in tokyo, the talks aimed at boosting economic and defense tie them. and pakistani police use t a gas on support is the former prime minister in ron pod, as he had to court to face corruption charges and made a long brewing political standoff. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the shore. the international criminal court in the hague has issued an arrest warrant for russia's president vladimir person. the court said the warrant was issued over alleged war crimes in you crime. hootin is accused of involvement in the unlawful deportation of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia. the kremlin has dismissed the allegations and the arrest warrant as meaningless. 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 the 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 ition 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 persons pre secret tracy, the decision was null, and void. former president dmitri mid. that if compete the race warrant to toilet paper, while the charges i get another condemnation of payton's invasion there, i'm likely to bring any swift justice ukrainian children in russia. let's big now to wayne jordan. she was a lawyer and managing partner of global rights compliance. he's based in ukraine where he assists official investigations into possible war kinds. welcome to the w

. yeah. on twitter, you've cold, the i, c. c, 's. move an essential 1st step. can we take that to possibly mean you believe that it doesn't in there and that there might be a chance person is successfully brought to trial? i think there's a chance. i think it was made obviously more likely by these arrest warrants, but i think we have to see this as a longer term process. a process of an arrest warrant, a process of cooperation amongst states to respect international law, a slow but steady pressure on putin and the russian regime. and eventually we may get, eventually a state may arrest putin answering to him to the i. c. c. it sounds like a long shot, but it always sounds like a long shot when international courts go after senior political and military

leadership. and in the past, those long shorts of sometimes worked out as someone working in ukraine in this field. could you tell us what types of crimes are you seeing taking place and what is being investigated? well, what is clear after a year of this invasion is, or the latest invasion is that the russian military target civilians, as a matter of course, and it's not random targeting it's targeting according to a criminal plan. the criminal plan involves the attempted subjugation, and of millions of ukrainians, and then the extinguishing of their identity. now if you think through that objective, it cannot be achieved without the massive commission of war crimes. that is a persecution of ordinary people and it can be achieved without the massive

commission of crimes against humanity, deportation i was in these icy world torture detention and so on. so there is a massive crimes being committed by the russian military and they follow a patent and they have to be investigated as a pattern crime that taking place as you say wine on a massive scale. why do you think then that the i c c is going off to person on these very specific crimes, the deportation of children, and not some of the other alleged war crimes that you've just mentioned? i think because there is a clear path to a conviction on these narrow charges. putin has been very vocal as has the commission of for children's rights. they've been very open about their involvement in the policy a policy which essentially deport ukrainian children from occupied territories into

russia for adoption. and so there's plenty of evidence which exist right now. other crimes are more difficult to investigate. they may not immediately show themselves as part of a system, unlike the system of illegal adoptions and deportations of children. so i think this is the beginning of the process. these crimes that difficult to investigate. i think the i c c prosecutor will continue to investigate other crimes and we'll see a rest words more arrest warrants against more officials soon. and we'll also see, i think more charges against putin as soon as well. that was international criminal lawyer. wayne jo, dash in key point, we really appreciate your insights. thank you very much. thank you. meantime, des, ukrainian military says russian mysteries have been trying to break through ukrainian defences in several directions that seen an attempt to encircle the

eastern city of back moat. ukrainian forces are still withstanding russian assaults on the ruined city. dark mode has become a focal point for 8 months of russian attempts to advance through the dawn, yet greeting moscow's thoughts. that forces have captured the cities eastern part, but have so far failed to surround us. go now to our correspondent nick connelly in cave. ne. good to see you. talking about dark mode, the u. s. think tank the institute for the study of war. it's saying that the wagner groups offensive is likely nearing culmination. what do you make of that statement? i think combination means exhaustion. that's kind of the military speak for that. there certainly sense that the wagner group has been sending in huge numbers of people. these of people have been recruited in russia's prisons and were offered a lot of money, but ultimately not a lot of preparation, training,

and are being basically sent to their deaths. in large numbers. i have is still is the russian regular army that will continue to head for buffalo. the russian leadership has basically staked a lot to taking this city and spent months doing it. so there's will kind of investment there in terms of become symbolism. but there is certainly a sense that ukrainian troops are still there against all the expectations. couple of weeks ago we were pretty much certain seemed like russian for the ukrainians rather would retreat, that they would take their manpower away that the risk were too great, but they're still there. and they are forcing the russians to invest a huge amount to take city that after all, doesn't have a great deal of strategic importance against all expectation. as you say, nick, ukrainian forces are determined to make sure russia isn't going to capture back me . what's their strategy? from now on i think the big thing for the ukrainian leadership military ship is to avoid being encircled. if you look at the map right now of to the data is pretty

question often we hear stuff coming from, buckled a few days late and often not in full. but in terms of what we think we can basically go, we assume is right, it's a city that is basically connected to ukraine. helter trip by one big a road and a smaller road both which are running precariously close to russian positions. and there's a lot of effort from the ukranian side from push those rotten begins a bit away to make it safe for supplies to come in absolute diesel needed food for all these ukranian troops. and of say they had to avoid that scenario which they wouldn't be able to retreat if they needed to and that they would be captured. so i think there is an expectation that they could be a ukrainian withdrawal. at some point, we saw that in the summer, instead of burnett's in list a chance can those parts of the lo hunter region, where basically the ukranian state for a long time as they saw it afflicting lodge losses to the russian side. but then without any kind of announcement, they just pulled out before that risk of encirclement became reality. that was our

correspondingly connolly in keith. nick, thanks a lot. we'll move on now. german chancellor, all laughed schultz is in tokyo for a trip aimed at strengthening economic ties with japan. salts has been meeting with japanese prime minister fin the or kisha the pair have been discussing why is to strengthen economic security and reduce dependence on chinese raw materials? i've also talked about the war in ukraine. t w's chief political correspondent, nina hasa is travelling with chancel. all our shots. she told us more about his trip to japan. economic security is the headline for these very 1st german japanese intergovernmental consultations taking place in tokyo, where all of 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. t w's lena has in tokyo again. well, police in pakistan have clashed with our supporters of former prime minister in ron con in islamabad. they fired tear gas at the crowd outside the court house, where con, early agreed to appear to face corruption charges. his convoy left for the capital from his law home in law, 400 kilometers away con, repeatedly failed to attain previous meetings. in hearings, i'm sorry, leading to an arrest warrant being issued against him. although that warrant was cancelled on friday. con says he feels he may still be taken into custody. d w. news asked him brown con why he initially refused to appear in court. i was

a burning em all of the cases against me. i was a bearing and course. then i got shot on my leg and i was incapacitated for almost 4 months. the moment i recovered, i when i back to god's want to know a lot i gordon in islam but i got the only this whole big thing blew up because of one of barrels that i didn't make. and that appearance was in this in a gort where all my security deem told me that there was no protection. the same board has to twice been done by dentist, just have been killed. the lawyers have been gil, it's like a desk drug. so the only reason i did the den was because they couldn't get into security there. and because they did it, ministry has, has a now, 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 ones. so therefore there on one hand, the government says your life is under threat. secondly, they want me to abandon this and this particular court, which is a death drive. so therefore, it was only that one a better i missed and that led to the war and iran con speaking to d. w. before we go, let's get a round up of some of the world news headlines. nigerians are boating to electro regional governors governors 2 weeks after a coyote presidential election. 20 guys of nigeria is 36 dates on choosing new leaders that says the opposition continues to reject the victory of president leg to bowl our new boot of the west african nations ruling party. authorities in australia, a low oxygen levels are to blame for a mass die off of fish in a remote area of new south wales. it comes as the se in region experience is a heat wave. millions of fish died in the same area in 20182019 because of poor

water quality and flow and southern temperature changes. and protesters have blocked streets and class with police in paris for a 2nd night. that's after french president emmanuel mac. crohn's government imposed a bill to reform pensions without a vase in parliament. the law would see the retirement age rise from 62 to 64 seamless protest took place in other cities across from coming out. next is out documentary series doc film. don't go with our interest the global economy, our portfolio d w business beyond. here's a closer look at the project. our mission.