prosecuting, in a way, is standing up for the victims. 0k, another thing about the icc, international criminal courthy of the name international, is it? it's not international. it is international. and, look — if you look at the idea of the international community in setting up the court, an international criminal court, for a long time, it culminated in 1998, when the rome statute was actually signed in rome. this is the idea that the international community... i tell you why i said that, though. some of the most significant members of the international community — china, russia, the united states — three of the five permanent members of the un security council — are not part of the icc. big countries — india, pakistan, indonesia — also not members. indeed, but there is also a large majority of the world community that are now enjoying the protection of international criminaljustice and the international criminal court. because if you look at today, the international criminal court enjoys 124 states that are parties to the rome statute and therefore part of the icc. and also, potentially, the icc c

you might say this is a matter for the international criminal court but the international criminal court doesn't deal with the crime of aggression so there's no wrong there's no likely outcome. does tony blair have something to answer over the war. yes well i am on record as saying that i think tony blair is a war criminal but then of course so is george w. bush. in the sense that it wouldn't be very satisfactory if tony blair was to be brought before a british court but nothing was to be done about america the fact is we don't have a world government we don't have an international criminal court which is fully effective we do have an international criminal court but a number of countries america russia israel have declined to to commit themselves to it so we'll start with the fact that this has to be dealt with politically the only way that this could change in britain in my opinion of the us i'm a lot is a parliament so decided. there was of course been a lot of response to this they have families of people who have died saying this is an just war what about our sons or daughters but o

to be done about america the fact is we don't have a world government we don't have an international criminal court which is fully effective we do have an international criminal court but a number of countries america russia israel have declined to commit themselves to it so we're stuck with the fact that this has to be dealt with politically the only way that this could change in britain and in my opinion as i said i'm not a lawyer is of parliament so decided. the u.s. ambassador to the un has warned north korea that quote the time for talk is over nikki haley added any security council resolution that does not significantly off the against the hermit kingdom is pointless it comes after north korea on friday test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile and additional security council resolution that does not significantly increase the international pressure on north korea is of no value the time for talk is over you know donald trump has accused china of being unwilling to seriously tackle the north korean issue the president valid but he wouldn't let the situation continue as it has been. on

to be done about america the fact is we don't have a world government we don't have an international criminal court which is fully effective we do have an international criminal court but a number of countries america russia israel have declined to commit themselves to it so we'll start with the fact that this has to be dealt with politically the only way that this could change in britain and in my opinion others i said i'm a lawyer is of parliament so decided. to another story we're closely following this hour lebanon's hezbollah fighters have recaptured the last stronghold of the al newser a terror group in the country they are sell monckton's are located in eastern lebanon right that's near the syrian border this line right here you know the area has been a hotbed for extremists since the start of the syrian war six years ago isis. this area has completely been covered by those groups well. traveled to the newly liberated territory force this is his report. these are the are seldom ounces in the east of lebanon it's the latest scene of the victory of hezbollah lebanese resistance groups who have

to be done about america the fact is we don't have a world government we don't have an international criminal court which is fully effective we do have an international criminal court but a number of countries america russia israel have declined to commit themselves to it so we're stuck with the fact that this has to be dealt with politically the only way that this could change in britain and my opinion of a lawyer is of parliament so decided. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. issues one of her strongest threats yet so against north korea find out more of the stories after the break. the economic development is all about numbers really leads to more of this quarter we are one hundred six points. but what do we know about the other figures. that. might do. over twenty million dollars last year more than one hundred times the average wal-mart. i have to say i don't think that's right. just know a free market works. people went from pretty simple financial lives pre nine hundred eighty to the point now where people are. totally submerged. accounts and they're all in debt. and what exactly devalued socie

to be done about america the fact is we don't have a world government we don't have an international criminal court which is fully effective we do have an international criminal court but a number of countries america russia israel have declined to commit themselves to it so we're stuck with the fact that this has to be dealt with politically the only way that this could change in britain and my opinion of the size i'm not a lawyer is a parliament so decided. tensions between the united states and north korea continue to grow will bring the full story after this short break. all the feelings of. every the world. and you get it on the old world. according to just. come along. to make it is that he's just a faith seed or a. mule. so that you let me have this. company and this is not the end this to go to be but they'd be. that's it's the big thing about the theaters. comeback the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. has warned that north korea war north korea the quote the time for talk is over nikki haley ended any security council resolution that does not significantly up the ante against the kingdom is poi

the problem is that to get a prosecution syria would have to be referred to the international criminal courts conflict that the security council has been divided over sanctions, over whether to intervene over whether to formally demand to begin with that humanitarian aid be allowed in. it had russia and china on one side with their traditional position that the outside world shouldn‘t interfere with an internal conflict ina interfere with an internal conflict in a particular, what they would do asa in a particular, what they would do as a sovereign state and then we have america, france and britain on the other saying, we need to do something about this. they have been at loggerheads the whole time and they still are and until the un security council is united syria will not be referred to the international criminal court despite the fact that that is exactly what the fact that that is exactly what the icc was set up for, to try and say there are certain things that should not happen what ever the conflict. given the scale and complexity of this web is the ewing go from here? you are absolut

the international criminal court in the hague ruled that south africa violated its obligations by failingarrest sudan's president when he visited in 2015. but the judges declined. the court once to prosecute bashir on 10 charges of her crimes. there have been celebrations in eastern libya after the regional military leader announced the city of benghazi has been freed from islamist forces. it was said the city would now enter a new era of peace. if confirmed, it would mark a major victory. police in germany uncovered a child pornography website with nearly 90,000 users. the suspected operator of the platform has been arrested in the district near frankfurt. prosecutors say the website was used for the worldwide exchange of child pornography. migration will be a key theme at the g20 summit and today european countries agreed to take steps to stem the numbers of people trying to cross from the mediterranean to europe. that includes closer european coordination and helping to stabilize libya. this decision was made at a meeting of eu justice and interior ministers in the estonian capital. th

so you were very instrumental in the setting up of the international criminal court, which was establishedme statute in 1998. do you think that has really helped prevent crimes against humanity, war crimes? do you think it's stopped these crimes being committed with impunity? it has helped, but not enough. certainly, the existence of laws prohibiting certain behaviour has some deterrent effect, but we have to bear in mind that, for centuries, we have glorified war—making. ever since david hit goliath in the head with a rock, we have glorified, the parades, the marching. no politician appears without his flags flying on all sides, and the bands going, and marching. and i was a soldier, and they gave me all the battle stars, and they gave me all the decorations and all that stuff. we've got to reverse those thousands of years of practice, because the world has changed. we're not throwing rocks any more. we're going to kill everybody. from cyberspace we can cut off the electrical grid of any city on the planet. are you all crazy?! you're standing here watching it happen. students don't have m

so you were very instrumental in the setting up of the international criminal court, which was establishedte in 1998. do you think that has really helped prevent crimes against humanity, war crimes? do you think it's stopped these crimes being committed with impunity? it has helped, but not enough. certainly, the existence of laws prohibiting certain behaviour has some deterrent effect, but we have to bear in mind that, for centuries, we have glorified war—making. ever since david hit goliath in the head with a rock, we have glorified, the parades, the marching. no politician appears without his flags flying on all sides, and the bands going, and marching. and i was a soldier, and they gave me all the battle stars, and they gave me all the decorations and all that stuff. we've got to reverse those thousands of years of practice, because the world has changed. we're not throwing rocks any more. we're going to kill everybody. from cyberspace we can cut off the electrical grid of any city on the planet. are you all crazy?! you're standing here watching it happen. students don't have money to

earlier this week the secretary general of the organization met with the prosecutor from the international criminal courtabout possibly charging the venezuelan government with humanitarian crimes now in order to actually go through with that they would have to have public hearings with members of the venezuelan government and these alleged victims of the crimes that they are saying the government has committed and if they were to be found guilty the oas wouldn't be able to take venezuela to court but one of the member nations could take them as well it to court so certainly only ramping up the tension between the two going forward if if they were in fact to be found guilty or if they're even able to go through with those hearings because both sides would of course have to participate and be willing to participate and i will be keeping a close watch on it this week and we know that a lot of people think that something's going to be going down in the streets which is why of course the united states asked for its own diplomats and family members to come home yes we'll see on sunday all right. thank you so m

earlier this week the secretary general of the organization met with the prosecutor from the international criminal courtabout possibly charging the venezuelan government with humanitarian crimes now in order to actually go through with that they would have to have public hearings with members of the venezuelan government and these alleged victims of the crimes that they are saying the government has committed and if they were to be found guilty the oas wouldn't be able to take venezuela to court but one of the member nations could take them as well it to court so certainly only ramping up the tension between the two going forward if if they were in fact to be found guilty or if they're even able to go through with those hearings because both sides would of course have to participate and be willing to participate and i will be keeping a close watch on it this week and we know that a lot of people think that something's going to be going down in the streets which is why of course the united states asked for its own diplomats and family members to come home yes we'll see on sunday all right. thank you so m

but the same thing is true of the international criminal court where we thought it was a good idea because it would come out of the war crimes tribunals of the former yugoslavia and rwanda or the land mines treaty or any number of things where we begin a process and then for some reason don't follow through, and so it puts us in a weak position in believing in rules based, setting up some of the rules and for a variety of reasons not following through and i think that's something that needs to be -- >> we have an understandable accountable insistence on sovereignty and not letting international organizations tell us what to do, but we are then also surprised when the absence of an international order puts us at greater risk and makes it harder for us to marshal our allies. how does our support for organizations like nato and the eu actually increase the security and prosperity of the average american? for my voters, for constituents of every member of the house and senate, it's sometimes hard for them to see a connection. why are you going to singapore, senator kuntz? why are you going to

even if we want to go to the icc could international criminal court, to hold israel accountable, the.s. is threatening. trump giving lysis to kill -- license to kill. there giving them the authorization to do whatever they want against the palestinian civilians. we're not in the defense of hamas or others. we are in defense of the palestinian civilians who are in international law should enjoy absolute protection. and they are called in geneva to be protected, meaning there is real obligation by law to palestinian civilians in the occupied territories. and they are in the eye of the storm for the israeli criminal policies and occupied territories. amy: i want to thank you, raji sourani, for joining us from gaza city under these extremely difficult conditions, what the u.n. is calling unlivable. the final 30 seconds that we have on the satellite with you, for your final comment? have no right to give up and we will not give up. enougha strong -- strong because we are fighting for the rule of law, not for the rule of israel. of moraleep our level superiority on the criminal occupation.

during the sessions at the united nations to negotiate the statute that would create the international criminal court, um, after many years in which the third world delegates, not the term we currently use, but less powerful states, smaller, less powerful states in the global south were systematically getting rolled by the most powerful states, a couple of ngo's came up with a brilliant idea. they went out to yell all school and they found law students and paired them with state delegations. and as their international law experts and send them back to the u.n. conference on the icc. i remember the look of astonishment. i was on the u.s. department of state delegation at the icc conference. i remember the look of utter stuntman on the faces of my colleagues when the representatives from trinidad and tobago would stand up and say we need the icc to look like this and the person saying this would be a blonde 26-year-old law student. it was incredibly powerful. it suddenly meant that far from the ability of the powerful states which had legions, the u.s. delegation, we had 20 international lawyers. this

duringe the sessions at the united theons, to negotiate statute that would create the international criminal court, many years in which the third world delegates -- not the term we currently use -- but states, they were systematically getting rolled by the more powerful states. couple of people came up with an absolutely brilliant idea, to --is theyen went out they went out to places such as young lawound bright students and paired them with state delegations as their experts andl law sent them all back on the u.n. conference on the icc. remember the look of astonishment as i was on the u.s. department of states the u.s. governments delegation. i remember the look of utter faces of my on the colleagues when the representatives from trinidad and tobago would stand up and say, we need the icc and it's gotta look like this. and the person saying this would a blond 26-year-old law student. it was incredibly powerful. suddenly meant that, far from the ability of the powerful legions -- i had mean the u.s. delegation, we had 20 international lawyers on it. from the solomon islands, you don't have that.

it is money paid from international companies from europe, asia, who have pled guilty in our courts to a criminal violation of sanctions programs. telecoms and the banks. we just have the first fairly decent payments out of that. i would like to see more of that institutionalized. i think it is warfare and predictable. our republican friends in congress were much more in a brick that for that reason. that is one thing that comes to mind. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] mr. newberger: that is correct. one fund, they just paid out approximately 1.1 billion dollars. a lot of our clients from our firm who have judgments against iran for the embassy bombings in beirut and embassy bombings in other places, other folks, the coach of the golden state warriors is a client. his father was the president of american university in beirut. he was assassinated when it happened -- >> i was there when it happened. mr. newberger: there you go. steve, his mom, his brother, and his sisters have been clients of our firm for many years. there was the notorious terrorist attack killing probably the second most impor

criminal trial. he testifies today international court.hise is, into a probe party's financing he takes to the stand. 37 people, including the former people's party treasurer, accused of running a bribery ring to fund party operations. this is the comprehensive case and we will keep monitoring it. five years ago today mario draghi pledged to do whatever it takes to save the euro. at the same time, it looked like fundamental flaws would rip it apart. draghi predicted fundamental negative rates would return. now, half a decade later normalization is finally being talked about as a realistic option. still with us, alberto gallo head of global macroeconomic strategies at algebris. how much of a pat on the back is draghi due five yeraars on? when it comes to structural reforms, which he is not in control of, the evidence is very clear to see. >> there is a lot more to do in the eurozone. however, the skeptics have been proven wrong many times. until a few months ago, europe was seen as -- the eurozone, as something economically not viable. the

international criminal cour. when it refused to arrest the sudanese president omar al bashir to summit two years ago. south africa had argued that the court's arrest warrant couldn't take precedence over its own bill was grunting diplomatic immunity. to current heads of state. and officials in mexico say twenty eight inmates have been killed in fighting between rival gangs at a prison in the poll code. three more people were wounded clashes in the coastal city all just the latest to grip the country. has twenty seven team is turning into the most violent years in recent memory. and it comes as the us homeland security chief john kelly visits the area to discuss mexico's efforts to cut down on the drug trade. now it's a war and a controversy that just won't go away the u. s. led invasion of iraq. a year off to his conclusion of a major inquiry into britain's involvement so don't chill cult has given an exclusive interview to the bbc. he says the then prime minister tony blair was not straight with the public when he argued for intervention. mister blair's office has insisted that that was known falsifying of intelligence is a political edito

court tomorrow following a rare order by a federal judge. the judge wants to hear why the police department mishandled the sexual assault investigation. they prematurely closed a criminal and internalairs investigation into the matter. tomorrow's conference will also address the 14-year-old reform effort of the police department which o.p.d. has yet to fulfill. >>> president trump is back from the g20 summit to headlines that people in his inner circle had a meeting with a russian lawyer last year before the election to discuss information concerning the dnc and hillary clinton. abc7 news reporter gloria riviera has details from washington. >> reporter: the president is back in the u.s. and the white house out in force, defending his big meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> the president absolutely did not believe the denial of president putin. >> reporter: chief of staff reince priebus disputing te team's stance regarding their meddling in the election. i strongly pressed president putin twice about med nlg our election. he vehemently key need it. i've already given my opinion. trump and putin say they may create a joint cyber security unit to prevent further hacking.

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