d a rush arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader of the decision of the international criminal court. is not legal ground in for a libya for the simple reason libya is not a member speed of the court and has long as mr steed's on libya still retore and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the chords in poor. mr therefore you can never to rule tried to implore as long as he can and their country deeds the intentions on the international community of the old why the security council member states russia included. or to discuss the possible consequences of the i.c.c. decision to bring them a good idea justice i'm joined live by patrick henry's a london based reporter online magazine spiked thanks for joining us there patrick now the warrant is issued but do you think the libyan leader is likely to be prosecuted or is it just an intimidation tactic well i mean i think ultimately what this does actually in many ways actually shut off any possible escape routes for him so it means that really he's in a place where he's going to have to fight to the very end now and li

son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in the courts nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent the first such occurrence happened in two thousand and nine and the manner they wanted or were afterwards the sudanese president over that decision has yet to be implemented in reality and the libyan authorities have already said that they will not comply with the decision in this case they actually questioned its legitimacy and have reminder that libya is not a signatory to the rome treaty which has actually set up the international criminal court we have yet to find out how exactly they will go about arresting the i.c.c. did say that the libyan people themselves will arrest gadhafi but of course gadhafi and he is called wards remain defiant and say they will continue to fight to the very end and they basically said they don't particularly care for this particular decision as a matter of fact there were reports of intensified bombing off tripoli just this morning ther

this is actually the first time that the international criminal court has actually pursued someone who isn't actually completely black i don't say this lightly but if you look at the previous kind of five cases of the international criminal court. investigation they've been in kenya they've been in sudan and the central african republic in the democratic republic of congo despite all the other crimes and wars that are going on across the world from iraq soon the gaza strip the international criminal court has for focus solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know they seem to be moving. focusing on gadhafi now but still very much focused on africa the sense very much seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west judge is the rest is for the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal perspective on the world which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs properly and in the guiding hounds of western politicians. with r.t. so they had this are not practicing w

seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west the rest is with the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal perspective on. which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs properly and the guiding hand the western politicians. argue with r.t.s. to the head of the south not practicing what they preach. try export democracy for around the world we're. trying to suppress the citizens of this country we visit the poorest city in the american state of michigan which citizens say become a template for disturbing breakdown kumasi. greek trade unions are begun a general strike against new austerity plans which appealed to a crucial vote on wednesday some testers are even warning bell try to prevent this from entering the government well twenty eight billion euros package of spending cuts and tax hikes is a key condition for the country to get more cash from the new group if you play out of a transient last year's aid package being handed those but otherwise greece could become the first euro

patrick hayes a london based reporter for online magazine spiked says the actions of the international criminal courts show how many western nations once we impose this primacy and the rest of the world this is actually the first time the international criminal court has actually pursued someone who isn't actually completely black i don't say this lightly but if you look at the previous the five cases of the international criminal court are they going to pursue their investigations in kenya . uganda and central african republic in the democratic republic of congo despite all the other crimes and rules that are going on across the world from iraq the gaza strip the international criminal court focused solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know moving you know the focusing on gadhafi now but still very much focused on africa as a sense very much seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west judges the rest is where the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal perspective on the world which is lacking in afri

the gaza strip the international criminal court has for. points on black people and obviously removing. the focusing on their female but still very much focused on africa there's a sense very much seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west judges the rest is for the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal mystic perspective on the world which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs properly and the guiding hands of western politicians. from our scaliger with our so i have this hour not to sing but they preach. the word democracy for around the world. trying to suppress the citizens of this country for a city in the american state of michigan which citizens say might be. for have to stop and break down local democracy. and the world abandon nuclear power after the disaster of the sima we are still wrapped up the international atomic watchdog a little later in the program. but just as the crisis in syria the result of dialogu

." >> colonel gaddafi has been accused by the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court ofsing rape as a weapon of war. stepping up the pressure on syria as hundreds flee the country. britain and france push for a new u.n. security council resolution condemning the suppression of protest. and u.s. lawmakers fear an economy will collapse when forces leave in 2014. welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. coming up, a potent symbol of power, china's first aircraft carrier takes to the seas. four more could be on the way. hello and welcome. the chief anchor at the international criminal court has said he's becoming more convinced that colonel gaddafi is using rape as a weapon against rebels. luis moreno-0 campo said he has received evidence that shows colonel gaddafi even gives his soldiers viagra the trook moved forward to the south, east, and west and sustained heavy casualties as gaddafi's forces fought back. >> to shouts of "god is great," rebels in misrata start to fight back against gaddafi's forces. "we're on the front line now. we don't need any help because

the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr history on libya is territorial and this decision cannot be. you without any and still to come on the program democracy with. the u.s. announces a new programs to help opposition movements across the globe but some suggest is just a convenient way to overthrow nuisance governments. a flotilla of humanitarian aid ships carrying supplies to gaza to depart from greece is reportedly made of up to ten vessels with some five hundred activists on board israel warns that its military is gearing up to intercept the aid armada but has dropped earlier threats against journalists so they could be banned or deported for covering the events of these policy and i had the latest. join her live and hello to you paula so it's what we know about this mission at this point. what the israeli government says it is rethinking how it plans to handle foreign journalists that are on boil for th

why the arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr qaddafi on libyans territory and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the court stays in power or that will mean that mr qaddafi inevitably will try to stay in power as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community of the way they are worked out by the security council member states russia included the new song that after his neck is so tight that he has no option other than to fight to the very end says patrick hayes he's a london based reporter for online magazine spiked. it does mean that he can no longer decide to go off to a different country just kind of hide hide away there and arrange escape plans it means now he's literally in a place of death where he can't escape so it's so yes i think the conflict could be prolonged as a result of this but i mean i think fundamentally the thing i find very striking

speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the most important thing in political sanctions is international criminal court. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: violators should be referred to the international court. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: in order to be able to trying violators of human rights in this court we have to strengthen the court. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: all of the european catch countries have ratified the international criminal court mention. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: approximately 90 countries. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: but the international criminal court has an acute syria's enemies that stop its progress. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: is rare, america, china, and russia. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: of want to ask you, progressive censuses of the united states, put pressure on the government to ratify the international criminal court mention, the ratification of the united states will strengthen this court. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: america is the superpower, and it c

the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr pease on libya still retore him and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the courts in. there will mean that mr inevitably will try to stay in power as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community of the way there are by the security council member states russia included. eric who coauthored an independent report into the libyan war after traveling there on a fact finding mission back in april but he thinks that there's no chance of khadafi being arrested unless foreign ground forces intervene. there is no way to get a feel because he is living in his burned bubble is easy and tripoli's are very well protected until we don't send any troops. invasion force it's impossible to to to have kathy i think that. in fact that if he is winning because most of the is units are very well equipped compared to the insurgent

it helps matters and it certainly doesn't help matters for the libyan people when the international criminal court comes in and basically presumes the authority of the libyan people for taking you know for a meeting of justice on gadhafi this shouldn't be any business of the international criminal courts they should be for the libyan people to resolve their affairs with the international criminal court is the place where the west judge is the rest at this particular point so i think it's very important for the future of democracy in libya that the rebels are able to tell us and deal justice to the former leader of their free and in not have to be put in the hands of international lawyers to make decisions for them. russia says the crisis in syria should be resolved through dialogue and once the violence to stop it comes out as russia's presidential envoy to africa met with a syrian activist in moscow's artist peter all over the details. it's important to stress that this isn't any fishel visit from the syrian opposition although members of the group that do call themselves syrian opposition party

by one of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in the chords a nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent head of state the first such occurrence happened in two thousand and nine and the man that they wanted or were afterwards the sudanese president over that this is and has yet to be implemented in reality or executive because obviously the president is still in place and the libyan authorities have already said that they will not comply with the decision in this case they actually questioned its legitimacy and have reminded the basically the world. libya is not a signatory to the rome treaty which has actually set up the international criminal court however the courts in turn said that libya will have to comply with this decision and for their arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and the intelligence minister because it has to comply with the u.n. security council resolution it's now what exactly will happen to more about gadhafi is not yet known of course several high ranking european officials have already p

is not part of the international criminal court. well that's a really good question but if the u.s. were part of the international criminal court they'd have to sort of come to grips with the fact that many of their client states through the enthusiastically lend support to commit the same crimes that qaddafi has been committing we were the i.c.c. in yemen when saleh was enthusiastically supported by us was committing all sorts of atrocities to take care of the who were blown in rebellion in the north where was the i.c.c. in bahrain for example when it was opening fire on innocent nonviolent protesters. so you know the u.s. is inherently contradictory in their stances and thus they can't lend legitimacy to organization that wants to keep people in check what you say whereas i.c.c. as well as in syria in fact congressman dennis kucinich is in syria right now what do you think of that what do you think the fact that he is he's flying all the way to syria to try to take care of this or whatever you want to call it himself it's interesting it's sort of surprising too because he's not he'

." >> colonel gaddafi has been accused by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court hassed -- of using rape as a weapon of war. britain and france push for a u.n. security council resolution condemning the protests in syria. in yemen, protestors take to the street of the capital to call for a new transitional government. welcome to bbc news, broadcast to our viewers in america on pbs and across the globe. a grim warning for afghanistan. u.s. lawmakers fear its economy will collapse by 2014. and aiming for the imf top job, france's finance minister khristine the guard says she is satisfied letting china drum up support for her bid. ♪ >> hello and welcome. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says he is becoming more convinced that colonel gaddafi's using rape against libyan rebels. a team has found evidence that suggests the libyan leader has even provided his soldiers with the viagra. on the ground, rebels have made their first attempt to move out of the city of misrata. they are moving south and east and west. they have sustained heavy casualties as

tripoli is refusing to recognize the arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi issued by the international criminal court at the hague gadhafi and his closest allies are accused of ordering war crimes to be carried out against their own people but tripoli says the actions by the i.c.c. are just a cover for continued nato bombings he's written otieno went to see the effects of airstrikes on the libyan people. the road from the capital tripoli to brag is lined

the international criminal court at the hague gadhafi and his closest allies are accused of ordering edged war crimes against their own people but tripoli says the actions by the i.c.c. are just a cover for continued nato bombing. has the details namely he's being accused

tripoli is refusing to recognize the arrest warrants for cota doffing it's you've got the international criminal court the hague the dorothy and his closest allies are accused of ordering war crimes to be carried out against their own people but

as libya rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi is arrested r.t. reports from the oil port of the scene of nato's latest bombing campaign. six am in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t our top story of violent clashes have broken out in athens on the first day of a general strike by workers hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on a harsh set of tax hikes and spending cuts riot police clashed with riot or is in the center of the greek capital hiring tear gas using rubber baton is to tell stone throwers at least eighteen people were detained four policemen hospitalized the e.u. is demanding twenty eight billion euros worth of cuts before releasing yet more cash to greece its concern. the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first euro zone nation to default but both the cuts and the high interest ballot are extremely unpopular financial journalist dimitri kovtun says an incompetent government was left has left people with no way out. i wouldn't say that all these protesters re

first though libya says the international criminal court is just a cover for nato's attempts to kill colonel gadhafi and refuses to recognize its legitimacy this came in response to the issuing of an arrest warrant for gadhafi and two of his confidants including his eldest son by the hague tribunal the chief i.c.c. prosecutor has admitted that nato forces had no mandate to arrest gadhafi and called on his inner circle to assist but many libyans believe nato leaders should also be held to account for their actions. the roads from the capital tripoli to bragg he's lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the airport in the. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate. to say so it's only heating the targets of military value let's call say these telecommunications towers so take two minutes west of the town of. troy in a time tighe barry this is a sight to strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and killed two civilians and there

good job betov the international criminal court's most wanted list but is the court really practical or just an international waste of time. and it's show time president obama taking a leading role in what some call the political theater of debt talks today but will it make a difference and just how many more all employers and americans expect. and calls for sundancer redemption after thirty three years and us president and countless global supporters touting his innocence what is so wrong with clemency for leonard peltier. good afternoon it's monday june twenty seventh four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. now the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for libyan leader moammar gadhafi along with his son and his military intelligence chief there for crimes against humanity against political opponents now this is the second time in the court's nine year history that it is issued an arrest warrant for a sitting head of state let's say the success of this though the other was sudanese president omar al bashir who is now facing trial

the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for crimes against humanity after gadhafi'se began a war against opposition civilians. we were expecting this to happen. the unusual part of this is that typically the international criminal court does not grant an indictment, does not indict somebody until usually well into the conflict or once it's done because they typically find it hard to collect evidence. but in this case looks like they didn't. >> a judge issuing that arrest warrant for gadhafi right now. >> yeah. it will be give cult to get him, right? >> he ain't going anywhere. >> no one has been able, nato, the rebels. >> there are nato attacks under way in libya right now. some of them fairly close to tripoli. >>> disturbing new details into the deadly amtrak accident here in our own country in reno, nevada. the ntsb investigating the trucking company and driver. officials say the company has been flagged for 19 past safety violations. truck slammed into an amtrak passenger train at a railroad crossing sparking a fire. six died, 20 still unaccounted for. the ntsb sa

saying the international criminal court is just a western political tool and no authority. has accused of the crimes against humanity. greek trade unions are staging a forty eight hour strike with tens of thousands expected to take to the streets on tuesday it follows the greek prime minister in the parliament. to avoid bankruptcy . and russian lawmakers discuss controversial restrictions on abortion designed to boost the birthrate in the country and many fear the. backstreets legacy of abandoned children. coming your way in just fifteen minutes time typing updates on the latest sports news with roma. these are the headlines. let the insults bly blood klitschko and david haye have a verbal barrels ahead of their unification on saturday. the field narrows world number one carolyn was nowitzki and both williams sisters go out but maria sharapova is proof of the quarterfinals on the critical day at wimbledon. and seal of approval is in it a lot of good that they do you know one of the signs a deal to prepare the russian national ice hockey team for the salt she would serve the

tripoli refuses to accept an arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi saying the international criminal court is just a western political tool and has no phone or a base tribunal has accused the libyan leader of crimes against humanity. greek trade unions are staging a forty eight hour strike with tens of thousands expected to take to the capital streets on tuesday follows the greek prime minister in the parliament to pass a fresh austerity plan to avoid bankruptcy. and russian lawmakers discuss controversial restrictions on abortion designed to boost the birthrate in the country but many fear the. backstreets soon trees and the legacy of abandoned children. are more in their stories in this than fifteen minutes time but we're joined now with day to sport and well sports fans are very much looking forward to the heavyweight bout between david haye fights of the year would you say well. certainly making it feel that way now both fighters are exercising in the verbal insults and. with downs well they're hoping all that will eventually flow into the ring on july the second so stick around becaus