james bayes al jazeera of the united nations south korea and japan are reporting that north korea has fired a short range ballistic missile towards the sea, off east coast of the korean peninsula. the latest incident follows fridays launch of a why song, 17 intercontinental ballistic missile tension. in the region has increase in south korea and the u. s. began and 11 day joint military excise on monday in the democratic republic of congo attacks by the m 23 rebel group have displaced more than 800000 people over the past year. the group widely believed to be backed by one that continues to seize territory in the east. despite regional efforts to end the violence. malcolm web reports from the city of goma josephine one meaning and boot seed a breeder. both told us their husbands were killed when the n 23 armed group attacked their villages. many people in this camp on the outskirts of goma tell similar stories. josephine says she went back to her village last week and found her husband dead among about 30 men who were killed with machetes and left, barely buried in shallow graves. dic

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james bayes al jazeera of the united nations while ukraine's president lord ms. mc has also welcome the i c. c announcement. is this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility the head of a terrorist state, and another russian official have officially become suspects in a war crime. in the people taishan of ukrainian children, the illegal transfer of thousands of our children to the territory of a terrorist state in the criminal proceedings being investigated by our lord enforcement officers. more than 16000 cases of force people taishan of ukrainian children by the occupier of already been recorded. but the real full number of people tease may be much higher. well geoffrey 9 fled the icy seas. prosecution slow down below search, former president of serbia. he thinks the charge is important for they wider implications by satisfying the judges of ref, lunches, appropriate. this man putin is now the property to be careful, characterized as a criminal. and the war that he has launch can property now be characterized as itself criminal. the course has found that there

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. let us me to franklin wench, who is a senior lecturer and military strategy and law at the university of portsmouth. he served as an officer in iraq, afghanistan, and the balkans. joining us from oxford welcome to al jazeera. so, you know, a lot of people now say that the iraq war was in fact a crime and not just a mistake. what do you think that the u. k actually achieved by going to war in iraq and joining that us led invasion. oh, very good. thank you for having made answer. your question is absolutely nothing. we are have found ourselves over the last 20 years with the completely distrusted, mistrusted political, political leadership aren't given us. a series of crises. got distrust remains, but you know, what happened to us isn't merely neither have that responsibility that we have to back. it's what we did to iraq, and most specifically bags that we must be how to account for particularly our leadership. and i think the answer your question is essentially we achieve nothing exce

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an icy arrest warrant after saddam's omar bashir and libya is warmer. gadhafi. diplomatic editor james bayes has more now from the united nations, a sitting head of state. and one of the most powerful men in the world, the president of russia, president of a superpower, president of the country. that's a permanent member of the un security council. yes, i think people were expecting the i c. c, to come up with some list of people that they had cases against that was expected, but not many people have spoken to were expecting that the band, the top of the tree in russia. let me put in was going to be one of those named. so he is now a wanted man. there are $123.00 countries which have signed the rome statute. that's the statute that governs the international criminal court. they are obliged to arrest him if he enters that territory. now, president putin hasn't travelled much since the start of the war in ukraine, but there are, there is potential problem if he wanted to go anywhere. for example, india, which is hosting the shanghai cooperation summit in a couple of months time, also hosting t

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations and cranes president of the landscape has welcome the i. c. c announcement. is this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility the head of a terrorist state, and another russian official have officially become suspects in a war crime. in the people taishan of ukrainian children, the illegal transfer of thousands of our children to the territory of a terrorist state in the criminal proceedings being investigated by our law enforcement officers. more than 16000 cases of force deportation of ukrainian children by the occupier of already been recorded. but the real whole number of people tease may be much higher than the great deal between russia and ukraine is set to expire. russia says it only wants to extend the deal by 60 days instead of $120.00, as laid out to the un brokered agreement. ukraine is one of the world's largest suppliers, a sunflower oil, wheat, and grain. stephanie decker reports from yet a bit sky. ukraine steeds. the worlds the words of this farms owner, victor sharon etta, gives us a tour on a cold ma

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. daniel hawkins as and journalist and moscow, he says that, and we'll try to show the i, c, c has no power in russia. this is, of course, going to be very difficult to enforce the i c. c has no police force of the law as a member to carry out and will re direct and ring suspects to trial for the have luxury of course, will view this as a, as a will, will be this personal and angered by this russian very much focus on case president of the icpc, which is founded very called previously prosecutions and bring us the trial most likely to be trying to investigate and prosecute us will cons. dana thornton, allegations with crimes are territories. russell, very much focus on this and highlight those case for evidence to show that the i c, c has no power, has no jurisdiction in russia. and this will really change very liberal in the common policy on ukraine, presented as the orphans, as people certainly have been abandoned to a taken from a war, them to safety, to get monetary system. we how t

our diplomatic editor james bayes looks at how the invasion damage the credibility of the united nations un weapons inspectors in iraq, their job to track down the countries chemical and biological weapons. we now know there weren't any, a former iraqi rulers. saddam hussein had ceased his w. m. d program years earlier, but in 2003 u. s. president george bush was backed by the british prime minister. tony blair was saying he was hiding a huge stock pile. and they claimed they had the intelligence to prove it. the u. s . secretary of state colin powell now known to have been privately skeptical himself, tried to make the case in the security council, even wielding a vile he said, could be anthrax about this. the u. s. and u k bitterly opposed by much of the international community including france and germany, failed to get a security council resolution to authorize a war they launched one anyway. and the aftermath, one british diplomat who worked as his countries expert on iraq in the security council resigned. do you think the united nations ended up damaged or strengthened by the war 2

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations on present patient existing crime in the region that russia antics from ukraine 9 years ago. some called at the biggest lang rob in europe since world war 2. moscow had express concerned about ethnic russians in crimea, and described the move as an act of self determination. it began in february 2014. when that then president victor covert, fled key for russia. ukraine, parliament appointed an acting president and prime minister and made it clear that it wanted because the ties with europe almost immediately pro russian separatists began occupying the age of facilities and checkpoints on the crime in peninsula the following month, the russian soldiers secure the region and on march, the 18th crime in and russian official find the treaty of accession to the republic of crimea to russia. polluted ratified it. 3 days later were seen the pass inches, the director of the documentary a struggle for home. the crimean tart as though she explains a history of the indigenous people of crimea. there are amalgam of very many different ethnic groups from a

in a matter of months, james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. how near last election commission has dissolved the political party formerly there on santucci state media reported that the national league for democracy fell to register under strict new electron laws brought in by the military government. tony check and reports now from young gun. the building behind lee is the headquarters of the national league for democracy was once the party of government here in miramar, is now being dissolved by the election commission. they say that because it didn't register under new rules for elections and cannot take off. the military governments spokesman told al jazeera the any and all the parliamentary members who wished to stay with different parties. a very welcome to do so that the n l d itself says from high doing that this is an illegitimate government. and any other actions they organize, it will not recognize. but that creates a problem for the military government. there is only one figure who can possibly unite what is now a very divided count

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. lest thou speak to mass n r, a shakira who's an independent iraqi politician and economists is joining us live from baghdad. thank you very much, sir. for your time, i 20 years ago i understand you lobbied for the us intervention in iraq. when you look at the state, your countries and to day, do you have any regrets? oh, thanks for the invite. yes. in fact, what happened back in the late ninety's in the early 2000, you know, the vast majority of the iraqi people were asking for help because of the ruthless nature of the previous redeem and the, you know, the executions and them and the wars. so we were living in the outside, the iraq and in the united states, and we were trying to help. and we were lobbying the united states to help remove this regime and replace that with a federal democratic regime. so were yes, i think that was a good thing. the problem was not there. the problem was the day after apparently there was no plan for the day after. and they were basically improvising on a day to day basis. and a lot of mistakes were, were takin

james bayes al jazeera of the united nations, but ukraine's president as welcome the i. c. c announcement is this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility the head of a terrorist state. and another russian official have officially become suffix in a war crime, in the people taishan of ukrainian children, the illegal transfer of thousands of our children to the territory of a terrorist state in the criminal proceedings being investigated by our law enforcement officers. more than 16000 cases of force people taishan of ukrainian children by the occupier of already been recorded. but the real full number of people tease may be much higher than me. it's been 9 years since russia antics crimea from ukraine. some called it the biggest line grub in europe since world war 2. now, moscow express concerned about ethnic russians in crime, in and described to move as an act of self determination. it began in february 2014. when the then the president victor covert, fled the key for russia, ukraine's parliament appointed acting president and prime minister and ma