read my lips, i mean it this time. - gina abercrombie—winstanley.you.— as ever, thank you very much indeed, thank you. thank you. breakina indeed, thank you. thank you. breaking news. _ some breaking news from pakistan, where protestors calling for the release of pakistan's jailed ex—prime minister imran khan have clashed with police, as they reach the capital, islamabad. officers have thrown tear gas at the demonstrators, who are calling for mr khan's release from prison. imran khan's wife had called on thousands of supporters to keep marching until her husband is freed. at least one police officer has been killed and nine others injured during clashes. the us has called for calm from both protestors and the authorities. more on this as and when we get it. ajudge in the us has dismissed a court case against president—elect donald trump, after he was accused of trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. special prosecutorjack smith, who brought the charges against mrtrump, had to request for them to be dropped, due to a long—standing justic

the republic of malta and non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council — gina abercrombie—winstanleye today. we will get to trump's appointment in a bit but first i want your reaction and your thoughts to this deadline that's been passed and the us are saying it has no intention to stop arms supplier to israel, does it come as a surprise to you? i israel, does it come as a surprise to you? i believe it comes as — surprise to you? i believe it comes as a _ surprise to you? i believe it| comes as a disappointment, disappointment to many who were hoping that this would be a redline that helped. now, it is one of several over the year that the president and us leadership laid out to demand adherence to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict and yet, another redline has been crossed. looks like without accountability. i will so that it would have been hard as we see the sort of appointees that incoming president is going to make that evenif president is going to make that even if a president biden work going to hold the redline and they are all indications that he shoul

the republic of malta and non—resident senior fellow at the atlantic council — gina abercrombie—winstanleyher views on the passing of the us deadline without any action. it comes as a disappointment, a disappointment to many who were hoping that this would be a redline that helped. now, it is one of several over the last year that the president and us leadership laid out to demand adherence to international humanitarian law, the law of armed conflict and yet, another redline has been crossed. and it looks like without accountability. i will so that it would have been hard as we see the sort of appointees that the incoming president is going to make that even if a president biden work going to hold the redline and there are all indications that he should, recognising that before this war started, 500 trucks used to go into the gaza strip every day. so, even asking for merely 350 was a decrease of what was the norm. and so, we are where we are and it looks like it's not going to get any better even as the new administration comes in. president biden does seem powerless at this point, but tal

for more on the situation across the middle east, i spoke to gina abercrombie—winstanley, non—residentow at the atlantic council. i want to first ask you about these arrest warrants issued by the icc. we heard the uk among several nations saying that they would honour those if he were to travel to their country. what does this all say now for israel and for the prime minister? good evening, carl. well, it shows that there is creeping pressure from the international community on the way that the government of israel has conducted the war in the gaza strip. this is one of the few ways that the international community is able to make its views known, via the icc. strictly speaking, of course, because israel and the united states are not parties, it's not going to have a strong impact on him domestically — not at all, of course. and indeed, his popularity may raise a little bit because he is seen to be a victim of worldwide anti—semitic behaviour, as he has charged. but it is a reaction to the way the war has been conducted. one of the challenges for israel increasingly will be the fact th