geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed over for. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete distain to what they have just heard. the fact is vladimir putin is still president of russia, comfortable in the kremlin. you say he can t travel. actually, i spoke to a member of the duma, the russian parliament, just a few days ago yevgeny popov who said, forget it. of course, vladimir putin is
In the main city stepanakert, where food and medicine are running low, and power cuts are frequent. Live now to rayhan demytrie, who is our correspondent In The South Caucasus and central asia. A very good evening to you and george r. I think you can hear us, what is the very latest happening at the moment where you are . World, in Nagorno Karabakh, the focus is now on humanitarian crisis because we have people escaping from the azerbaijan so people are concentrated now in the basements, there is no electricity, some pictures have emerged on socialfrom journalists posting regularly about the situation in Nagorno Karabakh and it shows really overcrowded basements with no electricity and people sitting there in fear not really knowing what comes next. I really knowing what comes next. I want to ask while we have you, the Foreign Minister has been speaking at the United Nationsjust Foreign Minister has been speaking at the United Nations just in the last few moments. Saying azerbaijan wil
The latest news from around the world. Newsroom starts right now. Our top story, u. S. President donald trump fighting back against the latest accusations from lhis former Attorney Michael Cohen. The president again denied having prior knowledge of a 2016 meeting at trump tower between his top Campaign Advisers and russians. According to our sources, cohen says the president knew about it. If cohen is telling the truth, it could be problematic for the white house. There are at least 20 instances over the past year in which mr. Trump and his advisers have said mr. Trump was not aware of the meeting. Here are just a few examples. Did you tell your father anything about this . It was such a nothing. There was nothing to tell. Donald trump jr. Put it all out today. Did you he know the time that they had the meeting . No, i didnt know anything about the meeting. Lets focus on what the president was aware. Nothing. It must have been a very unborn meeting because i never heard about it. I wou
Into society. This is the business im on in berlin welcome surprising figures from china show the countrys industrial output grew at a significantly slower rate than expected during october production increased by 4. 7 percent year on year despite many analysts expecting growth above 5 percent demand in the worlds 2nd biggest economy has been slowing and g. D. P. Growth is at its lowest rate for 3 decades chinese investors are hoping to get in near term boost if a preliminary trade deal can be reached with a us. Maximillian count felt from the market the institute for China Studies joins me now in the studio welcome now china introduced all these measures in order to shore up growth like cutting taxes for example it would appear that these measures that work youre right weve seen i receive
a continued slow down in the if you look at Economic Growth as a hold of was reduced a few quarters ago at a attempts to score to resource low down to the lowest growth ever basically and for october
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has stated that it is necessary to start negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Feb. 26.