of early exposure to peanut butter. why a spoonful for babies may help prevent an allergic reaction. welcome to bbc news. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader, vladimir putin for war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of hundreds of children, from children s homes and orphanages in ukraine for adoption in russia since last year s invasion. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent, serving political leader. ukraine s president zelensky, has hailed the decision as historic but moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous, saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. it is a war that he ordered. a war that brought death and devastation. a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it is one that has now left president putin accus
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strike that caused him life changing injuries. photos of him lying in a baghdad hospital moved the world, and ali was brought to britain for medical treatment where he s stayed, and become a british citizen. our correspondent caroline hawley has been to meet him. few iraqis carry deeper scars from the invasion than ali abbas. his father had been desperate to see the end of saddam hussein s dictatorship. we were farmers. my father was saying that when he see the americans coming, he lljust make, like, a party for them. he ll make a barbecue. you know, we werejust hoping for a better life. we were thinking that getting rid of saddam, we will have a good future for iraq. but it s never happened. i never know any family that they haven t lost a loved one, you know? ali s family had fled the capital, baghdad, for safety, but returned thinking the worst was over just hours before their home was hit by a rocket.
fergus walsh, bbc news. now, his image was one of the defining moments of the war in iraq which began 20 years ago this weekend. ali abbas was just 12 when he lost his parents and his brother in a missile strike that caused him life changing injuries. photos of him lying in a baghdad hospital moved the world, and ali was brought to britain for medical treatment where he s stayed, and become a british citizen. our correspondent caroline hawley has been to meet him. few iraqis carry deeper scars from the invasion than ali abbas. his father had been desperate to see the end of saddam hussein s dictatorship. we were farmers. my father was saying that when he see the americans coming, he lljust make, like, a party for them. he ll make a barbecue. you know, we werejust