IT is simply beyond comprehension how the International Criminal Court (ICC), or to be accurate, three of the five members of its appeals body, can continue to insist that it has jurisdiction over the acts of Rodrigo Duterte during his tenure as president and as mayor of Davao City. For them to continue to do so, they are practically telling the entire world that the Philippines is either unable or unwilling to prosecute Duterte for his alleged acts of abuse of power that are now construed to have reached the level of being crimes against humanity.
is essentially a pile of ruins. thank you very much. that is a diplomatic correspondent in kyiv. well in further news member states of the international criminal court have called the russian issued arrest warrant of the icc s chief prosecutor karim khan as deeply concerning and deplorable. russia s warrant comes two months after the icc issued an arrest warrant for president putin, who is wanted on suspicion of involvement in the war crime of unlawfully deporting ukrainian children. for the first time, sinn fein are on course to become the largest party in local government in northern ireland. the results in the local council elections come at a time of political crisis in the devolved government at stormont where the dup have been blocking a return to power sharing. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. a warning her report contains flashing images.
minister, though, admits the situation is critical. the claim came after the group posted a video on social media showing yevgeny prigozhin and his men in combat fatigues, holding flags against the backdrop of ruined buildings. mr prigozhin alleged that they had no help from regular russian forces, saying the top brass had turned the war into their personal entertainment. mr prigozhin made claims of fully controlling bakhmut before, but each time he has made those claims in the past, they were disproved by ukrainians. well in further news member states of the international criminal court have called the russian issued arrest warrant of the icc s chief prosecutor karim khan as deeply concerning and deplorable. russia s warrant comes two months after the icc issued an arrest warrant for president putin. he is wanted on suspicion of involvement in war crimes of