moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? 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 overfor. 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
legal adviser to trump attorney michael cohen is expected to testify before a new york grand jury and michael cohen has said he s been called as a potential rebuttal witness to costello. that grand jury could issue an indictment or indictments against former president donald trump any day now and trump has called for protests if that happens. we are outside the new york city courthouse watching for the arrival of witnesses this morning. plus, we re also keeping a very close eye on u.s. markets this hour, futures in the green, that s a good thing, but this is after switzerland s largest bank scooped up its rival credit suisse in an emergency rescue deal. plus chinese president xi jinping in moscow at this hour, set to meet with russian president vladimir putin. a closer look at what that means as putin is facing an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. we will get to all of that but we begin this hour with kara scannell who is outside the courthouse here i
all this evidence was heard in the absence of the four men. six of the seven in charge have withdrawn from the disciplinary set of proceedings saying they don t trust the process. one man who is charged and is expected to give evidence tomorrow is the former england captain. he denies any allegations of racism. england s cricketers have beaten bangladesh by three wickets in the first of their three match odi series. they made hard work of that modest trace, losing captain butler for just nine leaving them at 65 a. dawid malan scoring a brilliant century on the way to helping england reach their target with two overs to spare. and that s all for sports for now. from me and the rest of the team, bye. hello. it s exactly a year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and it s changed the world. siren wails explosion russia invades in a major military assault by land, sea and air. - without provocation, without justification, without necessity. this is a premeditate
president trump or if this was a democrat it should be equal justice in america. and stop going after people because you have political differences. house speaker kevin mccarthy pushing a popular defense within the gop when it comes to a possible indictment for donald trump. we ll have the latest on the former president s legal troubles in new york in just a moment. plus, chinese president xi jinping is in russia this morning meeting with vladimir putin for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. and also ahead, new investigations into tiktok amid allegations that former employees spied on journalists good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, march 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us we ll begin this morning in new york where amid mounting legal trouble across multiple states, former president donald trump could be criminally charged for the first time, and that could happen as early as this week according
deserve having their lives in such a way because we don t win a football match. that balance, i think. in my case, that balance was critical, but you need some help. someone to take that picture in front someone to take that picture in front of someone to take that picture in front of you. when you are in that position, it s not easy to see it. katie taylor s highly anticipated homecoming fight has been postponed, with her opponent amanda serrano picking up an injury. the world title rematch was due to take place in dublin on the 20th of may. the fight promoters say they re now trying to find a revised date. irish fighter taylor beat puerto rico s serrano to retain her undisputed lightweight title in new york last may. the european indoor championships take place in istanbul later this week. the great britain team includes reigning 800m champion keely hodgkinson and quadruple gold medal long distance runner laura muir. muir will be a firm favourite over the 1,500 metres. sh