Thinking, with nick robinson. Should israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should his Defence Minister, yoav gallant, face a Trialfor War crimes . That is what my guest on political thinking this week is arguing. He is the prosecutor, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Hes a british lawyer, whos trying also to bring the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, to that court a court thats been derided, condemned for having no real teeth. And its notjust the two sides in the Gaza Conflict who hes targeting. Hes also said that President Putin of russia should Face Trial for war crimes. Karim khan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you for having me. Now, on the 24th Of May this year, you stood in front of a camera and you announced that you would be applying for Arrest Warrants at the International Criminal Court, for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict in gaza. Did you have any idea of the row that would follow . Well, i knew it was a powerful moment. I kne
Called for fans at the emirates to play their part in the Clubs Champions League match later against porto. They go into the game 1 0 down after the first leg in portugal. Arsenal are looking to reach the quarterfinals of the competition for the first time in m years. Arteta says a home crowd with a great atmosphere always helps. Its a great atmosphere always helps. Incredible. I don they its incredible. I dont think that they realise we need that noise, we need them playing every single with us for that we need the emotional control as well try and understand the game can go through certain phases and we have to be intelligent in the right moments to get what we want. Its a beautiful opportunity to the its been 14 years. So everything weve put in there will be worth it. In the other match later, barcelona take on napoli. After a 1 1 draw in the first leg. They go into this match with Injury Problems and knowing that napoli are on a good run of form. Manager xavi has told his players,
evening. hi kevin. former president trump has been posting an avalanche of attacks on his truth social today criticizing president biden, the fbi and ripping special counsel jack smith, who led the investigation. donald trump writing about smith quote this is a man who caused the lowest catastrophe with the irs, one of the evangelicals and great americans of faith. the us had to apologize and pay major damages for the deranged lunatic did. his wife is a tramp hater just as he is a trump heater. a deranged cycle that shouldn t be involved in any case having to do with justice. earlier today special counsel jack smith, formally enough the 37 counts against trump. the laws that protect national defense information, are critical for the safety and security of the united states, and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. today, prosecutors unsealed the indictment against former president trump. alleges he intentionally stored hundreds of cla
here in the uk, specifically either a member of the armed forces or a police officer. in the written base of plea it said you had only carried out a terrorist activity here if your plans to go to syria to join isis were frustrated. the prosecution does not accept that part of the base of plea. both the prosecution and defence agreed that this aspect of the base of plea does not make any difference to sentencing in this case, as on any view you accept you had an intention to commit both terrorist acts and that you made preparations towards the commission of both types of terrorist act. from what has emerged from the police investigation it is clear that you are someone who developed and entrenched islamist extremist mindset, extreme anti western views and you intended to commit terrorist acts both in the uk and overseas. secondary school you are someone who dabbled in drugs and where your behaviour became more aggressive you were expelled from school and attended an education
a washington state judge issuing an order to protect access to the bill in 17 states plus the district of columbia, setting up a likely showdown at the supreme court. one of the two democratic lawmakers expelled from the tennessee state legislature could be reinstated today. and former cia director john brennan joins me on the fallout from dozens of leaked pentagon document, revealing secret information on ukraine s military and u.s. intelligence on russia s war machine, including reports of potential incident barely avoided between a russian fighter jet and a british surveillance plane and good day our breaking news today. the city s police department confirming four people plus the alleged suspectare dead following a mass shooting. eight others including a police officer who s in critical condition have been transported to a nearby hospital the suspect connected to the shooting at old national bank in the city s downtown neighborhood was found dead at the scene after exch