remains rock solid. in his brief visit to london en route to lithuania the president called in on the king at windsor and then on number 10. we will dig into what the purpose of that visit might have been. yevgeny prighozin led a mutiny on moscow two weeks ago. five days later he and his wagner generals were sitting in a meeting with vladimir putin. what was discussed, what does it mean for their future role in ukraine. and deep sea mining returns a two year moratorium comes to an end. why do we to go hunting beneath the waves, and what danger could that pose to pristine deep water habitats. our panel tonight is the former head of the russia desk at mi6 christopher steele and media law expert, david banks we are going to start with those allegations made on friday evening that a bbc presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. the young person, now aged 20, is being represented by a lawyer who has issued a statement in the last few h
Joan donoghue, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here. You sat on the International Court ofjustice for pretty much 14 years. The last three years as president of the court. One of your last cases was the case brought by south africa against israel on the basis of genocide in gaza. Were you aware of the scale of International Scrutiny on that particular case . Yes, absolutely. It was very clear. And in particular, or, for example, outside of the peace palace, where the court sits, there were two groups of demonstrators, or interested people, and one of them had a Big Jumbotron Set Up Outside so that the participants there could watch what was going on inside. And we were aware of people Around The World watching the delivery of the order. Do you feel the pressure in that situation . I wouldnt say that i felt pressure but i felt that the delivery of the order itself would be something that would matter, including in the way i delivered it to regular people, notjust to International Law e
There was a plausible case to answer, but a finaljudgment is likely to take years. Today i have an exclusive interview with joan donoghue, Thejust Retired president of the icj, who delivered that initial court ruling that sent shock waves Around The World. In a sense, the whole idea of internationaljustice is on trial. How will it fare . Joan donoghue, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here. You sat on the International Court ofjustice for pretty much iii years. The last three years as president of the court. One of your last cases was the case brought by south africa against israel on the basis of genocide in gaza. Were you aware of the scale of International Scrutiny on that particular case . Yes, absolutely. It was very clear. And in particular, or, for example, outside of the peace palace, where the court sits, there were two groups of demonstrators, or interested people, and one of them had a Big Jumbotron Set Up Outside so that the participants there could watch what was going on
How will it fare . Joan donoghue, welcome to hardtalk. Happy to be here. You sat on the International Court ofjustice for pretty much 14 years. The last three years as president of the court. One of your last cases was the case brought by south africa against israel on the basis of genocide in gaza. Were you aware of the scale of International Scrutiny on that particular case . Yes, absolutely. It was very clear. And in particular, or, for example, outside of the peace palace, where the court sits, there were two groups of demonstrators, or interested people, and one of them had a Big Jumbotron Set Up Outside so that the participants there could watch what was going on inside. And we were aware of people Around The World watching the delivery of the order. Do you feel the pressure in that situation . I wouldnt say that i felt pressure but i felt that the delivery of the order itself would be something that would matter, including in the way i delivered it to regular people, notjust to
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