was happening it defied me. all i wanted was what was best for my child at that time. reporter: and you saw those mothers travel all the way into occupied crimea with emotional unions with their children. they managed to get most of them back, but, many still remain, jake, in captivity, the arrest warrant will put the pressure onto russia, the russians say they have no jurisdiction over the president. the international criminal court does not hold trials in absentia, that means putin would have to be arrested before standing trial there, what does that mean for putin? what it means is that he is hemmed into russia, should the president of russia travel now to countries which are party to the international criminal court treaty, now, that does not include the united states, he would be expected to be arrested by that country. but, the track record on this is not great. previous heads of state, like omar al masider of sudan traveled. the russian authorities and the kremli
. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world i m rosemary church, we continue tracking breaking news out of the middle east this hour where major earthquake killed hundreds of people in syria and turkey and the death toll is rising. syrian state media report at least 237 people have died in syria and more than 600 injured an unknown number could be trapped under rubble. we got this video earlier of a rescuer carrying an injured child away from the rubble of a damaged building. the white helmets rescue group known as the syrian self-defense declared the north western part of syria a disaster area, dozens of buildings collapsed that both country, turkey s vice president said at least 284 died in southern turkey and more than 23 hon injured, emergency workers asking for silence to hear possible cries for help from people trapped under the rubble. the governor of istanbul said nearly 1,000 search and rescue
watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead, as russia s war on ukraine grinds into its second year, the u.s. pledges s its continued support but stops short of what president zelenskyy says they need most. and a pre-print of the controversial trump era policy, we ll break it down. plus vote counting is under way in nigeria s presidential race. we re live in lay fwoegos with latest. life from atlanta, this is cnn fuse room with kim brunhuber. just days after observing the one year mark, ukrainians are noting the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. every year it is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile president zelenskyy is calling the latest eu sanctions powerful and says he would like to see it extended to include russia s nuclear industry. there is increased shelling but claims that russians have not made any significant gains on ground. in his nightly address, president zelenskyy lauded the emb
the wobble, i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you just ahead on cnn newsroom. a major earthquake has killed hundreds of people in syria and turkey. the strongest earthquake in 100 years or more of record keeping.h and rescue operations, of course, very, very difficult. how and when president joe biden was informed about the suspected chinese spy balloon. china s now accusing the u.s. of overreacting. in fact, it s not just the balloon. it s the message to send the world that we can do whatever we want and america can t stop us. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. this monday, february 6th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 12:00 p.m. in turkey, search and rescue crews are working desperately to find people trapped in a major earthquake that struck in the early hoursch this morning. turkey s vice president said as least 280 people have died. 2200 are injured. and thousands of rescue engineers are headed to the region.
wednesday. this balloon is going down. this balloon has been taken down and falling from the sky. ashley: but officials want to know why it took seven days for the biden administration to handle this. china has been for some time and will be the primary strategic adversary of the united states. a message they are trying to send the world we can do whatever we want in the america can t stop us. they should not have this encouragement in the united states. we have a real problem. this bible and has become testing president biden strength and unfortunately the president failed that test. griff: brooke singman has more exclusive reporting and kicks things off for us on this monday morning. hey, brooke. with the gang of eight will be meeting as her list tomorrow for the briefing on the chinese spy balloon floating across the mainland last week. navy divers are working to recover debris after air force after air force f-22 fighter jet shut down the balloon on the coas