the two leaders have very similar world views. they both embrace the idea of what they call a multipolar world against american domination and both men have proclaimed that their partnership has no limits. but that is not exactly true, there are limits. up till this point china has not provided russia with the lethal aid that would allow it to win the war in ukraine on the battlefield. and we have heard that america suspects, or claims, that china is considering doing that. so what can we expect from the talks? i think they will be talking about boosting cooperation, their partnership. they will probably be talking about the chinese initiative to end the war in ukraine. but again, very important to keep in mind, what there is not is an actual peace plan on the table. what there is is a lot of scepticism amongst european governments, western governments, that china, even if it wanted to, could actually
considered based on what they believe to be reasonable grounds to think that the suspect bears responsibility for these unlawful deportations. this follows a commission that found that russian troops had committed human rights abuses during the last 12 months in ukraine. clearly the icc trying to put pressure on the russian president and his commissioner for children s rights. the silicon valley bank financial group has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the united states, while it seeks buyers for its assets. last week, its former division, silicon valley bank, was taken over by us regulators. shares in credit suisse have fallen again today, after rallying on thursday following support from the swiss central bank. recent bank collapses in the us have raised fears over the health of the banking system. earlier on, i spoke to bloomberg s senior executive editor, stephanie flanders, and asked her about the markets this week.
the court could have focused on lots of other military commanders on the russian side who have bombed civilians, schools, hospitals, residential areas. all of which are accused of being war crimes. instead, what the court has done, it has chosen to focus on two things. one, the deportation of children, which is, you know, considered a war crime. but specifically on the responsibility of notjust the children s commission of a president putin himself. the court says the reason they are doing it is to try and deter this happening at the moment. they say this crime is ongoing at the moment and by going public with these declarations of the warrants, they are trying to deter further crimes taking place. whether that succeeds or not remains to be seen. so i think the significance of this is, you are right, it is very unlikely that president putin is going to leave
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: judges at the international criminal court have issued arrest warrants for russia s president, vladmir putin, and his commissioner for children s rights. it said they were suspected of the war crime of unlawfully deporting children from ukraine to russia. china s president, xijinping, is to make a state visit to russia next week for talks with president putin. but ukraine s foreign minister tells the bbc that he doesn t think the talks will result in an end to the war.
russia and placed himself in a location where he could be arrested. but at the same time, this is a signalfrom the but at the same time, this is a signal from the international community that what is taking place in ukraine and has taken place in ukraine is against international law. and the court is making the allegation that president putin is responsible for that. as you say, the foreign ministry in moscow is saying that this is nothing to do with them, they say the decisions of the international court have no meaning for our country. this is the spokeswoman. she says that russia is not a party to the rome statute to the international criminal court. there is no obligations and russia does not cooperate with this body, and so on. not surprisingly, the ukrainians have taken a different position. they have made it clear they welcome this. the chief prosecutor, i am looking for the quote here, has had very specifically that the world has received a signal that the russian regime is cri