taylor swift, as she receives an honorary doctorate from new york university learn to live alongside cringe . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in ukraine since the russian invasion began. appearing in court in kyiv, the 21 year old admitted shooting dead a ukrainian man as he pushed a bicycle on the road. our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. this was a major moment for ukraine, the first russian soldier accused of a war crime, already up in court. vadim shishimarin is a russian tank commander. he s on trial for shooting and killing a civilian. all the time, the widow of the man killed was just the other side of the glass. the soldier seemed nervous and said little, until the words that mattered. asked whether he admitted his guilt, vadim shishimarin told thejudge, yes, completely. it was the very start of this war, as russian tan
Warrants for the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Were going to have much more continuing coverage of this coming up. Im kasie hunt, Cnn News Central starts right now cnn. Breaking news we are following this Breaking News. The International Criminal Court Moments ago announced it is seeking Arrest Warrants for the leaders of hamas for the october 7 Terrorist Attacks can israel and also seeking Arrest Warrants for the political and Military Leadership of the state of israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is really defenseman minister. Yoav gallant hamas is top political and military leaders also being sought for Crimes Against Humanity. All named just now, cnns chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour, has this exclusive interview with a Special Prosecutor at the International Criminal court, karim khan, who announced it to her just moments ago. And shes joining us right now from the hague christiane, tell me more tell us
not signed up to it. a huge number of instigators that right now with very fresh evidence or possible evidence of war crimes together. where do you as an expert in law see this going in the years ahead and how effective can the icc be in holding those accountable? i be in holding those accountable? ~ , , ., accountable? i think this is a real test of accountable? i think this is a real test of the accountable? i think this is a real test of the international| real test of the international criminal court. this is a great moment to see what it can do. they have more investigators on the ground in ukraine than ever before. this is the biggest case they have ever investigated. it is a real test of the organisation because i have to see if they can carry out this extraordinary set of investigations, they will have to work very closely with the ukrainian government and the ukrainian government and the ukrainian courts because the way the icc works is only 17 if the ukrainian courts are n