legislatures, asking state governors, asking state elector officials to do the right thing. in fact, even asking vice president pence was protected by free speech. well, former vice president pence did not dispute trump s right to ask. but he is once again drawing attention to what he was asked to do a day before january 6th, he came back as his lawyers did. he said we want you to launch those votes outright. they were asking me to overturn the election. i had no right to overturn the election. i know we did our duty that day. well, the federal judge tanya chutkan in d.c. has set a timeline for tomorrow at five pm when the trump team must respond if they object to the government s request for a protective order on evidence in this case, a request prompted by trump s activity on social media as of late, effectively setting up the first showdown of what is expected to be a protracted court battle. now, the indictment remains the top story on the front pages of the new y
moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i
still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed over to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete distain to what they have just heard. the fact is vladimir putin is still president of russia, comfortable in
removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human rights going backwards? geoffrey robertson, welcome to hardtalk. how big a deal is the icc s decision to charge vladimir putin with war crimes and issue an arrest warrant? it s very important because it has removed a credibility that he would otherwise have had. he is banned now from 123 countries. so, in addition, he may well end up in the hague, not soon, of course, but in years to come, there may be a coup and he may, like milosevic, be handed overfor. to ease sanctions. he may, in time, he s only 69, be stumbling into the dock like some old nazi, as there are at the moment in germany, so it is not without significance. i m imagining people listening to you in moscow and giving a look of complete disdain to what they have just heard. the fact is vladimir putin is still president o
the outgoing prime minister sanna marin congratulated mr orpo on his victory. voters in paris have opted overwhelmingly to ban rented electric scooters from the streets of the french capital. the public consultation was called by the city s mayor anne hidalgo after three people died and more than four hundred were injured in accidents involving e scooters last year. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the international criminal court s arrest warrant for vladimir putin on war crimes charges represents a massive boost for advocates of internationaljustice, or does it? moscow has dismissed the move as political and a significant number of governments and people around the world appear to agree. and, of course, putin will not be removed from office, still less arrested. well, my guest is the world renowned human rights lawyer geoffrey robertson. is the campaign for global cooperation to uphold international law and human r