Thinking, with nick robinson. Should israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should his Defence Minister, yoav gallant, face a Trialfor War crimes . That is what my guest on political thinking this week is arguing. He is the prosecutor, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Hes a british lawyer, whos trying also to bring the leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, to that court a court thats been derided, condemned for having no real teeth. And its notjust the two sides in the Gaza Conflict who hes targeting. Hes also said that President Putin of russia should Face Trial for war crimes. Karim khan, welcome to political thinking. Thank you for having me. Now, on the 24th Of May this year, you stood in front of a camera and you announced that you would be applying for Arrest Warrants at the International Criminal Court, for crimes committed during the ongoing conflict in gaza. Did you have any idea of the row that would follow . Well, i knew it was a powerful moment. I kne
Not doing enough to secure that deals and the United Kingdom has announced a partial suspension of Arms Exports to israel. Victory for germanys afd whove become the first far right party to win a regional election since World War ii. Also coming up on the World Today the mystery of the whale that some have said was spying for the Russian Navy and thats now been found dead. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ask for forgiveness from israelis for not being being able to bring back the hostages for that we were very close, he said, we were very close, he said, we were nearly they Are. But in a televised address a News Conference where he took questions from Journalists Mr Netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the key Philadelphia Corridor in the south of gaza. Something hamas has rejected. The Philadelphia Corridor runs along the egypt gaza border. It has em
Tomorrow night after the sentencing. Itll be such an important day in the courtroom for them and for everyone else. Indeed, excellent. Well done, my friend. Thank you, rachel. Well, it really is infrastructure week. And President Joe Biden got to say the words today that he has been wanting to say since inauguration day. We have a deal. And he was so excited about the deal he did something that president s never do. He went down to into the driveway, on the Pennsylvania Avenue Side of the white house with a Bipartisan Group of senators to announce the deal they just made. We have a deal. And i think its really important we all agree that none of us got but we all really wanted. I clearly didnt get all i wanted. They gave more than i think many were inclined to give in the first place. This reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States congress. They did not, i understand their position, republicans and this group did not want to go along with my family pl
Tomorrow night after the sentencing. Itll be such an important day in the courtroom for them and for everyone else. Indeed, excellent. Well done, my friend. Thank you, rachel. Well, it really is infrastructure week. And President Joe Biden got to say the words today that he has been wanting to say since inauguration day. We have a deal. And he was so excited about the deal he did something that president s never do. He went down to into the driveway, on the Pennsylvania Avenue Side of the white house with a Bipartisan Group of senators to announce the deal they just made. We have a deal. And i think its really important we all agree that none of us got but we all really wanted. I clearly didnt get all i wanted. They gave more than i think many were inclined to give in the first place. This reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States congress. They did not, i understand their position, republicans and this group did not want to go along with my family pl
Tomorrow night after the sentencing. Itll be such an important day in the courtroom for them and for everyone else. Indeed, excellent. Well done, my friend. Thank you, rachel. Well, it really is infrastructure week. And President Joe Biden got to say the words today that he has been wanting to say since inauguration day. We have a deal. And he was so excited about the deal he did something that president s never do. He went down to into the driveway, on the Pennsylvania Avenue Side of the white house with a Bipartisan Group of senators to announce the deal they just made. We have a deal. And i think its really important we all agree that none of us got but we all really wanted. I clearly didnt get all i wanted. They gave more than i think many were inclined to give in the first place. This reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States congress. They did not, i understand their position, republicans and this group did not want to go along with my family pl