The Cour de cassation declared the warrant invalid under international law, which gives heads of state personal immunity from prosecution in foreign courts while they are in office.
The judges ruled there were no exceptions, but said their…
Category: 2. World
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Israeli Minister Backs Starvation Policy in Gaza
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israel’s far-right security minister Itamar Ben Gvir dismissed global warnings of famine in Gaza, openly supporting the starvation of Palestinians under siege.
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British PM sees potential recognition of Palestinian state
“Alongside our closest allies, I am working on a pathway to peace in the region, focused on the practical solutions that will make a real difference to the lives of those who are suffering in this war. That pathway will set out concrete steps to…
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UK condemns Hong Kong cash offer for help in arresting activists
The UK has condemned the latest cash offer from Hong Kong authorities for people who help in the arrest of pro-democracy activists living in Britain.
In a joint statement, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described…
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Zambia’s Stary Mwaba mines the toxic legacy of the Copperbelt’s ‘black mountains’
Stary MwabaZambia’s notorious “black mountains” – huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline – are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country’s leading visual artists.
“As kids, we used to call it ‘mu danger’ – meaning ‘in…
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School-leavers losing their lives for Russia in Putin’s war with Ukraine
Anastasia Platonova & Olga IvshinaBBC News Russian
VK/BBCAlexander (L) and Vitaly died not long after they arrived on the frontline in February Vladimir Putin has repeatedly promised that no 18-year-olds called up to serve Russia will be sent to…
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Social media war flares up amid border clashes
Koh EweBBC News, Singapore
ReutersAs the border clashes this week killed more than a dozen people in Thailand and Cambodia, regional governments have been trying to prevent a war between the two countries.
But a different kind of war between their…
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Trump and golf – striking balls and deals over 18 holes
Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent
EPATrump at his National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia Mick Mulvaney thought he had beaten Donald Trump. The president and his White House chief of staff were playing golf at Trump’s Bedminster club in…
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Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants
A Southwest Airlines plane rapidly dropped in elevation after departing from the Los Angeles area on Friday, with passengers posting online that the pilot was forced to rapidly change course to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft.
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What is inside the GHF food box being distributed in Gaza
Kevin Nguyen and Alex MurrayBBC Verify
ReutersMore than two million Palestinians in Gaza are facing a starvation crisis, with deaths from malnutrition rising by the day, according to the United Nations.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a…
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