Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and Around The World. We start this hour with Breaking News and a Military Coup appears to be under way in myanmar. The countrys de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, president win myint and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Lets speak to our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head. What more can you tell us about what has been happening . It is what has been happening . It is not that clear what has been happening . It is not that clear from what has been happening . It 3 not that clear from here and bangkok. We are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside Myanmar Committee does appear numerous reports that the key leadership of the country including unsung suki have been detained by the military early this morning before dawn. Aung san sui kyi. In the capital which is not the main city but that has been more or less cut off and people are finding it very hard to get through on the phone o
Judges at the International Criminal court are due to sentence a former conga rebel leader of war crimes and sexual slavery. The impeachment inquiry into donald trump is stepping up a gear televised hearings starting next week washingtons top diplomat in ukraine William Taylor will be one of the 1st to appear or taylor said in earlier testimony it was his clear understanding trump would withhold Critical Military aid to ukraine unless kiev investigated his political rivals joe biden and his son that testimony also supports what other witnesses have said i think you will see throughout the course of the testimony not only their testimony but many others the. Most important facts are largely not contested we are getting an increasing appreciation for just what took place during the course of the last year and the degree to which the president and listed the whole departments of government in the illicit aim of trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as furthe
crimes, comes as he prepares for a meeting with xi jinping in moscow next week. hello, well come everyone. sandra smith in new york. john, we have made it to friday. john: we have, feels like monday for some reason with all the news happening. john roberts in happening. the icc claims putin is responsible for overseeing the unlawful abduction and deportation of children from ukraine to russia. moscow is calling the move meaningless. sandra: chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon l. what impact will this have in the short-term on vladimir putin? well, sandra, the announcement from the hague international criminal court could have an impact on whether xi of china goes ahead with a meeting with putin. if he does, he will be meeting with an alleged war criminal, now has an arrest warrant issued for the mass abduction of ukrainian children taken to russia and placed infiltration camps. modern day equivalent of the camps during world
Campaigns process for selecting a running mate for the former president. And then Michael Newton on the process of prosecuting war crimes in the International Criminal court in the context of the both israelhamas war and russias invasion of ukraine. Washington journal starts now. Host good morning. We begin the conversation on the campus protests around the country. Will it impact your vote in 2024 . Democrats, dialing this morning at 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Join us in a text, including first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or on facebook. Com cspan and you can also post on x with the handle, cspanwj. While we wait for calls, lets begin with President Bidens unexpected remarks on this yesterday. The Washington Post this morning frames it this way, biden calls for peace on campus. Here is a little bit of what he had to say. [video clip] pres. Biden there should be no place on any campus or in america for antisemitism or violence. There is
Cspan. Org history. Host joining us this morning from nashville is Michael Newton at vanderbilt university, the director of International Legal studies program there is also a former Senior Advisor to the investor at large for war crimes issued in the state department from 19992002. You been an Expert Witness what is the icc . Kiss the International Criminal court in the hague. Its a Permanent Court with permanent prosecutors and registry and defense counsel with broad jurisdiction with war crimes against humanity. The key thing for viewers to know is its a treaty based courts on the its a very complicated interconnected treaty that is reviewed periodically. Thats the notion in the hague. When people say the world court, they typically talk about the International Court of justice which is between states on the civil side but this is the criminal court. Host why does it matter by treaty . Guest it matters a lot because there is certain ascribed jurisdictions. The ideas when i join the