We reject that. And will always stand with israel and the threats against its security. Mr khan alleges there is evidence to suggest � starvation� has been used by the Prime Minister and his Defence Minister as a � method of war� against civilians. He also alleges israeli leaders killed wilfully, intentionally directing attacks against civilians. Mr netanyahu has described the allegations as � absurd. In respect of hamas, the prosecutor alleges there is clear evidence they ordered mass murder, rape and the Inhumane Treatment of hostages. A panel of iccjudges must now decide whether they believe the evidence is sufficient to issue warrants, something which could take weeks or months. Our Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams explains more from jerusalem. The icc prosecutors decision to seek Arrest Warrants against members of hamas and the israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister yoav gallant has caused outrage all around. Hamas have said they believe the icc is confusing the perpetrator with the victim and Benjamin Netanyahu has released a long two passionate, angry statement in which he accuses mr khan, the prosecutor, of Anti Semitism in very blunt terms indeed. He has called this step a moral outrage of historic proportions that will cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court. Israeli politicians, in fact the whole country really, has responded as one regarding with the degree of horror the comparison between three members of the hamas leadership and the israeli government. For most israelis, for almost all israelis, any suggestion that the two sides are equally culpable, equally guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, is simply an outrage and they reject it completely. It has brought together politicians of all stripes, including many of mr netanyahu cosmetic ferocious opponents and even representatives of the israeli hostages and their families have said that they also reject that comparison. For more on this, i spoke to ambassador todd buchwald, former head of the office of Global Criminaljustice at the Us Department of state and current professorial lecturer in law at George Washington university. Israel does not recognise the International Criminal caught. Can it ignore these proceedings . It can it ignore these proceedings . Can it ignore these roceedins . , proceedings . It does not recognise proceedings . It does not recognise the proceedings . It does not recognise the Court Proceedings . It does not recognise the court but l proceedings . It does not recognise the court but i | proceedings . It does not i recognise the court but i do not think it can ignore the proceeding. 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Versus the rest of the world where those on hundred and 24 other countries imagine there . It hundred and 24 other countries imagine there . Hundred and 24 other countries imagine there . It remains to be seen how the imagine there . It remains to be seen how the other imagine there . It remains to be seen how the other country seen how the other country summit will deal with this but they will be under what they consider a legal obligation. So far the indications are this is not doing, if the idea should break the bond between the United States and israel, this is having the exact opposite results. We saw the statements by President Biden and Antony Blinken this morning within an hour or two within the prosecutors announcement and they were staunchly behind the israelis, calling the move outrageous in this kind of thing. I do not think this is going to at all break the bond between the United States and israel, if anything it will ring them closer together if anything. 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We have seen pictures on television and so forth and that they have been a tragic number of deaths and destruction, that does not necessarily tell us the extent to which war crimes have been committed or who was responsible for them. It is hard to know. The prosecutor announced the charges today, he gave a lengthy charges about what the charges were but did not release the actual evidence based on Witness Testimony or whatever estimation they put together in the case file. Should the judges together in the case file. Should thejudges decide together in the case file. Should the judges decide to issue these Arrest Warrants, what effect was that actually have on what israel, what hamas are both doing. Obviously there are both doing. Obviously there are Arrest Warrants issued for three Senior Leaders or application for Arrest Warrants for three senior hamas leaders as well. Given they have been resolutions from the security council, Un General Assembly etc that have had limited effect . ~. Etc that have had limited effect . ~. ,. , effect . Well, the fact that hamas leaders effect . Well, the fact that hamas leaders and effect . Well, the fact that hamas leaders and the. Effect . Well, the fact thatj hamas leaders and the us effect . Well, the fact that l hamas leaders and the us is completely different. The most immediate way in which the restaurants operate is a quasi travel ban. It creates a situation in which the target of the Arrest Warrant travels at his or her peril to a country that is an icc state member because the icc state member because the icc state member may under their obligation arrest the person. That is much more of a problem for israel who has a leader who goes to other countries and meets with icc Member States frequently and hamas, hamas leaders do not really travelled to london, to paris, to meet with french and uk and german leaders and so forth. So it is much more important in my mind it is much more important for the israeli leaders than for hamas. Now to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in gaza. The New York Times reports officials on monday say one of the first aid shipments to arrive inside of the territory through a us built pier was looted over the weekend. A Un World Food Programme spokesperson says crowds intercepted a convoy of 16 trucks that were loaded with goods and ran off. The organisation suspended deliveries from the pier on sunday and monday. Iran is observing five days of mourning, after its president , ebrahim raisi, was killed in a Helicopter Crash on sunday. He had been travelling with the foreign minister through thick fog and rain, in a remote area near the border with azerbaijan. Irans supreme leader, ali khamenei, says the Vice President will take over until elections onjune 28th. Our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports. In the fog at first light on this forbidding terrain, the crash site was finally reached and the bodies pulled from this wreckage, including president raisi and his foreign minister, abdollahian. A journalist from irans State Tv Reporting from this scene, the blue and white tailfin behind him. No one survived when this helicopter came down in the mountains of north west iran, killing eight people on board. They had flown in a convoy of three choppers, close to the border with azerbaijan. President Raisi Inaugurating A new dam. The azeri president , ilham aliyev, says he bid him a friendly farewell. In tehran today, a sad goodbye the grief of his faithful flock. And on social media, scenes of sorrow, but also, celebration. The bbc� s persian service, which cant report inside iran, has been monitoring the messages. They see him, they call him, he is the president of the poor people. But the reality is, if you look at the mass majority of iranians, we know what we are hearing from inside iran and those people who dare to come on social media and express their opinions, we see there are huge numbers of people are expressing their excitement. His death. Chanting on president raisis watch, iran cracked down on unprecedented protests a new generation lashing out against strict islamic rules, restricting their freedoms. His sudden demise wont change irans direction. Its a big mistake that western governments they rely very much on people hostile towards iran for their analysis and for their information, and thats what makes them pursue mistaken policies that only backfire. In the islamic republic, the 85 year old supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei, is the ultimate authority. Raisi was seen as his possible successor. The hardliners control all the levers of power. As they start the process to select a new president , continuity is their top priority. Lyse doucet, bbc news. And although some countries including iraq, syria and lebanon havejoined iran in mourning, the Us State Department had a harsher response. We regret any loss of life, dont want to see anyone die in a Helicopter Crash. But that does not change the reality of his record, both as a judge and the president. Run. The fact he has blood on his hands. Run around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at another Story Making Headlines new research has shown that some people paralysed from the neck down have some movement restored by electrical pulses around the damaged area coupled with physiotherapy. A Clinical Study of the technique on 60 patients who had their injuries several years ago found that 43 showed some improvement in their hand movements. Pallab ghosh has more. This is how it works the brain sends instructions to move arms and legs through nerves in the spinal column. If there is a break, those signals are weakened. But the signals are boosted by electrical pulses from electrodes around the damaged area when coupled with physiotherapy. So, this is a device that the patients use, it sends pulses of High Frequency electricity to these electrodes, which are attached to the patient� s spine. And these are attached here and here, they are return electrodes to complete the circuit. It is the latest peace of work the device is the latest development of work of work by a swiss team, based in lausanne. Youre live with bbc news. Former president Donald Trumps lawyers have started their defence of the former president in his criminal � hush money� trial in a manhattan courtroom, after the prosecution rested. It followed another day of Cross Examination of the prosecutions star witness mr trumps former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. During his testimony, mr cohen admitted to stealing 30,000 from the trump organization. Its the latest effort by the defence to discredit cohen. Mr trumps legal team, once again, asked thejudge to dismiss the case. I think the case is going very well. We have advanced the determination of the case. This case should be terminated, it should not go anywhere. It should be terminated right now. And New York State has to build up its system again. New york state cannot let this happen. Cannot let this happen. There was no crime. We did nothing wrong and i want to get back to campaigning. I am representing millions and millions, hundreds of millions of people. Defence lawyers also called former Legal Adviser for mr cohen Robert Costello as a witness, prompting some moments of tension. The bbc� s nada tawfik has more todays developments. A Wildcard Witness gets a dramatic dressing down by the judge. Drums lawyers got Michael Cohen to admit that he stole from his former boss. Cohen built the Trump Organisation 50,000 to cover a 20,000 payment to an It Company Stop and he pocketed the rest he said because he was angry about his bonus being cut. Prosecutorspent angry about his bonus being cut. Prosecutor spent the end of their case rehabilitating their star witness, reminding their star witness, reminding the court he was not the one on trial and refocusing jurors mind on parts of his testimony that mattered. Cohen reiterated that mattered. Cohen reiterated that donald trump gave him a final sign off to pay the adult film star stormy daniels. He said speaking out turned his entire life upside down. And things got heated. The defence called attorney Robert Costello who offered to represent cohen when federal authorities were investigating him in 2018, when thejudge investigating him in 2018, when the judge sustained several of the judge sustained several of the prosecutions objections, the prosecutions objections, the witness remarked, geez, in exasperation. Thejudge paused to remind him of proper court decorum. Then things escalated further, after he accused mr castillo of staring him down. Thejudge castillo of staring him down. The judge cleared out the court, in what was one of the most dramatic moments of this historic trial. The incident however will have little impact on the case itself, which is winding down. Closing arguments will be next tuesday, may 28, after the long holiday weekend. Britains Prime Minister has apologised to the victims of an infected blood scandal, widely considered to be the biggest Healthcare Disaster in the history of the National Health service. More than 30,000 people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c after being given contaminated blood between the early 1970s and early 1990s. 3,000 people have already died, while others are still living with the ongoing effects of infection. These are some of their faces. A seven year Public Inquiry into the infected blood, published on monday, identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments. Victims and campaigners say those involved in the cover up over what happened, should hang their heads in shame. The bbc� s Health Editor hugh pym reports, on the conclusions, of a landmark hearing. Looking this way. On day one of this enquiry, perry supported by family gave evidence. There is a hue by family gave evidence. There is a huge impact by family gave evidence. There is a huge impact on by family gave evidence. There is a huge impact on family. Is a huge impact on family. Because they carry you and he did not survive long enough to see todays report. 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