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
off. just ahead our countries stand together and we stand stronger. and i believe the whole world is s safer when we do. we haven t degreed to anything yet, but i see the path. they should have held them accountable for the war crimes that they committed and most importantly for the war crimes he is still committing. probably my last year on the professional tour. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, may 19th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 5:00 a.m. in japan where the g7 superintendent summit will soon be welcoming volodymyr zelenskyy. he is expected to attend according to cnn sources. the war in ukraine is already making headlines in japan. a source tells cnn the u.s. will not stand in the way of allies who want to send f-16 fighter jets to kyiv and uk and european union is taking aim at moscow s funding for the war with new restrictions on russia diamond sales. salma abdelaziz is in london and kevin liptak also. kevi
against russia and the real hope among the leaders is that ukraine can gain territory that will lend it some leverage at the negotiating table with russia. when and where that taplace remains to be seen. but certainly it will be a dramatic visit. it is a long way for zelenskyy to come halfway across the world really, longest trip he s been on since the war began. he has recently begun traveling more. he didn t travel much at the start of the war but traveling more now. most recently europe last week and he did secure billions of dollars in commitments and military aid from the leaders he met there. they are behind closed doors here talking about ukraine, special session devoted to ukraine. and they are expected to emerge to announce new sanctions on russia. united states applying new sanctions on 300 individuals and entities. the goal is to try to close some