BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service East Asia

Original version

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Newshour

News

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

Newshour: 20/05/2024 13:06 GMT: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

Magazines & Reviews

Khanpix.jpg

20/05/2024 13:06 GMT

20/05/2024 13:06 GMT: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

BBC World Service - Newshour, ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

Karim Khan seeks warrants for the Israeli PM, defence minister, and Hamas leaders

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says his office is seeking arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. He alleges there is evidence to suggest starvation has been used as a method of warfare against civilians. The prosecutor has also applied for arrest warrants for three leaders of Hamas for war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with the October the 7th attacks in Israel. He said the decisions were the outcome of an independent and impartial investigation. ICC judges will now decide whether to grant the warrants.
 
Also in the programme: As Iran confirms the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, what's the mood in the capital Tehran? And will there be justice for victims of Britain's infected blood scandal?
 
(File photo: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan. October 12, 2023. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newshour

20/05/2024 13:06 GMT: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

About BBC World Service