Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The International Criminal Court can pursue just four kinds of offenses.

All of them grave misdeeds such as crimes against humanity.

But there's a movement underway to add one more,

an eco-side, a crime against the environment.

And Britney Spears is back in court trying to shift the control over her life that's currently in the hands of her father.

We look into the unusual arrangement known as conservatorship that has stripped her of her rights since 2008.

But first,

today Russia will host a conference on Afghanistan aimed at supporting the peace process.

The talks will bring together the Afghan government and representatives of the Taliban,

as well as several international players, including America.

The meeting comes at a crucial time for Afghanistan.

Last February following negotiations with the Taliban,

the Trump administration agreed to withdraw all American troops by May 1st of this year.

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News

that America may miss that deadline.

I'm in the process of making that decision now as to when they'll leave.

The fact is that that was not a very solidly negotiated deal,

that the former president worked out.

And so we're in consultation with our allies as well as the government.

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