This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Friday the 22nd of November, these are our main stories.

Israel's Prime Minister accuses the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism

after it issued arrest warrants for him and former defence minister

Yoav Galant. It wasn't an intercontinental ballistic missile after all, but Russia uses a new

and experimental ballistic missile against Ukraine. Matt Gates, Donald Trump's controversial

pick to be US Attorney General pulls out.

Also in this podcast, the winners at this year's

Video Game Golden Joystick Awards in London.

And a dying star meets the scientist watching it from afar.

We were really lucky to catch it because the changes we see now

might mean that it's much close to its death,

possibly just mere years or decades.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a furious reaction

to the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for him and his former defence minister, Joav Galant, over their conduct in the war in Gaza.

Mr Netanyahu described as absurd and false, the ICC's claim that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that he and Mr. Gallant

were guilty of using starvation as a method of war against Palestinian civilians.

The warrants have also been issued because the two men are suspected of crimes against humanity,

murder, persecution and other inhuman acts.

Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gallant deny any wrongdoing and insist that Israel's

war against Hamas is just following last year's October the 7th massacre, which sparked the conflict.

The Prime Minister said the ICC wanted to harm the Jewish state.

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