UK, Germany and France back top criminal court after Trump sanctions
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BBC
4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Dozens of countries have expressed "unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after US President Trump imposed sanctions on its staff. We'll hear from a leading French politician. Also on the programme: Meeting violence with violence - critics say that the crackdown on crime by Ecuador's President has eroded human rights, but the security forces defend the approach; and the similarity between whales song and human speech astonishes scientists.
(Photo: The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: Reuters / Piroschka van de Wouw)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Newsar from the BBC World Service coming to you live from our studios in central London. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Julian Marshall. |
| 0:13.1 | And we begin today with a hostile reaction to President Trump's decision to impose sanctions on staff working for the International Criminal Court. |
| 0:22.2 | Mr. Trump's executive order accuses the ICC of illegitimate and baseless actions. |
| 0:28.2 | After it issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over-allege war crimes in Gaza, |
| 0:35.4 | which Israel denies. |
| 0:37.3 | The order places financial and visa restrictions |
| 0:39.5 | on individuals and their families who assist the ICC in their investigations of American citizens |
| 0:46.9 | or allies. The court itself says it stands by its personnel and will continue providing |
| 0:53.7 | justice and hope to millions of innocent victims |
| 0:56.6 | of atrocities around the world. |
| 0:59.3 | The United Nations has called for a reversal of the order. |
| 1:03.1 | While governments around the world have now condemned Mr. Trump's action, |
| 1:07.1 | nearly 80 of them, including some of the U.S.'s closest allies, |
| 1:13.1 | have issued a statement saying the measures increased the risk of impunity for the most serious crimes. But there was praise for President Trump's order from Mr. |
| 1:22.4 | Natineau himself speaking in Washington. The American-Israeli alliance has never been stronger. And under his leadership, |
| 1:30.5 | the critical decisions that show his commitment and the American people's commitment to Israel |
| 1:36.6 | have come to the fore instantly. He issued yesterday these sanctions on this scandalous and |
| 1:43.6 | corrupt organization, the ICC, that threatens |
| 1:46.5 | the right of all democracies to defend themselves by themselves. |
| 1:50.5 | And I spoke earlier to Eleanor Kahwa, a member of the French Parliament, from President |
| 1:55.2 | Macron's Renaissance Party. |
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