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Arrest warrant issued for Putin over alleged war crimes
BBC reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The court alleges he is responsible for war crimes, and has focused its claims on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It says the crimes were committed in Ukraine from 24 February 2022 – when Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Moscow has denied the allegations and labelled the warrants as “outrageous”.
It is highly unlikely that much will come of the move – the ICC has no powers to arrest suspects, and can only exercise jurisdiction within its member countries – and Russia is not one of them. However it could affect the president in other ways, such as being unable to travel internationally.
Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, is also wanted by the ICC for the same crimes.
BBC reported that former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair.
Trump, 76, denies wrongdoing. He is the first serving or former US president to face a criminal charge.
The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who has been pursuing the investigation, confirmed that it had contacted Trump’s attorney to “co-ordinate his surrender” on unspecified charges.
The ex-president lives in Florida and is expected to travel to New York City for his formal arrest and first hearing in court. Trump is expected to fly to New York on Monday and be arraigned in court on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. The charges in the indictment will be read to him at the hearing, which is set to last about 10-15 minutes.
The United States Secret Service – which is tasked with protecting serving and former US presidents – will be in charge of security for the court appearance.
President Ranil Wickremasinghe while tabling the IMF agreement in Parliament today (22) in his capacity as the Minister of Finance said that he would introduce Wealth Tax, Gift Tax and Estate Tax in lieu of the existing Property tax.
Aljazeera reported that a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, and tremors were felt as far away as India.
The quake epicentre is 40km (25 miles) south-southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm, near the borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Rezcue officials have confirmed that two persons had died in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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