1 hour ago Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant

Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their countryMiddle East crisis – live updatesUK politics live – latest updatesHungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s momentous decision.The world’s highest criminal court issued warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas commander Ibrahim al-Masri, commonly known as Mohammed Deif, who is believed to be dead, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago ICC's arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant explained

Everything you need to know after Israel’s Prime Minister and former defence minister are accused of war crime and crimes against humanity

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2 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu thanks Orbán for invite after ICC warrant, saying Hungary on ‘side of justice and truth’

Israeli PM thanks his Hungarian counterpart after he extends invite in defiance of moves by International Criminal CourtThe US have said they “fundamentally reject” the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israel officials and said the court does not have jurisdiction over the matter.On Thursday, arrest warrants were issued by the court for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the late Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Hungary to invite Netanyahu to visit in defiance of ICC arrest warrant

Viktor Orban, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, said he rejects warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in GazaThe US have said they “fundamentally reject” the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israel officials and said the court does not have jurisdiction over the matter.On Thursday, arrest warrants were issued by the court for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the late Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Trump allies warn Britain would face US reprisals for helping International Criminal Court arrest Netanyahu as Home Secretary says UK 'respects' warrant against Israeli PM

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK 'respects the independence' of the ICC after the action against Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-minister Yoav Gallant.

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7 hours ago Hungary's Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he will defy an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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8 hours ago Benjamin Netanyahu unlikely to be arrested in Britain after ICC ruling, says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Israeli premier condemns arrest warrants against him and his defence minister as ‘antisemitic’ and US president Joe Biden calls them ‘outrageous’

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10 hours ago Israelis rally around war effort after ICC issues warrant for Netanyahu

Decision to seek prime minister’s arrest provokes rare display of unity in politically polarised country

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16 hours ago What is the International Criminal Court and what does an arrest warrant mean for Israel’s Netanyahu?

Hague prosecutors have accused Israeli and Hamas leaders of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity

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18 hours ago Putin ‘has no interest in peace’, says Zelenskyy, as US accuses Russian leader of ‘escalating at every turn’ – Ukraine war live

Ukrainian president condemns IRBM strike as ‘severe escalation’; Putin claims Moscow ‘had the right’ to strike western countries that provide Kyiv with long-range weaponsPutin says Russia fired experimental ballistic missile into UkraineUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has issued a statement on X after Vladimir Putin said Russian forces had hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipro with a new experimental mid-range ballistic missile.The Russian leader has “admitted” to taking a step “toward escalating and expanding this war” by using a new ballistic missile on Ukraine, Zelenskyy wrote.Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war — a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia.Putin alone ...

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