Russian commissioner for children’s rights, wanted by the ICC, says she is "not ashamed of anything"
From CNN's Seb Shukla and Nathan Hodge
A senior Russian official wanted by the International Criminal Court said that she is "not ashamed of anything" she has done in an alleged scheme to illegally deport Ukrainian children to Russia in an interview with Vice News.
Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian commissioner for children’s rights, is being sought — along with Russian President Vladimir Putin — for the alleged "unlawful deportation and transfer of children" from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia. An ICC arrest warrant for Putin and Lvova-Belova was issued in March.
During the interview, when asked if she views herself as a war criminal, she laughed and said, "It’s funny. I am a mother. That says it all. A war criminal? What are you talking about?"
Sudan crisis: Civilians facing catastrophe as 100,000 flee fighting - UN
More than 100,000 people have fled Sudan since heavy fighting broke out between rival forces on 15 April, the UN has said.
Officials warned of a "full-blown catastrophe" if fighting does not end.
A further 334,000 people have been displaced within Sudan.
Fighting is continuing in the capital, Khartoum, between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), despite a ceasefire due to be in force.
Diplomatic efforts are being stepped up to try and get the warring parties to the negotiating table.
China ‘barring thousands of citizens and foreigners from leaving country’
Analysis of Chinese court records shows eightfold increase in cases mentioning exit bans between 2016 and 2022
China is increasingly barring people, including foreign executives, from leaving the country, according to a report and research.
Scores of Chinese nationals and foreigners have been ensnared by exit bans, according to the report from the rights group Safeguard Defenders, while a Reuters analysis has found an apparent surge in court cases involving such bans in recent years.
Rich nations finally on track to meet $100bn climate pledge – 3 years late
‘It is frankly an embarrassment that it hasn’t been possible to mobilise this money yet,’ says Denmark’s minister for global climate policy
Wealthy nations are on track to meet a $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries this year – three years later than promised,
Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said donor countries met on Monday to discuss progress towards their pledge, made back in 2009, to transfer $100bn (£80bn) per year from 2020 to vulnerable states hit by the increasingly severe impact of the climate crisis.
"The good news is that it looks like we are on track to finally reach the sum of $100 billion this year," Baerbock told a Berlin meeting of more than 40 county representatives to discuss efforts to tackle climate change.
Remembering the horrors of Colonia Dignidad in Chile
Chile and Germany have agreed to push for a memorial for the victims of sexual violence, torture and murder in the former German cult. But this isn't the first time such promises have been made.
If you ask Anna Schnellenkamp what she thinks of a memorial on the former Colonia Dignidad site, a notorious German cult-like enclave in Chile, she becomes obviously angry.
She grew up in the so-called "colony of dignity," lived there for 30 years and experienced the psychological terror, the forced labor and the beatings firsthand. The fact that many perpetrators and accomplices still have not been held accountable is something she just cannot understand.
"I'm for a memorial, but it has to tell the whole truth. We cannot forget that the first person who spoke out about what was going on was arrested. And we see that the Chilean state is clearly avoiding responsibility for what happened here."
Israeli army trades fire with Gaza militants after Palestinian death in custody
The Israeli military traded fire with Gaza militants Tuesday in a flare-up of violence following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.
The army said it hit Gaza with "tank fire" in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, sparking a renewed volley from Gaza that was witnessed by AFP journalists.
The exchange of fire came hours after 45-year-old prisoner Khader Adnan died, nearly three months after being detained in the occupied West Bank over his ties to the Islamic Jihad militant group.
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh described his death as a "deliberate assassination", charging Israel had killed him "by rejecting his request for his release, neglecting him medically and keeping him in his cell, despite the seriousness of his health condition".
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