US President Joe Biden has joined Britain in welcoming the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine.

Biden said Putin “clearly committed war crimes” and that the order, while not recognized in the US, was “justified” and had an “extreme case.”

His comments came after British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said it was crucial for regime leaders in Moscow to be held accountable for atrocities committed since the invasion a year ago.

The Hague-based ICC said it had issued arrest warrants for the Russian leader over the alleged kidnapping and deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia.
The Kremlin dismissed the charges as “illegitimate” – which does not recognize the International Criminal Court.

However, Mr. Cleverley said on social media: “Those responsible for the egregious war crimes in Ukraine must be brought to justice.

“We welcome the move of the independent ICC to hold accountable those at the top of the Russian regime, including Vladimir Putin.

“The work to investigate the atrocities committed must continue.”

Union leader Sir Keir Starmer, the former chief prosecutor’s office, also supports the move.
“Today’s announcement sends an important message: there will be no hiding place for Putin and his cronies, and the world is determined to make them pay for what they did,” he said.

“These cases are just the tip of the iceberg. One day Putin will be put on trial: until then, the focus of all those who believe in a free Ukraine must remain on ensuring their victory.

While there is no possibility of Putin’s arrest anytime soon, legal experts have pointed to the examples of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic and Liberian President Charles Taylor as international leaders on trial in The Hague.

Lance Reddick, a character actor specializing in intense, cold, and potentially sinister authority figures on television and films such as The Wire, Fringe, and the John Wick franchise, has died. He is 60 years old.

Redick died “suddenly” Friday morning, his publicist Mia Hansen said in a statement, attributing his death to natural causes. No further information was provided.

Wendell Pierce, the co-star of Redick’s The Wire, paid tribute on Twitter. “A man of great strength and grace,” he wrote. “Incredibly talented musician and actor. Class emblem.” John Wick: The Fourth director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves said they dedicated the upcoming film to Reddick and were “deeply saddened and heartbroken over the loss.”

Reddick often wore a suit or uniform throughout his career, playing the role of a man of high rank, reserved and elegant. He is best known for his role as Lt. Cedric Daniels on the HBO series The Wire, where his character gets caught up in the convoluted politics of the Baltimore Police Department.

Wire creator David Simon tweeted his praise of Reddick: “A consummate professional, a dedicated collaborator, a wonderful and gentle man, a loyal friend. I could go on, but no, I can’t go on. This is an evisceration.” And way, way too fast.

“I am an artist at heart. I feel very good at what I do. When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as the other students, but because I was black and not pretty, I knew I had to work to be the best and get noticed,” Reddick said in the Los Angeles Times, 2009.

Reddick also played special agent Philip Broyles in Fox’s Fringe, the well-dressed Matthew Abaddon in Lost, and the multi-talented concierge at the Continental Hotel Charon in the John Wick Lionsgate films, including the upcoming fourth series. Month out.

“The world of Wick would not be what it is without Lance Reddick and the unprecedented depth he brings to Charon’s humanity and unflinching charisma. Lance left an indelible legacy and a most memorable work, but we will remember him as our wonderful and cheerful friend and doorman,” Lionsgate said in a statement.

Reddick was nominated for a 2021 SAG Award for being part of the ensemble cast of Regina King’s One Night in Miami. He had recurring roles in American Intelligence and Horror Story and starred on The Bosch Show for seven years.

Her upcoming projects include the 20th-century remake of White Men Can’t Jump and Shirley, a Netflix biopic about former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. He will also appear in John Wick Ballerina’s spin-off and Kane’s Court Martial.

Born and raised in Baltimore, Reddick is a Yale School of Drama graduate who has had post-school success, appearing as a guest or in recurring roles on CSI: Miami and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also acted in films such as I Dreamed of Africa, The Siege, and Great Expectations.

In the fourth season of Oz, Reddick played a cursed undercover officer who is sent to prison and becomes an addict and makes his career breakthrough.

“Television never interested me. I always saw it as a means to an end. Like most actors, I was only interested in theater and cinema. But Oz replaced television. This began HBO’s reign of quality, unusual, and artistic. Things reminiscent of the great cinema of the 60s and 70s,” he told The Associated Press in 2011.

“When the opportunity for ‘Oz’ presented itself, I jumped at it. And when I read the pilot for The Wire, as someone who never wanted to be on TV, I knew I had to be on this show.”

Reddick attended the prestigious Eastman School of Music, where he studied classical composition and piano. Her first album, the jazzy Contemplations and Remembrances was released in 2011.

He had a recurring role as Jeffrey Tetazu, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, on the CBS series Intelligence. In American Horror Story: Coven, he plays Papa Legba, the intermediary between humans and the spirit world.

Reddick is survived by their wife, Stephanie Reddick, and children, Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick.

Russia has awarded state awards to two fighter pilots involved in shooting down a US surveillance drone that crashed in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said, as US officials said spy flights in the region had resumed.

While awarding the pilots of the Su-27 fighter jets on Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu praised their achievement in preventing the drone from flying in an area near Crimea that has been banned by Moscow.

“Flying with the transponder turned off, the drone violated the limitations of the temporary use zone of airspace designated for special military operations [and] notified all users of international airspace,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement from Moscow time.

Pro-Kremlin political analyst Sergei Markov said the pilot award was “a clear sign that Russia will continue to shoot down American drones.”

“This decision has the strong support of the Russian people, who want the government to streamline its policies,” Markov wrote in his comments.

Russia’s award comes a day after the US military released a 42-second declassified video showing a Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepting the drone, nearly running out of fuel, in an apparent attempt to take out the drone to prevent damage to the drone’s optics and other damage. Technical instrument.

The US military said it was forced to down the MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea after a Russian jet struck its fin while flying in international airspace. Russia denies its plane caused physical damage to the US drone and says it crashed during a sharp maneuver.

US officials say it will be difficult to recover the remains of what was done because of the deep waters of the Black Sea. However, Russian state media reported that the Russian Navy found the drone’s wreckage about 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the Crimean port city of Sevastopol at a depth of 850 to 900 meters (2,788 to 2,952 feet), according to the Moscow Times.

Although Moscow and Washington initially exchanged heated words about the drone incident, the US appears keen to defuse tensions, saying it is unknown whether the Russian pilot shot down the UAV on purpose.

Russian officials also emphasized the need to maintain lines of communication with Washington after the incident while strongly criticizing the US for conducting surveillance flights over its border and sharing military intelligence with Ukraine that would be used in attacks by Russian forces.

US officials said on Friday that its surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea had already resumed.

An RQ-4 Global Hawk flew a mission to the region on Friday, two officials told the Reuters news agency, with one adding that it was the first such drone flight since the downing of the drone on Tuesday.

Amid escalating tensions between the United States and China, Beijing’s defence scientists have issued a warning about North Korea’s military capabilities. The scientists claim that North Korea possesses a highly potent ballistic missile that could cause significant damage to American soil in just 33 minutes.

The warning comes as the US and South Korea conduct joint military exercises, and North Korea continues to issue threats against the US. The missile in question is nuclear-capable and was recently launched near the Japan border.

Chinese defence experts suggest that if the US missile defence system fails to intercept it, the missile could reach Central America in under 33 minutes.

The research, published in the Chinese-language journal Modern Defense Technology, focuses on the Hwasong-15 missile, which North Korea first fired in 2017.

According to the research team led by Tang Yuan of the Beijing Institute of Electronic Systems Engineering, the Hwasong-15 missile is a two-stage nuclear-capable weapon with an effective range of 13,000 km. This range is sufficient to target the entire US soil.

The Chinese team claims that the missile originated from Suncheon, a city in South Pyongan province in central North Korea, and its intended destination is Missouri, a Central American state in the US.

If launched, the US missile defence headquarters would receive an alert about 20 seconds later. The first batch of intercepting missiles would take off from Fort Greely in Alaska within 11 minutes.

If this attempt fails, another wave of interceptors will be launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. While no official statement has been made by the US regarding China’s research, experts warn that any conflict involving North Korea could quickly escalate into a global crisis, underscoring the increasing tension between the US and China.

The US has been advocating for a more robust missile defence system, and this research by Chinese defence scientists emphasizes the importance of such efforts.