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Harry Davies and Marina Dunbar

Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on 4 February.
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Lenin Nolly/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Donald Trump has signed an executive order that authorises aggressive economic sanctions against the international criminal court (ICC), accusing the body of “illegitimate and baseless actions” targeting the US and Israel.

The order grants the US president broad powers to impose asset freezes and travel bans against ICC staff and their family members if the US determines that they are involved in efforts to investigate or prosecute citizens of the US and certain allies.

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