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Rishi Sunak urges world leaders to 'double down' on support for Ukraine

The Prime Minister said "the whole world must hold Russia to account" for war crimes against Ukraine and criticised the agreements of the "post-Cold War era" for failing Ukraine

Daily Mirror

U.S. declares Russia committed 'crimes against humanity' in Ukraine

The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday.

Reuters

Labour government support for Kyiv would be ‘unwavering’, Starmer tells Zelensky

The Labour leader also used his surprise trip to Ukraine to reiterate demands for justice for war crimes carried out by Russia.

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Keir Starmer meets President Zelensky in Ukraine to pledge 'unwavering support'

The Labour leader met with the Ukrainian leader in the capital ahead of next week’s first anniversary of the war - earlier in the day Keir Starmer travelled to Bucha and Irpin to see the sites of Russian war crimes

Daily Mirror

Starmer visits Ukraine to pledge continued commitment to Kyiv if he becomes PM

The Labour leader visited suburbs of Kyiv which saw heavy fighting and alleged war crimes in the opening months of the Russian invasion.

The Independent UK

Russia deports thousands of Ukrainian children. Investigators say that's a war crime

A team at Yale University is using open-source materials to document the forced removal of Ukrainian children to Russia. Russia says it's a vast humanitarian program.

WEKU

Investigators of alleged war crimes by Australians in Afghanistan set to hand over first brief of evidence

The Office of the Special Investigator is looking at between 40 and 50 alleged offences, Senate estimates hears

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Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Kosovo's relations with Serbia remain fraught with tension 15 years after it declared independence, with Belgrade still not recognising the statehood of its former province. With the war in Ukraine casting a shadow across the historically turbulent Balkans, the West is pressing the two sides to normalise ties to lessen…

Reuters

Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Reuters

Key witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial acted ‘like a drunken fool’ towards police, says magistrate

Federal police sought former soldier’s phone as part of investigation into war crimes potentially committed in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Russia Says Ukraine Planning to Blow up Buildings in False Flag Operation

Russia's defense ministry accused Ukraine of preparing to blow up buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and then accuse Moscow of carrying out war crimes and targeting civilians in a false flag operation. The defense ministry provided no evidence for the claims, which it outlined in a post…

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Russia says Ukraine planning to blow up buildings in false flag operation

Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine of preparing to blow up buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and then accuse Moscow of carrying out war crimes and targeting civilians in a false flag operation.

Reuters

Germany has Russian war crimes evidence in ‘three-digit range’, says prosecutor

Germany has collected more than a hundred pieces of evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the country’s prosecutor general said calling for it to be heard in an international court.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war: more than 100 soldiers returned to Kyiv in prisoner exchange

Announcement from Ukrainian president’s office follows Russian statement on 63 of its own soldiers

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Reuters

Germany has evidence of war crimes in Ukraine 'in three-digit range' - prosecutor

Germany has collected evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the country's prosecutor general said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding that he saw a need for a judicial process at international level.

Reuters

Liberian warlord's trial concludes in Switzerland

The appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded on Friday in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland.

The Independent UK

Convicted Khmer Rouge leader moved to Cambodian state prison

Khieu Samphan, who was convicted by a U.N.-backed tribunal of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for his role as a leader of the communist Khmer Rouge when they ruled Cambodia in 1975-1979, has been transferred from the tribunal’s jail to serve his life sentence at a state prison

The Guardian - AU

Former commando Heston Russell wins first round in defamation battle against ABC over Afghanistan articles

Federal court finds public broadcaster defamed the former special forces soldier by linking him to war crimes, but ABC will argue truth defence and that it acted in the public interestFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…

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ABC has to defend war crimes reports naming ex-commando

A court has ruled ABC reports naming an ex-army commando carried defamatory imputations he behaved unethically and was suspected of involvement in war crimes.

The Independent UK

Experts seek investigation of Wagner Group, Mali forces

Independent human rights experts working with the U.N. are calling for an investigation of possible abuses, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by government forces in Mali and Russian military contractor the Wagner Group

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: Frontline ‘very tough’ as Putin’s attacks ‘constant’, Zelensky says

The president has urged western allies for more weapons amid fierce fighting

Reuters

Race against the clock for Germany's top Nazi hunter

Germany's top Nazi hunter, Thomas Will, is hopeful of securing further convictions over the Holocaust even as the remaining suspects, many now in their late 90s, die.

The Independent UK

Nobel laureate wants more to help probe Russian war crimes

A Ukrainian human rights lawyer who shared last year’s Nobel Peace Prize is calling for more international investigative and legal help to deal with the staggering amount of war crimes cases since Russia invaded its neighbor almost a year ago

The Guardian - UK

Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead

Judges rule Russia eligible for trial for alleged war crimes in Ukraine because of its effective control over separatist-held areas

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Prosecuting genocide is not ‘optional’ for any nation

Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy contended that atrocities committed by Russian troops against unarmed Ukrainian citizens constituted war crimes.

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