President Biden rejects the ICC’s arrest warrants while US envoy Amos Hochstein continues ceasefire efforts. Plus, we head to Bucharest ahead of this weekend’s Romanian presidential elections. Then, we’re off to Milan to find out why Via Monte Napoleone is now the world’s most expensive street. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
Coming up on today's program, we fundamentally.
Reject the court's decision to issue arrest.
Warrants for senior Israel officials.
We'll hear some reactions to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yuv Gallant and how the US attitude may shift come January 20th.
Romania begins an election process this Sunday in a vote that's seen as a battle between pro Europeans and nationalists.
We'll have analysis from Bucharest.
As the US Department of Justice moves to limit Google's ubiquity.
We'll ask if this landmark case has the potential to influence how we all use the Internet.
Plus, our Europe editor, Ed Stocker joins us.
I'll be looking at how a street right here in Milan has the most expensive shop rents in the world.
All that right here on the Briefing with me, Georgina Godwin.
As we've been reporting, the International Criminal Courts issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense defense chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim al Masir, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.
Well, Mara Rudman is distinguished professor at the University of Virginia and a former U.S.
state Department official, and she joins us on the line now.
Mara, many thanks for coming on the briefing.
I wonder if you could give us an idea of the differing international reactions to the ICC announcements.
Sure.