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Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of 5 war crime murder charges. How did we get here?

After landing in Sydney airport following a flight from Brisbane, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested by Australian Federal Police. He’s been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, following a years-long joint investigation between police and the Office of the Special Investigator.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Ben Roberts-Smith arrested over alleged war crimes; Trump’s Iran deadline nears; and the appeal of barefoot hiking

Roberts-Smith previously failed in his attempt to sue three newspapers which published allegations he murdered unarmed civilians and bullied comrades

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s most decorated soldier arrested over war crimes allegations in Afghanistan

Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of murdering civilians and ordering subordinates to carry out executions

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Former Australian soldier charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

A former Australian soldier has been charged with war crimes on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: Iranians burn American and Israeli flags after Trump declares ceasefire and re-opening of Strait of Hormuz

The ‘double-sided ceasefire’ comes less than two hours before Trump was set to unleash devastating strikes on Iran’s civilian infrastructure

The Independent UK

Ben Roberts-Smith arrested and facing 5 war crime murder charges

Victoria Cross winner Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on Tuesday and will face five charges of the war crime of murder allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.

The Conversation

Trump says uranium will be ‘taken care of’ – as it happened

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Ben Roberts-Smith Arrested In Sydney Amid Five-Year Investigation Into Alleged Afghanistan War Crimes

The arrest comes amid a five-year investigation into Roberts-Smith’s service in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2012.

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Roberts-Smith behind bars following war crime charges

Australia's most decorated living soldier will spend the night in police custody after being charged with multiple counts of the war crime of murder.

AAP

Trump’s all-over-the-place Iran war press conference was thick on bombing threats, false claims and bragging

Donald Trump used his Monday press conference to claim the US has ‘won’ against Iran but is now threatening war crimes in future attacks

The Independent UK

Trump claims, without proof, Iranians welcome US strikes on infrastructure

President dismisses concerns that bombing civilian targets would punish ordinary people and could be war crimes

The Guardian - US

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes

Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump boasts plans to terrorize Iran without shame

President Donald Trump threatened to commit war crimes against Iran on Easter Sunday. Trump, in a fit of rage, promised to bomb civilian infrastructure throughout the country if Iran refuses to open the Strait of Hormuz.

The Mary Sue

‘You’ve lost your marbles’: Piers Morgan can’t hide his secondhand shame, orders Donald Trump to delete insane Easter message

The easter bunny delivered bomb threats.

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‘In Trump We Trust’ author accused the man she once worshipped of war crimes, legal experts say she’s right

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump accused of ‘threatening possible war crimes’ in Iran post

Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘ranting like an unhinged madman’ in threat to obliterate Iran’s power plants and bridges. Plus, Audrey Hepburn’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: president accused of ‘threatening possible war crimes’ in Iran post

Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘ranting like unhinged madman’ in threat to obliterate Iran’s power plants and bridges. Key US politics stories from 5 April

The Times of India

A threat to commit war crimes? Why Trump's new warning to Iran has shocked world

President Trump's inflammatory social media post threatening Iran with attacks on power plants and bridges has sparked grave concerns among international law experts. They warn such actions could constitute war crimes, violating principles against targeting civilian infrastructure and causing disproportionate harm to the populace. This rhetoric risks undermining established rules…

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The Times of India

Watch: Trump claims ‘many of Iran’s military leaders’ killed in ‘massive’ strike; shares video

US President Donald Trump claims "many of Iran's military leaders" were "terminated" in a major Tehran strike, sharing explosion footage without specifics. This follows Iran's missile attacks on Gulf states, Iraq, and Israel, and the downing of a US F-15 jet. Both nations have exchanged threats and carried out attacks,…

Axios

Trump threatens Iran with "hell" if Hormuz strait isn't open in 48 hours

Iran has accused the U.S. of planning to commit war crimes.

The Independent UK

Trump’s ‘Stone Ages’ threat against Iran harks back to a notorious Vietnam War declaration

ANALYSIS: President’s channeling of legendary Strategic Air Command boss Curtis LeMay in his bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ rhetoric is part of a longstanding campaign to delegitimize modern laws of war ... but ignores LeMay’s own judgments that his preferred tactics would be war crimes, Andrew Feinberg writes

Radio France Internationale

More than 1,800 killed by army and jihadists in Burkina Faso since 2023, NGO reports

Burkina Faso's army, its civilian auxiliaries and jihadist groups have killed more than 1,800 civilians since 2023 in acts that constitute "war crimes and crimes against humanity", Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure?

International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions

The Independent UK

Trump accused of ‘war crimes’ by United Nations chief

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Radio France Internationale

War crimes complaint filed in France over 2024 deadly Beirut building strike

A complaint filed in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment building that killed seven civilians, including the parents of a French-Lebanese artist, hours before a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect in November 2024.

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