In issuing of arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and his former defence minister puts at stake not just their fate but the reputation of the court itself.

The State Department said it was “closely monitoring” the situation.

The man convicted of killing US student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

There were reasonable grounds to believe the Israeli PM and his former defence minister were criminally responsible for starvation in Gaza and the persecution of Palestinians, the ICC judges said.

The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.