World chemical weapons watchdog (OPCW) holds five-yearly meeting in The Hague. Starts with warning from senior UN official Izumi Nakamitsu that recent use in Syria, Russia, UK and Malaysia ‘threatens to unravel hard-won gains’ since 1997 CW convention Nakamitsu also dismisses claims by Russia, Syria, Iran, China and others that the OPCW has become politicised, backing its 'objectivity and independence' in investigating chemical weapons use

Annual meeting of world chemical weapons body OPCW in The Hague gets off to a typically divided start, with proceedings held up by a row over whether Russia should get a vice-chair spot given what Ukraine's allies call Moscow's 'war of aggression' c.connectedviews.com/01/SitePlayer/… OPCW chief Fernando Arias warns that 'the situation in Ukraine has again increased the real threat posed by weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons'

BREAKING - Dutch intelligence services say they prevented a Russian spy from accessing the International Criminal Court in the Hague as an intern. The man was working under a Brazilian identity but actually belonged to the GRU - @AFP Bonkers story. Dutch AIVD names the GRU agent as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, who had claimed to be a 33-year-old Brazilian citizen named Viktor Muller Ferreira. He was refused entry to the Netherlands in April as a threat to national security

Happy 100th #Bloomsday Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead… Halted, he peered down the dark winding stairs and called out coarsely:
- Come up, Kinch! Come up, you fearful Jesuit!

Breaking from @AFP in Washington - Trump authorizes sanctions against ICC officials who prosecute US troops. Comes after judges ruled in March that a probe into war crimes in Afghanistan must go ahead Pompeo during presser outlining these sanctions describes ICC as ‘some prosecutor in the Netherlands’

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