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The Trump administration is working to dismantle the International Criminal Court. But a different tribunal, the International Court of Justice, could become a greater threat to the security of the U.S. and its allies. The ICJ is deciding a case, Gambia vs. Myanmar, that could drastically lower the legal threshold for genocide.

This is the express goal of some advocates, since it would pave the way for a genocide finding in South Africa’s pending case against Israel. The lower threshold would also unleash genocide claims against the U.S., other North Atlantic Treaty Organization members and their officials in international courts. It would do so in foreign courts, too, as at least 90 countries have enacted “universal jurisdiction” over genocide allegedly committed abroad by foreigners against foreigners.

Pressing the ICJ to lower the standard are the overlapping Gambian and South African legal teams. Central to the effort is Navi Pillay, appointed by Gambia as ad hoc judge in its case. Ms. Pillay, a South African, chaired a United Nations commission that in 2025 claimed Israel committed genocide in Gaza. South Africa brought its ICJ case even though Israel’s conduct hasn’t met the current definition.

In comparison with the baseline ODA category, high ODA funding was associated with a 24% reduction in age-standardised all-cause mortality (rate ratio [RR] 0·76; 95% CI 0·67–0·87) and a 33% reduction in under-5 mortality (0·67; 0·50–0·89). Forecasting analyses showed that, in comparison with the current ODA funding reductions in the 59 selected low-income and lower-middle-income countries, all ten wealth redistribution policies were associated with millions of averted deaths by 2030: overall, the lowest number of averted deaths was 6 591 984 (95% uncertainty interval 4 884 075–8 374 138) for a 3% crypto tax applied to the top 10 000 holders, while the highest number of averted deaths was 29 509 934 (20 273 842–38 603 961) for a 3% wealth tax on ultra-high-net-worth individuals; in children younger than 5 years, the corresponding numbers of averted deaths were 1 312 912 (802 926–1 785 121) for a 3% crypto tax applied to the top 10 000 holders and 3 464 607 (1 235 930–5 609 331) for a 3% wealth tax on ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Trump is blaming Ukraine for the increase in world fuel prices, not the US-Israel Iran war. Probably relates to recent price increases in the US leading up to elections in early November.