Major League Baseball reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson

MLB announces stunning decision allowing two scandalized legends to receive Hall of Fame honors

In an absolutely stunning decision, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has reversed the lifetime bans that would prevent 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson and Pete Rose from being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rose and Jackson had been placed on the 'permanently ineligible' list to be enshrined in Cooperstown by MLB for decades due to accusations of gambling on their own team's games.

Now, both Jackson and Rose are set to potentially be voted into the Hall of Fame after years of petitioning to allow either of them to be included.

In a letter to attorney Jeffrey Lenkov, who petitioned on the late Rose's behalf for removal from the list on January 8, Manfred has now established precedent for a player being taken off the 'permanently ineligible' list.

'Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot represent a threat to the integrity of the game,' Manfred's letter said. 

'Moreover, it is hard to conceive of a penalty that has more deterrent effect than one that lasts a lifetime with no reprieve. 

Pete Rose is now be eligible for Hall of Fame induction after a decision by MLB's commissioner

Commissioner Rob Manfred removed the names of players who had died from the list

Manfred's decision also allows White Sox star 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson to be considered

Therefore, I have concluded that permanent ineligibility ends upon the passing of the disciplined individual, and Mr. Rose will be removed from the permanently ineligible list.' 

Both Rose and Jackson will likely be considered for enshrinement by the Hall's Classic Baseball Era Committee - which evaluates players whose careers ended over 15 years ago. The two will need 12 of 16 votes to be inducted and the committee doesn't meet again until December 2027 to select players for enshrinement in 2028.

The ban for Rose has been held in place since 1989 and was instituted by late commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti after an investigation revealed he had been betting on games while he managed the Cincinnati Reds.

Meanwhile, Jackson's ban was instituted by MLB's first commissioner, Kennesaw Mountain Landis, in 1921 - along with the rest of the 1919 Chicago White Sox for the infamous 'Black Sox' scandal which saw the team purposely fix the World Series.

But now, Manfred's decision allows the entire 1919 White Sox team to be eligible for induction.

In addition to Rose, Jackson, and the 'Black Sox', former Philadelphia Phillies president Williams Cox and former New York Giants outfielder Benny Kauff will be eligible. 

Rose first applied for reinstatement in September 1997, but Commissioner Bud Selig never ruled on the request. Manfred in 2015 rejected a petition for reinstatement, saying 'Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life.'

Rose died on September 30 at age 83, and a new petition was filed Jan. 8 by Lenkov, a lawyer who had represented Rose for years. Both Lenkov and Rose's daughter Fawn had met with Manfred on Dec. 17.

Manfred's decision would allow everyone on the 1919 White Sox to be considered for the Hall

Jackson's involvement in the 'Black Sox' scandal has been long debated - even after his death in 1951 - and he long maintained his innocence. He's now considered a cult hero in US sports. 

Rose, meanwhile, is considered one of the greatest hitters in the history of baseball

A 17-time All-Star during a playing career from 1963-86, Rose holds record for hits (4,256), games (3,562), at-bats (14,053), plate appearances (15,890) and singles (3,215). He was the 1963 NL Rookie of the Year, 1973 MVP and 1975 World Series MVP. A three-time NL batting champion, he broke the prior hits record of 4,191 set by Ty Cobb from 1905-28.

Jackson was a .356 career hitter who was among the eight Black Sox banned for throwing the 1919 World Series. 

Up until his death in 1951, Jackson maintained his innocence and became a cult hero in American sporting mythology. He remains one of the sport's most recognizable names in part for his depiction by Ray Liotta in the movie Field of Dreams.

Under a rule adopted by the Hall's board of directors in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can't be considered for election to the Hall. 

Jackson was twice considered on ballots by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, but received just 0.9% in 1936 and 1% of a nominating vote in 1940.

Rose's reinstatement occurred too late for him to be considered for the BBWAA ballot. If not on the permanently banned list, Rose would have been eligible on the ballots each from 1992 through 2006. He was written in on 41 votes in 1992 and on 243 of 7,232 ballots (3.4%) over the 15 years, votes that were not counted.

Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement that players affected by Manfred's ruling Tuesday would be considered.

'The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always maintained that anyone removed from Baseball´s permanently ineligible list will become eligible for Hall of Fame consideration,' she said. 'Major League Baseball's decision to remove deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list will allow for the Hall of Fame candidacy of such individuals to now be considered.'

Unlike Jackson, Rose was never put on the ballots of BBWAA voters after his ban

Without the ban, both players are eligible for the Hall's Classic Baseball Era, which next meets to consider players in December 2027 and considers those whose greatest contributions to the sport were before 1980.

A 10-person historical overview committee selects the eight ballot candidates with the approval of the Hall's board and the ballot is considered by 16 members at the winter meetings, with a 75% or higher vote needed. The committee members include Hall of Fame members, team executives and media/historians.

Among the players in the 2028 class eligible for the BBWAA ballot are Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina.

Rose's supporters have included U.S. President Donald Trump, who has said he intends to pardon Rose posthumously. Manfred discussed Rose with Trump when the pair met in April, but he hasn´t disclosed specifics of their conversation.

It's not clear what a presidential pardon for Rose would entail. Rose entered guilty pleas on April 20, 1990, to two counts of filing false tax returns, admitting he failed to report $354,968 during a four-year period. 

Rose was sentenced on July 19, 1990, by U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel in Cincinnati to five months in prison. He also was fined $50,000 and ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service as a gym teacher's assistant with inner-city youths in Cincinnati as part of a one-year probation period. 

The first three months of the probation were to be spent at the halfway house. Rose repaid the Internal Revenue Service $366,042.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-14708843/pete-rose-shoeless-joe-jackson-hall-fame-cooperstown-mlb.html

USA Posts 2nd Biggest Budget Surplus in History

TARIFF BONANZA: US Treasury Shocking Report of Second Biggest Budget Surplus In History Thanks To Record Tariff Revenues

The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, reflecting strong tariff receipts.

And the US collected record high high custom duties.

In April 2025, the U.S. collected a record $16.3 billion in customs duties, according to CNBC. This marks a significant increase from previous months and years, with receipts more than doubling the $7.1 billion collected a year prior. The surge in customs duties contributed to a decrease in the budget deficit, reports CNBC.

Treasury reported that customs duties in April totaled $16 billion, about a $9 billion increase from the year-earlier period and far eclipsing the previous record of $9.6 billion two years earlier. The jump occurred during a month in which President Donald Trump boosted tariffs on Chinese goods to as much as 145% while slapping at least 10% levies on imports of goods from other countries.

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

Record Monthly Take:
The $16.3 billion in customs duties collected in April represents the highest monthly amount collected in the last decade, according to Bloomberg and the U.S. Treasury Department.

April’s inflation report came in below expectations for the third straight month.

Grocery prices saw their largest decline in nearly five years.

Gas prices fell for the third month in a row.

JP Morgan has just dropped its prediction of a U.S. recession in 2025 – Bloomberg

US Treasury Shocks With Second Biggest Budget Surplus In History Thanks To Record Tariff Revenues

By: Zero Hedge, May 12, 2025:

Two weeks ago, as part of its quarterly refunding announcement, the Treasury surprised the market when it unveiled a funding need for the current quarter that was $53 billion lower than it had initially forecast in February, and which we said “indicates that DOGE is indeed working and the US funding needs are actually declining.”

Needless to say, for a market that was habituated to Joe Biden’s debt-funded drunken sailor spending ways, the news that the US would needs less – not more – spending than previously expected, came as a shock, and yields slumped as less debt than expected would be required to fund the world’s most indebted government.

Today we got the reason why the borrowing need of the US was surprisingly lower than previously expected, and it was revealed in the latest Treasury Monthly Statement laying out the US government’s monthly deficit… or rather surplus. Yes, we are so used to describing the sum-total of the US government’s monthly income statement as a deficit (i.e., more spending than revenue) that it has become automatic to assume that every month the US will spend more than it brings in. Only this time that wasn’t the case.

Presenting Exhibit A: in April, the US Treasury generated a $258.4 billion surplus after last month’s $160.5 billion deficit; this the second biggest surplus on record, with just the $308 billion bumper surplus in 2021 bigger.

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Chinese-made Paki Jets shoot down French-made Indian Jets

Debris of an aircraft lies in the compound of a mosque at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian fighter jets

'The Pakistan Air Force has shot down at least five Indian fighter jets' Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Geo TV. 

This is said to include Rafale fighter jets. These are prized assets of the Indian air force and have been involved in combat in in Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria.

Two of the planes fell onto villages in India-controlled Kashmir. 

Fighter jets roared through the skies over the Himalayan territory.

Indian fighter jets could be heard flying over Srinagar, the capital of Indian Kashmir.

China's warplane that can take on western technology: How Pakistan used Beijing-made J-10 'Vigorous Dragon' to 'take out India's French-made Rafael jets'

China's 'Vigorous Dragon' warplanes and state-of-the-art missiles have been battle-tested against Western tech for the first time - seemingly resulting in the downing of a French jet.

A dogfight between the air forces of nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India reportedly saw several Indian fighter jets shot down last week, with at least one of the aircraft believed to be a French-made Rafael.

Islamabad used the Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter planes in the air-to-air combat operation, which Pakistani officials said involved more than 100 aircraft in total.

Neither side crossed the border during the 'stand-off' conflict, but reports suggested Indian jets were downed inside India and in Indian-administered Kashmir.

A French intelligence source confirmed to CNN last Wednesday that at least one Rafale jet had been shot down - making it the first of the advanced 4.5 generation aircraft to be lost in combat.

Now the performance of the Chinese jets is being closely monitored by Washington and its allies for potential insights into how Beijing may fare in a possible showdown over Taiwan or the wider Indo-Pacific.

Experts have said the operation shows the J-10's capabilities have been 'proven on the world stage', with Chengdu Aircraft Corporation's stock surging by a third indicating investor confidence.

Meanwhile the successful display of the J-10's capabilities has rung alarm bells in Western defence circles, with suggestions that it could be a game changer in the global arms trade.

Hu Jixin, the former editor of the state-owned Chinese media outlet Global Times, said the display showed that 'China's level of military manufacturing has completely surpassed that of Russia and France'.

He added that the battlefield success meant Taiwan should feel 'even more scared'.

China's J-10 fighter jets perform during a media demonstration in Thailand

Indian Rafael jets during a fly past in India

Dr Farrukh Salem, a Pakistani political scientist, wrote of the news: 'The downing of a Rafael by a J-10C will do three things: legitimise the J-10C as a credible competitor to Western jets like the Rafael, Eurofighter Typhoon, and F-16V; reshape fighter acquisition preferences in developing countries; and boost Chinese defence exports.'

Around 80 per cent of Pakistan's military equipment is made in China, which delivered its first batch of J-10 jets to Islamabad in 2022. 

The single-engine J-10 can carry air-to-air weapons, anti-ship missiles, precision-guided bombs and rockets.

The PL-15 missile features in its arsenal, and pictures circulating on Indian media suggest that one may have been used during the clash with Pakistan on Wednesday.

The weapon has never been used in combat before, and while Indian authorities have not confirmed its use, the missile's exceptionally long range would tally with the long-distance, cross-border warfare pilots engaged in on Wednesday.

The J-10 - which has been constantly upgraded since it was unveiled in the 2000s - is designed to be flexible and competent in both air-to-air combat and ground attack missions. 

The light fighter uses Russian technology and is seen as China's version of American F-16s and Sweden's Saab Gripen jets.

'Think of the J-10C as roughly equivalent to a late-model F-16, but with some features - like its long-range missile suite - that could give it the edge in certain scenarios,' David Jordan, a defence studies lecturer at King's College London, told Business Insider.

The Rafael and the model of the J-10 used by Pakistan are both considered generation 4.5 fighter jets, placing them at the leading edge of combat aircraft.

The J-10C has upgraded radar systems from earlier models, featuring the Chinese Type 1475 AESA radar, similar to the French Thales RBE2 used in the Rafael. 

While both aircraft have supersonic capabilities, the J-10C is faster, topping out at Mach 2.2 compared to the Rafael's Mach 1.8. 

Meanwhile the Rafael has greater operational range - 3,700 km to the J-10C's 2,940 km - making it better suited for longer missions. 

Western analysts said the live use of some of the advanced weapons that could be deployed in future conflicts would be scrutinized in minute detail, but emphasised on Friday that it was too early to draw firm conclusions.

'Air warfare communities in China, the US and a number of European countries will be extremely interested to try and get as much ground truth as they can on tactics, techniques, procedures, what kit was used, what worked and what didn't,' said Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Defence experts warned against taking the J-10's apparent success as proof of its superiority, with suggestions that pilot error on the Indian side, among other factors, could have been at play.

Responding to a question on whether the force suffered losses, the Indian Air Force said on Sunday that 'losses are a part of combat' without giving details but added that all its pilots were back home after fighting with Pakistan last week.

Dozens of people died as the arch rivals sent drones and other munitions into each other's airspace over four days, a fortnight after an attack in Indian Kashmir that killed 26 people.

New Delhi said the attack was backed by Islamabad.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14702537/China-Vigorous-Dragon-warplane-Pakistan-used-Beijing-J-10-Indias-French-Rafele-jets-nuclear-powers-Kashmir.html

India's military are left 'terrified' after Pakistan's Chinese-made jets shoot down their fighters

'Our jet fighters… shot down three Indian Rafales, three Rafales [that] are French,' Paki Foreign Minister, Ishq Dar, told parliament. 'Ours were J-10C,' he added, referring to the Chinese-made 'Gen 4.5' fighters.

France confirmed to CNN that at least one had been shot down - the first time a Rafale has been lost in combat.

A senior Pakistani security source told CNN that the 'dog fight' between the air forces was one of the 'largest and longest in recent aviation history', with some 125 jets battling in the skies for over an hour from their own respective airspaces.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed the air force had reduced Indian jets to 'smithereens' in an 'hour long air battle'.

'It only took a few hours for the enemy to fall on its knees,' he added.

Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian Air Force jets. This was said to have included three French-made Rafales.

Dr Farrukh Salem, a Pakistani political scientist, wrote of the news: 'The downing of a Rafale by a J-10C will do three things: legitimise the J-10C as a credible competitor to Western jets like the Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon, and F-16V; reshape fighter acquisition preferences in developing countries; and boost Chinese defence exports.'

Around 80 per cent of Pakistan's military equipment is made in China, which delivered its first batch of J-10 jets to Islamabad in 2022. 

The single-engine J-10 can carry air-to-air weapons, anti-ship missiles, precision-guided bombs and rockets.

The PL-15 missile features in its arsenal, and pictures circulating on Indian media suggest that one may have been used during the clash with Pakistan.

Debris from an aircraft crashed in Indian-administered Kashmir showed French writing. 

Metal debris lies on the ground in Wuyan in India-administered Kashmir's Pulwama district

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14695109/IPL-suspended-tensions-Pakistan-reach-boiling-point-Indias-military-left-terrified-Pakistans-Chinese-jets-shoot-fighters.html

Israel News: Biden's Gaza pier injured far more troops than previously known

 

Biden's Gaza pier injured far more troops than previously known

Over 60 US troops were injured during Biden's floating aid pier mission in Gaza, a new Pentagon report shows.

By Reuters, May 7, 2025

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-852951

American soldiers stand guard at Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid off the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024 (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)

More than 60 service members were injured as a part of former president Joe Biden's floating aid pier in Gaza, a Pentagon Inspector General report published on Tuesday said, a number significantly higher than had been previously disclosed.

The pier, announced by Biden during a televised address to Congress in March 2024, was a massive endeavor that took about 1,000 US forces to execute.

But bad weather and distribution challenges inside Gaza limited the effectiveness of what the US military says was its biggest aid delivery effort ever in the Middle East. The pier was only operational for about 20 days and cost about $230 million.

While there were no deaths or known direct attacks on the pier, the Pentagon had said three US troops suffered non-combat injuries in support of the pier in May, with one medically evacuated in critical condition.

A truck carries humanitarian aid across Trident Pier, a temporary pier to deliver aid, off the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Gaza coast, June 25, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REPORT CONTENT PREVIEW XML)

Pentagon says some 62 US soldiers injured at Gaza aid pier

But the new report by the Pentagon Inspector General said that the number was actually 62.

"Based on the information provided, we were not able to determine which of these 62 injuries occurred during the performance of duties or resulted off duty or from pre-existing medical conditions," the report said.

The pier became a sore point in Congress, where Republicans branded it a political stunt by Biden, who was under pressure from fellow Democrats to do more to aid Palestinians after months of staunchly supporting Israel's war on Hamas.

A new report from the Defense Department Inspector General found the Gaza pier mission resulted in 62 injuries to U.S. personnel and at least $31 million in equipment damage, among other shortfalls. (MC1 Jordan Kirk Johnson/U.S. Navy)

While it brought in sorely needed aid to a marshalling area on Gaza's shore, the 1,200-foot-long floating pier had to be removed multiple times because of bad weather.

The Inspector General said that the US military did not meet the standards for the equipment. 

"Nor did they organize, train, and equip their forces to meet common joint standards," the report said.

A photo published in the DOD IG report shows damage to an Army boat inflicted by a Navy dock component during the Gaza pier mission. (U.S. Army 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) via DoD IG.)

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Sex offender brought charges against Israel to deflect attention from his own crimes

Paki/Brit/Muslim ICC law chief bringing war crimes case against Israel 'tried to use Gaza to silence his sex assault accuser'

The law chief seeking the prosecution of Israel for war crimes told the woman he is accused of sexually assaulting that she would be harming Palestinians if she didn't drop the allegations, according to reports.

Karim Khan KC, 55, who has served as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2021, has spearheaded movements to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr Khan last year announced his intention to seek arrest warrants for Mr Netanyahu and his then-defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on charges of alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The Mail on Sunday first revealed that Mr Khan lodged the application for the arrest warrants two weeks after discovering he himself had been accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague.

And a new Wall Street Journal investigation claims to have heard recordings of a telephone call - which forms a United Nations (UN) investigation into the claims - where Mr Khan can allegedly be heard pleading for the victim to drop the allegations by using the plight of Palestinians as leverage.

He is said to have told the complainant: 'The casualties [of her allegations] will unfortunately be three: You and your family, me and my family and the justice of the victims.' 

On another occasion, he reportedly told her: 'Think about the Palestinian arrest warrants,' according to another alleged testimony to the UN.

The newspaper alleges that Mr Khan pressured the complainant - believed to be a Malaysian woman in her 30s - into having 'non-consensual sexual intercourse' on numerous occasions.

Karim Khan KC (pictured), who has served as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021, has spearheaded movements to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Mr Khan last year announced his intention to seek arrest warrants for Mr Netanyahu (right) and his then-defence minister, Yoav Gallant (left) on charges of alleged crimes against humanity in Gaza 

In one testimony to the UN in December 2023, claims were said to have been made that the the woman was called to Mr Khan’s suite at the Millennium Hotel, New York.

She reportedly claimed that despite trying to leave the room several times, Mr Khan would make repeated sexual advances before pulling her to the bed and forcing her to have intercourse.

The woman, who is married with a child, is alleged to have told UN investigators that she felt 'trapped' by the behaviour.

It is reported that Mr Khan behaved similarly on work trips with the colleague to Colombia, Congo, Chad and Paris, and at a residence owned by his wife in The Hague - where the ICC is headquartered.

The alleged victim - who is also a lawyer - reportedly said she was reluctant to complain because she did not want to risk losing her prestigious job.

She is also said to have been concerned over the financial impact it would have on her ability to pay medical bills for her mother, who was dying of cancer. 

The complainant reportedly claimed that despite trying to leave the room several times, Mr Khan (above) would make repeated sexual advances before pulling her to the bed and forcing her to have intercourse

It is reported that Mr Khan (above) behaved similarly on work trips with the colleague to Colombia, Congo, Chad and Paris, and at a residence owned by his wife in The Hague - where the ICC is headquartered

The newspaper added that the UN is reportedly investigating whether Mr Khan attempted to threaten those who reported his alleged misconduct, information they say came from ICC officials.

Mr Khan’s lawyers are claimed to have said their client informed the US State Department of his motion to seek an arrest warrant for Mr Netanyahu before the  allegations were made against him.

The father-of-two was elected as the ICC prosecutor in 2021.

In 2023 he was instrumental in the ICC issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin put him on a 'wanted' list. 

But his announcement on May 20, 2023, that he had asked judges for arrest warrants for Mr Netanyahu and Mr Gallant sparked worldwide condemnation.

In a furious statement, former US President Joe Biden said: '...let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence – none – between Israel and Hamas.'

Mr Netanyahu called it a 'moral outrage of historic proportions', while Mr Gallant branded it 'despicable'.

Rishi Sunak's Government also issued a legal challenge, questioning the ICC's jurisdiction over Israeli citizens. 

In a move slammed by Jewish groups, Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Government later said it would not object to Khan's request, saying the warrants were a matter for the courts to decide.

MailOnline has approached the ICC for comment. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14700901/British-law-chief-war-crimes-Israel-Gaza-silence-sex-assault.html

Karim Khan

Mr Khan (left) pictured with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Labour foreign affairs spokesman David Lammy supported the attack against Israel

The decision to seek an arrest warrant against Israel 's PM Benjamin Netanyahu was the first time an ICC prosecutor had targeted a leader of a close Western ally, outraging President Joe Biden

'There is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security,' President Joe Biden said

The White House slammed the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu after it was revealed that Amal Clooney Masterminded the move. She could be banned from entering the USA.

Rep. Elise Stefanik was in Israel when the ICC decision was announced

Karim Khan said the arrest warrants are for war crimes

The chief prosecutor (pictured) of the International Criminal Court is defying pressure from senior colleagues to step aside amid a probe into sexual misconduct allegations against him

The three senior colleagues who have urged Mr Khan to step down are include American lawyer Brenda Hollis, the leader of the ICC's Palestine investigation, who stood at Mr Khan's side when he controversially announced he was seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu (right) and former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant (left)

Mr Khan, 54, announced his war crimes case against Israel just two weeks after being told that a female lawyer at the International Criminal Court (ICC) had made serious allegations of sexual misconduct against him 

An external investigation was launched examining allegations that Mr Khan (pictured) groped the woman in his office and 'sexually touched' her while on a work trip

It is alleged that Karim Khan, 54, (pictured) groped the woman in his office and allegedly got into her hotel bed and began 'sexually touching' her

It comes amid a crisis for the ICC, and for Mr Khan himself (pictured), who was banned from entering the United States as part of an executive order sanctioning ICC officials

Mr Khan (pictured) was banned from entering the United States by President Donald Trump

Israel is not a member of the ICC and the court has no jurisdiction over its territory 

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Budapest, as Hungary quit the ICC

Germany confirmed it would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he entered the country