The UK has no plans to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court, the prime minister’s spokesperson has confirmed. It comes after US president Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the ICC over what he called the “illegitimate targeting of Israel and the US” this week.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court,

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world's only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.