ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions

Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing banking difficulties' but their work is unaffected

The deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said new US sanctions are beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court's work.

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the sanctions this month, accusing the ICC - a frequent target of the Trump administration - of being a rogue court" and declaring: Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC."