(rodrigo duterte, philippine president) "i would like to give you the advice. once you hear your name mentioned here, if you are somewhere, you are now relieved of your present assignment. report to the pnp (philippine national police) within 24 hours or i will order the entire armed forces and the police to hunt for you." former south african athlete oscar pistorius is rushed to the hospital from prison... with cuts to his wrists. the paralympian is denying reports of hurting himself. instead he clains...he "fell out of bed" prison officials say pistorius was treated at a private hospital and has returned to a jail he's serving a six- year sentence for killing girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius fatally his home on valentine's day in 20-13. the russian.. chinese and serbian military are competing in their own version of the olympics... it's called the army international games. engineering troops are competing this weekend in the final phase of the open water contest ... it's a race across a river in russia... testing the teams' skills ... the russian team to

rodrigo duterte's also ordered the gun licenses be canceled and security escorts withdrawn.ve turned themselves in. mostly has everyone has come out to deny the allegations and if you have said they are worried about tightened vigilante attacks now, they are a victim of dirty politics in this case. politics, i mean he is using his presidential immunity, so is he making enemies? >> that is a fair question. the president is no stranger to allege it assassination plots. every single time he is asked about that, he has deflected it, saying he is not worried. the problem with this particular list issued over the weekend is it is the very definition of trial by publicity. take for instance the way he talked about the firearm licenses being canceled. he addressed all the people on thelist, saying go out to naked world and show them exactly how crooked you are. the other issue with this full list is that it seems to be working off a rock dataset. some names we know by now are incomplete, meaning without their first names, which may put those with a summer name at great risk. one jud

kishida later held talks with the philippine president, rodrigo duterte, who took office in june. the meeting is the first between duterte and a japanese minister. kishida told the president territorial disputes in the south china sea should be resolved peacefully according to international law. he said tokyo supports the philippines' position on the issue. kishida also discussed china's activities in the east china sea and sought the philippines' understanding for tokyo's position on that matter. duterte said the philippines will cooperate with japan to resolve disputes peacefully based on the rule of law. he indicated that territorial disputes with china over the south china sea should be resolved based on the ruling of the hague tribunal. kishida and duterte also agreed to work with other nations to urge china to respect international law. >>> it is now time to go on to the latest business news. investors on wall street are in a bullish mood as major indices mark record highs. let's turn to ramin mellegard now from our business desk. good morning. what's behind the move? >> goo

in the philippines, in the two months since president rodrigo duterte took office with a promised crackdown on illegal drugs, the national police say they have gunned down more than 700 suspected drug dealers and users who resisted arrest. more than 1,000 other police- involved killings are under investigation. the wave of extrajudicial killings has brought condemnation from human rights groups. joining me from san francisco for some insight into the violence in the philippines is paul henson, the north american bureau chief of the filipino channel. thank you for joaning us. are people in the philippines who voted for the president now becoming concerned about the lack of due process? >> there is a growing concern, but let me put it in context, first. the president, he won the last election by a margin of about six million over his strongest competitor, this is the population that is tired of criminality in the philippines that wants change. i guess what people weren't expecting were the methods that the government is willing to undertake in order to stamp out crime and corruption in the st

fumio kishida hopes to meet with rodrigo duterte next week. it would be the first meeting between the men. he'll also meet with his counterpart. they'll talk about the disputed claims. they say japan hopes for a peaceful resolution in accordance with international law. also on kishida agenda, discussions on how the two countries can cooperate to strengthen their maritime policing activities or, rather, capabilities. a tribunal in the hague rejected china's claims to most parts of the south china sea but beijing has not accepted the ruling. the case was filed by the philippines. vietnam, taiwan, malaysia and brunei also have claims in the region. >>> on august 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped onto a city for the first time in history. hiroshima suffered the impact and three days later, so did nagasaki. by the end of the year, an estimated 210,000 people had died. as we near the 71st anniversary, we're bringing you stories of the enduring legacy left by the devastating attacks. in may of this year, barack obama became the first president of

he said a decision on formal talks will be made by president rodrigo duterte. >> i hope that there is a phase two coming up. and as to where this will take place, we don't know yet. we have to go back to manila to find out what are the latest developments on the official side. inasmuch as there is concurrent activity ongoing at that level. >> the philippine government regards last month's ruling by the arbitration tribunal in the hague as a basis for talks with china. the tribunal has rejected china's claims over the south china sea. china opposes the ruling, as well as any discussions based on the decision, but it's indicated its willingness to discuss with the philippines the possibility of talks. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said this week that china would welcome a visit by a special envoy at an early date. >>> people in thailand marked the queen's birthday on friday. it's also mother's day. because the queen is the one woman everyone in thailand calls mother. this year, queen sirikii turned 84. as people pay tribute to her, they celebrate their own mothers too. nhk wor

the philippines' new president rodrigo duterte has vowed to continue his crackdown on the drug trade. a televised address today, duterte named more than 150 government officials, including judges, members of congress and military officers and accused them of having drug links. more than 4,000 people have been arrested and 400 hundred have been killed by the police and vigilantes since duterte took office in june. >> finally one of the most >> finally one of the most productive but controversial careers in baseball is winding down. alex rodriguez will play his final game on friday, almost certainly ending a career that began 22 years ago. he was suspended for the entire 2014 season for using performance enhancing drugs. raoez fourth all time for home runs. tackling the psychological needs for those coming from syria. that's it for this edition of news hour sunday. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. judy and josh weston. the

the philippines' new president, rodrigo duterte, is threatening to have his country leave the united nations. duterte called the u.n. useless and "stupid" in a rambling, often obscene speech today, and criticized the human rights officials who urged him in a report three days ago to end extrajudicial killings of alleged drug traffickers. duterte has vowed to do whatever it takes to wipe out the drug trade. the u.n. says filipino police have killed 850 suspected traffickers and dealers since duterte took office two months ago. duterte said he isn't concerned about the repercussions of his remarks. the summer olympics in rio de janeiro end tonight, and along with that, for brazilians, a great distraction from a deep recession and the turmoil facing their government-- specifically dilma rousseff, the nation's president who was recently suspended from office. rousseff stands accused of violating budget laws by illegally moving money between state-controlled entities to make her government's budget deficit appear smaller than it really was. the impeachment trial begins this thursday in br

. >>> in the philippines, the nation's president, rodrigo duterte is threatening to pull out of the u.nbecause they say his crackdown on drugs has gone too far. how the death toll is rising in mr. duterte's war on drugs. >> reporter: this is one way to teach your kids to stay away from a life of crime. with a visit to the overcrowded, sweltering city jail. >> their teacher says they are brought every year to the city jail to get a very strong example of what can happen if they run afoul of the law. >> reporter: this helped propel rodrigo duterte to power in recent directions. the former city mayor promised to crack down on illegal drugs, which he says are destroying the country. since he took office july 1st, he has ordered police to shoot to kill if suspects resist arrest. >> violent, thereby placing your life in jeopardy. shoot and shoot him dead. >> reporter: official statistics of duterte's seven-week war on drugs are staggering. amid thousands of police raids, arrests and voluntary surrenders, police say they've killed at least 659 suspects, allegedly all in self-defense. and there

amy: philippines president rodrigo duterte has threatened to leave the u.n. after u.n.human rights experts urged him to stop extra-judicial killings by police. police have killed about 900 suspected drug traffickers since duterte was elected in may. during his campaign, he promised to fight crime, but human rights groups say many of those killed have been summarily shot or had nothing to do with the drug trade. more than 100,000 people have turned themselves in to police for drug offenses to avoid the prospect of a violent arrest. duterte made his comments in a speech on sunday and suggested he might invite china and others countries to form an alternative coalition to the u.n. >> what have you done for the world, mr. united nations? know, they would ask only five questions to prove they are stupid. amy: in maryland, baltimore county police say they will continue to withhold the names of the officers involved it the shooting of korryn gaines, a august 1 23-year-old african american mother shot by police in her apartment after an hours-long standoff. the officer who shot

it began under new president rodrigo duterte, as of july 1. since then, police report killing 525 suspected dealers who, they say, put up a fight. in addition, they've arrested more than 7,600 suspects on charges of drug dealing. and, another half a million people have turned themselves in to authorities. human rights advocates are protesting the killings. >> ifill: back in this country, the u.s. drug enforcement administration balked at re- classifying marijuana as a lesser drug. instead, it stays on the list ot the most dangerous-- alongside heroin and ecstasy. there's a growing push to legalize pot. but the d.e.a. said it still ha. "a high potential for abuse."r >> woodruff: the scientists who found lead contamination in flint, michigan's water now say the problem has greatlyle improved. a team from virginia tech tested 162 homes in july and reported 45% had no detectable levels of lead. that is up from just nine percent with no lead, a year ago. >> they're being implemented by the feds and state andre city ae really working and flint's sys

prpresident obama is slated to meet with philippines president rodrigo duterte next week, amid growing concerns about the rising death toll from duterte's so-called war on drugs. at least 2000 people have already been killed by police or vigilantes in so-called drug operations since duterte took office two months ago. human rights watch says among the victims are a 5-year-old girl. police in the philippines have encouraged vigilantism. this is national police chief roronald de la rosa urging peope to kill drug dealers. >> do you want to kill them? kill them. kill them because you're the victims. pour gasoline on their houses and burn it down. show them your anger. these people have long been getting rich. what about you? your brains are getting small and melting. amy: european union officials have ordered apple to pay $14.5 billion in unpaid taxes to ireland -- the biggest tax ruling in eu history. the european commission says apple received an illegal tax break from irish officials under which apple paid a tax rate of 0.005%. apple is one of the largest technology companies in the wor

vigilantes have killed more than 400 people in a crackdown against drug crime since president rodrigo duterte took office a month ago. human rights groups say many of those killed have been summarily shot or had nothing to do with the drug trade. more than 100,000 people have turned themselves in to police for drug offenses to avoid the prospect of a violent arrest. prior to his election, duterte admitted to his role in death squads, joked about the gang rape of an australian missionary, and pledged to kill tens of thousands of people. president obama commuted the sentences of 214 federal prisoners wednesday. the white house says it is the largest number of prisoners granted clemency on a single day in at least the last 100 years. almost all of those released had been convicted of nonviolent drug crimes. to date, obama has commuted the sentences of 562 federal prisoners more than the previous , nine presidents combined. and missouri's lead public defender has ordered missouri governor governor jay nixon to represent a defendant this month and efforts to protest governor nixon's refusal to fun

it began after new president rodrigo duterte took office seven weeks ago.rly 1,800 drug suspects have now been killed.av 712 of them died in police clashes. that's up from 525 earlier this month. and more than a thousand othern people were killed by vigilantee groups. tokyo was battered by heavy rain and strong winds today after a powerful typhoon made landfall just south of the japanese capital. some 500,000 residents were advised to evacuate, and at least one person died. winds gusted up to 112 miles per hour across the city, and swollen rivers sparked fears ofa flooding. elsewhere, a commuter trainel derailed, and hundreds of flights were grounded. india is contending with its own deluge today. at least 40 people have died in flooding that's inundated central and eastern parts of tht country. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee. days of heavy rain caused the ganges river to rise above its danger level. it's all part of india's monsoon season, which runs from june through september. stocks were mostly lower on wall street today, as a

mayors, military personnel, and police officers, some former, some current, named by president rodrigo dutertest be canceled and security exports be withdrawn. all the defendants were given 24 hours to surrender to the investigation or else be hunted down by the armed forces or local police. some have turned themselves in this morning. some spoke to the media first, but essentially everyone has come out to deny the allegations, saying they are worried about vigilante attacks, others saying they are just a victim of dirty politics here. usingd: he is presidential immunity, isn't he? that is something that quite often makes you a few enemies. >> absolutely. this or that assassination plots before, and him being himself, he said, look, i'm not scared. i will go ahead and do my job, and this is the way forward for the philippines. the first pick problem this time around for human rights advocates is that your akoni and theby -- the tro coney in the way they were picked up. he describes the licenses being canceled. he says go out to the world and show how crooked you are, addressing all these suspe

that's because the philippines' new president rodrigo duterte launched a deadly war on drugs.arrested 9200 suspects. almost all the detainees here are facing drug charges. i want to finish with one astounding statistic. at any one time, there are only 20 guards between the outside gate and the interior that are on duty for a population of more than 4,000 detainees. ivan watson, cnn, reporting from the kazon city jail in manila. >>> a sad update to the story of amron. the brave little syrian boy who survived an air strike on his home, the latest on amran and his family still to come. >>> plus, devastated residents in the u.s. state of louisiana are returning to what's left of their homes. we will take you to the flood zone in just a moment. >>> a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and, of course, all around the world. i'm rosemary church. want to update you on the main stories we've been following. the olympics have come to an end in rio. fans and athletes packed into the iconic maracana stadium. the city officially handed off to tokyo, host of the 2020