we have won our case in the arbitration court but, as president rodrigo duterte rodrigo said, we wills duterte rodrigo said, we will take these issues up sometime in the administration but at this point it is important to build confidence in each other. before we tackle the difficult issues that are posed in the south china sea. we are not abandoning any claims but we think, the president thinks, this is time to be more friendly rather than contentious. china is growth is slowing down and the ruck and turns ofa slowing down and the ruck and turns of a debt bubble. many countries who have taken of a debt bubble. many countries who have ta ken loa ns of a debt bubble. many countries who have taken loans from there are now worried of being in debt to china. is the philippines in this position? we think chinese loans can be beneficial to us, particularly if we negotiate them in a clever man. , using our national interest is our prime measure as to whether we take the loan or not. nobody is forcing them down our throat and we will look to our interests first. currently it the biggest partn

war on the rodrigo duterte administration's waron drugs? the fears of students, and we think it is valid. especially because this forced drug testing policy does not have clear guidelines as of yet. and second, we don't think that colleges and universities are able to handle this properly, especially when the higher education ministry's memorandum also states that colleges and universities may sanction students who test positive in their drug examinations. and put sanctions on stu d e nts examinations. and put sanctions on students who even refuse drug testing. so this is quite harsh, justine. so in your view what is the best way to approach this initiative? is there a middle ground, orare initiative? is there a middle ground, or are you asking the government to totally scrapped it? the problem is that the drug testing policies, especially the task —— test forced, violates the rights of the students. the problem is that we need to stop this thinking. the only way to stop the drug menace from getting our youth is through punitive measures. w

when rodrigo duterte became president in 2016, he addressed the relocation of informal settlers. >> asg as as duterte is president, there will be >> antipoverty activists have spoken out, but she was appointed with the antipoverty commission. >> this is really years of neglect with the government. because i think the housing needs of the urban poor, also the program of relocation has been a failure. the president, you know, really has a heart for the poor. and the hope that they will be remembered as not building palaces for the rich. like the presidents, some of the presidents before him, but houses for the poor. i hope that that is how he will be remembered. of >> in the year since president duterte came to power, violent forcible removals have dropped by almost 90%. but shanties are still being torn down. the authority to do so lies with local councils rather than the president. from a supporter on the city council, she has procured an internal document about demolitions. the expired demolition order from the nha office authorizes police mobilization, though no demolitions actually

in a moment, we'll discuss rex tillerson‘s meeting with rodrigo duterte, and the us secretary of state'sthailand, but first, a look at some of the day's other news. in venezuela, a hacking group has attacked venezuelan government websites in an operation targeting the "dictatorship" of president nicolas maduro. the group posted messages appearing to support the actions of this group of armed men who attacked a military base in the central city of valencia on sunday. also this hour: the malaysian government has announced its intention to do away with the mandatory death penalty for drug traffickers. parliament is expected to back the measure put forward by the prime minister. more than 650 people have been executed in malaysia since 1992, the majority of them for drug—related crimes. more details now of a story we reported on yesterday, the attack by militants in sarepul province in the north of afghanistan. more than 50 people, including women and children, are believed to have been killed. the bbc‘s auliya atrafi is in kabul with more. according to the local government, 52 men, women, a

philippine president rodrigo duterte a met in manila with rex tillerson.e highest level interaction to date between do tear tape -- rodrigo duterte eight and the trump administration. he dismissed questions about human rights, which she has been accused of abusing by several groups in his war against illegal drugs. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro is claiming victory after what he calls a terrorist attack on a military base over the weekend. twoays soldiers killed attackers and obtained a seven. the military says the attackers confessed they were working with opposition activists backed by foreign governments. in u.s. envoys arriving kuwait as part of washington's effort to defuse the gulf crisis. according to people familiar with the matter, the envoys will also visit the four countries in the alliance before heading to cutter --counter -- qutar. news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. lawmakers have failed to agree on health care, let's turn to the

he also met with the plenty president, rodrigo duterte, photographed, seen on camera together.official readout of what was discussed at the meeting. secretary tillerson was asked about the u.s.' support for the fight against isis in the philippines. namely we're talking about information, training, resources here, and whether that conflicts with or endorses somehow the human rights abuses that have been well documented in the philippines. he says the support in the fight against isis doesn't conflict with what are the alleged human rights abuse that are said to be part of president duterte's war on drugs where it's believed that thousands of people have been killed. in a departure from his usual colorful comments about the u.s. and the obama administration, for example, president duterte did at one point tell secretary of state rex tillerson that the u.s. has been a good friend, a good ally. >> alexandra field for us in seoul. thank you very much. >>> an alarming draft report by government scientists says climate change is already severely affecting the u.s., and there are conc

the sidelines of the meeting, us secretary of state rex tillerson met the philippine president rodrigo duterteh sides hoping to normalise their relationship, one that became strained when president 0bama criticised mr duterte's human rights record. howard johnson reports from manila. rex tillerson met president duterte at his official residence here in manila and according to initial reports, president duterte said they discussed many things. he said chaim your humble friend here in southeast asia, you've come here at a time when the world is not good especially in the korean peninsular. he described the south try necib row asa he described the south try necib row as a nagging problem and before rex tillerson came here there was a lot of discussion as to whether he would bring up the topic of human rights and the drugs war and according to initial reports those topics won't mention. what we can see is perhaps an attempt by the trump administration to soften and improve its relationship with president duterte by softening the rhetoric. under president 0bama we saw there was a lot of criticism o

of state rex tillerson in the philippines where he is meeting with philippine president rodrigo duterte. tillerson is delivering a strong message to north korea. stop missile launches immediately. tillerson made the comments at a gathering of asian leaders adding that's the only way to know whether north korea would be serious about holding talks on its nuclear future. >> tillerson's comments come on the heels of that huge vote at the united nations this weekend. approving new sanctions on north korea including support from china. the restrictions ban the north from exporting coal iron lead and seafood. it also prohibits countries from increasing the number of north koreans working abroad. >> ♪ >> president trump takes to twitter to address the most recently plaguing his administration. he praised attorney general jeff sessions after sessions announced there are will be a grand jury in the russia investigation in the 2016 election. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein says he plans to prosecute those responsible no matter who they are. >> if they violated the law in this case and warr

the few pollsters that rodrigo duterte a job and don't have d plus ten samples that over—sample democratslling, like rasmussen. rasmussen just established a poll and just published one last week where they have 70%, 70% of the american populace are finally optimistic and happy in their general situation and their expectations. how is that possible, stephen, if they are displeased with the president? how did we win a majority? you are shifting the ground because you dismissed polls and now you want to trade polling data. one of the few that gets it right. i could say ten polls if you want to do that that say he has historic low approval ratings. you can make your point about polls, i will make mine. the bottom line is this, if you take the reaction of the republican party both to his treatment of a republican attorney general that he appointed, jeff sessions, and if you also look at the failure of his signature policy platform pillar, that is to repeal 0bamacare, you look at a president who after six months cannot get the support of his own party in the us congress. yeah, because the estab

militants in the philippines loyal to islamic state occupied the southern city of marawi, president rodrigo duterte there has entered its final stages. he was speaking shortly after government troops secured a vital bridge. 800 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands of people displaced in the conflict. it's day one in the job for uber‘s new chief executive. he replaces the co—founder travis kalanic, who resigned in june following months of turmoil at the firm. despite recent problems, figures show the company's revenue and global bookings are up. now terrifying pictures of a car going backwards into a river in central china. it's thought the driver accidently hit the acelerator instead of the brake. a mother and daughter amazingly suffered no serious injuries. the entire accident tookjust ii seconds and was noticed by a swimmer who along with another pedestrian pulled them out of the car. let's get more now on the international reaction to north korea. paul burton is director of defence and security forjane's ihs markit. speaking from the south korean capital seoul, he told me that the t

militants in the philippines loyal to islamic state occupied the southern city of marawi, president rodrigo duterte there has entered its "final stages." he was speaking shortly after government troops secured a vital bridge. 800 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands of people displaced in the conflict. now, terrifying pictures of a car going backwards into a river in central china. it's thought the driver accidently hit the accelerator instead of the brake. a mother and daughter amazingly suffered no serious injuries. the entire accident tookjust ii seconds and was noticed by a swimmer who along with another pedestrian pulled them out of the car. the british royals, princes william and harry have visited a memorial garden for their mother at her old home at kensington palace. the white garden is dedicated to princess diana's life and work. thursday will mark the 20th anniversary of her death in a car crash in paris. nicholas witchell reports. the flowers and the tributes are back at the gates of kensington palace. a very small echo of how it was 20 years ago, but a reminder of feelings

agenda: the extra-judicial killings that have taken place in the philippines during president rodrigo duterte's war on the drug trade. it is estimated that police have killed more than 2,500 alleged drug offenders since duterte took office a little over a year ago. for more on mr. tillerson's trip i am joined from washington, d.c. by lindsey ford, the director of political security affairs for the asia society. so, how does rex tillerson broach this fairly uncomfortable topic? >> you know, i think he's going to be direct, and i suspect the message is going to be "look, we understand that you have problems domestically in terms of the situation with drugs flowing through the country, but you're creating an issue that's becoming a bilateral problem because you're going to see people in the u.s. congress and the administration more broadly, it's going to make it challenging for us to cooperate in really important areas that we need to, like dealing with isis in the south, maritime security in the south china sea, and a number of other issues." so i suspect they're going to deal with this quietly b

the operations were ordered by president rodrigo duterte. the past three days. jonathan head reports — and a warning you may find some of the images in his report disturbing. 0ne one night, 26 dead. president duterte‘s war on drugs is back with a duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so often before, the police say they fired in self defence. as we are right here in san pedro, explain this officer, two men shot at offices, that's why they we re shot at offices, that's why they were killed. the police are calling this a one—time big—time anti— drugs and crime operation. another like it the night before killed 32 people. as before, these killings occurred in poor neighbourhoods, the focus of the drug warfrom in poor neighbourhoods, the focus of the drug war from its start. president duterte was forced to suspend their campaign back in february after police officers were found

the operations were ordered by president rodrigo duterte.le have been killed in the past three days alone. jonathan head sent this report and, a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. one night, 26 dead. president duterte's war on drugs is back with a vengeance. as so often before, the police say they fired in self defence. "as we are right here in san pedro," explained this officer, "two men shot at officers, that's why they were killed." the police are calling this a one—time big—time anti—drugs and crime operation. another like it the night before killed 32 people. as before, these killings occurred in poor neighbourhoods, the focus of the drug war from its start. president duterte was forced to suspend the campaign back in february after police officers were found to have murdered a korean businessmen. but he offered no apology for restarting it. "the 32 who died in bulacan, that's good," he told this group of anticorru ption volunteers. when he launched his drug war last year, the president promised to end the problem wit

on monday, secretary of state rex tillerson met with philippines president rodrigo duterte on the sidelines of a regional security summit in the philippines capital, manila. in syria, the local journalistic group raqqa is being slaughtered silently says up to 18 civilians were killed in u.s.-led coalition bombing and artillery shelling in raqqa monday, as the u.s.-backed campaign to seize the city from isis continues. the group also reports parts of the national hospital in raqqa was destroyed by either the u.s.-led bombing, or u.s.-backed syrian forces. residents continue to flee the city amid the fighting, although those displaced say the nearby refugee camps lack sufficient and water. >> the camp is ok but the heat is killing us. the heat is unbelievable. they have given us water and bread but it is not e enough. toi have arrived, i have yet receive anything. that i is all i know, we h hav't been here long. betweensions continue north korea. north korea is continuing to protest the imposition of dramatic u.n. sanctions on its primary exports, including coal, iron, and seafood, saying the

overnight, continuing what h hun rights groups are calling the bloodiest week yet of prpresidet rodrigo duterte's so-called war on drugs. the killings followed d 32 more deaths the previous night during police raids in bulacan province. authorities insisted those killed died in shootouts with police, but human rights groups say most of the dead were summarily executed by police. filipino security foforces and vigilantes have killed m more tn 7000 suspected drug users and dealers since duterte launched his campaign against d drugs lat year.. and in sports news, seattle seahawks star michael bennett sat on the sidelines during the playing of the national anthem sunday ahead of a pre-season game against the los angeles chargers. bennett said last weekend's neo-nazi violence in charlottesville, virginia, inspired him to take a stand. >> i just want to be able to use the platform to be able to continue to speak on injustices -- first of all, i want people to understand i love the military. my father was in the military. i love hot dogs s like any other american. i love football like any other american

in the philippines, major protests against president rodrigo duterte's so-called war on drugs are spreading across the capital manila, as thousands rally to demand justice for 17-year-old kian loyd delos santos. the high school student was killed last week by police during anti-drug raids. while the police claim they shot the teenager after he pulled out a gun, footage shows two police officers dragging the unarmed student through the streets. witnesses say the student's final words before he was shot in the head were, "please stop. please stop. i have a test tomorrow." duterte's drug war has killed at least 12,500 police since he took office last year. back in the united states, the pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has spoken out against its drugs being used in executions. today, the state of florida is slated to use an anesthetic drug developed by a division of johnson & johnson in the execution of death row prisoner mark asay. if carried out, it will be the first time this drug is used in an execution in the u.s. in response, the johnson & johnson division said -- "we do not cond

philippines president rodrigo duterte has told police officers to kill suspects if they try to resist arrest amongst his bloody so-called war on drugs. on monday, duterte told a local police chief -- "if he resists, and it is a violent one you are free to kill the idiots, that is my order to you." on saturday, more than 1000 faith leaders, residents, and children joined a funeral procession and protest march for 17-year-old kian loyd delos santos. he killed last week by police during anti-drug raid. witnesses say the student's final words before he was shot in the head were -- "please stop. please stop. i have a test tomorrow." duterte met with santos' family on monday amidst the growing pressure under the teenager's death. in chile, more than two dozen logging trucks were hijacked and burned southern chile monday, amid ongoing conflicts between the indigenous mapuche people and multi-million-dollar logging corporations that are encroaching on their lands. a mapuche group called the struggle in rebellious territory claimed responsibility for the sabotage attack. the company reported $

controversial philippine president rodrigo duterte met with them a short time ago and secretary of state tillerson will arrive later as well as russia's sergey lavrov. >>> suspects in a terror plot corresponded in court on friday. this after days of searches across sydney. the accused appeared by video link and didn't enter pleas. authorities say they had isis support and wanted to blow up an airliner and charged with unleashing poisonous gas. our brian todd has the report. >> reporter: two terror plots show isis' growing ambition to strike u.s. targets. two men in sydney have been arrested in trying to bring down a passenger plane with an ied. >> this is one of the most sophisticate the plots ever attempted on australian soil. >> reporter: australian officials say the plan was to place a bomb inside annett that ahead plane. but plotters aborted the plan. authorities aren't sure why. police only got wind of the plan 11 days later. what's new and frightening about this plot is that according to australian officials this was a do-it-yourself bomb. they say a senior isis commander sent part

in the philippines, police have killed 32 people in the deadliest single day of president rodrigo duterte'sn drugs. authorities sathe victims died in shootouts during raids in a northern province, from monday night into tuesday. officers also arrested 109 people. in a speech today, duterte hailed the results and said, "let's kill another 32 every day." back in this country, the republican primary race for a u.s. senate seat in alabama will head to a runoff in september. interim senator luther strange finished second on tuesday, to former state chief justice roy moore, who's heavily backed by evangelical voters. after the results were tallied last night, both men positioned themselves as change candidates. >> the voters of alabama just sent a powerful message to washington, d.c., a resounding message that can't be denied. they want to stop playing games with the people of alabama. >> president trump called me, said, "luther, i want you to be elected to th senate, because you understand what i'm trying to do to make america great again. you understand the problems that need to be addressed on

in the philippines, protests are growing against president rodrigo duterte's so-called war on drugs, which has killed more than 12,500 people over the last year. there are three separate demonstrations scheduled for today to protest the death of 17-year-old high school student kian delos santos, who was one of 80 people killed in drug raids last week alone. meanwhile, on sunday, mourners wore t-shirts reading "kill drugs, not people" as they carried the coffin of leover miranda to a cemetery in manila. this is his mother, elvira miranda.a. >> my son was screaming uncle mother!" then i heard gunshot after gunshot. i said, "my son! my son!" didn't they know my son had mental health issues? amy: in the democratic republic of congo, more than 200 people have been killed by a mamassive mudslide triggered by heavy rainfall. momost of ththe victims arare fa smsmall fishing village in the congo's northeast. in pakistan, the parliament is poised to pass a landmark law outlawing discrimination and violence against transgender people and ensuring full rights for people of all gender identities.

deputy attorney general rodrigo duterte -- rod rosenstein says this. >> the special counsel rules are department of justice. if he finds evidence of a crime that's within the scope of what director mueller and i have agreed is the scope of this investigation, he can. if it's something outside the scope he needs to come to the acting attorney general, me, to expand the scope of his investigation. >> the question is what is the grand jury doing behind doors. joining me the former special prosecutor and former nixon white house council john dean, the author of "conservatives without conscience." always love having you guys on. john, i'm going to start with you. the president and his surrogates have been screaming that the mueller probe is a fishing expedition. attorney general rod rosenstein says it is not. that's not what the department does. explain how a grand jury often expands the scope of an investigation, how that works. >> what the deputy attorney general did was give a nice summary of the regulations under which the department operates and one that the special counsel operates a

president rodrigo duterte or putter activity has included waiting into an online scrap between onlineck-and-mortar counterparts he posted "amazon is doing great damage to taxpaying retailers, towns, cities, and states. many jobs being lost." spencer joins us now from seattle. spencer, president trump -- it is not the first time he has tweeted about amazon and attacked them before. so how come this time it generated all this attention? have become aets reaction, often times, to critical coverage in the washington post, which is owned by jeff bezos, so it has become a pattern for him. this one is one where he could have some allies. also, some lawmakers, even lawmakers in the democratic party raising something turns power of growing tech companies, including amazon. shery: how to you see this latest tax situation being resolved? mark: the hottest thing for amazon -- spencer: the hottest thing for amazon now on the tax front our sales taxes on sales from third-party merchant, emergency sell on amazon's platform, but amazon does not own the inventory, similar to alibaba's marketplace. tho