what we can really expect to see is a continuation of president rodrigo duterte's policies all abouttablishing force and respect and discipline in the country and discipline in the country and the people should comply with his rules. we've seen under rodrigo duterte in the last six years thousands of people killed during his drug war in which he threatened anyone who is either selling or doing drugs with death and it is currently being investigated by the international criminal court over allegations of crimes against humanity. you 'ust crimes against humanity. you just mentioned _ crimes against humanity. you just mentioned the _ just mentioned the international criminal court has raised the flag about president rodrigo duterte's war on drugs and that he is tried to silence the free press however they did win by a landslide. what is it that is speaking to filipinos to vote for them?— speaking to filipinos to vote for them? ., ., ., ., for them? you have to look at the dynamics _ for them? you have to look at the dynamics of— for them? you have to look at the dynamics of the _ the dy

the vice president in his new administration is actually the daughter of the outgoing leader rodrigo duterte say, he is likely to continue with the policies of desoto. he won a landslide victory by what i critics saying about this? == critics saying about this? -- duterte- _ critics saying about this? -- duterte. the _ critics saying about this? » duterte. the outlook is tricky because of the global economy. it is in a situation where the country has done its most spending in recent years. the budget has basically been blown during the pandemic, so he is a tricky position when it comes to raising taxes and raising money to promise this golden age of spending on infrastructure projects. so we are also seeing that sara duterte, some are concerned she will be appointed in that position to look at again the country's history to perhaps revise the telling of the 1970s and 80s under martial law in which these political killings took place in which people were tortured, disappeared. a lot of that stuff was never fully reconciled. there was no truth and reconciliation process here. many people still

lots of people believe there will be continuity between the two governments because rodrigo duterte was very aligned with the margos family. it is about law and order, authoritarianism, strong man politics if you will. there is also this idea that the economy has to recover of the back of the pandemic. many people took to marcos positive message of a golden age the economy. is it that happened under his father _ my that happened under his father — my father, ferdinand, the late dictator. they question that because the country was heavily in debt to foreign banks by the time he left office. he was actually forced out in 1986. people are hoping marcos can bring about a post pandemic boom in the economy. we are looking now at some live pictures from that inauguration event as marcos jr becomes president of the event as marcoer becomes president of the philippines. the margos family public popularity saw a recent resurgence largely by social media during this election, but from an outside observer, it is quite i suppose confusing given the family history. our popular is he in the philippine

outgoing president rodrigo duterte signed a memorandum with chinese president xi jinping in 2018 on jointloration. china later proposed a project in the philippines exclusive economic zone. one condition set by beijing was to put aside an arbitration ruling that rejected china's claim over most of the south china sea, but the two countries could not resolve territorial claims in the waters. the foreign secretary said that president duterte ordered the complete termination of the discussions. >> three years on and we have not achieved our objective of developing oil and gas resources so critical for the philippines. but not at the price of sovereignty. not even a particle of it. >> the foreign secretary also called on the incoming philippine administration to protect the country's sovereignty. the president-elect is set to take office on thursday. >>> separately, the philippines appears to be strengthening ties with japan. japan's air self-defense force and philippine air force have held joint drills. they are also aiming to build up a partnership in disaster relief and humanitarian assist

the daughter of the philippines president rodrigo duterte has been sworn in as the country's next viceuguration ceremony was attended by the president—elect, ferdinand marcosjunior, whose father was also president of the philippines. the un world food programme has warned that it is having to reduce rations for people it supports in africa because of a lack of adequate funding. the war in ukraine has driven up the price of commodities — especially because the country was a major supplier of wheat, maize and sunflower oil. ukraine has warned that russian forces are trying to make kharkiv a front—line city again — weeks after they were pushed back by a counter—offensive. the country's second biggest city endured heavy bombardment at the start of the war before the russians were forced to retreat. meanwhile, some of those injured in the fighting are now recovering overseas. the bbc has met some of the younger victims injured in the early days of the conflict. 0ur correspondent wyre davies has been following their stories. spasibo. a hospital in a foreign land isn't where masha would have

we expect a country awe continuation of the presidency of outgoing president rodrigo duterte. a lot of expectations, particularly how he will deal with the problems of the pandemic as well as economic. unity as well as the promise of recovery, and actually rising up from the pandemic and all the any mop —— economic problems. people watching if you will provide some specific programmes —— if he will abide president duterte is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war — is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on _ is leaving behind a legacy of a deadly war on drugsjust yesterday, deadly war on drugs just yesterday, the news organisation has been warning that it's going to need to close down. is this something we can expect from the new president?— president? we do expect a continuation _ president? we do expect a continuation or _ president? we do expect a continuation or support - president? we do expect a continuation or support of| president? we do expect a i continuation or support of this particular policy because we see a number of officials and allies of president dutert

the daughter of the philippines president rodrigo duterte has been sworn in as the country's next vicen ceremony was attended by the president—elect, ferdinand marcosjunior, whose father was also president of the philippines. the un world food programme has warned that it is having to reduce rations for people it supports in africa because of a lack of adequate funding. the war in ukraine has driven up the price of commodities — especially because the country was a major supplier of wheat, maize and sunflower oil. the world governing body of swimming has voted to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events unless they've transitioned by the age of 12. it follows controversy over the issue of swimmers who were born male, but who transitioned, and then went on to win women's races. our sports correspondent, jane dougall, has more. the world swimming championships getting under way in budapest but hours earlier in budapest but hours earlier in the same city, the sports governing body had made a crucial decision. members of fina voted to effectively bar any trans women who ha

country together because he ran alongside sara duterte hair, daughter of incumbent president rodrigo dutertelace today, we will see bongbong marcos shaking hands in the next hour or so to begin the inauguration ceremony. by bringing the tupac political people together from the north and south, the idea of unity, a positive message to the country coming out of a pandemic caused by covid-19 coming out of a pandemic caused by covid—19 and the recession that was triggered as a result of that, filipinos are wanted an uplifting story, they weren't interested in the past, they weren't interested in the stories of ferdinand marcos and e—mailed a markos, famous for autocracy, stealing money from the public purse, she was convicted for corruption in 2018 and the philippines but none of that mattered to the filipinos, 1 million who voted for bongbong marcos who really believe in his message in which he said he will return the country to a golden age of the economy despite the fact that when ferdinand marcos was ousted following a popular revolt in 1986, the country was on the brink and heavily indebted

marcosjunior, being sworn in as president of the philippines, he will attend this morning to meet rodrigo dutertelowed to stand... for the constitution but they will meet in the next couple of hours and ferdinand marcos will head to the national museum which was once the senate building, a grandiose... building where he will be sworn in just after midday and then the marcos family will be fully rehabilitated... in political exile. we have seen the family grow in power, they had senators in place and regional governors but this is the icing on the cake. imelda marcos, the wife of ferdinand marcos will presumably be in attendance today to see her son this morning is that president which will make a very happy. it was always a wish. some people call her the kingmaker, see she is perhaps best known for her massive shoe collection which she accrued under which people said she had basically use public money to accrue those shoes and paintings and luxury grout counts that she acquired during the.... the 70s and 80s but what. .. during the.... the 70s and 80s but what... big celebration 30 million people

the daughter of rodrigo duterte has been sworn in as the country's next vice—president.ing mayor of davao. the uk transport secretary says it's not for the government to intervene to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps has dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt he says it's for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to �*sow division' in society. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. get ready for the biggest rail strike in a generation. for three days spread over the next week, the rail workers union will down tools, massive disruption is expected across the country and in some places like hull, no services will be running in or out on strike days. it is awful for people with need to get to jobs and to work and places. i do not like strikes. maybe asking for a bit too much of a pay rise. they have to strike _ because the transport minister has not been listening to them for decades.

peace prize laureate maria ressa , has vowed to fight the order which comes in the final days of rodrigo duterte's presidency. on thursday, ferdinand marcos, jr., the son of the late filipino dictator, will be inaugurated as president. a warning to our audience, the following headline contains graphic description of sexual abuse. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping jeffrey epstein recruit and sexually assault teenage girls. in december, she was convicted on five charges, including sex trafficking of a minor. prior to the sentencing, sarah ransome, a survivor of epstein's abuse, spoke to reporters. >> i spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. i was raped repeatedly. i was raped re-times a day sometimes. i was not the only girl on that island. there was a constant stream of girls in raped over and over and over again. and those are some of the amy: headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. "bombshell after bombshell" is how publ

the order was made on tuesday — two days before rodrigo duterte steps down as president.ve hives, bees or honeycomb until further notice, while 400 hives within infested locations will be destroyed. australia was the only continent free of the mites — which are the biggest threat to bees worldwide. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. we have seen some heavy rain overnight. and first thing this morning across some parts of the country, and that is all courtesy of a weather front which is moving steadily eastwards. now, this second weather front following on behind is going to weaken, but it will still pep up the showers. for wimbledon today we are looking at the rain clearing, and then largely dry for the rest of the day. only a 5% risk of a shower in the afternoon. temperatures getting up to 22 celsius in light winds. that will feel quite pleasant. if we pick up that same weather front that is producing the rain, you can see where it is, and it is going to bring more rain in across the north—east of scotland. showers following on behind, some

two days before rodrigo duterte i stepped down as president.n ever before was stolen in 2021, according to figures released by the banking industry. £1.3 billion was stolen by criminals, which is an 8% increase from 2020. we can get more on this from our business and consumer correspondent colletta smith. what is going on here? new figures are out today _ what is going on here? new figures are out today looking _ what is going on here? new figures are out today looking at _ what is going on here? new figures are out today looking at last - what is going on here? new figures are out today looking at last year i are out today looking at last year stop activity across the banking sector last year. we have seen a record amount stolen from customers last year, £1.3 billion. we are seeing two very different pictures across at. the banking industry have actually managed to clamp down on what they term unauthorised fraud. your bank details being stolen, perhaps your card being stolen, perhaps your card being stolen, perhaps your card being stolen, perh