just remind us of that relationship she had with rodrigo duterte and what started this whole process.ed duterte hated maria for a long time because she interviewed him. he had a bad temperament. in an interview with her many years ago he admitted killing three people while he was the mayor of a city in mindanao island. and she then was leading the newspaper in documenting his war on drugs, which led to thousands and probably tens of thousands of extra—judicial killings by the police officers. he always denied any involvement but he did call for the killing of drug traffickers and drug users and there was substantial evidence of police involvement enactment, many, many of those guns including by human rights watch, so had a vendetta against her and basically turned the courts loose on maria and rappler, and other journalists. either way, one of the biggest deviations in the country lost the license under matthew because he didn't like reporting. so this is the product of a political crusade against a journalist who is simply doing herjob. turning now to ukraine, with russian forces in

what i think it signifies is that rodrigo duterte day who engaged in mass killings as president is noonger in power was down marcos, who was not known as a supporter of the free press is in power, and it is hard to imagine this case would have been dropped, they would have been dropped, they would have been an acquittal of detector was in power so i guess there is a bit of hope that marcos has decided that either he doesn't want to preside over trumped up cases against journalist paul like maria ressa, or he isjust going to let thejudiciary do ressa, or he isjust going to let the judiciary do the work, and since there was not a shred of evidence of tax evasion here, basically rappler received a donation as a non—profit from an american donor, which was not taxable. that may be the filipino courts may be allowed to go back to their drops of looking at the facts, as maria said, and delivering justice, she said. you touched on the politics there that maria has set out that the charges against her were politically motivated. just remind us of that relationship she had with rodrigo duterte

which earned a reputation for its in—depth reporting and tough scrutiny of the former president rodrigo duterteshe was convicted in 2020 for libel — and does face several other charges, which she says are politically motivated. she spoke a little earlier. today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins. a brazen abuse of power. voice waivers and meant to stop journalists from doing theirjobs, but... give me two seconds... these cases are where capital markets, where rule of law, where press freedom meet, right? so, this acquittal is notjust for us, for rappler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused. lian buan isjustice reporter with rappler and has been closely following events. she joins us from london. you must be ecstatic about this outcome today?— you must be ecstatic about this outcome today? yes. thank you so much- _ outcome today? yes. thank you so much- i— outcome today? yes. thank you so much. i mean, _ outcome today? yes. thank you so much. i mean, when - outcome today? yes. thank you so much. i mean, when we - outcome today? yes. thank you | so much. i mean, when we

philippines former president, rodrigo duterte, openly thatened drug suspects with death.ut he's defended the crackdown as being lawfully directed. duterte withdrew the country from the icc in 2019 after it opened the investigation. now current president, ferdinand marcos jr. has said it doesn't intend to rejoin the court. his government responded to the court's decision on friday in a statement, it said, its own domestic jurisdictions processes should take precedent. it called it a well-functioning system that yields positive results in its own time. >>> japan's urging the u.n. security council to step up peace-building efforts. the call comes after a decade in which the u.n. refugee agency saw the number of people forced to flee conflict doubled. japan's ambassador to the u.n. hosted an open debate on peace-building on thursday. envoys from over 70 nations participated. >> we have recently witnessed how easily peace receded and the humanitarian situation deteriorated in some countries and regions despite strenuous efforts over time. >> ishikane said investment in service

. >> "president rodrigo duterte just told trudeau that he has one week or its war." >> after rotti inyears, canada finally took its waste back and rnt it. it made headlines everywhere and revealed the dark underbelly of the global plastic waste network. it's rife with corruption, run by private traders and fly-by-night establishments, and interpol found that it could be worse. >> "we often find the same names linked to other crimes - money laundering, tax evasion, fraud. it'sll the same criminals." >> and the currency driving it all? is plastic scrap. >> i want to find out more about what's going on but everybody i'm speaking to seems to be answering in code. >> so how does the global plastic waste trade even work? and how can get out of this mess? enter: china. by the nineties, china was becoming the world's manufacturer. every ds carrying all sorts of products would journey to the us and europe. but when they returned empty, they became a serious financial opportunity. the west consumed, collected its waste - and shipped it out of sight to china. china recycled what it could and sen

the former philippine president rodrigo duterte ended talks last year, saying joint development could undermine the country's sovereignty as china claims almost all of the south china sea. marcos' government hasn't yet explained its rationale for restarting talks, but it has suggested there will be preconditions that china comply with the philippines' laws. beijing says it will advance cooperation at least in areas in the sea with no territorial disputes. it's not clear which area those includes, but china hasn't changed its stance that it will not budge an inch on territorial dispute in the waterways. some analysts in the philippines are concerned. they say beijing could use negotiations as stalling tactics, give it time to strengthen its control in the area in the sea. >> and marcos' visit touches on more than just joint resource development. what's the bigger picture here? >> analysts say it appears to play into the battle between the u.s. and china for influence in the region. since taking office in june, marcos has deepened security ties with wang sen chen. in september, he had f

is resuming its investigation into the war on drugs waged by the former philippine president, rodrigo duterteactivists believe the real number is far higher. friday marks holocaust memorial day — a day dedicated to the remembrance of thejews and others who suffered in the holocaust under nazi persecution. as the years pass, there are fewer and fewer survivors from that time — and there's a fear the day may lose its impact in future. our religion editor aleem maqbool reports. this is manfred goldberg and his younger brother herman. during the holocaust, they were rounded up with their mother and sent to a concentration camp. he was a lovely little boy. sadly, he was murdered when he was only nine years old. there was no such thing as mourning in the camps. i still remember my mother's heartbreaking wails at having lost her little boy. nevertheless both she and i had to line up the following morning and go to work as if nothing had happened. herman was one of around 6 millionjews that were murdered. this must have been october, november �*45. manfred came out of it alive and has a picture a few

maria ressa as head of rappler which earned a reputation for in—depth reporting and scrutiny of rodrigo dutertealing the verdict and faces several other charges which she says are politically motivated. she spoke a short time ago. motivated. she spoke a short time age-— time ago. today acts when, truth wins. _ time ago. today acts when, truth wins, justice - time ago. today acts when, truth wins, justice wins. i truth wins, justice wins. inaudible that was maria ressa there, the philippian nobel laureate who has been acquitted alongside her new site, rappler, by a court of tax evasion charges. what's more on the bbc website. we will be bringing you updates on that story as and when we get them. for now to another story for you today. the uk and us have reaffirmed their support for ukraine and its struggle against the russian invasion. james cleverly has been holding talks with antony blinken on a visit to washington. mr clovelly raised western unity and had this message for president putin. whilst three quarters of the entire membership of the united nations voted to condemn this invasion, we s

, which earned a reputation for its in—depth reporting and tough scrutiny of former president rodrigo duterte libel and does face several other charges, which she says are politically motivated. i've been speaking to maria ressa about her relief. this is the very first legal win that rappler has ever had since president duterte took office, and the kind of social media manipulation, the harassment online, and then the weaponisation of the law happened. so this is a day that we had hoped would happen sooner. this case was... we went to trial for more than four years to get to this point, but we are here. and, you know, it went down to these three things — facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. did you ever think you would see a day like this? yes, ijust did not expect it to take so long. you know, martin luther king says, yes, it will take time, but my lord! i was just reading through the 80 page decision and there was no reason to have taken us to court. but having said that, well, here we go, itjust took a little while, four years and two months exactly, but we are not tax evaders

is resuming its investigation into the war on drugs waged by the former philippine president rodrigo duterte but activists believe the real number is far higher. the windrush scandal, when thousands of british people, many arriving from the caribbean in the 19505 and '60s were wrongly classified as illegal residents, is again the source of pain and disappointment. the head of the official inquiry which reported three years ago says that crucial recommendations have now been dropped by the home secretary suella braverman. the report had previously been accepted in full by boris johnson's government. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports. we couldn't get a doctor's appointment... janet mckay and her partner anthony bryan say their lives have been torn apart because of the windrush scandal. i couldn't plan any part of my life. if i needed to go up the road i had to borrow money. i couldn't work, couldn't sign on. i couldn't go to the doctors. i had to go to a&e because i couldn't go to the dentist. there's lots of things i couldn't have done and that put a lot of stress on

investigation into possible crimes against humanity committed as part of philippines former president rodrigo duterte'swar on drugs. the probe was suspended in november 2021 after philippines officials said they were conducting their own review of the crimes. the icc accused authorities of failing to take meaningful steps to investigate or prosecute the killings. a united nations report found at least 8,600 people had been killed in the drug war unleashed by duterte, with some estimates suggesting the true toll could be three times higher. police often falsified evidence to justify the unlawful killings. in california, the6-year-old farmworker charged with killing seven co-workers monday at two mushroom farms told a bay area tv station he "wasn't in his right mind" on the day of the shootings. in a jailhouse interview with kntv, chunli zhao said he was bullieand forced to work long hours on the farms and that his complaints went ignored. the farm where zhao killed four of his victims had a separate shooting last summer. in that altercation, one manager was charged with attempting to murder another mana

founder of the independent news outlet rappler and was a vocal critic of former filipino president rodrigo duterteose government filed the charges. ressa spoke earlier today. >> these charges were politically motivated. they were incredible, a brazen abuse of power. meant to stop journalists from doing their jobs. today, fact wins. truth wins. justice wins. amy: despite today's acquittal, maria ressa's legal problems are not over. she is currently on bail as she appeals a six-year prison sentence handed down in 2020 for a libel conviction. visit democracynow.org to see our interviews with maria ressa. in the united states, house republicans have placed far right election deniers marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar on the powerful house oversight and accountability committee. this comes two years after democrats removed them from their committee posts for calling for violence against democrats on social media. greene, who once claimed there was an "islamic invasion into our government offices," will also serve othe homeland security committee. gosar will also rejoin the natural resources committe

which earned a reputation for its in—depth reporting and tough scrutiny of the former president rodrigo duterteins. a brazen abuse of power... voice waivers and meant to stop journalists from doing theirjobs, but these cases are where capital markets, where rule of law, where press freedom meet, right? so, this acquittal is notjust for rappler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused. the charity as irish uk says not enough people are doing enough to sue the —— as emma's uk says people are doing enough to stop dementia. the charity is advising people to take regular exercise, stop smoking and to stay mentally sharp socially active. the public spending watchdog has said some people employed by the government police intelligence services may not be able to do their work because the uk security betting agencies failing to meet its targets. the national audit office as many applications made last spring were not processed within the required timescale. the chairman of the conservative party has not denied a report he has agreed to pay millions of pounds in tax to settle a disput

which earned a reputation for its in—depth reporting and tough scrutiny of the former president rodrigo duterteurnalists outside the court. today, facts win. truth wins. justice wins. a brazen abuse of power... voice waivers. and meant to stop journalists from doing theirjobs, but these cases are where capital markets, where rule of law, where press freedom meet, right? so, this acquittal is notjust for rappler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused. we are bringing you a line from president zelensky reacting to the news story about the helicopter crash in a suburb to the east of kyiv which has killed at least 18 people including the interior ministry, someone said to be very close to president zelensky, the interior minister, denys monastyrsky. today, a terrible tragedy occurred in breviary according to the statement from president zelensky, a helicopter crash and a fire at the crash site as of this minute. he is saying 15 people died, sold varying accounts of the number of people who have been killed in this crash. the exact number of victims of the tragedy is currently