Nearly a decade ago, the Philippine drug war raged, and desperate people tried to avoid former President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly crackdown.

I said this already, that I will protect you, and I will be responsible for everything," Duterte said. His remarks were his first since being put on a plane to The Hague. Duterte was taken into custody by the ICC on Wednesday following his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to his "war on drugs" in which thousands of purported dealers and users were killed.

Rodrigo Duterte, who led the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, will face allegations of crimes against humanity for overseeing death squads in his war on drugs.

The Kremlin on Thursday declined to comment on a Reuters report that Russia had presented the U.S. with a list of its demands to end the war in Ukraine and reset relations with Washington. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Russian and American officials had discussed Moscow's terms during in-person and virtual conversations over the last three weeks.

Russia on Thursday said it has told Washington that a 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States to pause the war in Ukraine would simply give Kyiv’s forces a respite. The Kremlin’s advances along the front in recent months and the attempt of the US President Donald Trump to strike a peace deal to end the three-year-old conflict in Ukraine