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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - FBI agents arrive in Zamboanga del Norte, look into American’s abduction - NBI files multiple criminal complaints vs Michael Yang’s brother Tony - Former special forces commander Prabowo takes up Indonesian presidency - Harris campaign reports spending $270M in September, well above Trump’s outlays of $78M - Liam Payne's ex-partner calls for media restraint after 'painful' death  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/october-21-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:12United States FBI agents arrive in Zamboanga del Norte following the abduction of an American

00:17vlogger.

00:18The NBI files multiple criminal complaints against Michael Yang's brother, Tony.

00:23Former Special Forces Commander Prabowo Subianto takes over as President of Indonesia, the

00:27world's third-largest democracy.

00:29Democratic candidate Kamala Harris outspends Republican Donald Trump in September with

00:34the lion's share going to TV ads.

00:37And Liam Payne's ex calls for restraint in media coverage to protect his family.

00:43United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrived in Cebuco Town in Zamboanga

00:47del Norte to look into the October 17 abduction of American Elliot Eastman.

00:52A 26-year-old vlogger from Vermont, Eastman was abducted by an armed group on the night

00:56of October 17.

00:58He was dragged from his residence, shot in the leg when he resisted, and forced into

01:02a boat that sped off to sea.

01:04Authorities believe the group may be headed toward Basilan or any of the islands in the

01:08Sulu Archipelago.

01:09A video he posted on his YouTube channel on September 28 indicated he had security concerns.

01:15The video was titled, Living in the Philippines' Most Dangerous Area as an American.

01:20A Barangay official says Eastman converted to Islam and had been living in a poor area

01:24of Cebuco with his wife.

01:28The National Bureau of Investigation filed 16 criminal complaints against Tony Yang,

01:32the brother of former President Rodrigo Duterte's economic advisor, Michael Yang.

01:36Some of the complaints filed against Yang include the alleged falsification of public

01:40documents, perjury, and violation of the Anti-Alias Law.

01:43The rest of the complaints are unspecified.

01:46The NBI says its Northern Mindanao Bureau discovered Yang used pseudonyms to establish

01:50several corporations while concealing his identity as a Chinese national and obtaining

01:55a Filipino birth certificate.

01:57Immigration authorities arrested Yang, who is also known as Yang Jansin or Antonio Lim,

02:01on September 19, for being an undesirable alien.

02:05Philippine authorities flagged Yang's Steel Mill Corporation due to alleged torture and

02:09has said Yang's other businesses branched out to Philippine offshore gaming operators

02:13in Cagayan de Oro City.

02:15On September 28, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency confirmed one of Yang's business partners

02:19is a PIDEA person of interest.

02:24Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto on Sunday, October 20, took over as president of the world's

02:28third-largest democracy.

02:30He vows to combat corruption that plagued the country and to make it more self-sufficient.

02:35The 73-year-old has undergone a remarkable transformation from being a former military

02:39commander facing allegations of rights abuses.

02:42Prabowo, who unsuccessfully ran for the presidency twice before, said in a fiery speech,

02:47We must realize that a free nation is where the people are free.

02:51They must be freed from fear, poverty, hunger, ignorance, oppression, suffering.

02:56Prabowo won the February 14 contest with nearly 60 percent of the vote, built upon a formidable

03:01parliamentary coalition.

03:03He was joined in the squaring-in by 37-year-old Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of

03:07outgoing President Joko Jokowi Widodo.

03:10Prabowo also announced his cabinet, a mix of professional and political appointees,

03:14with most of the economic ministers carryovers from Jokowi.

03:20Kamala Harris entered the final full month of the U.S. presidential election campaign,

03:24vastly outspending Donald Trump.

03:26According to financial disclosures, Democratic Vice President Harris spent $270 million last

03:32September, largely on ads, while former Republican President Trump's spending totaled $78 million,

03:38similarly on ads.

03:39The campaigns are racing the final stretch of an extremely tight presidential contest.

03:44Many polls show the two candidates neck-and-neck, including in battleground states that could

03:48determine the winner.

03:49Harris' larger bank account is helping her blanket airwaves with television ads in the

03:53final days before November 5, although it might not deliver victory.

03:57In the 2016 presidential contest, Trump defeated Hillary Clinton despite raising less money

04:02than the Democrat.

04:05Liam Payne's former partner pop singer Sheryl Tweedy joins the outpouring of grief over

04:10his death, calling for restraint and coverage to protect his family.

04:14The former One Direction member died at age 31 after falling from a hotel room balcony

04:18in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.

04:20Tweedy, who was in a relationship with Payne between 2016 and 2018, urges the media to

04:25remember they have a 7-year-old son, Bear, who could read the reports.

04:29She says, quote,

04:30"...one day Bear will have access to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation."

04:35Tweedy called on people to give Liam the little dignity he has left in the wake of his death

04:39to rest in some peace at last.

04:43And that's today's wrap.

04:44I'm Cara Oliver.

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