Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- How is Imelda? Marcos’ first call with president-elect Trump
- Malacañang urges government agencies to avoid lavish Christmas parties
- Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine
- Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats
- US fans celebrate K-pop group SEVENTEEN amid company tussle
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- How is Imelda? Marcos’ first call with president-elect Trump
- Malacañang urges government agencies to avoid lavish Christmas parties
- Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine
- Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats
- US fans celebrate K-pop group SEVENTEEN amid company tussle
https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-19-2024/
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00:00Today on Rappler
00:13U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asks about Imelda Marcos in his first phone call with
00:17President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
00:19Malacanang urges government agencies to keep their Christmas parties simple and to donate
00:24the money saved to storm ravaged communities.
00:27Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a warning to the United States by lowering the
00:31threshold for a nuclear strike.
00:33Hong Kong's High Court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years.
00:39And fans of South Korean boyband Seventeen in Oakland, California slam South Korean company
00:44HYBE.
00:47What was the first thing Donald Trump asked about in his phone call to Philippine President
00:51Ferdinand Marcos Jr.?
00:53The 47th President of the United States wanted to know, how was Imelda, the former First
00:58Lady of the Philippines?
01:00Marcos says, it's my mother whom he's friends with, he really knows her.
01:04He asked about her, how's Imelda?
01:07Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025.
01:12Marcos adds the conversation moved on to the alliance between the United States and the
01:16Philippines and he expressed his desire to strengthen the relationship between the two
01:20countries.
01:22Marcos tells reporters he reminded Trump that Filipinos in America overwhelmingly voted
01:26for him.
01:27The Philippine President notes, it was a very good call, it was a very friendly call, very
01:32productive.
01:36Malacanang urges government agencies to keep their Christmas parties simple and to donate
01:40the money saved to storm ravaged communities.
01:43In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas Beresamin says President Ferdinand Marcos
01:47Jr. calls on government agencies to avoid lavish celebrations.
01:52Beresamin says this is in solidarity with the millions of Filipinos still grieving losses
01:56from recent typhoons.
01:58Six tropical cyclones battered parts of the country over the last four weeks.
02:02Cristin, Leon, Marseille, Nica, Ofel, and most recently, Super Typhoon Pepito.
02:09The government recorded at least 150 dead due to Cristin and Leon.
02:14More than a million people were affected due to the combined effects of tropical cyclones
02:18Nica, Ofel, and Pepito.
02:20Beresamin adds, the palace won't issue official guidance on how the bureaucracy should cut
02:24back on holiday spending.
02:26He says the palace trusts that government workers can, quote, unilaterally adopt austerity
02:31in their celebrations.
02:35Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a warning to the United States by lowering the
02:39threshold for a nuclear strike.
02:41The move comes days after the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine
02:45to fire American missiles into Russia.
02:48Washington says the move was in response to Russia's deployment of North Korean soldiers
02:52in Russia.
02:53The updated doctrine outlines the threats that would make Russia contemplate using nuclear
02:58weapons.
02:59It now includes any conventional assault on Russia by a non-nuclear power, supported by
03:03a nuclear power, to be a joint attack.
03:06Any mass aerospace attack with aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aircraft that cross
03:11Russia's borders could also trigger a nuclear response.
03:15Together, Russia and the U.S. control 88 percent of the world's nuclear warheads.
03:20Analysts say it's an attempt by Putin to draw a red line for the West.
03:24The war in Ukraine entered its 1,000th day on Tuesday, November 19.
03:30Hong Kong's high court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years
03:36in a landmark national security trial.
03:38In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit
03:43subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law for organizing an unofficial
03:48primary election.
03:50Former legal scholar Benny Tai, who was accused of being the organizer, was sentenced to 10
03:54years in jail.
03:56Hundreds of people queued outside the court as they tried to secure a seat within the
03:59main courtroom and several spillover courts.
04:02The United States criticized the trial as politically motivated and says the activists
04:07should be released as they had been peacefully participating in legal political activities.
04:12The Chinese and Hong Kong governments say the national security laws were necessary
04:15to restore order after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.
04:22Fans of South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN in Oakland, California, spoke up about the controversy
04:27with South Korean company HYBE.
04:29The entertainment company oversees popular groups BTS, New Genes, and SEVENTEEN.
04:35A HYBE internal document criticized its K-pop groups, including SEVENTEEN, for being unattractive
04:40and having too much plastic surgery.
04:43K-pop idols are held to high standards.
04:45A female fan from Portland, Oregon, says you support a group and their own company is not
04:50keeping them in mind.
04:51SEVENTEEN member Seungkwan wrote in response,
04:54You have no right to easily insert yourselves into our narrative.
04:57We are not your commodities to be used and enjoyed at will.
05:00Hani of New Genes made an appeal in October for better treatment.
05:04HYBE CEO Lee Jae-sung issued an apology in October.
05:08The U.S. leg of the tour concluded in Los Angeles last Saturday.
05:14And that's today's wrap.
05:15I'm Cara Oliver.
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