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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: - Davao police chief relieved as probe into March drug war killings begins - Teodoro slams China Coast Guard regulation as 'provocation' - China starts second day of war games around Taiwan to test ability to 'seize power' - Teenager Carlo Acutis, ‘patron of the internet,’ to be first millennial saint - Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates: ‘Our world is on fire. Welcome to the battlefield.’  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/may-24-2024/

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00:00 Today on Rappler

00:12 The chief of police of Davao is relieved as a probe begins into March drug war killings

00:17 in the city.

00:18 Defense chief Ghibo Teodoro slams a new China Coast Guard regulation that calls for the

00:22 apprehension of so-called "trespassers" in China-claimed waters.

00:27 China starts the second day of war games in Taiwan that tests its ability to "seize

00:32 power."

00:33 Teenager Carlo Acutis will become the first millennial saint.

00:37 And Maria Ressa tells Harvard graduates "Our world is on fire.

00:42 Welcome to the battlefield."

00:45 The chief of police of Davao City, Richard Badang, is administratively relieved from his

00:49 post Thursday, May 23, less than two months after he assumed command.

00:54 This as the regional internal affairs office starts an investigation into the deaths of

00:58 seven people suspected of involvement in the local drug trade during police operations

01:03 in Davao City from March 23 to 26.

01:07 The first of the series of killings took place a day after Davao Mayor Sebastián Duterte

01:11 warned he will go after people engaged in illegal drug activities in the city unless

01:16 they leave.

01:18 The message is reminiscent of the pronouncements of his father, ex-president Rodrigo Duterte.

01:23 A spokesperson from PNP Davao Regional Headquarters says Badang's removal aims to ensure an impartial

01:28 and credible investigation and will prevent any undue influence on witnesses or tampering

01:34 of evidence.

01:37 Speaking before officers of the Philippine Navy, Defense Secretary Guibo Teodoro criticizes

01:41 China's newest Coast Guard regulation as a "provocation."

01:46 In another interview, Teodoro confirms he was alluding to a newly released China Coast

01:50 Guard regulation setting the conditions for "trespassers to be apprehended in Chinese

01:55 waters."

01:56 Teodoro calls it an "irresponsible threat," which he says is a violation of the UN Convention

02:01 on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS and the United Nations Charter.

02:04 Teodoro adds it is a matter of international concern since it is a breach of international

02:09 peace.

02:10 The regulation will reportedly take effect in June 2024.

02:14 Tensions between the Philippines and China have amped up significantly as Manila asserts

02:18 its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.

02:22 China claims a huge chunk of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 arbitral ruling that junks

02:27 its claim as invalid.

02:31 China's military starts its second day of war games around Taiwan Friday, May 24, with

02:35 drills to test its ability to "seize power and control key areas."

02:41 China says the exercises were launched to punish Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te.

02:45 China has never ruled out the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.

02:50 The drills in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands near the

02:53 Chinese coast start just three days after Lai took office.

02:58 China denounces Lai as a "separatist."

03:00 Lai repeatedly offered talks with China but has been rebuffed.

03:04 He says only Taiwan's people can decide its future and rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.

03:10 Taiwan's armed forces meantime are mobilized to monitor and shadow Chinese forces.

03:15 Taiwan's defense ministry on Friday published pictures of F-16s with live missiles patrolling

03:20 the skies.

03:23 The Vatican says Italian teenager Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at the age of 15, will

03:28 be declared a Catholic saint after a miracle is attributed to his intercession.

03:33 It takes one miracle to be beatified and a second to be declared a saint.

03:37 Acutis has a huge following in predominantly Catholic Philippines.

03:41 The Vatican says the miracle that led to his sainthood involves a Costa Rican woman.

03:46 The woman's mother visited Blessed Carlo's tomb in Assisi after her daughter suffered

03:50 severe head trauma with a very low chance of survival.

03:54 That same day, the daughter began to breathe spontaneously, partially regained her speech,

03:59 and a CAT scan later proved hemorrhaging had disappeared.

04:02 A computer programmer who watched Pokemon and played the PlayStation, Acutis is touted

04:06 as a saint for the 21st century and dubbed the first millennial saint.

04:19 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa tells the Harvard Class of 2024

04:24 they, quote, "must have the courage to create the world as it should be—more compassionate,

04:30 more equal, more sustainable."

04:33 In her commencement address, she commends the battle-tested graduates who survived the

04:37 pandemic and saw on their screens the horrors of war.

04:52 Around 30,000 graduates gathered at the entire stretch of the Harvard Yard, which was the

04:56 site of a 20-day pro-Palestine encampment.

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