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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Marcos government provides protection to ICC witness vs Duterte - Caloocan residents turn to Facebook meme page to report complaints - Palace's Claire Castro claps back at VP Sara: Your father did it too - Trump declares Iran ‘victory for everybody’ despite doubts over damage - Alex Eala downs former French Open champ anew, reaches Eastbourne quarters  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/june-26-2025/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:08The Marcus government says it will provide protection to drug war victims

00:18who will be appearing before the International Criminal Court as witnesses against Rodrigo Duterte.

00:23Kaloakan residents turned to a Facebook meme page to complain about their city.

00:27Her father did it too. Palace press officer Claire Castro claps back at Vice President Sara Duterte

00:32who criticized President Marcos for attending a drug incineration event.

00:37Donald Trump says the end of the war in Iran is a victory for everybody.

00:41And Alex Ayala beats former French Open champion Yelena Ostenpenko to reach the Eastburn quarterfinals.

00:49The Marcus administration is providing protection and support to witnesses in the International Criminal Court case

00:55of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

00:57Justice Secretary Boing Remulia says the witnesses will be admitted into the country's witness protection program

01:03to bring them safely to The Hague.

01:05This is the Marcus government's strongest statement so far in terms of cooperation with the ICC.

01:10When Duterte was arrested, the Marcus administration justified its cooperation

01:14by saying it is simply upholding its commitment to the Interpol.

01:18The Philippines is no longer an ICC member state.

01:20Meantime, Remulia says he doesn't think Duterte's request for interim release is appropriate.

01:25He says in an interview with ABS-CBN's ANC,

01:28quote,

01:29There may be more harm than good that will come out of it if that request is granted by the court.

01:34Victims of Duterte's drug war officially oppose the bid,

01:37noting his release from detention will expose them to danger.

01:41They also say that humanitarian considerations,

01:43which Duterte invoked in his request,

01:45are not part of the reasons listed by the ICC

01:48that could justify an interim release.

01:52Some Caloacan residents found an ally in Facebook meme page

01:55follow the trend movement known as FTTM.

01:58This after re-elected Caloacan Mayor Dale Along Malapitan

02:02actively responded to FTTM's posts about the concerns of Caloacan residents.

02:07In May, FTTM shared a street lighting project update from Malapitan's Facebook page.

02:12It jokingly attributed the street's brightness to the camera's ISO settings,

02:16merely being increased from ISO 100 to ISO 1600.

02:20One social media user joked the mayor was flexing the bare minimum.

02:24Malapitan responded after the post went viral,

02:26saying the brightness was brought about by the streetlights and no adjustments.

02:30FTTM replied in a separate post telling the mayor,

02:34pay attention to your constituents' grievances, not our memes.

02:38The same day, FTTM asked the mayor about a photo showing a signage

02:42for a flood control project in a flooded area in Caloacan.

02:45The signage had the word wall misspelled.

02:48A user commented how the politicians didn't forget to place their photos in the sign,

02:52but were remiss in checking for spelling errors.

02:54In early June, FTTM called out Malapitan's post about a creek cleanup operation,

02:59with the before and after photos supposedly having the same timestamp.

03:03The mayor deleted the post shortly after with no explanation.

03:07One user said, quote,

03:08Let's report all our grievances directly to FTTM.

03:12The mayor has been paying a lot of attention to the comments here.

03:16Her father did it too.

03:18Palace press officer Claire Castro claps back at Vice President Sara Duterte,

03:22who criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for attending a drug incineration event.

03:27Hindi trabaho ng presidente ang mag-photo-op sa pagsira ng nahuli na drugs.

03:39Maganda sa papel, maganda sa picture, hindi ganun eh.

03:43Dapat paniguraduhin mo eh na gumaganda yung buhay ng bawat Pilipinas.

03:51Marcos oversaw the incineration of 9.48 billion pesos worth of illegal drugs in Capasterlak Wednesday, June 25.

03:58Castro notes the president's work should not be hidden and should be visible to the people.

04:03Nais ng Pangulo na masawata ang droga, ang illegal na droga sa ating bansa.

04:09At ang pagdatrabaho po ng Pangulo ay dapat maramdaman ng tao.

04:15Hindi po ito pang photo ops lang.

04:18Ito ay nagsisilbing babala sa mga kriminal.

04:22Holding up a broadsheet from 2020, Castro reminds the Vice President,

04:26her father, Rodrigo Duterte, also oversaw the incineration of illegal drugs when he was president.

04:34United States President Donald Trump says his move to join Israel's attacks in Iran ended the war,

04:40calling it a victory for everybody.

04:42This despite the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency's initial assessment,

04:46saying Iran's path to building a nuclear weapon may have been only set back by months.

04:50Israel's own nuclear agency released an assessment,

04:53saying the strikes had, quote,

04:55set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years.

04:59The White House also circulated the Israeli statement.

05:02Trump adds he is confident Tehran would not try to rebuild its nuclear sites

05:05and would instead pursue a diplomatic path.

05:08Israel's bombing campaign wiped out Iran's top military leadership

05:12and killed its leading nuclear scientists.

05:15Iranian authorities said 610 people were killed and nearly 5,000 injured in Iran,

05:19where the extent of the damage could not be independently confirmed.

05:23Meanwhile, 28 people were killed in Israel due to Iranian counterattacks.

05:29Alex Ayala has proven twice that she can beat top 100 players.

05:33She has also shown twice that she can bounce back after losing the first set

05:37and still win against higher-ranked opponents.

05:39After losing in the first set, Ayala came back strong in the last two sets

05:43to defeat third seed and former French Open champion Jelena Ostenpenko of Latvia

05:480-6, 6-2, 3-2, in the second round of the WTA 150

05:53Plexus Eastburn Open on Wednesday, June 25.

05:57The match ended early during the fifth game of the third set, with Ayala serving.

06:01Ostenpenko, who had already taken two medical timeouts to check her ankle,

06:05told the umpire she could not continue.

06:07With this win, the 20-year-old Filipina beat Ostenpenko again,

06:11after also defeating the 28-year-old Latvian in straight sets at the Miami Open last March.

06:16In the quarterfinals, Ayala will play against either Dayane Yastremsk of Ukraine,

06:20a 2024 Australian Open semi-finalist, or British wildcard Francesca Jones.

06:25And that's today's wrap. I'm Cara Oliver. Thank you for watching.

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