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Duterte Says He Regrets Obama Controversy

The Philippines leader says he didn't mean to call US president a 'son of a whore'.

US President Barack Obama has refused to meet his Philippine counterpart at the ASEAN summit in Laos, over a personal insult. Mr Duterte has expressed regret through his spokesman. We hear from Amnesty International researcher Rachel Chhoa-Howard about the real issues behind the diplomatic spat.

Also: A Black Lives Matter activist tells us why protestors chained themselves on a London airport runway; emotions run high in Pristina after Kosovo's football team scores its first goal in an international competition; we go live to our reporter Lucy Grey, on board an MSF rescue ship on the Mediterranean; and could an app help people at risk of 'disappearing' in police custody in Egypt?

(Photo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left). US President Barack Obama (right). Credits: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images (left); Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (right).

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Sep 201610:06GMT

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  • Tue 6 Sep 201610:06GMT

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