This is insane. VP Sara Duterte hired an assassin to take out President Marcos, his wife, and the speaker of the house if she is murdered. If you think your country’s politics is messed up … apnews.com/article/0946ce72c24…

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Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have President Marcos assassinated

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte says she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed.

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Children wash muddied clothes after they were flooded by Super Typhoon Man-yi in Bayombong. Storm-weary communities in the Philippines are beginning to rebuild after Super Typhoon Man-yi and five other storms in the past month have devastated homes and displaced hundreds of thousands.

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People ride on a rescue boat along a flooded street following super typhoon Man-Yi, in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, #Philippines, November 18. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

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Ilagan, #Philippines

Submerged homes at a village in Isabela province, after continuous heavy rains from Super Typhoon Man-yi. People cleared fallen trees and repaired damaged houses on 18 November after the sixth major storm to batter the Philippines in a month smashed flimsy buildings, knocked out power and claimed at least one life.

Photograph: Villamor Visaya/AFP/Getty Images

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Ilagan, #Philippines

A swollen river inundates farm fields and houses at a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province, a day after typhoon Toraji hit. The Philippines issued fresh weather warnings as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down on the archipelago.

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Masantol, #Philippines

An ice-cream seller climbs over waterlogged tombs to keep his feet dry, before the observation of All Saints’ Day on 1 November

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