Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Lacson returns as Senate blue ribbon committee chair - Enrile in ICU, has ‘slim chances’ of survival – Jinggoy - Brazil's COP30 climate summit opens with a plea for countries to get along - BBC boss and head of news quit after criticism of Trump documentary edit - Pope Leo to host Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine at Vatican
00:06Senator Ping Laxon returns as the chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
00:16Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile is confined at a hospital and is said to have slim chances of surviving.
00:23The COP30 climate summit in Brazil opens with the UN climate chief urging cooperation between countries.
00:30Two BBC executives resign following accusations of bias in the way a documentary used the speech by Donald Trump.
00:36And several Hollywood stars will meet with Pope Leo this weekend at the Vatican.
00:43Senator Ping Laxon is once again the chairman of the powerful Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
00:48His colleagues re-elected him to the post during the Senate's plenary session on Tuesday, November 11.
00:53Laxon resigned the chairmanship in October as the panel was investigating corruption in flood control projects.
00:58His colleagues raised concerns after some of them were tagged by witnesses in alleged corruption.
01:04Senate President Tito Soto says the public and even some senators have since been calling for Laxon's return to the panel.
01:10With him back at the helm, the committee is expected to resume its hearings on flood control corruption on Friday, November 14.
01:18Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile has been confined at a hospital due to pneumonia and has quote slim chances of surviving.
01:25Senator Jinguay Estrada announced this during the Senate plenary session on November 11, saying he got the information from a very reliable source.
01:33Juan Ponce Enrile is currently in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital suffering from pneumonia.
01:44And I heard from a reliable source, a very, very reliable source, that he has slim chances of surviving.
01:53Enrile, who turned 101 years old in February, was last seen publicly in October when he attended the promulgation of his graft cases related to the pork barrel scam through an online feed.
02:03He was on a hospital bed looking frail.
02:06Enrile has been cleared of all of his pork barrel charges.
02:09The COP30 climate summit opens with the UN climate chief urging countries to cooperate rather than battle over priorities.
02:17This as efforts to limit global warming are threatened by a fracturing international consensus.
02:22In this arena of COP30, your job here is not to fight one another.
02:29Your job here is to fight this climate crisis together.
02:35Paris is working to deliver real progress.
02:38Let's not forget that.
02:41But friends, we must strive valiantly for more.
02:47The summit will run for two weeks in the Amazon city of Belém in Brazil.
02:50Brazil deflected attempts by developing country blocks to include contentious issues like climate finance and carbon taxes into the talks.
02:58Meanwhile, the world's biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States, is skipping the summit.
03:04U.S. President Donald Trump earlier said that climate change is a hoax.
03:07The boss of the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, Tim Davey, and its head of news, Deborah Ternes, resigned following accusations of bias.
03:18This includes the way the national broadcaster used the speech by U.S. President Donald Trump in a documentary.
03:24The BBC's flagship program, Panorama, edited two parts of one of Trump's speeches,
03:28with the effect that he appeared to be encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.
03:32The BBC has been under pressure ever since a leak to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
03:38The report cited failings in the BBC's coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, transgender issues, and a speech by Trump.
03:45Trump welcomes Davey's and Ternes' departure, saying the two are very dishonest people.
03:51Davey, who has led the BBC since 2020, defended the organization.
03:54He says its journalism is seen as the gold standard around the world, but mistakes have been made and he had to take ultimate responsibility.
04:04Several Hollywood stars will meet Pope Leo this weekend, including actors Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine, and Adam Scott.
04:10Also joining the special audience at the Vatican will be Oscar-winning directors Spike Lee, George Miller, and Gus Van Sant.
04:16The Vatican says the Pope hopes to explore the possibilities that artistic creativity offers to the mission of the Church and the promotion of human values.
04:25Papal events often feature high-ranking Catholic cardinals but warily include Hollywood stars.
04:30The late Pope Francis, however, hosted an event at the Vatican in June 2024 for comedians, including late-night hosts Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon.
04:40Others attending the event are actors Alison Brie, Dave Franco, and Viggo Mortison, and directors Joanna Hogg, Tony Kay, and Julie Taymor.
04:50The Vatican's Culture Office is organizing the event as part of the Church's ongoing Holy Year.
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