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Newshour: 02/10/2021 12:06 GMT: Philippines president says he will retire

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02/10/2021 12:06 GMT

02/10/2021 12:06 GMT: Philippines president says he will retire

Philippines president says he will retire

BBC World Service - Newshour, Philippines president says he will retire

Rodrigo Duterte says he would not run to be vice-president next year

Rodrigo Duterte says he would not run to be vice-president next year.

The controversial president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, says he would not seek another term in office, but his daughter Sara is waiting in the wings, so is this really the end of his influence?
 
Also on the programme: Taiwan has reported the biggest ever incursion of Chinese military planes into its air defence zone, accusing Beijing of wanton aggression; and we hear about Europe’s first mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, which has flown within 200 kilometres of the planet's surface.

(Photo: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte; Credit: Lisa Marie David/EPA)

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