ICC judges hear charges against ex-Philippine leader
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have begun setting out their case against the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of crimes against humanity over his bloody ‘war on drugs’. Hearings in The Hague will decide whether there is enough evidence to move to a full trial. Also: aid agencies in South Sudan say intensified fighting between government and opposition forces has displaced hundreds of thousands of people; Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese tells Britain his country would support any move to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles’s brother, from the line of royal succession; the boss of Netflix tells the BBC its bid for Warner Bros Discovery is stronger than a rival offer from Paramount; as the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff says another round of talks aimed at ending the war could take place by the end of the week; a racial slur shouted by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson during the BAFTA Film Awards sparks debate about how the condition should be understood; and scientists reveal a new species of dinosaur discovered in the Sahara desert.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm Janet Jolil and at 16 hours GMT on Monday the 23rd of February. |
| 0:15.9 | These are our main stories. |
| 0:17.6 | The International Criminal Court is determining whether the former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte |
| 0:23.1 | should stand trial for crimes against humanity. |
| 0:26.9 | The UN appeals for more humanitarian assistance to help 200,000 civilians fleeing violence in South Sudan. |
| 0:34.8 | Australia's Prime Minister says he supports removing Andrew Mountbatten-Winzer from the |
| 0:40.1 | Royal Line of Succession. |
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| 1:03.4 | People in positions of power cannot escape the rule of law. |
| 1:08.8 | Those were the words of the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court |
| 1:12.1 | as a long-awaited hearing began to determine whether the former Philippine president, Rodrigo |
| 1:18.0 | Duterte, should face a full trial. The 80-year-old is accused of crimes against humanity |
| 1:24.3 | over an anti-drugs crackdown which he oversaw while he was in office, |
| 1:28.9 | in which thousands of people were killed. Duterte has spent nearly a year in a Dutch detention |
| 1:34.8 | centre after being arrested in Manila and flown to the Hague. His decision not to attend the |
| 1:41.2 | hearing has angered the relatives of those who died with dozens of protesters |
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