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[00:00.45] The International Criminal Court said former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody by the ICC on Wednesday following his arrest in Manila on murder charges linked to his war on drugs.

[00:13.45] Reuters correspondent Olivia Zollino reports. The 79-year-old arrived at Rotterdam Airport on a chartered plane and was transferred to a detention unit on the Dutch coast.

[00:23.55] The court's warrant for his arrest alleges that, as president, Duterte created, funded and armed death squads that carried out murders of purported drug users and dealers.

[00:33.91] Duterte's war on drugs was a signature of his presidency, which lasted from 2016 to 2022.

[00:42.40] The anti-drugs crackdown killed thousands and drew condemnation from around the world. Reuters correspondent Olivia Zollino.

[00:48.51] After hundreds of people were killed in massacres on Syria's coastline last week, locals say widespread calls for justice may give the country's new government a chance to stabilize. Heather Murdoch reports from northwest Syria.

[01:02.33] Hundreds of people were killed here in Syria's coastal area last week and over the weekend, with some death counts exceeding 1,400.

[01:11.89] Analysts say many of the killings were acts of revenge for the abuses of dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime, which collapsed in early December.

[01:22.81] Many of the victims were Alawite, the religious sect of former regime leaders, but not necessarily abusers themselves.

[01:30.78] Analysts say the fighting was initially provoked by pro-Assad attackers who also committed mass killings. Heather Murdoch, in Istanbul with our team in Syria, VOA News.

[01:42.73] U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to escalate the global trade war with new tariffs on trading partners as 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum kicked in. Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener reports.

[01:55.75] Canada, the biggest foreign supplier of steel and aluminum to the United States, announced its retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars of U.S. products starting Thursday.

[02:06.37] The EU's countermeasures are due to take effect next month, targeting up to $28 billion worth of U.S. goods. Reuters correspondent Jillian Kitchener.