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101 East investigates how the Philippines’ ambitious regreening programme is failing the nation’s forests.In 2011, the Philippines’ government promised to deliver one of the world’s most ambitious regreening projects.The idea was simple: pay locals to restore forests and cultivate barren land by planting and tending millions of trees.But 15 years on, a joint investigation by 101 East and Lighthouse Reports reveals how the National Greening Program has failed to meet most of its targets.Satellite imagery shows that instead of being protected, some forests are being destroyed, while some Indigenous communities fear losing the land their livelihoods depend on.101 East investigates…

Democrats vying for a pair of deep-red Senate seats are facing increasingly desperate calls from within their party to step aside for more promising independent candidates. But they say they won’t drop out — unless there’s divine intervention. Democrats Alani Bankhead of Montana and Julian Beaudion of South Dakota both told POLITICO they have no plans to exit the race, despite pressure from national — and even some state — Democrats to step aside. Numerouspolls, coupled with strongerfundraising and campaign operations, show independents Seth Bodnar and Brian Bengs have a stronger — if still muddied — path to victory in…

The future of the World Cup appears to be intact after FIFA withdrew its proposal to sell stakes in its prized tournament and other events to private investors.The outlook for the president of football’s global governing body, Gianni Infantino, is not quite as clear.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe backlash that met his planned FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) vehicle was widespread.The resignation of Infantino’s senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro and allegations that Infantino deceived employees by FIFA chief operating officer Kevin Lamour were damning.With UEFA now saying it has lost confidence in Infantino, who took office in 2016 was…

Ukraine rolled out the red carpet for Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who frequently speaks to President Trump.She sat down for about 40 minutes last week with President Volodymyr Zelensky, conducted the first interview with Ukraine’s new acting defense minister, dined with the country’s chief rabbi and got a tour of an animal shelter, given her affection for dogs.“They view me as an extension of the Trump administration, even though I don’t work for the Trump administration,” Ms. Loomer said in an interview.Speaking by phone from Kyiv, Ms. Loomer, who used to echo Russia’s false talking points about Ukraine being…

There were chaotic scenes on Thursday in Ceuta as border controls in the North African enclave apparently broke down.On Saturday morning, Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar told the BBC that the situation was “beginning to get under control” and the migrants were “returning peacefully”.But while the situation on the ground is easing, political and diplomatic fallout is rippling through Madrid and other capitals. On Thursday, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on social media that such “uncontrolled immigration” was a threat to national security, before suspending the Schengen zone agreement with Spain for a month.The Schengen Area is a…

If a high-profile academic is reviewing a movie for the London Review of Books, that movie in question must be making some kind of mark on some kind of culture. And if people are actually reading a movie review in the London Review of Books, and writing thinkpieces in disagreement or favor of said movie or its review, that movie may actually be a cultural phenomenon.Normally, volume of discourse about a movie should not be mistaken for a sign that people are actually seeing it. Sometimes online factions just have a bored fixation not shared by the rest of the…

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At least nine people were killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday.At least another 23 were injured in the attack on the capital Kyiv, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.Moscow has escalated deadly ballistic missile attacks on Ukraine’s capital recently, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to say interceptors are urgently needed.The strikes came two days after a suspected Russian cruise missile landed in Poland during a widespread attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including six members of one family in a village near Kryvyih Rih.Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital…

The former president and his wife were sentenced to 15 years last year after being convicted of money laundering.Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has been released from prison after the country’s Constitutional Court overturned his 15-year prison sentence for a case linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.Humala was serving his sentence at a special detention facility in eastern Lima that houses several of Peru’s jailed former leaders. The 64-year-old and his wife, Nadine Heredia, were found guilty last year of money laundering for receiving illegal contributions from Odebrecht, now…

Infantino became Fifa president in 2016 when he beat AFC president Sheikh Salman al-Khalifa by 115 votes to 88. Fifa’s next president will be confirmed at the organisation’s 77th Congress in Morocco next March. Candidates have until 18 November to put their names forward.Prior to this week, it had been anticipated Infantino would be re-elected unopposed. Associations around the world, including some in Europe, had already confirmed their intention to vote for him.It remains to be seen if the events of this week will result in a mass withdrawal of their support.In his statement, Infantino reiterated his plan was designed…