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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - Marcos signs Magna Carta for Seafarers into law - Sara Duterte snubs House plenary debates on her proposed 2025 budget - PH votes in favor of UN resolution demanding Israel to end Palestine occupation - Ukraine bans official use of Telegram app over fears of Russian spying - Young Russians take odysseys across Europe to see Taylor Swift perform   https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/september-23-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:14President Marcos signs the Magna Carta for seafarers into law that includes a contentious

00:18provision on execution bonds.

00:20Vice President Sara Duterte snubs the House of Representatives once again, but this time

00:25on the plenary floor.

00:26The Philippines votes in favor of a United Nations resolution demanding that Israel end

00:31its occupation of Palestine.

00:32Ukraine bans the use of telegram messaging app on official devices out of fears of Russian

00:37spying.

00:38And Russian Swifties hurdle great challenges just to see Taylor Swift live as she tours

00:43Europe.

00:46President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs into law the Magna Carta for seafarers, which contains

00:50the controversial execution bond.

00:52The law aims to protect the rights and welfare of Filipino seafarers around the world.

00:57The law covers various seafarer rights from fair working conditions, right to self-organization

01:02and collective bargaining, and protection against discrimination, among others.

01:06It also contains provisions for women seafarers, including protection from gender-based discrimination.

01:11The third bicameral version, which Marcos signed, has the contentious provision on execution

01:16bonds, which rights groups say benefit shipowners and manning agencies.

01:20Under the provision, in monetary disputes, undisputed amounts and damages will only be

01:25awarded once the decision is final.

01:27During the appeal period, seafarers must post an execution bond, which will only be reimbursed

01:32if they win the case.

01:34The concerned seafarers of the Philippines vowed to continue to fight the execution bond.

01:40Vice President Sara Duterte skips the House plenary debates on her funding request for

01:452025 Monday, September 23.

01:48This is the second time she snubbed congressional budget deliberations for her office.

01:52Social media posts indicate Duterte was in Daedka Marines Norte on Monday.

01:56Minority leader Marcelino Libanan says the majority will not push through with the debates

02:01unless the OVP sends an authorized representative.

02:04In 2022 and 2023, Duterte personally graced the budget debates in the House plenary.

02:10As of 6 p.m., Duterte or any OVP official have yet to appear before the House plenary.

02:16The Philippines votes in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution demanding

02:21that Israel end its occupation in Palestine not later than September 2025.

02:26124 out of the 193 member states vote in favor of the resolution.

02:31Israel, the United States and 12 others voted against, while Ukraine, which faces threats

02:36from Russia, abstained along with 42 others.

02:39The Assembly also adopted the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion on the

02:43legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestine.

02:47The UNGA also demands that Israel fulfill its obligations under international law.

02:52These are some of the recommendations.

02:57In May, a resolution backing Palestine's bid to become a full UN member was adopted.

03:02Meantime, Israeli forces raided al-Jazeera's West Bank bureau after issuing a military

03:07order to shut down operations.

03:09Israeli forces confiscated the bureau's cameras before leaving.

03:15Ukraine bans the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by government officials,

03:20military personnel and critical workers, as it believes Russia can spy on both messages

03:25and users.

03:26The National Security and Defense Council announces the restrictions after its intelligence

03:30agency presented a council with evidence of Russia's ability to access Telegram messages,

03:35including deleted ones, as well as users' personal data.

03:40After the decision was announced, Telegram issued a statement saying it had never disclosed

03:43anyone's data or the contents of any message.

03:46Telegram is heavily used in both Ukraine and Russia and has become a critical source of

03:50information since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

03:55Telemetryo data says about 33,000 Telegram channels are active in Ukraine.

04:01Ukrainian media estimates 75% of Ukrainians use the app for communication, while 72% see

04:06it as a key source of information.

04:10Geopolitical tensions are forcing Russian Swifties to hurdle great challenges just to

04:15see Taylor Swift live as she tours other countries in Europe.

04:18Reuters spoke to a number of Swift fans from Russia who say they've had to apply for multiple

04:23visas and book just as many flights.

04:26This is to circumvent restrictions imposed by Western countries that have shunned Russia

04:30ever since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

04:34Some Swift fans report flying to third-party countries like Greece or Italy, then transferring

04:38to the country where there's a stop on Swift's Ares concert tour.

04:42One 22-year-old Russian fan says he paid the equivalent of $3,200 for a full-on European

04:47trip to catch the show in Germany.

04:50Fans are also finding what they call workarounds to access Swift's music and other content,

04:55as platforms like Apple Music and Spotify have pulled out of Russia because of geopolitics.

05:02And that's today's wrap.

05:03I'm Cara Oliver.

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