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Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:  - How is Imelda? Marcos’ first call with president-elect Trump - Malacañang urges government agencies to avoid lavish Christmas parties - Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine - Hundreds queue for sentencing of 47 Hong Kong democrats - US fans celebrate K-pop group SEVENTEEN amid company tussle  https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/november-19-2024/

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00:00Today on Rappler

00:13U.S. President-elect Donald Trump asks about Imelda Marcos in his first phone call with

00:17President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

00:19Malacanang urges government agencies to keep their Christmas parties simple and to donate

00:24the money saved to storm ravaged communities.

00:27Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a warning to the United States by lowering the

00:31threshold for a nuclear strike.

00:33Hong Kong's High Court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years.

00:39And fans of South Korean boyband Seventeen in Oakland, California slam South Korean company

00:44HYBE.

00:47What was the first thing Donald Trump asked about in his phone call to Philippine President

00:51Ferdinand Marcos Jr.?

00:53The 47th President of the United States wanted to know, how was Imelda, the former First

00:58Lady of the Philippines?

01:00Marcos says, it's my mother whom he's friends with, he really knows her.

01:04He asked about her, how's Imelda?

01:07Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, 2025.

01:12Marcos adds the conversation moved on to the alliance between the United States and the

01:16Philippines and he expressed his desire to strengthen the relationship between the two

01:20countries.

01:22Marcos tells reporters he reminded Trump that Filipinos in America overwhelmingly voted

01:26for him.

01:27The Philippine President notes, it was a very good call, it was a very friendly call, very

01:32productive.

01:36Malacanang urges government agencies to keep their Christmas parties simple and to donate

01:40the money saved to storm ravaged communities.

01:43In a statement, Executive Secretary Lucas Beresamin says President Ferdinand Marcos

01:47Jr. calls on government agencies to avoid lavish celebrations.

01:52Beresamin says this is in solidarity with the millions of Filipinos still grieving losses

01:56from recent typhoons.

01:58Six tropical cyclones battered parts of the country over the last four weeks.

02:02Cristin, Leon, Marseille, Nica, Ofel, and most recently, Super Typhoon Pepito.

02:09The government recorded at least 150 dead due to Cristin and Leon.

02:14More than a million people were affected due to the combined effects of tropical cyclones

02:18Nica, Ofel, and Pepito.

02:20Beresamin adds, the palace won't issue official guidance on how the bureaucracy should cut

02:24back on holiday spending.

02:26He says the palace trusts that government workers can, quote, unilaterally adopt austerity

02:31in their celebrations.

02:35Russian President Vladimir Putin issues a warning to the United States by lowering the

02:39threshold for a nuclear strike.

02:41The move comes days after the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine

02:45to fire American missiles into Russia.

02:48Washington says the move was in response to Russia's deployment of North Korean soldiers

02:52in Russia.

02:53The updated doctrine outlines the threats that would make Russia contemplate using nuclear

02:58weapons.

02:59It now includes any conventional assault on Russia by a non-nuclear power, supported by

03:03a nuclear power, to be a joint attack.

03:06Any mass aerospace attack with aircraft, cruise missiles, and unmanned aircraft that cross

03:11Russia's borders could also trigger a nuclear response.

03:15Together, Russia and the U.S. control 88 percent of the world's nuclear warheads.

03:20Analysts say it's an attempt by Putin to draw a red line for the West.

03:24The war in Ukraine entered its 1,000th day on Tuesday, November 19.

03:30Hong Kong's high court sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years

03:36in a landmark national security trial.

03:38In 2021, 47 pro-democracy activists were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit

03:43subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law for organizing an unofficial

03:48primary election.

03:50Former legal scholar Benny Tai, who was accused of being the organizer, was sentenced to 10

03:54years in jail.

03:56Hundreds of people queued outside the court as they tried to secure a seat within the

03:59main courtroom and several spillover courts.

04:02The United States criticized the trial as politically motivated and says the activists

04:07should be released as they had been peacefully participating in legal political activities.

04:12The Chinese and Hong Kong governments say the national security laws were necessary

04:15to restore order after mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.

04:22Fans of South Korean boy band SEVENTEEN in Oakland, California, spoke up about the controversy

04:27with South Korean company HYBE.

04:29The entertainment company oversees popular groups BTS, New Genes, and SEVENTEEN.

04:35A HYBE internal document criticized its K-pop groups, including SEVENTEEN, for being unattractive

04:40and having too much plastic surgery.

04:43K-pop idols are held to high standards.

04:45A female fan from Portland, Oregon, says you support a group and their own company is not

04:50keeping them in mind.

04:51SEVENTEEN member Seungkwan wrote in response,

04:54You have no right to easily insert yourselves into our narrative.

04:57We are not your commodities to be used and enjoyed at will.

05:00Hani of New Genes made an appeal in October for better treatment.

05:04HYBE CEO Lee Jae-sung issued an apology in October.

05:08The U.S. leg of the tour concluded in Los Angeles last Saturday.

05:14And that's today's wrap.

05:15I'm Cara Oliver.

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