Trump hails 'great relationship' with Philippines' Duterte Read moreThe US president and Duterte were among 19 leaders at a gala in the Philippines capital on Sunday before the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit. At one point Duterte took the microphone to sing Ikaw (You), in a duet with local pop diva Pilita Corrales. The US and its former colony, the Philippines, have been strategic allies since the second world war. More than 3,900 Filipinos have been killed in a war on drugs that Duterte declared when he took office last year. Each sported a cream-coloured barong, a traditional Philippines shirt made of fibre from the pineapple plant, hand-embroidered and worn untucked.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2017 04:51 UTC