Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed, including children, and several others are injured in landslides at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh. (TRT World)

• https://www.trtworld.com/article/ab01d2cad451

Law and crime

Philippine police ⁠arrests senator Rodante Marcoleta, former representative Mike Defensor and a businessman in Quezon City, after an anti-graft court orders their arrest in relation to a plunder case filed by the Ombudsman. Another co-accused, also a businessman, remains at large. (AP via ABC News) (Tempo)

• https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/philippine-senator-arrested-alleged-large-scale-corruption-134508574
• https://tempo.mb.com.ph/2026/07/06/marcoleta-2-others-arrested-for-plunder/

Politics and elections

The impeachment trial of Philippine vice president Sara Duterte begins in the Senate. (BBC News) (AP via NBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1lyy82571lt
• https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/impeachment-trial-begins-philippine-president-sara-duterte-rcna353100