Philippines drug war death toll climbs to 1,779
Philippine police officials have told the country's Senate that there were 1,779 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago. They added that 712 were killed by police and 1,067 by vigilante groups. This comes as a part of a congressional inquiry in which police and anti-narcotics officials were asked to explain the "unprecedented" rise in killings.