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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

- Poverty rate hits record low 9.7%, but millions are one crisis from sliding back
- PLDT, Smart blocking over 100 sites streaming extreme violent content
- Hong Kong court convicts Tiananmen vigil group leaders of inciting subversion
- US says it will impose 'toughest sanctions in history' on Iran
- Ex-Google engineer's conviction for stealing AI secrets partially overturned

https://www.rappler.com/video/daily-wrap/august-21-2026/

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00:00The Philippines' poverty rate drops to 9.7% in 2025, with 6.5 million Filipinos rising above
00:07the poverty line. PLDT and Smart Communications will block more than 100 websites for streaming
00:13videos of school shootings and other forms of extreme violence. Hong Kong's High Court convicts
00:19of inciting subversion to organizers of yearly Tiananmen Square commemoration vigils.
00:24U.S. Treasury Chief Scott Besant says the U.S. will impose
00:27quote, the toughest sanctions in history on Iran. And a federal judge cancels part of the conviction
00:33of a former Google software engineer who had been found guilty of stealing AI trade secrets.
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