Your daily round-up of today's news:
- The Philippine National Police is appealing to the International Criminal Court to respect the country's criminal justice system amid the ICC's resumed investigation of the country's drug war led by former president Rodrigo Duterte. A certain senator said that there may be something "hiding" in the government's blocking of the ICC probe.
- The death toll from strong rains that hampered different regions in the Philippines has reached 43 while the cost of damage to agriculture has reached one billion pesos.
- The Scottish Prison Service has paused its movement of all transgender prisoners while it conducts an "urgent review" of cases.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due to arrive in Jerusalem after weeks of worsening violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It's his first since the return of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
- NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg is urging South Korea to increase military support for Ukraine. He made the comment at the start of his Asian trip which includes Japan.
- The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv is under attack after a day of intensified bombardment by Russian forces.
- Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally threatened him in the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Song Joong Ki announces marriage and wife's pregnancy.
- The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are competing in Super Bowl LVII on the 12th of February.
- Actress Annie Wersching dies at the age of 45. Wersching is known for her roles in Star Trek: Picard, Timeless, and The Last of Us video game.
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