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MANILA, Philippines – On February 4, the Home justice committee declared that the two impeachment instances towards President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had been inadequate in substance, ensuing of their dismissal.
The 2 petitions — endorsed individually by Pusong Pinoy Consultant Jett Nisay and the three-member Makabayan bloc — each cited the President’s position within the flood management and total price range mess. The junking of the complaints earns President Marcos a one-year immunity from impeachment, until the plenary reverses the committee resolution.
This week, preemptive evacuations, landslides, and flooding had been reported in Northern Mindanao as Tropical Storm Basyang (Penha) introduced heavy rains forward of its anticipated landfall. Basyang made its first landfall in Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, then crossed different components of the Caraga area earlier than rising over the Bohol Sea. Basyang weakened from a tropical storm right into a tropical despair whereas approaching Bohol on February 6.
Within the US, a Minnesota federal decide on January 31 declined to order a halt to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis, in a lawsuit by state officers accusing federal brokers of widespread civil rights abuses. The lawsuit accuses federal brokers of racially profiling residents, unlawfully detaining lawful residents for hours, and stoking concern with heavy-handed techniques.
Catch extra tales in these photographs from the week that was:
Houseboats and constitution boats lay at a frozen pier in Eldenburg Marina, the place the Reeck canal connects the frozen lakes Mueritz and Koelpin, attributable to ongoing sub‑zero temperatures, in Waren, Germany, on January 31, 2026. PHOTO BY ANNEGRET HILSE/REUTERS
A lady holds an indication throughout a vigil in reminiscence of nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis by federal immigration brokers, outdoors the US Embassy in London, Britain, on January 31, 2026. PHOTO BY JACK TAYLOR/REUTERS
A heart-shaped arc product of pink roses greets guests of the Dangwa Flower Market in Manila on February 1, 2026, because the place will get busy for Valentine’s Day. PHOTO BY RAPPLER
A ship carries a ‘Pantegana,’ the massive rat, as revellers row in the course of the masquerade parade on the Grand Canal in the course of the Venice Carnival, in Venice, Italy, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY CLAUDIA GRECO/REUTERS
A demonstrator, with a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu within the background, shouts slogans throughout a rally in assist of the Iranian individuals, amid latest tensions between america and Iran, outdoors the US Consulate Normal in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY KEMAL ASLAN/REUTERS
Individuals participate in a rally in assist of Czech President Petr Pavel, organized by Million Moments for Democracy group in response to a dispute between President Pavel and Czech Overseas Minister and Motorists chair Petr Macinka, in Prague, Czech Republic, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY EVA KORINKOVA/REUTERS
Civil safety members stand close to an space affected by wildfires in Cholila, within the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY NICOLAS PALACIOS/REUTERS
A full moon rises close to the House Launch System, with the Orion crew capsule, at launch advanced 39B as preparations proceed for the Artemis II mission to the Moon at Kennedy House Heart in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY STEVE NESIUS/REUTERS
Musicians Slash, Alex Watt, and Publish Malone carry out an Ozzy Osbourne Tribute on the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 2026. PHOTO BY DANIEL COLE/REUTERS
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after profitable the Australian Open males’s singles towards Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, in Melbourne, Australia, on February 1, 2026. Alcaraz turns into the youngest man to win all 4 Grand Slam titles. PHOTO BY JAIMI JOY/REUTERS
Activists sporting pink rose attire with faces coated in treacle sit outdoors Equinor’s places of work staging an ‘oil spill’ protest, because the UK Authorities’s resolution on whether or not to approve or reject the Rosebank oilfield is now imminent, in London, Britain, on February 2, 2026. PHOTO BY JACK TAYLOR/REUTERS
A maiko or apprentice geisha and a participant sporting a standard kimono throw beans in the course of the annual Setsubun bean-scattering ceremony to rejoice the upcoming arrival of spring and keep at bay evil spirits at Takahata Fudoson Kongoji temple in Hino, Tokyo, Japan, on February 3, 2026. PHOTO BY KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS
Individuals rejoice as inner safety forces affiliated with the Syrian authorities put together to enter town of Qamishli in northeastern Syria, following an settlement between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces, in Tel Brak, close to al-Hasakah, Syria, on February 3, 2026. PHOTO BY KHALIL ASHAWI/REUTERS
Youth and pupil teams picket the Division of Justice headquarters in Manila to sentence the sedition costs filed by the PNP-CIDG towards campus journalist Jacob Baluyot and different youth leaders, on February 4, 2026. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
Members of the Home committee on justice vote on the impeachment complaints towards President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as missing in substance, on the Home of Representatives, on February 4, 2026. PHOTO BY LISA MARIE DAVID/REUTERS
Pope Leo XIV meets with the trustworthy on the finish of the weekly normal viewers on the Paul VI corridor on the Vatican, on February 4, 2026. PHOTO BY REMO CASILLI/REUTERS
A mannequin walks on the runway throughout Dubai Vogue Week for Autumn/Winter 2026/2027, bringing collectively regional and worldwide designers, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on February 4, 2026. PHOTO BY RULA ROUHANA/REUTERS
Rescue staff carry a baby throughout a compelled evacuation of some 2,298 individuals attributable to flooding from steady rain spawned by Tropical Storm Basyang (Penha) in Cagayan de Oro on February 5, 2026. PHOTO FROM CAGAYAN DE ORO INFORMATION OFFICE
Torchbearers stroll by way of the tracks in the course of the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in San Siro Stadium, Milan, Italy, on February 6, 2026. PHOTO BY MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS
Protesters participate in a march towards US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by way of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 6, 2026. PHOTO BY NAKAMURA GO/REUTERS
– with stories from Reuters/Rappler.com
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