Former Philippines president Duterte arrested over alleged crimes against humanity during drugs crackdown

The controversial former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has been arrested over claims of crimes against humanity. The government said he was detained on an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant when he landed in Manila on Tuesday. The case centres on thousands of killings that took place during his brutal crackdown on illegal drugs from 2011 – when he was a city mayor – to the end of his presidency in 2022. Mr Duterte won power in 2016 on the back of a policy to kill drug dealers and smash crime. Image: Police and media gathered at the airport…