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Today's headlines: Marcos, Bataan oil spill, Netanyahu in US Congress

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

• Marcos blames climate change, poor trash disposal for severe Metro Manila floods

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pins the blame on climate change and improper trash disposal after he inspects severely flooded areas in Metro Manila.

• Tanker with 1.4 million liters of oil capsizes off Bataan

Oil tanker MT Terra Nova capsizes and submerges in Bataan carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil.

• Trump and Harris exchange barbs in reset US presidential race

A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump, 44% to 42%.

• Biden says he’s ‘passing the torch’ in speech from Oval office

United States President Joe Biden says he had pulled out of the race against Republican Donald Trump because he ‘loves his country more’ and that love exceeds his ‘personal ambition.’

• Netanyahu sketches vague outline for post-war Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sketched a vague outline of a plan for a ‘deradicalized’ post-war Gaza in a speech to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, July 24. — Rappler.com