SBS News in Filipino, Thursday 25 July 2024

Here are today's top stories on SBS Filipino.

Members of the Saint Dominic Fire and Rescue Volunteers ferry residents to higher grounds, along Araneta Avenue, Quezon City on Wednesday (July 24, 2024). Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos, backed by local chief executives, recommended that Metro Manila be placed under a state of calamity due to the heavy rains and floods brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Carina. Credit: Philippine News Agenecy photo by Ben Briones

Key Points

• Metro Manila unders State of Calamity; 13 people have died as Typhoon Carina leaves the country.
• Australia sanctions Israelis for settler violence in West Bank.
• Police in Washington have arrested five people and used pepper spray on protesters who gathered at the US Capitol to demonstrate against Israel's Prime Minister Benajamin Netanyahu.