In Southeast Asia, where the US and the Philippines are holding joint military drills. The Balikatan exercise will take place until May the 10th – reinforcing security ties between the two nations. It comes as tensions boiling over in the South China Sea and the US deploys a midrange missile system to Manila for the first time, fueling the US-China rivalry in the region. Kubra Akkoc has more.

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