Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to win Monday's presidential election in the Philippines by a landslide 36 years after his dictator father was ousted in a popular uprising, preliminary results show.
State of play: With over 90% of the votes tabulated in an unofficial vote count, Marcos had double the tally of his rival, Vice President Leni Robredo. Marcos will replace Rodrigro Duterte, but Sara Duterte, the outgoing strongman's daughter, appears to have easily won the vice presidency.
French President Emmanuel Macron Monday admitted that Ukraine's accession to the European Union could take "several decades" as he proposed a new, multi-tiered framework for a "European political community."
The big picture: The Ukraine crisis has further exposed two key tensions at the heart of the European project: the ability of existingmembers like Hungary to undermine collective action; and the lack of a clear path to membership for other key members of the "European family," particularly Ukraine.
President Biden on Monday signed a bill reviving the World War II lend-lease program for Ukraine, allowing the U.S. to supply weapons to the country more quickly.
The big picture: The signing of the bill falls on Russia's Victory Day, an annual commemoration of the Soviet Union's defeat of the Nazis in World War II.
The U.S. will lift tariffs on Ukrainian steel for the next year in a bid to help Ukraine as its war with Russia continues, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondoannounced on Monday.
Why it matters: The move temporarily pauses part of a 2018 measure by the Trump administration to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on a broad swath of countries.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa offered to resign Monday after weeks of widespread protests over the country's deepening economic crisis.
Driving the news: Earlier Monday, government supporters violently stormed a major protest site and attacked anti-government demonstrators in Colombo, per Reuters.
Russia's ambassador to Poland was hit with red paint on Monday as he arrived at a cemetery where Soviet soldiers who died during World War II are buried, state news agency RIA Novosti reports.
More than four dozen former national security leaders are calling on Congress to exempt international advanced technical degree holders from green card caps in a bid to maintain U.S. science and tech leadership, especially over China, according to a copy of a letterviewed by Axios.
Why it matters: The breadth of signatories suggests widespread concern about China's rise could bolster bipartisan support for change in one corner of the otherwise politically charged issue of immigration policy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin railed against NATO as he spent much of his Victory Day speech in Moscow on Monday trying to justify his troops' invasion of Ukraine, per multiple reports.
Why it matters: Putin didn't use his Victory Day speech to officially declare war on Ukraine or fully mobilize Russia's reservists, as some Western officials feared he would.
About 60 people were killed after Russian forces bombed a school in Bilohorivka, Luhansk, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday night.
What they're saying: Regional Gov. Serhiy Gaidai, said earlier on Sunday that about 90 people were sheltering inside the school in the village, which is part of the eastern Donbas region, when the bomb struck, according to Reuters.
Lockheed Martin intends to almost double production of Javelin missiles from 2,100 per year to 4,000 a year, CEO James Taiclet told CBS News on Sunday.
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CBS in an interview broadcast Sunday he helped prevent a series of "dangerous things that could have taken the country in a dark direction" during his time in the Trump administration.
Driving the news: When CBS' Norah O'Donnell asked Esper during the "60 Minutes" interview for examples, he cited a proposal to "take military action against Venezuela," to "strike Iran" and, "at one point, somebody proposed we blockade Cuba."
