The Philippines police will push ahead with the purchase of some 26 thousand assault rifles from a US supplier after a U-turn by President Rodrigo Duterte.
A week ago, Mr Duterte expressed his anger at "fools" and "monkeys" in Washington who said they'd seek to block the deal.
But the election of Donald Trump as US president seems to have prompted a change in tone.
From Washington, Harry Horton reports.
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