Trump 'praised Duterte's drug crackdown'

US President Donald Trump praised Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly crackdown on drug gangs, according to a leaked transcript.

The government-sanctioned attacks on drug suspects, which have seen more than 6,000 people killed without arrest or trial, have been widely criticised by human rights groups.

Harry Horton reports from Washington.

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