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What We’re Watching: Philippine leader comes to Washington, UK turns to sanctions to cut migration, Ukraine bids to stymie anti-corruption body

​US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., USA, on July 21, 2025.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., USA, on July 21, 2025.

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Zac reports on global affairs, covering everything from elections and international relations, to conflicts in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. With the Trump administration keen to alter the world order, though, there’s a heavy emphasis right now on US politics – an area with which he is intimately familiar. He also reports on the cross-section between sports and geopolitics. Prior to joining GZERO, Zac was a senior national politics correspondent at National Journal, where he covered the 2024 presidential election from its inception to the dramatic finish, as well as major congressional actions during the Biden administration. Prior to journalism, Zac worked as an economic analyst for Oxford Economics, calculating the impact of various tax policies, as well as the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Born in London, he currently resides in New York City, where you can find him playing football (the original version) or watching it on television while attempting to cook up a storm.

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Willis Sparks is a senior editor for GZERO Daily. He is also a Director in the Global Macro practice at Eurasia Group, where he has worked since 2005. He has made speeches on international politics on every continent except Antarctica. Willis holds degrees from Brown University, the Juilliard School, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He also holds an honorary degree from the Moscow Art Theatre School. A native of Macon, Georgia, Willis has worked as a stuntman at New York's Metropolitan Opera. As a child, he declined an opportunity to spend an afternoon riding the Great American Scream Machine, a rollercoaster, with Ronald McDonald, for money. He has never regretted that decision.
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Philippine leader visits Trump in search of a trade deal

Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. meets US President Donald Trump today to talk trade and security, under threat of 20% tariffs from the US come Aug. 1. Bongbong does have a little leverage, though, given his country’s critical position in the South China Sea. Outside of China itself and a few small Japanese islands, the Philippines is the closest country to Taiwan, and has often confronted Beijing over territorial disputes. The Philippines is also the US’s oldest ally in the Pacific. Will this count for something when it comes to tariff negotiations?

United Kingdom turns to sanctions in latest bid to halt migrant flows

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has struggled to stop the flow of small boats bringing asylum seekers to the UK, so he’s turning to a new strategy: sanctioning human traffickers. The idea – which Foreign Secretary David Lammy dubbed as “the first of its kind” – is to target the problem at its root by punishing gang leaders, fake passport dealers, and other groups involved in people smuggling. Downing Street will roll out the full plan on Wednesday. Will the threat of sanctions really be enough to deter profit-seeking criminal organizations or desperate people seeking refuge in the UK?

Ukraine’s government to boost control over anti-corruption investigators

Ukraine’s parliament has approved President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to increase presidential control over the country’s independent anti-corruption investigators. Supporters of the bill say it will prevent domestic opposition forces from using investigations to undermine the political authority of a wartime president and his ministers. Critics say the government wants to avoid legitimate scrutiny of its actions. Ukraine’s G7 allies have already expressed “serious concerns.” Ukraine has been under martial law, which gives the president expanded powers, since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

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