MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday lifted a ceasefire with communist rebels, jeopardizing a peace process he launched last year to end a decades-long insurgency.

The move comes two days after the Communist Party of the Philippines announced the end of its own self-declared ceasefire and claims by the military that Maoist fighters had killed six soldiers this week.

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