Lula joins Marcos on Manila's red carpet for summit welcome
MIRROR NOW's compilation follows Albanese and Brunei's sultan from the aircraft steps, then moves inside for a Brazil-Philippines document exchange.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 41,305 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (1,823).
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- 0:00Anthony Albanese receives a floral garland, inspects the guard of honor and leaves in a diplomatic car.
- 1:06Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah exchanges greetings with Philippine officials after disembarking.
- 1:50Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomes Lula, and the presidents review the military honor guard together.
- 2:33Brazilian and Philippine delegations hold a bilateral document signing and exchange.
- 2:56The compilation repeats its opening arrival and reception footage rather than showing diplomatic discussions.
Anthony Albanese receives a floral garland before inspecting the guard of honor. Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah exchanges handshakes on the tarmac. For Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the welcome includes a red-carpet walk alongside Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Those carefully arranged greetings are the substance of MIRROR NOW's Manila summit compilation, which drew about 34,000 views in its first 16 hours. That is already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos.
The footage brings together arrivals and receptions around the ASEAN Summit, a gathering centered on Southeast Asian cooperation whose related meetings also draw leaders from outside the region. Lula's reception moves beyond the military ceremony: Brazilian and Philippine delegates take part in a bilateral document signing and exchange.
Despite the title's reference to diplomatic talks, this is a look at the formal welcomes, not an account of negotiations or their results. The initial sequence reaches the document exchange before the three-minute mark; the compilation then repeats the arrivals and Lula's reception rather than moving into substantive speeches.
Australia’s prime minister since 2022 and leader of the Labor Party since 2019.
More on Wikipedia ›Brunei’s sultan since 1967 and its prime minister since independence in 1984. He is one of the world’s few remaining absolute monarchs.
More on Wikipedia ›Brazil’s president since 2023, known as Lula. A member of the Workers’ Party, he also held the presidency from 2003 to 2011.
More on Wikipedia ›President of the Philippines since 2022, also known as Bongbong Marcos. He is the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.
More on Wikipedia ›A twice-yearly meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations members on regional economic, political, security and social issues. Related meetings also bring in world leaders from outside the region.
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- Channel
- MIRROR NOW
- Subscribers
- 2,370,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 7,815,265
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,260,473 (on a normal day: 1,211,482)
- Video published
- November 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 33,999 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 41,305
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The Manila compilation is drawing an unusually large audience for a regular MIRROR NOW upload, while the channel's overall daily views are only slightly above usual.
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