the, the, this is a dw news line from berlin. you as president joe biden host, the leaders of japan and the philippines for a 3 way so much in washington. top of the agenda, stepping up defense cooperation in the pacific region to tackle the perceived threat from china. also coming up in the program, tens of thousands, flea, their homes and southern russian conflicts done in the worst flooding to hit the region for 80 years. and former, you watch football star ordering, simpson acquitted, of murdering his wife as a friend of the 19 ninety's diets. at the age of 76, we'll take a look at the life of one of america's most infamous men, the

narrative and berlin. thank you very much for tuning in the united states president has pledge to uphold mutual defense agreements with the philippines in japan. in the face of growing military assertiveness by china, joe biden made the promise to add a summit. with philippine president friedman, marco's junior and japanese prime minister from your tissue at the white house, is the 1st such summit between 3 nations. vision has made territorial claims on disputed waters in the south china sea between the philippines and japan. let's listen now just a moment by that to say that summit i want to be clear, the united states, united states defense competitors to japan and to the philippines, our iron clad or our class. as i said before,

any attack on filipino aircraft specials are armed forces and south china sea would invoke our mutual defense treaty to our washington dc correspond janelle do milan explained what upholding the defense agreements in the event of a conflict with china would actually look like well, not today to glib about at aaron, but part of why this historical trilateral summit is happening in the 1st place is to increase the likelihood that these parties that these countries will never actually have to find out what it means to have these commitments made reality now it's important to realize that some, what they're trying to do here is really try and show china that attack, seeing that these are sort of defense a line says, mean that attacking the japan or the philippines would mean a great risk to china itself. so you really seem to think about china is actively

seeking war. it's so behavior in the south china sea has been coercive and bullying . sure. but they've mostly been employing what's known as greys own tactics. so tactics that fall just below the threshold. 7 of military confrontation now in case there was an accidental escalation of the tensions in the, in the pacific. most analysts, so it seems to think that the ceiling on such a conflict would be low just because of their our mutual defense treaties and place doesn't automatically mean that these countries will be dragged into world war 3. the mutual defense treaties just mostly outline that washington and manila have to consult with each other. in the face of a threats washington in tokyo would have to do the same as the japan where the aggrieved party in this case. so really what, so this summit is trying to do is up to act as

a to tear into china without the 3 countries actually having to lay down actual red lines wise the money would say. so we're seeing a show of unity from the part of the 3 participants in today's summit. but is there a clear path forward for the us in japan and how they're going to work more closely together with the philippines ended. so, you know, it's worth saying that this, of course, has historical summit. these 3 countries have never gotten together in this way. so just yesterday, the us and japan announced the biggest upgrades to their alliance since that alliance started. they, for example, said that they were going to look at the command and control structures in order to what makes them more a, make their militaries work together better. they said that they were going to evaluate where they could approve co produce weapons. and as for those,

as for japan and the u. s. also trying to get closer to the philippines. so they're also trying to put together a joint coast guard patrol for perhaps just as important as these security initiatives that you cannot make. initiatives are going to be quite significant for the philippines as well. so japan and that you was have pledged a high grade investments in the philippines and economic core door in the northern islands of lose on investments in telecommunications and modernizing ports in upgrading railways and improving connectivity in order to be able to show that the philippines does not have to fear economic co, worse than from china. that standing up to be, ging doesn't necessarily mean that the filipino will have to be worried about the loss of investment from china as it tries to defend it. so,

solver and territory from chinese aggression. that was the w, corresponded janelle doing a lot on reporting for us from washington. thank you very much for your insights of the 10s of thousands of people in southern russia and cause its done as in, flooded on their homes. and over 100000 forced to evacuate, melting snow cause the euro river to burst its banks throughout the region, including around the city of orange, brook, or flood defense has failed. a rescue operation there was underway, local se not enough, was done to prevent the flooding in the 1st place. meanwhile, in context on the doherty's have declared a state of emergency in 10 out of 17 regions of the country. a wall of icy water rushing towards homes. hearing cause ext on tens of thousands of people have already evacuated and still more a packing up what they can to flee ahead of the record high floods.

stuff the 5 most of the range of the control a symbol with this and i hope it will and then will be said the use of a well the night, 57 years, but it's the 1st time i've seen water coming to my home. so she lived up stream in russia, the ural river has best its banks flooding parts of our in bug home to mold and half a 1000000 people of the issue i left most the morning, the watermark and the router was more than 10 enough off me. does high and if it does the highest level of a measure, i don't know. let's see. we stood liberally. daniel annual spring floods have been made was by torrential rain and record high temperatures that have melted ice and snow. the disaster has treated public anger is effected, residents ask for better compensation and will help from russia's lead. is some

residents of our in bug, say local officials could have done more to prepare the the storage ease, say the flooding. c a will pick soon. but in other regions in russia, they're wanting that rivers will continue to rise for the coming days or weeks. let's take a look now, some other stories making headlines around the world. a day after suspending all political activity in the country, molly's ruling defender has banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations. it's not clear how the band will be enforced, but it's already been rejected by the group that represents journalism. molly, in september, the 1 to cancelled in definitely election schedule for february of this year. the grading and parliament has passed a controversial law to push the army conscripts the new measures requirement, update their draft data boost payments to volunteers and allow some conflicts to serve. the head of the vote in general,

told lawmakers of russian forces of number g as troops by up to 10 times in the eastern front. state. housing coast guard says it has rescued 59 migraines and recovered the bodies of 9 others in the mediterranean sea in 2 separate incidents. the 1st of all of the smugglers both had capsized in the storm, just south of the island of one to do that. second operation was launched on a small boat responded in trouble. south west of the island. mexico has filed a lawsuit against ecuador, the international court of justice, override on its embassy in quito, ecuadorian authority storm the facility last friday, and carried away ecuador, as former vice president who was want to in corruption charges, but has been granted asylum by mexico. and now once the went to spend the south american country over the incident, a real estate i crewed has been sentenced to death. in vietnam's biggest frond case from milan was on file for embezzling 12 and a half $1000000000.00. she was arrested last year as part of an anti corruption. dr

. second gulf, the top levels of youth and these politics former american football star and hollywood actor ody simpson, has died at the age of 76. he was insatiably cleared in 1995 for the murders of his ex wife and a male friend of hers, and then sent to prison over a decade later, over a bundled armed robbery attempt. simpson's family say he's died of cancer. o j simpson gained fame and fortune as a football player and actor but it was a double murder case that made him infamous. simpson was charged with killing his ex wife, nicole brown simpson. mother of his 2 children and her friend ron goldman, in 1994,

he tried to flee the car chase with police and california was broadcast, live across the us, as well as were the court proceedings. it was called the trial of the century, millions tuned in around the world, public opinion was divided. the police were accused of racism and botching the investigation of not comfortable. simpson was found not guilty that sent over on file. james simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder and violation of penal code section one that he was found liable for their depths in a civil suit in order to pay more than $33000000.00 to the victims. families, date of october, not more than a decade later, she was convicted of armed robbery and spent 9 years in prison. news of simpson's death brought mix reactions. at

the time, he was assemble for the american court system and the due process. so a lot of african american people wanted him to be the case. they want it to believe that he didn't do it simply because he was almost like a matter of size for i. but now living as an adult. i do think that unfortunately, he may have gotten away with the, sorry past but too bad. he didn't. um, you know, at some point confess, cuz i think he did it personally. i hope he asked for forgiveness at the end. i really do. samson's family says he died surrounded by his children and grandchildren to entertain the journalists caging. matthews and los angeles has more and how, or the simpson will be remembered. i would say that o j is one of the most complicated figures to ever live in this world. his legacy is really one of before and after

the double murder acquittal of his ex wife and her friend. you had old jay who was a football star. he had 11 seasons in the nfl. yeah. excellent. acting career and a lot of popular films like naked gun. he was his both person for a car rental company. he was really beloved. he was at all american hero until he was accused charge and then later acquitted of killing his is 2nd uh, ex wife and her friend. and that's when everything went down here. and unfortunately, or fortunately, any way you wanna look at it, uh, you will not have all jay's name mentioned, i believe ever without the word murder and without the word acquittal in the same sentence. unfortunately, or fortunately, i know, finally we leave you with something just a little bit different. archaeologists have uncovered stunning works of art in new

excavation at the buried engine city of pompei, the paintings to pick to miss illogical characters inspired by the trojan war, including the scene of the kidnapping of helen by paris and an image of apollo, trying to seduce cassandra archaeologist believe the whole was being renovated when it was buried by volcanic ash. when mount vesuvius erupted almost 2000 years ago. or enters a brief reminder of the top story we are following for you at this hour. the us, japan in the philippines have held security talks in washington, the meaning to increase defense cooperation into pacific region to calendar. the perceived threat from china is the 1st of summit between the 3 countries and you're up to date, but to me, please stick around. up. next, we have a documentary coming up, which looks at the hard work that went into the making of the perseverance were

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