the the mrs dw news line from berlin us president joe biden, welcome to leaders of japan and the philippines to a 3 way summit in washington. top of the agenda, stepping up defense cooperation and the inter pacific region to tackle up receive press from china. also with the program of tens of thousands leader homes and southern russia and conflicts done in the worst flooding, they hit the region for 80 years. and former us with wellstar o. j. simpson acquitted of murdering his wife and her friend in the 19 ninety's dies at the age of 76. we'll take a look at the end of the life of one of america's most infamous man. the

i'm here until new berlin. thank you very much for joining us. but us president has plans to uphold mutual defense agreements with the philippines in japan, in the face of growing military assertiveness by china. joe biden made the problem . is that a summit? was the philippine president for them? marcus junior and the japanese prime minister for me because she's in the white house. it's the 1st such summit between the 3 nations vision has made territorial claims, undisputed waters in the south china sea, between the philippines and japan. let's listen now to some of what biden had to say of the 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 dw correspondent, you know, doing a lot one is at the white house where that somebody took place. so janelle, in iron clad promised for the us to honor its defense agreements with the philippines and japan. what could that mean in practice if there was a military intervention which from china of the well not so they to glib about it 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 to them, 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. what do you mean a great risk to china? itself, you really seem to think about china is actively seeking war. it's behavior in the south. china sea has been coercive and bullying. sure. but they've mostly been employing what's known as gray zone tactics. so tactics that fall just below the threshold of military confrontation. now in case there was an accidental escalation of the tensions in the, in the pacific. most analysts, so it seemed 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 if japan were 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 wisely, many 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, a clear path forward for the us in japan and how they're going to work more closely together with the philippines of the 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 ally in started they, for example, said that they were going to look at the command and control structures in order to . 7 make some more, a, make their militaries work together better. they said that they were going to

evaluate where they could up for 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 philippine will have to be worried about the loss of investment from china as it tries to defend its sovereign territory from chinese aggression. that was dw corresponded, you know, doing a lot on reporting for us from washington. thank you very much for your insights. a tens of thousands of people in southern russia and cause looks down, have been flooded out of their homes. and over 100000 forced to evacuate, melting snow caused the ro, euro river to burst its banks throughout the region, including around the city of orange brook, where flood defense has failed rescue operation. there is underway, but local say not enough was done to prevent the flooding and the 1st place 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 it. so i hope it'll and then will be said the use of a mother in my 57 years. but it's the 1st time i've seen water coming to my home. so she lived up stream and russia, the ural river has best its banks flooding pots of r and bug home to mold and half a 1000000 people lose the issue. my me and i left most the morning the watermark and the router was more than 10 enough off me does high and it does the highest level of a measure unless you restore to liberty. daniels or annual spring floods have been made worse by torrential rain and wrinkled 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 here will pick soon. but in other regions in russia, they're wanting that rivers will continue to rise for the coming days or weeks to reassure you've done devised professor of climate science at the university of reading and the u. k. she told us more about these floods. we extend how floods in spring in russia and about 50 percent of all floods are related to snowfield. and now the 65 percent would be related to snow and you know, the 10 percent so ice jones up on like triggers, so by themselves of floats in spring on more than usual and but this year they were of extraordinary extends. so previously we had a similar floods in this part of the world in 1922 them in

19421957 the highest. what's the level? so thought was observed in 1942, but these here it was accepted by about one or one meter from the previous records . so floods on those extraordinary springs. but this one was extraordinary. again, this extends, let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. the ukrainian parliament has passed a controversial lot to boost army con scripts. the new measures requirement to update their draft data boost payments to volunteers and allow some conflicts to serve. after the vote, a general told lawmakers that russian forces out number keeps troops $5.00 to $10.00 times on the eastern front. mexico has filed a lawsuit against ecuador, the international criminal court over its read on its embassy in key to equity on authority, storm the facility last friday, and carried away eco doors,

former vice president jorge glass who's wanted on corruption charges, but had been granted asylum by mexico if now ones the one to suspend the south american country over the incident. it's a real estate tyco and a has been sentenced to death in vietnam's biggest frog case, strong nearly. and it was on trial for embezzling 12 and a half $1000000000.00. she was arrested last year as part of an anti corruption drive that in gulf top level. so these and these politics the telling coast guard says it has rescue 59 migraines and recover the bodies of 9 others in the mediterranean sea into separate incidents. the 1st of all, the smugglers boat that had capsized in the storm. just south of the island of one produced a 2nd opperation was launched when a small wooden boat responded in trouble, south west of the island for american football store. and hollywood actor ody simpson has died at the age of $76.00. he was insatiably cleared in 1995 for the

murders of his ex wife and her mail friend and sent to our prison over and sent to prison over a decade later, over a bundle bundled armed robbery. simpson's family says he 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 u. s. 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 somebody is not over on fall, jane 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 and date of october no more than a decade later, she was convicted of armed robbery and spent 9 years in prison. news of simpson's death brought mixed reactions. at the time he was a symbol 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

a 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. symptoms family says he died surrounded by his children and grandchildren entertain maternal was catering matthews and los angeles has more and how it would be simpson will be remembered. as 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 a sports person for a co 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 hill. and unfortunately, or fortunately, any way you want to look at it, 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 and finally archaeologist, having covered stunning artworks in a new excavation at the very ancient city of pompei, the paintings to pick them if illogical characters inspired by the trojan war, including the scene of the kidnapping of helen by paris and this image of apollo trying to seduce, cassandra archaeologist believed the whole was being renovated when it was buried

by volcanic ash when memphis, who v as a rotted almost 2000 years ago. and that's all for now, but stick around businesses up next, taking a look at whether the european union can afford to expand further. thank you. not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day i'm in. that's look at current use events, analyzed by experts and critical thinking is weekdays on d, w one of over $200.00 lucky aids across poland meant to shield the country from ukrainian products. farmers here on a collision course, this expansion of the europe.