the, the, this is dw news line from berlin, high level security to launch in washington to deal with the perceived threat from china. the japanese prime minister of whom you can shoot up these 2 address congress is expected to stress closer defense ties with the us. despite your pans officially, pacifist stands, a real estate tycoon, sentenced to death in vietnam's biggest fraud case felt guilty of embezzling 12 and a half 1000000000 dollar the and a warm welcome to of yours, around the world. i'm michael. ok. the japanese prime minister for me. ok,

sheeta is about to address a joint session of the us congress because she don't, has upgraded japan. security aligns with the us. leaders are preparing for a 3 way summit between japan, the us and the philippines. expected to focus on the perceived threat from china. we're going to give you the live pictures now from inside the chamber there at the us congress. does she to is the 2nd japanese prime minister to address congress dw correspondent janelle dom alone is standing by at the whitehouse. janelle, what is the japanese prime minister looking to gain from his visit to washington of the well, as we've been reporting this official visit from cuz she is coming at a time where it's become very important for the us and its allies like japan,

to show a united front in the face of chinese aggression, especially in the, in the pacific in defense of the rules base order in defense of freedom of navigation there. but it's also important for biden and casita to show the enduring nature of the us japan alliance worth noting that both because sheet on 5 and face and certain political futures. so it's important for them to be able to show that the us japan alliance is durable, despite whoever comes into power in washington or in tokyo worth. also noting that the japanese government has enacted a lot of key policy changes in the last few years that really help it to become a key defense player in the region. including lifting some of the curves on its defense exports as well as increasing it's saw defense spending to record levels. and that's made by us really recognize japan as it's key ally in the region as an

ally, that is also able to help the us help us allies in the, in the pacific. janelle, as we wait to possibly hear from new japanese prime minister, i want to ask you a to she had warned in advance as well know that the world was at a historic turning point. what makes this summit so important? well, if we're talking about the trilateral summit, so the summit between bite in cuz she to and borrow course. so this is a format that has never existed before between the 3 countries. and in that sense, it's historic. but it's also a logical development of what the u. s. has been trying to achieve in the region in terms of its alliance structure. so it's become very important for the us to make sure that it has strong and capable allies in the region, but so strong and capable allies are also strongly allied with one another. especially if you consider that we now live in a world where of course,

it's not impossible to see multiple theaters of conflict as we're seeing in ukraine as we're seeing in the middle east and has become also possible in the, in the pacific. so there's this phrase that they often use here in washington about the ability to walk into gone at the same time, meaning the ability to serve various alliances, even in the face of conquering crises and what really, what we're really seeing with this trilateral summit is a manifestation of what the u. s. has been trying to do in terms of meeting that strategy. janelle walk us through the main issues of leaders are hoping to resolve today. well, when the 3 leaders meet later on, present biden is expected to issue some strong language criticising china for its harassment of filipino vessels and philippine mariners. he's expected to express that the iron clad the nature of the us is a commitment to the philippines at the same time. however,

japan and the us are also expected to announce a raft of economic initiative aimed out the philippines, including high grade investments and the port modernization, railway upgrades, and connectivity improvements. and that is, in order to be able to show china the to japan and the us are able to shield the philippines from economic coersion from china. that the philippines does not have to fear the potential loss of investment aid from china as it stands up to badging in defense of its territorial claims that so dw corresponded janelle dom allowing many, many thanks to now as president joe biden says, us commitment to israel is iron clad in the face of iranian threats? the us and its allies, fear, or ron or groups acting on its behalf, could launch a significant attack within days to run his val, to retail. the 848 presumed,

is rarely strike on the iranian embassy in syria. the killed 7 members of its revolutionary gar, around supreme leader, all your total economy has renewed, disrupt, saying israel must be punished. israel has not commented, but by didn't says america's commitment is on waiver ross, want to address the rating and threat to large disagree, or they are threatening to launch a significant attack on israel as i told prime minister netanyahu our commitment to israel security against these threats moran and as proxies as iron clad reset again, our class we're going to do. all we can to protect is a secure a property tycoon has been sentenced to death in vietnam's biggest financial fraud case. strong milan was on trial. alongside $85.00 others were embezzling 12 and a half $1000000000.00. the debt sentence is seen as unusually severe ones arrest

last year was part of an anti corruption drive that has in golf the top levels of the the muse apologize. general is michael tar sky spoke to me about the magnitude of this case. for sure. so our mid right at the start that the numbers are been a little confusing at times. one, before the verdicts had been accused of embezzling 12 and a half $1000000000.00 from a bankruptcy, with the controlling owner in today's verdict, as a rule that she needs to reimburse the bank $27.00 and a half 1000000000 or $27000000000.00. so it's not entirely clear where the difference in those numbers comes from, but by the way, the dollar amounts are mass of a by far the largest financial private business history and indeed, and among the largest and world history. i believe the numbers are massive and the punishment is huge. you might say why the death sentence yeah. as you know

that this is a rare, certainly, and financial crimes we've been on does have the death penalty. it's not widely used and certainly not been sort of black and better for his white collar crime like this. but prosecutors recommended it late last month a given the this year of scale of the crime. and this morning the court said that they believed blonde is, are of the highest punishment which kind of made it clear of what the verdict would be. so it's gets clear that they want to make an example of her and given again the scale of this um took this kind of on prompted uninstalled with the verdict. michael, i'm curious. what in general is known about the other? 85 people accuse of some involvement in this case or so many of them are relatively unknown, but there are few other high profile defendants. um, strongly lines use for example, she got receive 17 years in jail. she was the ceo of another major company within the vantage side. echo system also loans, husband who is actually

a hong kong national which will be interesting and got 9 years in jail offered his involvement the i think he kind of was trying to plead ignorance of the new system in laws here, other processes. it'll be interesting to see the international reaction to that one . and perhaps you have the most notable one is an official from the state bank of vietnam was accused of receiving a $5000000.00 bribes from lawn to overlook per activities. she was the lights in jail, and then the other defendants range from probation centers as to other a few other life services as well. i'm sure this is one of the few things people there in the region are talking a what's likely to be the political ramifications of all of this politically interface to be seen. i mean, this is, comes within the broader context of the church and contempt. and then also the president resigned last month uh, related to this campaign,

not this trial that this campaign with this is largely in the private sector and the impact here in ocean city. it has been profound bantam side and its various subsidiaries control, something like a 1000 properties and the city, all of which have been seized by the police for investigation. it's not clear what kind of legal process those buildings will go through. this includes unfinished skyscrapers, a very high profile. properties took a political fallout at the moment appears to be relatively minimal. and certainly on the private sector side here at ocean city, which is going to be solved for a very long time. that's a journalist. so michael to tar sky, michael. many thanks of southern restaurants and concerts. don or babbling, rising water levels that have brought widespread flooding. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes. melting snow has caused their usual river to search and flood defenses to collapse around the city of owenberg. a

rescue operation is under way, but local say not enough was done to prevent the flooding. the flooded area is getting bigger by the hour. the rising waters now threatening the regional capital of our in board. a city of more than half a 1000000 authorities are urging everyone in dangerous areas to leave their homes. mother and civil the. it's hard for me around but we have to stay strong vehicle. my son has come for that. i have to give an example that we will overcome matches deal with the floods he'd several regions invest in siberia and neighboring cars like stone rushes emergencies. ministry launched a massive rescue operation, but they help from the federal center is often seen as too little or too late. a brief protest over the handling of the disaster broke out in the regions 2nd largest city of our school on monday. football game,

some of the people in the city help each other regardless of some tensions we have . we can say the same about audited with station the administration should not just be a shame. they need to be sec, dude, or the waters became uncontrollable after a dam intended to hold just over 5 meters of water broke over the weekend. its level has since doubled. questions have been raised over whether negligence lead to the disaster, as well as the authorities response to a. the local residents would also like to hear a word of support from the country's leader on the regions largest floods in decades. instead, they go to a message from the spokesperson. pigeon fuck teaches q also pollutant is not in the order in the region physically. he's constantly involved in the matter issue. mind. he's dealing with these issues the entire day. at the moment,

a visit to the region is not on the agenda. it's the most critical moment. now, we will monitor the developments in the next few days. and with the kremlin state control over the media and security services, it's unlikely that many people will be publicly questioning if the disaster perhaps, could have been prevented. the kremlin indeed says president vladimir putin won't visit the affected area dw corresponded dmitri pon, you often has more on criticism of the government's handling of the crisis. well, it has also been quite typical for president present to stay away from communicating with the origin. the russians, the last time we saw him talking to people on the ground was up to the mutiny by a private company wagner by you have given you progression. of course, last year he spoke to people in doug it's done since then put in of though he appears of course in public it rarely goes tvs and then talk to come and russians.

but for now, the anger on the ground in northern board and other regions was mostly directed. local officials, people there, blame them for inaction, for being too late for being too slow with the response. they have any reports of looting and that uh they are for it is, are they apparently not doing enough to stop it? so there's a lot of accurate, again, at the local officials, but for now it seems they of course they have been some commentary on clinton's response as well. but so far, i think he's stand away from this in terms of p r, from the bad image in this case. and we're going to end it there. don't forget, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world. as well as push notifications for any breaking news. up next, a d. w documentary looks at this information in well show about pressing into

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