naoko aoki, thank ou so south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much _ south korea.h korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much forjoining us i south korea. naoko aoki, thank you so much forjoining us on i you so much forjoining us on the programme. malaysian authorities at least ten people were killed when a private jet crashed into a road in the capitol city of kuala lumpur. the small business jet have no mayday signal before it crashed minutes after being cleared land. it landed on a motorbike and a car and exploded, killing two motorists, six passengers, and two crew. time now to talk about women's football, which is in the spotlight as we build up is in the spotlight as we build up to sunday's world cup final between england and spain in sydney. this tournament has smashed records for ticket sales and television audiences, as well as the women's game continues to grow. the challenge after the tournament will be building on this momentum and further promoting women's domestic leagues. 0ne women's domestic leagues. one person who will be heavily involved in that is our

i'm joined now by naoko aoki, an associate political scientist at the rand corporation.ch forjoining us. historically, japan and south korea have not seen eye to eye. both have made progress injust the past year alone, but what do they hope to get out of this camp david meeting? yeah, i think this is a great opportunity for the three countries to foster a stronger, more stable partnership which is good for deterrence and contingency planning at a time when china is acting assertively in the region, and north korea's continuing to improve its nuclear missile arsenals. i think it would be great if the three countries can institutionalise some of the security cooperations, and this is because one of the challenges for this partnership is the political aspect that you just mentioned. and by trying to institutionalise some of the security cooperative measures, you can probably shield the partnership a little bit more from such potential political negative winds. why do south korea and japan need the us, particularly when it comes to geopolitical issues?— to geopolitical issue