goal but it's a politically motivated case against you and probably against journalists in the phililippines why is thahat. net you know first of alall it was a public interest story a about a sitting supreme court jusustice that was going through an impeachment trial so public interest in that story. that was in twenty twelve- the period of p prescription for libel is one year normally but just to have. this c case brougt to court that's been changed to twelve years and then in n terms ofofontext thihis is justst this one case but if you look at it i had to go t through elevenere cases and investigations governor try. it the nineteen ni had a warrant issued against reststed twice in a little more than five weeks and. i have not. be a journal i just but now there's this process of a c. year jail as- i mean do you have hope that the appeal will be heard do you believe- the justice system is in the hands of the president and i to stop you know chances sensually. i want our jududiciary the men and women there to actually prove me wrong i mean the pattern is bad rigight l let letet's put it way-

phililippines is playing an outsized role in geopolitical powerer.e see this in what's happeninig in the south china sea. aboutilipippines does c care whatat the international communy thinks even of the president's rhetoric is that he would go it alone. he knows he can't. one of the first things hehe did when he e became president was o go to beijing and say the philippines would p pivot from s longtime ally, the united states , and pivot to china and russia. that c changed a lotot of thing. business hasas changed, china hs comeme in. doterms of what the u.n. can and whetheher the philippines is payiying attentition, it is. , when thehe icc threatens to looook at what's happening he pulledd out of thee icc. part of our only defense is journalists is that the global commmmunity is helping us shine the light. otherwise, the brutal deaths continue, the death by a attack onuts and press freedom continues with impunity. taken by the were traditional u.s. ally, travel ban's on senior officials. but other countries have not followed suit, including european

thth phililippines hadad a trop depression developing there.peaking of warming conditions, we're seeing similar stuff in towards new delhi where heavy rainfall is expected. please do take care along those parts. flooding is still the major concern. and crossing over towards north america, the biggest issue here is the hot and dry weather towards much of the west. you can see basically quite clear towards the four corners there. temperatures increasing to your 50s for death valley. and take a closer look at places such as dallas, phoenix, and las vegas. those will be quite hot for the next couple of days and it's going to remain quite sunny. las vegas is going to be sunny for the next few days, phoenix as well, and clouds developing towards dallas. but the temperatures are the major concern as they keep arising. that's all for the weather. take care. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that concludes this edition of nhk "newsline." thank you for watching, and hope you'll join us again. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." covid-19 has beenn called t the ininvisible