convention in milwaukee. it s the third time he s been chosen as the standard bearerfor his party, but now, more than ever, he is at the zenith of his popularity. the image from saturday of the former president, fist held high, blood dripping from his ear, reinforces within the republican base the belief that their man is a fighter. everything they believe joe biden is not. and just hours ahead of this appearance on stage tonight, his position was further strengthened by a districtjudge in florida, who threw out one of two federal cases he was facing, the classified documents case that many thought was the strongest of the four. total vindication, says trump, that the investigation was a political witchunt all along. he could not have scripted it better. in the last few minutes, the roll call of the delegates who will nominate donald trump as their candidate has got under way, state by state. remember, the former president clinched the nomination in march, having amassed the
around the world. i m alison kosik and this is cnn newsroom. here is a snapshot of olympic medals awarded so far in tokyo. china the most at 9, the u.s. at 8. the u.s. leads with five gold medals, japan with three and team usa with two. coy wire is following the competition in tokyo. americans used their advantage in the swimming pool to get on the board today. tell me how they did it. reporter: since munich, team usa was shut out of medals on the opening day of competition at the summer olympics. things changed day two. american men finishing one and two in the 400 meter individual med lay. chase kalicz wins his first gold and the first for team usa at the games in tokyo. he won silver in rio. when he was 8-year-old he was on a ventilator and feeding tube for eight months as he fought an acute disorder of the nervous system. c k k kalisz says fell sps like the g.o.a.t. i don t know if everything has sunk in yet, not being in the water, not competing. a lot of emotions
on the story. south africa in south africa 117 people are now known to have died in the violence. president ramaphosa deploys 25,000 troops in a bid to stop the arson and looting of the past week. the dutch reporter, peter r de vrees, known for investigating organised crime, dies in hospital nine days after being shot in amsterdam. we start with catastrophic floods in europe. the western germany states of rhineland palatinate and north rhine westphalia have experienced their deadliest floods in living memory. these are the images from the area. at least 42 people are dead, many more missing. heavy flooding has turned streets into raging torrents and caused rivers to burst their banks, sweeping away cars and causing buildings to collapse. residents are posting images like these on social media let s hearfrom one resident. oui’ our community centre was just crushed and it stuck to the bridge over there. at a a0 tonne truck must be stuck there as well. a house just standin
throughout the pandemic now taiwan issues tough new restrictions as there is a dramatic surge in cases of infection. dramatic surge in cases of infection. and. its a big week for new york it s officially reopening. with restrictions on transport shops, offices and theatres relaxed. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first. joe biden has expressed support for a ceasefire in gaza and said the us was engaging with egypt and other partners towards that end. in a phone call with the israeli prime minister, the us president expressed his support for israel s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks, while urging mr netanyahu to protect civilians. more than 212 people, including 61 children, have died in gaza, and 10, including two children, in israel. with the latest here s our middle east editorjeremy bowen. nightmares come true in gaza for paren