the the, this is the news live from berlin in the u. s. day 3 of the democratic national convention is underway in chicago. tonight, the spotlight is on vice presidential nominee tim walters. he rally support for carla harris and her bid for the oval office. former president, bill clinton will also be among the delegates speaking also coming up for us. yours find 5 bodies in the wreck of a luxury on off the coast of sicily, after the boat sank in a violent storm, the

time seemed dizzily in berlin. welcome to our show in the us, the 3rd day of the democratic national convention is under way with tim walks that to address the crowd and formerly accept his vice presidential nomination. you are looking at live pictures from chicago. thousands of delegates are there for the convention, which officially confirms complet harris and walls as the parties nominees, and begins the final stretch of the white house campaign. a former president bill clinton will also speak on day 3. the convention. it comes after michelle and brock obama obama headline, the convention, 2nd day, both receiving rapturous receptions, 1000 folders there. and let's go to dw correspondent benjamin alvarez gruber, who is at the democratic convention in chicago. benjamin welcome. this is arguably the most important speech of tim walter's. political career so far, what to expect from him tonight?

it is definitely in, according to his own campaign, this will be his presentation to the country with her that he will speak a lot about his biography, about his time as a teacher, but also time as a football coach. and that's something that the harris campaign has been using of was calling him, coach, will tulsa, presenting him to others. i mean, also, he came into the spotlight only 2 weeks ago when pamela harris introduced him as her running made. so of course, well looking forward to that as he will accept also he's nomination as the vice presidential candidate. he was a nominated officially near the democratic national convention yesterday. so we expect that to be an important part, but also that he will speak about his time is a military, as he enlisted in the us army. and that's also something that has been pointed out by this campaign. it will be able to focus on him, but also that it impact that he has had on his students and also on the play is

then he coach back and his name is ben. you mean, we know that the big speech of the convention is tomorrow night. that's when harris officially accept the nomination. what kind of impact can a vice presidential candidate like? waltz really hope to have on a night like this of the what the harris campaign also tried spied picking him is a running made is to try to get more undecided voters of those states of the not just minnesota, where he serving is the 2nd terms, the governor, but also of the midwest and state of ohio, for example, with a many and decided motors, so to try to reach out to them. and maybe not the voters that would vote for pamela harris, but might also see someone in tim worlds who would also be a good person for it relationships, also with other countries. and that's also where the vice president comes into play . he speaks chinese to speak the mentoring and so they might also kite a come

a quite handy in that position. so that's what they try to show them to get them. there was an interesting moment yesterday when does ro cole happened? and all the delegates of all the states of the us is symbolically electric. both of them, they were and not far away. milwaukee, where the republican national convention happened only a few weeks ago and they accepted it. and it was by script here in the arena. there was quite, quite an interesting and specially, well, it prepared moment by the power as well as competing bill clinton will also speak tonight. what role does the former president play for democrats today almost a quarter of a century after leaving office and it's not just the same as former president. we had park obama speaking, michelle obama. it bill clinton, hillary clinton, the form and secretary of state speaking on monday for the democratic party. this is the time this is the place to show unity to show unity behind the candidate they will accept the nomination. is the presidential candidate on thursday,

the last day of the d and c, and he will try to show the difference between the democrats as against then that's what we for a, from several sources of the form, a present that is really the deluxe to old. so it would been not just the delegates, but also b as in these here in chicago. and it's so important for them, but also for the obama since spoken yesterday. that said that they would endorsed kimball her is only 5 days after joe biden is step down from the presidential race . so we can a to expect a was of praise from bill clinton, a for joe biden, who is now taking some well, just as to holidays in california. benjamin alvarez group are at the democratic convention in chicago. many thanks. let's have a look down some the other stories making headlines around the world. a school employee has shot and killed 3 other staff members in north western balls. the

shooting occurred at a secondary school in the town of cents. the most about 300 kilometers north west of the capital, sir, are you able to walk in region has been a wash with small arms and weapons since the 19 ninety's wars authorities and argentina have quarantine a cargo ship and the prod, a river over suspicion is that a crew member may be infected with inbox. person is you have to be inspected by doctors today, the w h o declarative global health emergency this month after the outbreak of a new impact strain, the deadly and spreads quickly. so a german goalkeeper manuel noir has announced his retirement from international football. the bottom unit goal. he made the decision after playing 15 years and 124 matches for his country, including the world cup titled in 2014. the oil will continue playing and munich where he has a contract until next year. at least 15 people have been killed in an

explosion at a pharmaceuticals plant in southern india, a district official, an under up honda state. so the death toll is likely to rise. the last occurred after a fire broke out at the plant. dozens of injured people were taken to local hospitals . russian authorities, they air defense system shut down several ukrainian drones that targeted moscow overnight rushes defense ministries that destroyed a total of $45.00 drones of a russian territory, including 11 over the capitol region. most goes, mayors of the city faced one of the biggest drone attacks that ukraine has launched against the capital. so far we trans incursion has added a further incentive for russia to recruit soldiers for its front lines. one of the motivations for soldiers to sign up seems to be money with cash offer to volunteers, but it appears new recruits are being sent a curse which is causing some defense among the families. these men are ready to join the ranks of the russian army after your cranes incursion. at least according

to russian state tv. it will wish it almost firstly to help my country. my people beat the fascists and get back the territory. they seized to the big games of watching a typical propaganda narrative on state tv. prussia says it's fighting what it claims are ukraine and nazis on its own soil. the news report claims money is, is what's driving people to sign a contract with the defense ministry. even though it does mention a one time payment of $2000000.00 roubles almost 200000, the average russians would have to work at least 2 years to earn that kind of money in poorer regions even longer. so there is a part of the population coming from the blue wrist regions and it was the beneficiaries of the war. we can not signal that money is important for these people. the large amounts of money which i propose, which i promote it today,

but it does. russian officials in exchange of the human life is something which is conceited in both sides of the deal as that kind of acceptable. the ukraine says it has captured hundreds of russian soldiers since the start of his incursion. 80 percent of them are believe to be conscripts or after ukraine's 1st advances on russian territory. mothers of drafted soldiers called on president poor to to remove them out of the course region. now this chechen special forces commander has harsh words for those parents. i use need versus if you're 18 year old children are already serving and do you think they shouldn't defend their homeland when it's being attacked by the enemy or to have one question for you? what to use you and your children to this country? russia says around 6000 soldiers have been killed, and ukraine, experts believe the number to be much higher with some estimates,

putting them at around 300000 the russian defense industries. now running as like these reading real man belongs here to recruit more soldiers. the major strategy of the russian government for today is the pointing the mos mobilization must mailed to him about his ation in the whole russian population and trying to uh, categorize to target mobile and rebuttal poorest and not that productive category. so the population, you know, the to filling the gaps in the, um, on the rims, but at least according to russian stay tv. there is still enough volunteers, left german chancellor all off schultz is visiting mold over a country which sits between the european union and ukraine. and this heavily affected by russia's invasion of its neighbour salsa is holding costs with

president miles onto is also due to meet prime minister during lunch. and discussions are set to focus on security issues, resulting from rushes, aggression against ukraine. well drove, it has been a supporter of keeps war efforts and says it too is the target of russian hybrid attacks and the stabilisation. another topic on the agenda is likely to be german support from adult was application to join the you know, that process began formerly in june and is expected to take several years to complete the business on which all tests germany will support keys as long as necessary the, the districts invoke germany will not lit up and it's supported ukraine. we will support your brain for as long as necessary. and we will be the largest country in europe supporting ukraine was only the usa is doing more fast and major world power . and this is something that everyone ukraine can rely on. but also though we're rooting for the training people were fighting for its independence. sovereignty in

democracy, which feed on to her of design to the crating. over to a story we've been covering this week, rescuers have found 5 bodies on a super yard. the think off the coast of sicily, the search teams are still looking for one other missing passenger. the vessel st during a violent storm on monday, brought back to show off to being recovered from some 50 meters below the waves. the officials haven't yet released details about the identities of the bodies found on the sunken ship. 6 passengers were still unaccounted for when the coast guard was even searching the wreck. wits of muscle robots and divers on wednesday morning . among them was british businessman mike lynch. he had reportedly invited gets on board his family's 56 meter luxury yelled the basie and to celebrate his recent acquittal in a massive fraud case in us. this cctv footage from the show shows the ships lights

disappearing into darkness as a violent storm had pulled to cello hall, but in the early hours of monday morning 10 crew and 12 passengers. one boat at the time, 15 escaped in life boat, including the captain, costs and bona. the skipper of a boat mowed alongside the bayesian found the survivors. he said the yachts had sunk in an instant. i don't absolutely know what they did. i only know that there, uh when flint was a mass on the water and that the sink in 2 minutes, like this said, as authorities move to identify the dead, it's not yet clear why the ship founded so rapidly. officials believed it may have been hit by a tornado over the water known as a water spout during the storm. the questions remain why the multi 1000000 your row,

your sank when other nearby boats didn't we finish now it's a bit of celebrity news. the american singer, an actor jennifer lopez has filed for divorce from her husband, ben affleck, following 2 years of marriage as the power couple sometimes referred to as the benefits were 1st and a high profile relationship almost 2 decades ago. they made 2 films together and both went on to marry other people. but now j lo has filed for divorce papers on august 20 same date on which they had made their vows. all right, just a reminder of our top story. day 3 of the democratic national convention has kicked off in chicago, vice presidential nominee tim walton, former president. bill clinton are both scheduled to address delegates, making their case for why combo harris should be present the that's our headlines for now. we'll be back shortly with more in

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