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The mother of a dead US Muslim soldier has hit back

It's after the Republican presidential hopeful

questioned her silence during a speech her husband made

when I was standing there, all of America felt my pain without seeing

a single word. Please, Mr Trump, feel that pain and you will be

better. With just five days to go,

Organisers of the Rio Games still don't know which Russian

athletes will take part. It is a shame it was not so the day

before the games started. We fully support the strongest sanctions for

athletes found to be cheating. The rest of the sports news,

including victory for this man. Lewis Hamiliton is on a roll

The German Grand Prix. We begin with the mother

of an American Muslim soldier She has accused Donald Trump of "not

knowing what sacrifice means". It's after the Republican

presidential hopeful mocked her for standing

silent next to her husband while he delivered an emotional

speech about their son Mr Trump said Mrs Khan had been

forbidden from speaking. Here's Mary Bruce from ABC

News with the story. Donald Trump is sparking outrage

and disgust with his response We are honoured to stand

here as parents of the captain. It was the most raw and emotional

moment of the campaign. Khizr Khan had a searing

rebuke of Donald Trump. Their son died serving his

nation in Iraq. Let me ask you, have you even read

the United States Constitution? I think I have made a lot

of sacrifices, I work very hard. I have created thousands

and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs,

built great structures, Pointing a finger at Humayun Khan's

mother, suggesting she did not speak because she was forbidden

by her faith. If you look at his wife,

she was standing there, she had nothing to say,

maybe she was not allowed. The real reason was

all-consuming grief. When I was standing there,

all America felt my pain. Ghazala Khan ending that

report from ABC News. Well, as you saw there,

the couple have been Our Washington correspondent

David Willis told me further details Ghazala Khan has gone on record now

as saying that she was simply too emotional to speak at the Democratic

Convention last week. She said seeing pictures of her son displayed

on big screens around the auditorium was too much for her. She couldn't

rely on herself to speak about him without breaking down. She has

accused Donald Trump of having a dark soul, saying that he was

ignorant of Islam, ignorant of sacrifice. She also said he believed

-- she believed he was totally unfit to lead the country. Mr Trump, for

his part, has gone back somewhat. He has called her son and hero and

sort, through his campaign team, to re-focus the issue somewhat. By

dwelling more on the issue of Islamic terrorism, the people who

claimed the lives of Humayun Khan. But he promised the courts would

come off after the criticism he attracted at last week laws-mac

Democratic convention and clearly he is not in the mid-to back down, even

in the face of criticism from people in his own party on issues such as

this. -- in the mood. There has been criticism from within

the Republican Party. What has their reaction been generally in the US to

these comments from Donald Trump? It is interesting. John Keswick, who

was also running for the Republican nomination, criticise Donald Trump.

So have other members of the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton

and Bill Clinton have also criticised. But this is the sort of

thing which Donald Trump doesn't tend to back down from. Those who

are perhaps expecting to do so on this occasion, even though it has

been the convention in the past for leaders to only speak well of those

who have suffered in battle, Donald Trump is not the sort of man, it

seems, to back down. If there is any suggestion that he might on this

occasion, you just have to look at his response today to Mr Khan's

remarks. He said that Mr Khan has no right, as he put it, to stand in

front of millions of people and make baseless accusations against them.

-- against him. Well, let's go to Rio,

because there's just five days to go until the start of the Olympics

and organisers are yet to decide which Russian

athletes will compete. Last week, the International Olympic

Committee said it would be up But this week it's

all change and a new three-member panel

will have the final say. In response, the IOC

president has denied the credibility of the organisation

has been damaged. Russia's fencing squad may already

be here in Rio today collecting their accreditation

at the athletes college, but many do not know

if they will be able to take part. These are among the 250 Russians

cleared to participate in the wake The International Olympic

Committee has now said it This afternoon, the president

remained defiant. How much damage to the

credibility of these games has this caused

in the I do not think in the end these

will be damaging, because people will realise that we have to take

these decisions now. Imagine the situation

if we would not have taken a decision, what then

the limbo would be. I trust the people that they realise

the difficulties we are in. Despite a damning report

into state-sponsored doping that sabotaged events

like the Sochi Winter Games, the IOC resisted demands of

a blanket ban of the Russian team. More than 100 athletes

have been banned under but there was a third Russian

swimmer who appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

against the exclusion today, This is the Russian handball team

and despite the fact that we are just five days away

from the start of the Rio games, they are in limbo like so many

of their colleagues. They do not know whether or not

the IOC will allow them to compete. TRANSLATION: Of course it is not

easy, the most difficult thing For those who are not doping,

it is not fair. British athletes meanwhile

are continuing their preparations Some waiting to find out

whether the competition will include It is not unsettling for us,

it is a shame it was not sorted out earlier, before

the games got started. We fully support the strongest

sanctions for athletes but for us it is just

about focusing on our own game. These games have already had

a troubled build-up, but the IOC's handling of the crisis

has ensured the controversy will continue even once

the action begins. Now a look at some more

top stories this hour. Turkey says a German ban -

preventing President Erdogan from addressing a rally

of supporters in Cologne - Germany is home to the largest

population of Turks And there are concerns such

video messages could stoke political tensions

following Turkey's failed coup. In a separate development,

President Erdogan today tightened his grip on power

by bringing the army chief and intelligence agency

under his control. The Indian government says it's

providing food rations to thousands of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia

who have lost their jobs. The workers are mostly employed

by Saudi construction companies which have suffered badly

because of a drop in oil prices. Many workers haven't been paid

for months. Heavy monsoon rains are continuing

to flood large parts On Saturday alone, lightning

is reported to have killed thirty-six people

in India's Orissa state. In Mumbai at least seven

died when a building Overall, nearly 200

people have been killed. Senate Democrats have called

for Congress to end its recess and immediately approve emergency

funds for combating The calls come after Florida

reported its first cases In the UK, the Government has even

suggested the 50,000 British holidaymakers currently in Florida

should avoid unprotected sex. It was always a question of when,

not if, and now the Zika virus Health officials are going

house-to-house to take samples. People are warning people how

to avoid getting bitten. A major concern is for pregnant

women because of the link to babies The door-to-door urine request has

allowed the state of Florida to make the determination that ongoing

mosquito transmission is happening When I was in the US territory

of Puerto Rico earlier this year, where there has been huge flare-up

in cases, health officials told me infections and that they would

probably start in Florida. There have so far been

more than 1600 cases of Zika on the mainland US,

but almost all those people There have been a handful

of sexually transmitted A different number travelled back

to Florida with more than 300 travel There is a risk of seeing

locally transmitted cases because the mosquito which spreads

Zika already lives here. Investigations into how Zika

arrived here are underway, but it is likely to have

come in with a traveller who returned to the States

from an area badly hit by the virus. A bloodsucking mosquito,

like one of these, probably infected a person or a few people

and they brought it back with them, then

they were bitten by a local mosquito in Florida and that

creature managed to start US health officials do not expect

widespread cases in mainland US, but the advice to British people

heading for the Sunshine State is to take precautions to avoid

getting bitten by mosquitoes. Pregnant women are being advised

to change their travel plans. What the Games' tough copyright

rules mean you can and can't say. The US Space Agency Nasa has ordered

an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared

to fly while drunk. The last foot patrol inside Armagh.

Once an everyday part of the soldier's plot, drudgery and danger

now know more after almost four decades.

If you're in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, I don't

see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong.

Six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at Worcestershire Park and

already they have been met with a roar of approval by visitors. They

were cute. This is BBC World News Today. Here

are the latest headlines. The Republican presidential candidate

Donald Trump attracts outrage by knocking the mother of a dead Muslim

American soldier. Five days to go until the real Olympics and the IOC

has yet to decide which Russians can take part. -- the real Olympics.

As we've been hearing, the Olympic Games gets

Like any major sporting event, huge sums of money are being invested

in Rio 2016 by corporate sponsors - over a billion dollars in fact.

Earlier this week, a rule into force restricting how brands that are not

official sponsors of the Games can advertise.

The rule - named Rule 40 - means personal sponsors such as kit

suppliers are not allowed to re-tweet athletes or use any

Many words such as "gold", "summer" and "victory" -

or even a picture of a medal - cannot be used by non-approved

sponsors in any sort of advertising or in posts on social media.

Let's get more than this. Charles Taylor is Professor of marketing at

Villanova University of business in Pennsylvania. This is a complete

minefield, isn't it? What you have is a situation where the sponsors

invest an enormous amount of money to be associated with the Olympic

games. You have other companies that try to attach themselves to the

Olympics in interesting ways sometimes. The motivation for Rule

40, which has been around for a long time, is good. The question becomes

the execution. And when you start getting into what athletes can see

on social media, this is where the controversy comes in. So what will

happen if these terms are actually used by non-approved sponsors? Is

the athletes and involved, the penalties could even involve taking

away medals. I think it would be extremely unlikely that that would

happen. It is much more likely that it would be an issue of fines.

Frankly, in the past, a lot of the ambush marketers or nonofficial

sponsors that have tried to link themselves to the Olympics, without

paying money for the sponsorships, have largely gone away with it.

We're talking about a lot money here. This is why this rule has come

into force. How much money are we actually talking about? The rates of

actually went up recently. Panasonic just paid for an eight-year contract

to the tune of 350 million US dollars, giving them the right to

four Olympics. Historically, it was $100 million for a cycle of two

Olympics. But the going rate has gone up recently and the best

estimate right now are that it is $200 million to have a four-year

cycle when you have two Olympics as one of the global partners. It is

really a lot of money. It is incredible. In the world of social

media, how practical is this rule? You know, I don't think it is

terribly practical. Especially some of the types of what you mentioned,

like effort and victory. On the other hand, a reasonable person can

see why you don't want a nonofficial sponsor associating a word with

gold-medal, words like gold-medal or Olympic rings, with the company that

is not an official sponsor. A lot of the athletes have sponsorships for

both official sponsors and nonofficial sponsors. So it does

make it a little tricky for the athletes but they probably do know

the difference and I don't think it is that hard for them to abide by

some of the main terminology. Charles Taylor, professor of

marketing, thank you very much Thank you very much. Let's get on

sport for you. Lewis Hamilton can head off on holiday with a spring in

his step after winning the German Grand Prix. He started from second

behind his rival Nico Rosberg but the German made a poor getaway,

handing only to the Britain will slip into fourth place. Hamilton

clinched his sixth victory in seven races to extend his lead over Ross

Batty 19 points going into the four-week summer break. -- over Nico

Rosberg. The final round of the USPGA is under way but they are well

behind schedule after bad rain yesterday meant players had to take

on 36 holes on day four. He was a leaderboard. Jimmy Walker

is 11 under. Grace is one shot behind him. Last year's when I'm

Jason Day is having disappointing round. He has dropped two shots,

putting him three shots off the lead. This player held on to win the

women's British Open. She survived Apache -- she survived a patchy

final-round to win. The Olympics under way next week, and Great

Britain's swimmers are tipped for success. They were one of the few

disappointments at London 2012. Led by Adam Peaty, they have turned a

four man. Our correspondent got up with them at their training camp.

Heather Frost was history. The last time a British man won an award big

swimming title, Adam Peaty wasn't even born. Just 21, he is a new

start of a team that has gone from trailing to triumph. His three goals

in last year's World Championships make the man to beat in Rio de

Janeiro. If there is pressure, he is not exactly feeling it. You know, I

have never really been one of pressure. I don't really know how

you get it or whatever. I just see this as an opportunity to do the

best thing for my country and the best thing for these guys. Such

optimism seems a far cry from the last Olympics, where Becky Adlington

and Michael Jamieson were put in's only medallist in the swimming pool.

Four years ago in London, Britain's swimmers were one GB's few

disappointments. But a fresh approach has revived their fortunes

since then. Under Adlington's former coach, they won a record nine medals

at the World Championships. Results and morale transformed. The

challenge now is to reproduce those results when it really matters. But

after the frustration of London, this could finally be British

swimming's moment. Yes, we shall see about that. That

is all the sport for now. Thank you very much.

Let's go to a sporting legend. When Muhammad Ali died in June, the

world lost one of its most beloved and inspiring figures. Our

correspondent has been to the I Am The Greatest exhibition in London to

see how the Olympics encapsulated Muhammad Ali's fighting spirit in

and out of the ring. It is part of our new series, including interviews

and pictures not seen for over half a century.

For most sportsmen and women, and Olympic gold is the pinnacle,

But for one young man that gold was just a springboard

At 18 years of age at the Rome Olympics in 1960,

a light heavyweight boxer called Cassius Clay caught our attention.

It took him four bouts and just 11 rounds of boxing to win gold,

He was the undisputed star of the ring and of the games.

He only had three rounds to fight him, you have to think fast

and move fast and it can be overruled quick if you are not

careful, if you lose the first one, you have to win the second one

and if you win the second, you need the third and if you lose

There is a possibility of going onto the next heavyweight

champion, colourful, young, flashy, which I'm hip to.

That gold confirmed that he would be the greatest.

That is exactly what he told people, he was saying I am champion

This 18-year-old kid stepped away after winning the Olympics

His professional career lasted 20 years, as did his self belief

About 180 amateur fights, world Olympic gold winner in Rome

and Italy, two-time United States champion.

A world heavyweight and I am as pretty as you and

By 1996, Muhammad Ali was old and ill before his time.

The Olympics again provided him the stage, but in lighting the flame

in Atlanta, his fragility was there for all to see.

There he stands with that right arm shaking under the lights bravely.

He is everyone's sick grandfather to some people,

for others a father, a brother, a cousin,

a nephew and there is something extraordinarily

Muhammad Ali, one-time Olympic medallist, one-time world

heavyweight champion, all-time great.

Some fascinating insights of the legend, Muhammad Ali. We will end

the programme with these pictures from the US, whether daredevil

skydiver has become the first person to jump from a height of over seven,

those without deploying a parachute. -- seven kilometres. The 42-year-old

Luke Aikins jumped from a plane at a height of 25,000 feet. They broke

away at 5000 feet, leaving him to make the final descent alone. After

three following for two minutes, you landed on a giant net suspended 20

stories off the ground in a valley in California. To cheers and

applause, he walked over and hugged his wife, who was watching on the

ground with their four-year-old son. No doubt an extreme way nervous

watch there. -- and extremely nervous.

The mother of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq has accused

the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

of being ignorant of Islam and sacrifice after he mocked her

appearance at Thursday's Democratic Party National Convention.

With just five days to go before the Olympics, Games' chiefs have

said they will have the final say over which Russians get to compete.

That's after previously saying the individual sports federations

That is it really in the team. Do enjoy the rest of your evening.

Goodbye for now. -- that visit from me and the team.