Hello, I am Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS.



Berlin is giving Barack Obama a very warm welcome. The German capital is the first European stop on the Democratic presidential candidate's international tour. Obama has already met with several top German officials including Chancellor Angela Merkel. They discussed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the global economy and climate change. Obama began his tour in the Middle East and tomorrow he moves on to France and Great Britain.



Well, back in. In the United States, John McCain visits another battle ground state. The Republican candidate is campaigning in Ohio where his focus is on health care. Later today, he takes part in a cancer summit in Columbus is being hosted by cycling great and cancer survivor Lance Amstrong and the MaCain campaign has just announced that tomorrow the senator will meet with the Dalai Lama in Colorado.



Once hurricane Dolly is now a rain maker dumping up to 20 inches on South Texas and northern Mexico. A lot of people who evacuated the gulf coast are back home. Recovering teams are sizing up the damage. President Bush has declared part of South Texas a major disaster area. Across the border, the flood waters are dropping and most of the power is back on. No deaths have been reported.



Well, the International Olympic Committee baned Iraq from competing in next month's Beijing Games because of what it says is ongoing political interference by the Iraqi government. And the Iraqi Olympic Committee official tells CNN it receives letters confirming this. The official says these 7 Iraqi athletes who were going to China are disappointed.



And the federal minimum wage going up $70 cents / to gain and it's now $6.55 an hour. This is the second of three scheduled increases. The next bump happens in July, 2009.



Well, those are your headlines at this hour. Do stay with CNN for more on these stories of course the other news of the day.