and more effective drug treatments. the five year project will look for alzheimer s disease and other forms of dementia. at the moment, about a third of people living with the conditions never get a formal diagnosis. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. what can our blood tell us about our brain? this small trial in oxford is looking for clues. lucy, like many of the healthy volunteers, has a personalfamily motivation for being involved. the main driver for the dementia was because my mother had dementia, and ijust have very close personal experience of how miserable that is. i mean, she wasn t. fortunately, she was relatively old, she was in her 80s when it started, and she died at 97. but her last few years were really mired by the disease. what is your first language? over the next five years, around 5,000 people will take part in research assessing blood tests to see how accurately they can identify various forms of dementia. most notably alzheimer s disease. in alzhei
as scrutiny of western powers arms exports to israel intensifies, the world central kitchen charity calls for an independent investigation into the strikes that killed seven members of its team in gaza. lord cameron rules out western boots on the ground in ukraine. he tells the bbc: allies need to step up or risk the war being lost. and a major medical trial begins to learn whether blood tests can spot the early signs of dementia. returning to one of our main stories this hour and a special ceremony has been held to mark the 75th anniversary of the nato alliance. as the war in ukraine continues, the alliance has agreed to start planning for a greater role in co ordinating military aid to the country.foreign ministers led by the alliance s secretary general, jens stoltenberg have met today to discuss how they can best support ukraine in the future. let s speak to xavier bettel, he is luxembourg s deputy prime minister and foreign minister. welcome to you and thank you