speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on these steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. in an effort to bring those hostages home, the director of the us central intelligence agency, bill burns, is expected to travel to cairo this weekend to meet with his egyptian and isr
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
one of the most devastating legacies of the covid lockdowns has been the impact on vulnerable women, children and men suffering domestic abuse. the lockdowns saw a steep rise in the number of cases, with around a third more people seeking help, and those numbers have stayed high right the way through the cost of living crisis. the domestic abuse commissioner is warning of a growing funding emergency for services set up to help both victims and perpetrators. for this special report, i was given rare access to see how children who are victims are helped. i spoke to people who ve inflicted abuse and to those who ve survived it. i was scared to be in the house and scared of what he would do to me. i didn t dare leave a child alone with him. driving through the yorkshire countryside to meet a woman who is educated, professional, successful. abuse knows no bounds and can happen to those who least expect it. we re keeping her anonymous for her own protection. constantly looking ov
our correspondent danny savage reports. killed in the line of duty, pc sharon beshenivsky shot dead responding to reports of a robbery. she was murdered on her daughter s fourth birthday. this was the scene in november 2005. an attack alarm had been activated at a travel agents in bradford. pc sharon beshenivsky s patrol car pulled up opposite. she and her colleague, pc teresa milburn, crossed the road to investigate. as sharon was approaching the door, the guys inside burst out and shot her down her vest. john brambani runs a nearby furniture shop. 18 years on, he s still shaken up by what he saw. when something like that happens on your doorstep, itjust makes you wonder how safe you are. you see it on television and things in america and other places, but in your own back yard, it s a bit frightening. this memorial now stands on the spot where pc sharon beshenivsky died. although only three men were involved in the actual raid here, there were seven members of the gang alto