the white house national security council said we welcome the steps announced by the israeli government tonight at the president s request following his call with prime minister netanyahu. these steps, the statement said must now be fully and rapidly implemented. 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 in respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on the 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 neta nyahu to em
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
the us presidentjoe biden has told the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu that the killings of the seven aid workers in gaza were not actionable and that israel should work to get a humanitarian cease fire immediately. the two spoke for half an hour in the first call since the deadly attack on monday. we has occurred in the last few moments from the secretary of state who has been speaking in brussels and touched on what the president had to say in that phone call with mr netanyahu. the president call with mr netanyahu. tue: president emphasised call with mr netanyahu. tte: president emphasised of the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall unitarian situation are unsuitable. 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
of aiding and assisting an international wrongful act. the prime minister rishi sunak is already facing growing cross party pressure, after seven aid workers were killed in an air strike. our diplomatic coreespondent james landale has the story. the air strikes that killed international aid workers in gaza have prompted global condemnation, and now they re shaping political choices. more than 600 lawyers have written to the government, urging it to suspend arms sales to israel, because they believe there is a risk it s breaking international law. they said, serious action is needed to avoid uk complicity in grave breaches of international law, including potential violation of the genocide convention. to continue the sale of weapons and weapon system to israel falls significantly short of your government s obligations under international law. the whole framework of international law, governing war, it dictates that the fact that you have been provoked and attacked, howev
of the robbery in the city of bradford, in west yorkshire, in 2005. piran ditta khan, 75, spent nearly two decades evading justice. he was extradited from pakistan last year, the last of the seven men involved to face trial. let s speak to danny savage, who is outside leeds crown court. this who is outside leeds crown court. verdict coming l little this verdict coming back in the last little while, just tell us more about the background. matthew, this was a shocking about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back in - about the background. matthew, this was a shocking crime back in 2005 i was a shocking crime back in 2005 and it feels like a shocking crime now. a west yorkshire police officer, unarmed, responding to a call of an alarm being activated at a travel agent in a city centre in bradford, west yorkshire, in november 2005. bradford,