:00:17. > :00:31.This story has been developing in the past our soul. Is being granted
:00:32. > :00:40.merrily released by a parole board after serving nine of the 33 year
:00:41. > :00:44.jail sentence for armed robbery. They have shut them the largest
:00:45. > :00:52.marketplace on the dark web. Here is the US Attorney General. This is the
:00:53. > :00:57.largest dark market web takedown in world history. That is Jeff
:00:58. > :01:02.Sessions, a loyalist to Donald Trump, but today the president
:01:03. > :01:06.attacked him for his decision to stand down from any Russia
:01:07. > :01:12.investigations. A general strike in Venezuela, the
:01:13. > :01:17.latest effort to oust the government, and a new study suggests
:01:18. > :01:34.main things we can all do to decrease the chances of dementia.
:01:35. > :01:39.The second round of Brexit talks wrapped up today and we will hear
:01:40. > :01:46.from both sides. First of all the UK.
:01:47. > :01:52.All in all, the second round of negotiations have given us much to
:01:53. > :01:55.be positive about and also outlined the need for both sides to
:01:56. > :02:01.demonstrate a dynamic and flexible approach to how we approach these
:02:02. > :02:05.challenges. We have conducted this at peace. To coin a phrase, the
:02:06. > :02:08.clock is ticking. Mr Barnier said that there
:02:09. > :02:26.was a 'fundamental divergence' We require this clarification on the
:02:27. > :02:33.financial settlement, oils and citizens rights and Ireland. And on
:02:34. > :02:34.the other separation issues. So let's try and see what has changed
:02:35. > :02:36.since the beginning of the week. The two sides still need
:02:37. > :02:38.to resolve the issues of whether or not the UK has to pay
:02:39. > :02:42.an exit bill, and how much that might be, citizens' rights and how
:02:43. > :02:44.they'll be adjudicated, as well as issues around the border
:02:45. > :02:46.between Northern Ireland The Spectator magazine
:02:47. > :02:59.calls this a stalemate. Opinions differ on
:03:00. > :03:04.whose fault this is. This op ed in the Times blames
:03:05. > :03:07.the EU side 'EU's Barnier and Verhofstadt are out
:03:08. > :03:17.to punish Britain. This
:03:18. > :03:18.is a Ben Jennings cartoon his take is that the British
:03:19. > :03:26.are incompetent compared to the EU. Our Europe editor's written a piece
:03:27. > :03:29.about Michel Barnier by the way, if you want to find out
:03:30. > :03:38.more about him. I can strongly recommend this, all
:03:39. > :03:42.about him and the approach he is bringing to these Brexit
:03:43. > :03:48.negotiations. She is in Brussels and hear the sad assessment. The last
:03:49. > :03:52.time the men met it was pretty much a getting to know you session is
:03:53. > :03:55.this week was the first week where the working group sat down and tried
:03:56. > :04:00.to tackle some of those difficult issue is. Modest progress. Both
:04:01. > :04:05.sides managed to come up with a joint paper on citizens rights,
:04:06. > :04:08.colour-coded to show further was agreement and disagreement and we
:04:09. > :04:12.have too underlined the fact there will be lots of these negotiating
:04:13. > :04:20.sessions and we can't expect all of them to end in harmony. Some big
:04:21. > :04:26.sticking points. The European Court of Justice, the court the EU has to
:04:27. > :04:30.safeguard its laws, so for example Brussels is seeing when it comes to
:04:31. > :04:34.the rights of EU citizens, that court still has to have jurisdiction
:04:35. > :04:40.and the UK court says absolutely not. It is hard to see how they meet
:04:41. > :04:46.on that point but what you have in both sides are two men who want a
:04:47. > :04:50.deal and who know that they need a deal and they will work to get one.
:04:51. > :05:00.I have been reading the article you wrote about Michel Barnier. You
:05:01. > :05:05.quote one magazine calling it Juncker's revenge. That was very
:05:06. > :05:10.much when he was nominated for this role because he has worn many courts
:05:11. > :05:15.before in the French government and then the European Commission. He was
:05:16. > :05:20.the Commissioner for the European single market and he clashed with
:05:21. > :05:27.the City of London. He wanted to cap bankers bonuses and they called him
:05:28. > :05:31.the most dangerous man in Europe. What has been interesting since he
:05:32. > :05:37.has taken this job that has been very little criticism of him in the
:05:38. > :05:39.UK or amongst EU countries and honestly speaking they are very
:05:40. > :05:44.critical of what happens in Brussels. He is seen as a serious
:05:45. > :05:49.negotiator than somebody who wants to find compromise. A bit arrogant
:05:50. > :05:55.and that is something David Davis is accused of. They have some kind of
:05:56. > :05:58.chemistry. They worked together before in previous years and they
:05:59. > :06:04.are going to need to use that chemistry to get over lots of big
:06:05. > :06:10.bumps in the road. Let's not forget, we are just in phase one of these
:06:11. > :06:15.negotiations which is when they work out the divorce issues like the
:06:16. > :06:20.so-called exit Bell where the United Kingdom will have to pay its
:06:21. > :06:23.financial liabilities that the leaves, but the UK desperately wants
:06:24. > :06:27.to move to stage two when it talks about the future with the EU which
:06:28. > :06:33.is its biggest trading partner, so it is anxious to get past these
:06:34. > :06:38.details to move on stage two. Something curious about this process
:06:39. > :06:43.and that every few steps of the way we are publicly told how it is going
:06:44. > :06:45.and it is consumed in all these different arenas which in turn
:06:46. > :06:51.reflects back on what happens in Brussels and makes it horribly
:06:52. > :06:54.complicated? You can see that David Davis is very aware that he has a
:06:55. > :07:00.big domestic audience for whatever he says year, never mind with the EU
:07:01. > :07:07.negotiators when it comes to Brexit. When we look at Michel Barnier and
:07:08. > :07:12.what he can or cannot do, it is important to remember his hands are
:07:13. > :07:18.tied because he is told very clearly by the other countries what he can
:07:19. > :07:23.and cannot do. So he gets his instructions on them and has to
:07:24. > :07:29.report back to them and also needs the European Parliament on site.
:07:30. > :07:34.This is a very political process whereas normally trade agreements
:07:35. > :07:38.between the EU and other countries is left to the technocrats and the
:07:39. > :07:43.lawyers but there are a lot of politicians involved and that is why
:07:44. > :07:49.it is so complicated. For more information you know where to go.
:07:50. > :07:55.Let's talk about some important research on dementia that has come
:07:56. > :08:01.out. A third of dementia cases could be prevented if people looked after
:08:02. > :08:07.their brain. A study has come out with nine risk factors for dementia.
:08:08. > :08:12.Some of them relate to physical health like diabetes and physical
:08:13. > :08:17.inactivity. That is also the level of education and social isolation as
:08:18. > :08:21.factors. We are told as well that 47 million people in the world
:08:22. > :08:30.unaffected by dementia now but over the next few years around 131
:08:31. > :08:33.million could be affected by 2050. The proportion of sufferers in low
:08:34. > :08:44.and middle income countries is expected to go up. I am told know
:08:45. > :08:47.what is seen as being new in this report. This is a report by the
:08:48. > :08:55.Lancet commission and it is actually very important and summarises the
:08:56. > :08:59.body of evidence on multiple aspects of dementia research and clear, and
:09:00. > :09:05.probably one of the most important things is about dementia prevention.
:09:06. > :09:11.It has been an accumulating field in the space of the last 10-15 years,
:09:12. > :09:17.accumulating research. The report goes at it in a very systematic way
:09:18. > :09:20.to tell us about what other risk factors throughout life for
:09:21. > :09:25.Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Such things as Italy
:09:26. > :09:32.childhood education, midlife factors such as hypertension and obesity and
:09:33. > :09:37.lately factors such as diabetes and exercise, which is actually
:09:38. > :09:40.throughout life. Smoking and other risk factors. We have ranked them
:09:41. > :09:44.together as they scorer and tell us which risk factors might have the
:09:45. > :09:51.most important impact on preventing dementia. The commission also
:09:52. > :09:55.summarises some of the data on the strength of its evidence in terms of
:09:56. > :10:00.how likely is it that we really can prevent dementia, and they conclude
:10:01. > :10:07.that about 35% of all dementia cases could be prevented with proper
:10:08. > :10:12.intervention and treatment. Along the lines of the things we have just
:10:13. > :10:18.discussed. Is it your hope that the study may influence how governments
:10:19. > :10:23.spend their money? Although there has been a tremendous amount of
:10:24. > :10:27.research on prevention of dementia, it hasn't really been
:10:28. > :10:32.institutionalised and accepted by national bodies, for example, and
:10:33. > :10:39.being able to have the strength of evidence for public health messages.
:10:40. > :10:43.The was recently a study published in a medical Journal actually
:10:44. > :10:47.concluded that risk and rate of dementia is actually going down even
:10:48. > :10:51.though the number of cases is going up, because the population is
:10:52. > :10:55.ageing. The actual rate at a particular age is going down, and
:10:56. > :10:57.this has been associated with improvements in education and
:10:58. > :11:02.lifestyle over the last 30 years or so. That is actually evidence that
:11:03. > :11:08.dementia prevention can be an achievable goal. There are going to
:11:09. > :11:12.be people watching this and to view all over the world thinking what are
:11:13. > :11:16.the most important things for me to do to try to avoid having dementia
:11:17. > :11:24.in later life? What would you say to them? I think if they had in midlife
:11:25. > :11:28.which is actually the time that Alzheimer's disease starts, that the
:11:29. > :11:36.most important thing is to not be sedentary, to have lifelong
:11:37. > :11:40.exercise. Don't be alone, remain occupationally and socially involved
:11:41. > :11:45.throughout life. Considered lifelong learning, build your brain
:11:46. > :11:52.throughout life. When people have cognitive reserve the better able be
:11:53. > :11:54.resilient against old-age brain diseases like Alzheimer's and
:11:55. > :12:00.vascular dementia. If you have hypertension and diabetes, make sure
:12:01. > :12:04.you teach those comorbidities because they are also risk factor
:12:05. > :12:10.this land effect of drugs. Some are better than others. For example,
:12:11. > :12:12.there is evidence that some hypertensives have neuroprotective
:12:13. > :12:21.effects and our organisation is conducting studies of these protect
:12:22. > :12:26.your anti-attempts ofs and diabetic agents. That is the future of how we
:12:27. > :12:29.are going to use treatments for these medical comorbidities to
:12:30. > :12:33.prevent dementia in future. But take care of yourself and lead a heart
:12:34. > :12:39.healthy lifestyle and in late life and throughout life, don't smoke,
:12:40. > :12:42.avoid obesity, eat a Mediterranean diet and live a healthy lifestyle.
:12:43. > :12:47.Those of the most important thing is that people can do. We typically
:12:48. > :12:49.think of those things as protecting our heart but they are just as
:12:50. > :12:56.effective in protecting our brains. Thank you. Time for sport and they
:12:57. > :12:58.begin with the G. First day of the open has gone very well for the
:12:59. > :13:07.Americans including Jordan Spieth. It is the one everyone wants to win.
:13:08. > :13:13.The oldest major, the Open Championship, but with the biggest
:13:14. > :13:22.prize comes the biggest challenge. Not for American Charley Hoffman. He
:13:23. > :13:26.had just about the best start. An eagle on the first. In typically
:13:27. > :13:34.British conditions it was Englishman Ian Poulter who set the early pace
:13:35. > :13:37.with his best start to a major. Henrik Stenson said some of the best
:13:38. > :13:43.golf the Open Championship as seen on his way to lifting the Claret Jug
:13:44. > :13:46.but as defending champion it was a modest first round. Despite this on
:13:47. > :13:53.the seventh he finished one under par. The first day was all about the
:13:54. > :13:58.Americans, Jordan Spieth leading from the front. After winning
:13:59. > :14:03.back-to-back majors in 2015 he hasn't hit the same heights since,
:14:04. > :14:10.but he was back on song at Royal Birkdale especially on the greens.
:14:11. > :14:16.And by lunchtime on the one at five under without dropping a shot,
:14:17. > :14:19.Jordan Spieth was the man to catch. Newly crowned US Open champion
:14:20. > :14:24.Brooks Koepka wasn't far behind, picking his way out of trouble and
:14:25. > :14:30.then to be sheared off the lead on five under. Enter the afternoon as
:14:31. > :14:36.the weather improved so did the golf. Matt Kuchar racing out of the
:14:37. > :14:42.blocks, four under after the first six, another American sharing the
:14:43. > :14:47.lead. 2014 champion Rory McIlroy was peered with world number one Dustin
:14:48. > :14:51.Johnson. A dream for fans but it turned into a nightmare for Rory
:14:52. > :14:59.McIlroy. A bogey on the opening hole, his first of five in six. But
:15:00. > :15:07.with a much better back nine he managed to keep himself in
:15:08. > :15:10.contention, just. A big day in the Tour de France, arguably the
:15:11. > :15:13.biggest, the last day in the Alps in the last chance that any of the
:15:14. > :15:23.contenders to get the yellow jersey from Chris Froome. They didn't
:15:24. > :15:29.manage it. He has just about done it? Very much so. If you were a
:15:30. > :15:33.betting man you would say he is pretty much over the line, a very
:15:34. > :15:38.happy defending champion in the shape of Chris Froome after stage
:15:39. > :15:41.18. The Team Sky rider taking that giant step towards what would have
:15:42. > :15:56.been an incredible fourth Tour de France title. 23 seconds adrift of
:15:57. > :16:01.the Brit in second place. The second stage when at this year and he just
:16:02. > :16:06.needs to cross the line on Sunday to be confirmed King of the Mountains.
:16:07. > :16:17.Mean while this is how it looks. Fear to see the final day in the
:16:18. > :16:21.mountains is probably Bardet's last realistic chance to catch Chris
:16:22. > :16:25.Froome but they didn't do it. Chris Froome is expected to extend his
:16:26. > :16:31.advantage, so it looks like another title in the offing and with a
:16:32. > :16:36.fourth win in five years in the oldest and most prestigious of
:16:37. > :16:43.cycling tours, he is continuing to write his name in the history books.
:16:44. > :16:48.Some other things to talk about, the women's World Cup in cricket, do we
:16:49. > :16:52.have the final line-up? And England - in the final after the Indians
:16:53. > :17:00.beat defending champions Australia by 36 runs. Victory very much set up
:17:01. > :17:08.by an astonishing innings, 20 boundaries and seven sixes on her
:17:09. > :17:11.way to a mammoth. The final is on Sunday, brilliant year to sell it,
:17:12. > :17:15.England have only lost one match at this competition, against India in
:17:16. > :17:24.the opening games promises to be a cracker. And an update on the
:17:25. > :17:27.women's euros? Two-time champions Norway on the brink of elimination
:17:28. > :17:32.after a surprise 2-0 defeat by Belgium. They have got to beat
:17:33. > :17:38.Denmark now but the hosts themselves have kept their 100% record. They
:17:39. > :17:50.are looking good for the knockout stages. Thanks very much. Much more
:17:51. > :18:00.sport to come. A few months ago, some really sad news came in from
:18:01. > :18:08.Los Angeles. About the lead singer of Linkin Park. We will speak to
:18:09. > :18:20.Steve Holden of Radio 1, the lead singer of Linkin Park dying at the
:18:21. > :18:22.age of 41. The government has been accused of betraying passengers
:18:23. > :18:31.after shelving plans to electrify major railways in Wales and the
:18:32. > :18:35.Midlands. It has been beset by delays and after years of wrangling
:18:36. > :18:38.finally cancelled. Today an angry response from the region's
:18:39. > :18:45.politicians. There were clear promises made, not just that it
:18:46. > :18:50.might happen. Communities are promised, MPs were promised, the
:18:51. > :18:52.Secretary of State for Transport should come to their toes and
:18:53. > :18:57.explain to each and every of us and each and every one of these
:18:58. > :19:02.communities why it is that he has gone back on this promise. The
:19:03. > :19:06.criticism crosses party lines. We were promised five years ago the
:19:07. > :19:10.whole line would be electrified and we have many thousands using these
:19:11. > :19:16.services every day. Millions of people moving into this part of the
:19:17. > :19:19.world. They want good, reliable train services are now we will get
:19:20. > :19:24.some improvements but not everything. It is hard to find any
:19:25. > :19:29.business people are politicians in the East Midlands and entirely happy
:19:30. > :19:33.about today's announcement. The government insists it is the best
:19:34. > :19:37.way forward for passengers. This promotional video argues the new
:19:38. > :19:41.hybrid trains will lead to faster and more comfortable journeys.
:19:42. > :19:49.Ministers say there is no more no need for the travel disruption that
:19:50. > :19:53.electrification would have caused. It reflects how advances in
:19:54. > :19:58.technology are enabling a different approach that is less disruptive to
:19:59. > :20:05.passengers and the communities. Business leaders will take some
:20:06. > :20:07.convincing. They have to carry both diesel and electric powertrains and
:20:08. > :20:12.therefore they are slower to accelerate and brake and therefore
:20:13. > :20:15.perhaps feels like they might be getting you were serviced and we
:20:16. > :20:21.have now. And what of the wider economic impact? Will Ross at used
:20:22. > :20:26.as the line every day between his home in Leicester and his job in
:20:27. > :20:34.Nottingham. It is yet another example of short-term cost savings
:20:35. > :20:37.being placed before a long-term economic and environmental benefit.
:20:38. > :20:41.Some say the East Midlands is a forgotten region and on the last day
:20:42. > :20:51.of parliament before summer this announcement seems an afterthought.
:20:52. > :21:02.The lead story is that OJ Simpson has been granted early release by a
:21:03. > :21:09.parole board after serving nine of a 33 year jail sentence for armed
:21:10. > :21:13.robbery. Let me show you this tweet from Paul Rose, from the Royal
:21:14. > :21:18.geographical Society. I thought it would be there. He is telling us
:21:19. > :21:23.plastic pollution risks near permanent position of our natural
:21:24. > :21:28.environment. That is a response to a US report today estimating that
:21:29. > :21:32.since the 1950s human beings are produced more than 8 billion tonnes
:21:33. > :21:35.of plastic. Any number of ways we could try to illustrate how much
:21:36. > :21:42.that is but it is enough to cover Argentina. An awful lot. One of the
:21:43. > :21:46.multiple problems were told us plastic is that for one we to use a
:21:47. > :21:52.lot of it only once and throw it away. What can individuals do send
:21:53. > :21:59.response? This is a plastics specialist. The individual consumer
:22:00. > :22:04.can take our own coffee cups, we can bring our own bags to the
:22:05. > :22:08.supermarket. We can shop in places that provide the products in
:22:09. > :22:13.accordance with our values. If we don't want a lot of packaging we can
:22:14. > :22:16.buy in bulk and support the manufacturers that are making the
:22:17. > :22:22.decisions that support the values that we have, so vote and choose
:22:23. > :22:29.with your wallet. I think we can make very smart consumer decisions
:22:30. > :22:32.and it is important to dig deep and ask the right questions and check in
:22:33. > :22:37.and validate the information from the manufacturers and the inverse De
:22:38. > :22:41.Smet is we are seeing, but there are many things that each and everyone
:22:42. > :22:46.of us do, and that is a real difference with the plastic
:22:47. > :22:49.pollution problem. It is a solvable, tractable problem that each and
:22:50. > :22:51.everyone of us can make decisions on that be effective.
:22:52. > :22:54.Forensic experts in Spain are exhuming the body of Salvador Dali.
:22:55. > :22:56.It's to extract DNA for a paternity test.
:22:57. > :22:59.That's happening because a woman in her sixties says her mother had
:23:00. > :23:14.In the mid-19 60s this was an abandoned theatre that Salvador Dali
:23:15. > :23:20.identified as the perfect place to show off all his artworks but not
:23:21. > :23:23.just that, to create the ultimate Salvador Dali experience, which he
:23:24. > :23:34.ended up liking so much he decided to be buried here. So when he died
:23:35. > :23:38.in 1989 his body was embalmed and placed in a coffin and he was buried
:23:39. > :23:44.here in this theatre museum just beneath the old stage. This memorial
:23:45. > :23:53.stone want to be disturbed by the excavation. It's decided the best
:23:54. > :23:58.way to access it is from above. This is the entry point, a 1.5 tonne and
:23:59. > :24:06.Mark stolen which will be eased aside and the coffin opened and a
:24:07. > :24:12.sample taken. It is a process they reckon Baltic pretty much all night.
:24:13. > :24:16.As I was mentioning Everly, some really sad news from Los Angeles
:24:17. > :24:21.earlier. Chester Bennington, the lead singer of the rock band Linkin
:24:22. > :24:30.Park has been found dead at his home in Los Angeles. He was 41. Fellow
:24:31. > :24:38.band member Mike Shinoda has said Twitter... The coroner in Los
:24:39. > :24:43.Angeles has said they believed he took his long life although that has
:24:44. > :24:48.not been confirmed. The lead singer of Linkin Park has died at the age
:24:49. > :24:54.of 41 and you can get much more information on the BBC website and
:24:55. > :24:57.BBC Radio 1. That is the end of today's programme, thank you for
:24:58. > :25:11.watching, back at the usual time next week.
:25:12. > :25:16.July is turning out to be a months of two halves. For the first two
:25:17. > :25:17.weeks