:00:00. > :00:13.Former US football star OJ Simpson appears before a parole board
:00:14. > :00:20.After nine years in prison, Mr Simpson says he hasn't ever made
:00:21. > :00:27.End of week two in the Brexit talks and still no deal on some
:00:28. > :00:30.of the sticking points - will they be able to
:00:31. > :00:34.This crawling ground is actually a door in the floor.
:00:35. > :00:37.Soon the remains of Salvador Dali, which lie beneath, will be exhumed
:00:38. > :00:57.Hello and welcome to World News Today.
:00:58. > :01:00.Former American football star and actor OJ Simpson has appeared
:01:01. > :01:04.before a parole board asking for his release from prison.
:01:05. > :01:09.The 70-year-old has served almost nine years of a maximum
:01:10. > :01:12.33-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping.
:01:13. > :01:15.In 1995, Simpson was cleared of the murders of his former wife
:01:16. > :01:24.Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
:01:25. > :01:30.In 2007 he was arrested for holding up two dealers in sports
:01:31. > :01:34.memorabilia, he said he has done his time and here he was making his case
:01:35. > :01:39.based on anger management techniques he learned in prison a short time
:01:40. > :01:46.ago. I have always thought I have been pretty good with people and I
:01:47. > :01:54.have basically spent a conflict free life. I never got into fights on the
:01:55. > :01:58.street or with the public or anybody but they give you a bunch of tools
:01:59. > :02:00.about how to talk to people instead of fighting and throwing punches,
:02:01. > :02:03.tools I have used here. For more on this we can speak
:02:04. > :02:14.to our correspondent James Cook Thank you for joining us. This is
:02:15. > :02:20.the first time we have seen OJ Simpson in public for some time.
:02:21. > :02:25.What more can you tell us? Well, he spoke for quite a long time, perhaps
:02:26. > :02:30.40 minutes or so, perhaps longer in the court room. He was not in the
:02:31. > :02:34.hearing room itself, she was in the Lovelock correctional Centre a
:02:35. > :02:39.couple of hours drive from where the hearing took place in Carson City in
:02:40. > :02:44.Nevada. He spoke at some length about the crime for which he was
:02:45. > :02:49.convicted which was basically taking some armed men into a room in Las
:02:50. > :02:55.Vegas, come out Hotel room, to get back some sports memorabilia which
:02:56. > :02:59.he insisted was his by right. The problem was these men were carrying
:03:00. > :03:04.guns, he claims not to know about that and one of them pointed a gun
:03:05. > :03:07.at a man who OJ Simpson said was a friend of his antics that his friend
:03:08. > :03:12.had been traumatised by this and they talked about it, you apologised
:03:13. > :03:17.to him, he essentially said he was contrite about what had happened and
:03:18. > :03:22.to also said I have done my time. Adding I believe in the jury system.
:03:23. > :03:28.He said a lot of experience of the jury system because this is not the
:03:29. > :03:32.most infamous crime for which he was arraigned and brought to court, that
:03:33. > :03:37.was the murders of his ex-wife and her friend back in the 1990s for
:03:38. > :03:44.which she was acquitted. But later found liable in a civil court and a
:03:45. > :03:49.recent survey suggested only 7% of Americans believe he did not commit
:03:50. > :03:52.crimes. What happens now, what will the parole board be considering when
:03:53. > :04:00.they decide whether or not OJ Simpson might end up being a
:04:01. > :04:07.freeman? The hearing is just concluding but what we are hearing
:04:08. > :04:12.again is that, it is still continuing, and we are hearing that
:04:13. > :04:16.it will continue for a little longer and we expect perhaps in the next
:04:17. > :04:20.hour or two that we will know the decision of these four
:04:21. > :04:23.commissioners. There was one thing, he did make a reasonable case I
:04:24. > :04:29.thought for his release, not least talking about a course he attended
:04:30. > :04:32.to reduce violence but it did not attend an alcohol related Corsie had
:04:33. > :04:38.been asked to attend so perhaps that will count against him. We have
:04:39. > :04:41.heard others testifying in the case including OJ Simpson's daughter.
:04:42. > :04:43.A second week of official Brexit talks in Brussels has ended
:04:44. > :04:47.Both the UK and the EU admit that major differences
:04:48. > :04:55.highlighted again today by the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier,
:04:56. > :04:59.centres on the issue of citizens rights once Britain leaves the bloc.
:05:00. > :05:02.Brussels wants an eventual deal to be backed by
:05:03. > :05:04.the European Court of Justice - but the British government
:05:05. > :05:10.the British Brexit Secretary, David Davis, admitted that
:05:11. > :05:15.Another sticking point is how much the UK will have
:05:16. > :05:19.to pay to leave the EU - a figure of 57 billion dollars has
:05:20. > :05:27.is in Brussels and has been following today's developments.
:05:28. > :05:41.Their goals - one for the UK, the other favouring the EU -
:05:42. > :05:49.They agree a Brexit deal is possible, but after
:05:50. > :05:52.week two of negotiations, acknowledged it will be tough.
:05:53. > :06:01...Three, the EU's visibly exasperated
:06:02. > :06:04.chief Brexit negotiator called a total of eight times
:06:05. > :06:09.for clarification of the UK's Brexit vision.
:06:10. > :06:13.Without that, he said, negotiations could not progress.
:06:14. > :06:20.Clearly there's a lot left to talk about and further work before
:06:21. > :06:23.Ultimately getting to a solution will require flexibility
:06:24. > :06:29.What about concessions from the EU side?
:06:30. > :06:32.Where will the EU show some give, perhaps
:06:33. > :06:37.as a trust-making exercise, isn't there any wiggle room?
:06:38. > :06:40.TRANSLATION: Negotiations have only just started.
:06:41. > :06:43.Of course there are compromises to be made but it is too early to talk
:06:44. > :06:49.Week two of Brexit talks have now ended with no
:06:50. > :06:50.major breakthrough on
:06:51. > :06:55.The UK's so-called Brexit Bill, and the
:06:56. > :07:00.rights of EU citizens in the UK and British expats in the EU.
:07:01. > :07:04.Key sticking points, the UK wants to check the criminal
:07:05. > :07:08.record of all EU citizens wanting to stay while the
:07:09. > :07:10.EU says UK expats would lose the right to move
:07:11. > :07:22.This is a joint EU- UK paper on citizens
:07:23. > :07:25.rights, colour-coded to show areas of agreement and disagreement.
:07:26. > :07:27.Not every negotiating session can end in
:07:28. > :07:31.harmony but UK is under pressure to move on from divorce issues like
:07:32. > :07:38.this to talk of the future with the EU, our biggest trading partner.
:07:39. > :07:40.The UK's trade Secretary was in Geneva
:07:41. > :07:45.today to talk about global opportunities but he admitted and in
:07:46. > :07:47.between stage may be needed after Brexit to ease the UK
:07:48. > :07:56.Frankly I have been waiting to leave the European Union for a very long
:07:57. > :08:01.Another two years would not be too much to ask.
:08:02. > :08:04.Brussels is still hearing all sorts of voices in
:08:05. > :08:09.The EU waiting impatiently for that clarity
:08:10. > :08:16.while there is still time to negotiate.
:08:17. > :08:18.And we can cross live now to Brussels to speak
:08:19. > :08:31.Divorce is never easy but with so many sticking points, what is the
:08:32. > :08:34.way forward? No, it is not easy and these have been technical
:08:35. > :08:39.discussions this week but we also must remember this is only round two
:08:40. > :08:42.and it is the first week where they have looked at the substantive
:08:43. > :08:47.issues in three areas, the citizens rights, Ireland and how to get
:08:48. > :08:50.around having a hard border between North and South and this issue of
:08:51. > :08:56.the financial settlement and they are still somewhere parts on all
:08:57. > :09:00.three issues. What you detect from the two sides is a slight difference
:09:01. > :09:03.in tone, David Davis is trying to make the point they have made quite
:09:04. > :09:08.a lot of progress on citizens rights but there is one issue and that is
:09:09. > :09:11.the future role of the European Court of Justice and that would have
:09:12. > :09:15.to go to a higher level to be resolved and it might be result for
:09:16. > :09:19.two or three months. The other issue is the financial settlement. This
:09:20. > :09:25.week the European Union has set out a legal analysis of what it expects
:09:26. > :09:29.the UK side to pay but in briefings to night in Downing Street the UK
:09:30. > :09:32.side is saying it will not set out a position paper on a financial
:09:33. > :09:36.settlement and that may be because this is a political hot potato at
:09:37. > :09:40.home. The Prime minister there are plenty of backbenchers do not think
:09:41. > :09:43.we should spend anything to come away from the European Union and
:09:44. > :09:46.there are those who think we should spend something in order to get a
:09:47. > :09:49.proper deal at the end of it so there is a divergence of views
:09:50. > :09:53.within the party and they were to set up this position paper in my
:09:54. > :09:57.cause severe diplomatic problem so I think over the next two or three
:09:58. > :10:02.months we will edge closer towards a deal but we will not get headline
:10:03. > :10:06.issues resolved. That'll come in October at that point when the UK
:10:07. > :10:12.wants to start talking about the future trading relationship.
:10:13. > :10:15.President Trump is certainly known to speak his mind and this time
:10:16. > :10:17.it's his Attorney General he is sounding off about.
:10:18. > :10:20.In an interview with the New York Times Mr Trump said
:10:21. > :10:22.he wouldn't have picked Jeff Sessions to lead the justice
:10:23. > :10:25.department if he had known that he was going to recuse himself
:10:26. > :10:27.from matters related to the 2016 presidential campaign
:10:28. > :10:31.and the investigation into Russian interference.
:10:32. > :10:38.Today Mr Sessions was asked if he would carry on in the post.
:10:39. > :10:46.I have the honour of serving as attorney general, it is something
:10:47. > :10:51.that goes beyond any thought I would ever have had for myself, we love
:10:52. > :10:54.this job, we love this department and I plan to continue to do so as
:10:55. > :10:55.long as that is appropriate. And joining me now from
:10:56. > :10:57.Washington is Matt Viser, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief
:10:58. > :11:09.for the Boston globe. Jeff Sessions says he is not going
:11:10. > :11:14.anywhere but how workable is his position now his own boss has been
:11:15. > :11:18.so outspoken about his position? Yeah, you will notice in his
:11:19. > :11:22.comments he said he will serve as long as appropriate, you could argue
:11:23. > :11:26.President Trump is suggesting it is no longer appropriate in some of his
:11:27. > :11:32.comments so the working relationship is quite dicey at this point between
:11:33. > :11:35.the attorney general, one of the top positions in the administration and
:11:36. > :11:39.President Trump. But as you heard, Jeff Sessions has no intention of
:11:40. > :11:43.going anywhere just yet. President Trump gave an extensive interview to
:11:44. > :11:49.the New York Times, tell us more about the other people he criticised
:11:50. > :11:52.in the article? It was a harsh indictment from the president on the
:11:53. > :11:58.entire Justice Department commie criticised Jeff Sessions and the
:11:59. > :12:03.deputy attorney general as well as the former FBI director James Komi
:12:04. > :12:10.as well as Bob Muller who is leading the investigation into Donald Trump
:12:11. > :12:13.and the Russian meddling in the United States election so Trump was
:12:14. > :12:20.quite critical of those people who are all impositions right now of
:12:21. > :12:22.investigating the President. So, it gets into those questions of
:12:23. > :12:26.obstruction of justice that some have brought up about President
:12:27. > :12:30.Trump weighing in on some of the legal matters affecting him. And it
:12:31. > :12:37.is not justice investigation going on by the special counsel but next
:12:38. > :12:43.week there will be three big names testifying before the Senate, Paul
:12:44. > :12:48.Manna fought, Donald Trump's son and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. How
:12:49. > :12:53.significant are those hearings? They are major moments, particularly the
:12:54. > :12:58.ones with Donald Trump junior which is likely to be in a public setting.
:12:59. > :13:06.We will hear from them testifying under oath before a major Senate
:13:07. > :13:08.committee. The discussion with Jared Kushner is likely behind closed
:13:09. > :13:15.doors so will know less about that particular meeting that it is a key
:13:16. > :13:22.moment for members of the Trump inner circle testifying before
:13:23. > :13:25.Congress which has become almost a monthly occurrence of having these
:13:26. > :13:32.major moments of testimony from people involved were related to the
:13:33. > :13:33.Russian investigation. Lots to look at next week, thank you for joining
:13:34. > :13:34.us. And for more on how all of this
:13:35. > :13:38.is impacting Trump's agenda six months in I am joined now
:13:39. > :13:41.by Jim Gilmore, former head of the Republican national committee
:13:42. > :13:54.and governor of Virginia. Thank you very much for joining us.
:13:55. > :13:58.How frustrated are you that Russia is dominating the headlines instead
:13:59. > :14:02.of other policy areas? I do think that we have to look at the
:14:03. > :14:06.administration six months in and recognise a great deal has been
:14:07. > :14:09.accomplished despite the fact the Russian issue has distracted but
:14:10. > :14:14.that is a deliberate effort by the left to try to get Trump off of his
:14:15. > :14:17.programme. And to get us talking about things that really do not move
:14:18. > :14:23.the country forward in any significant way. One of your
:14:24. > :14:28.colleagues said the president is a distraction such as Republicans who
:14:29. > :14:32.think this, too. Well, listen, I think the whole issue is a
:14:33. > :14:36.distraction but what we need to do is get away from the destruction
:14:37. > :14:40.which is deliberate and instead focus on the progress that has been
:14:41. > :14:46.made and if you look at this President's progress, Nato, getting
:14:47. > :14:49.rid of free riders and get people in Europe to feel like they have to
:14:50. > :14:53.make your contribution communities Polish speech which I have described
:14:54. > :14:58.as one of the great speeches I have seen from any President in which she
:14:59. > :15:03.was very substantive and decisive about his commitment to Europe and
:15:04. > :15:06.Polish and other Eastern European security and Western European
:15:07. > :15:09.security so you have seen all of that, defence budgets are going up
:15:10. > :15:14.and finally domestically we are talking about the right kinds of
:15:15. > :15:19.issues a reform of health care, tax reform which will give us an
:15:20. > :15:22.opportunity for more investment and he succeeded in the courts on the
:15:23. > :15:27.border issue so I think he has made a great deal of progress concerning
:15:28. > :15:31.the fact that has been a decisive and strong opposition to the
:15:32. > :15:35.progress he is making. You mentioned lots of areas of progress that
:15:36. > :15:38.health care is still very much a work in progress, where'd you see
:15:39. > :15:41.that going now because the president had at lunch yesterday with
:15:42. > :15:47.Republican senators but he still cannot get them all to agree. That
:15:48. > :15:51.is true but we need to remember if he had not been elected we would not
:15:52. > :15:55.even be having this conversation. The opposition party and people on
:15:56. > :16:01.the far left are happy with this programme as it exists today which
:16:02. > :16:04.is not working very well but we Conservatives need to articulate
:16:05. > :16:07.what concerns are and our concerns are there is now programmed at
:16:08. > :16:12.number one isn't working, number two depends upon subsidies to work which
:16:13. > :16:16.means you are going into the pockets of the taxpayers, it rejects the
:16:17. > :16:19.free market which is quite anti-American said there was a lot
:16:20. > :16:25.of things that need be reformed and at least we are talking about the
:16:26. > :16:29.right topics. Six months into President trumps time in office, he
:16:30. > :16:35.is posting very low approval ratings come how much does that concern you?
:16:36. > :16:38.It is always a concern but as the administration goes on and progress
:16:39. > :16:43.is made, people will become adjusted to the factory making a change after
:16:44. > :16:48.major Democratic administration, his numbers will improve but it is all
:16:49. > :16:53.about assessing his actions as he goes forward, not the words either
:16:54. > :16:58.his tweets or the people on the left saying things on television or
:16:59. > :17:02.otherwise which do influence polls. At the end of the day his programme
:17:03. > :17:08.or make a successful president both in the polls and substantively.
:17:09. > :17:11.One in three cases of dementia could be prevented if more people
:17:12. > :17:13.looked after the health of their brain
:17:14. > :17:15.Those are the findings of an international study
:17:16. > :17:19.The report also lists key risk factors -
:17:20. > :17:22.including lack of education, hearing loss, smoking
:17:23. > :17:29.Here's our Medical Correspondent, Fergus Walsh.
:17:30. > :17:32.These runners aren't just improving their fitness,
:17:33. > :17:36.they're reducing their risk of developing dementia.
:17:37. > :17:39.I joined the Serpentine Running Club in Hyde Park.
:17:40. > :17:44.Their motivation is as much mental as physical.
:17:45. > :17:47.For me, it's mindful, it's relief for stress,
:17:48. > :17:51.and it just helps me be more resilient during the day.
:17:52. > :17:55.It makes me more connected, I think, emotionally.
:17:56. > :17:59.It also makes me, actually, just more alert.
:18:00. > :18:02.I just think it must be benefiting my long-term health.
:18:03. > :18:06.The main risk factor for dementia is old age,
:18:07. > :18:09.but just as with cancer and heart disease, we can all significantly
:18:10. > :18:17.That means thinking about our brain health throughout our lives,
:18:18. > :18:24.What's good for your heart is good for your head.
:18:25. > :18:27.There's really strong evidence that there is an associational link
:18:28. > :18:29.between heart disease and risk factors for heart disease
:18:30. > :18:31.and diabetes as well, are clearly associated with dementia
:18:32. > :18:40.Learning a new language can help build what's
:18:41. > :18:46.called cognitive reserve, strengthening the brain's networks.
:18:47. > :18:52.So it can still function in later life despite damage.
:18:53. > :18:56.A new study says a third of dementia cases could potentially be prevented
:18:57. > :19:03.They are - lack of education, hearing loss, smoking,
:19:04. > :19:07.depression, social isolation, physical inactivity,
:19:08. > :19:10.high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
:19:11. > :19:16.Alcohol and diet may also play a role.
:19:17. > :19:20.Eve Laird is part of a study in Edinburgh which is trying
:19:21. > :19:23.to identify changes in the brain that may be an early warning sign
:19:24. > :19:27.of dementia many years before symptoms emerge.
:19:28. > :19:31.Her mother has Alzheimer's, so this is personal.
:19:32. > :19:37.I'm now 44, and I think that only leaves me a few years
:19:38. > :19:43.So many traits I see in myself, similarities between myself
:19:44. > :19:47.and my mother, that it would be no big surprise if I was diagnosed
:19:48. > :19:54.What we are looking at here is the MRI scan itself.
:19:55. > :20:01.There's nothing we can do to guarantee a life free
:20:02. > :20:04.from dementia, but this research shows we can increase our chances
:20:05. > :20:12.Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news...
:20:13. > :20:15.The US senator, John McCain, has revealed he has brain cancer.
:20:16. > :20:17.The 80-year-old, who is a Vietnam veteran and a critic
:20:18. > :20:20.of Donald Trump, was the Republican nominee, for the US
:20:21. > :20:26.He had been recovering from surgery, to remove a blood cot above his eye.
:20:27. > :20:34.Well wishes have been coming in from both sides of the aisle.
:20:35. > :20:37.He was known as a master of surrealist art and with that
:20:38. > :20:38.signature mustache - Salvador Dali gained
:20:39. > :20:44.But now his biography could be taking a new twist.
:20:45. > :20:46.Forensic experts in Spain are preparing to exhume his body
:20:47. > :20:50.to carry out paternity tests using DNA.
:20:51. > :20:52.A woman in her sixties says her mother had an affair
:20:53. > :20:55.with the painter when she worked as a maid in the seaside
:20:56. > :20:59.Our Arts Editor, Will Gompertz has been to visit the crypt at Dali's
:21:00. > :21:06.In the mid-1960s this was an abandoned theatre that
:21:07. > :21:08.Salvador Dali, a local artist, identified as the perfect place
:21:09. > :21:15.But not just that, to create the ultimate Dali experience,
:21:16. > :21:18.a Dali world which he ended up liking so much that he decided
:21:19. > :21:29.So when he died in 1989 his body was embalmed, placed in a coffin
:21:30. > :21:32.and he was buried here in this crypt in his theatre-museum,
:21:33. > :21:38.But this memorial stone will not be disturbed for the exhumation,
:21:39. > :21:41.it has been decided that the best place to access the
:21:42. > :21:51.This is the entry point, a one-and-a-half tonne unmarked
:21:52. > :21:54.stone, a sort of door in the floor, which will be eased aside,
:21:55. > :21:57.the coffin will be removed and opened and a sample
:21:58. > :21:59.from the artist's remains will be taken.
:22:00. > :22:06.It's a process that they reckon is going to take pretty much all night.
:22:07. > :22:10.We are just a day away from the release of Dunkirk -
:22:11. > :22:12.one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year.
:22:13. > :22:15.Its focus is the historic 1940 evacuation of more than 300,000
:22:16. > :22:17.British and Allied soldiers surrounded by German forces
:22:18. > :22:22.But as Tom Brook reports - the big production represents
:22:23. > :22:25.a major gamble for both the Hollywood studio
:22:26. > :22:29.backing it and British director Christopher Nolan.
:22:30. > :22:46.Dunkirk chronicles a huge military operation, the mass 1945 evacuation
:22:47. > :22:49.Dunkirk chronicles a huge military operation, the mass 1940 evacuation
:22:50. > :22:51.of more than 300,000 British and Allied troops from the French
:22:52. > :22:53.coast, who had become hemmed in by the Germans.
:22:54. > :22:56.The film doesn't present a typical story of wartime heroism.
:22:57. > :22:58.Its aim is to immerse audiences in the operation
:22:59. > :23:01.by following soldiers on the beach, pilots in the air and ordinary
:23:02. > :23:03.civilians who took small pleasure boats across the English Channel
:23:04. > :23:07.I read that you don't actually view it as a war film,
:23:08. > :23:12.you see it more as a story of survival, is that right?
:23:13. > :23:14.What drew me to this story is it is a survival
:23:15. > :23:20.It seems to me that it's one of the great suspense
:23:21. > :23:22.stories of all time, that there is this
:23:23. > :23:29.In film terms, Dunkirk was a major undertaking.
:23:30. > :23:33.There were real Spitfires flying overhead, warships
:23:34. > :23:35.in the background, they'd set-dressed the whole beach,
:23:36. > :23:40.There was one day where there was 1300-1500 extras
:23:41. > :23:53.Dunkirk is a risky project an American studio backing
:23:54. > :23:55.it, especially in relation to the US market.
:23:56. > :23:57.It had Harry Styles, former One Direction British pop
:23:58. > :23:59.sensation, in the cast, but there are no American stars
:24:00. > :24:02.and it's presenting a World War II conflict of which the target
:24:03. > :24:04.audience of young American males knows little.
:24:05. > :24:11.Christopher Nolan has a huge following, maybe more
:24:12. > :24:15.than any other working director, certainly in terms of
:24:16. > :24:19.an impassioned Internet fan base and a young male fan base.
:24:20. > :24:22.Every film on this scale is always a tremendous gamble.
:24:23. > :24:25.I think as a film-maker I've been very fortunate to have financial
:24:26. > :24:31.That gives me a little more trust from the studio,
:24:32. > :24:34.gives me a bit of latitude to try and push boundaries
:24:35. > :24:37.as to what you might be able to do on this scale.
:24:38. > :24:45.It's not, of course, paying tribute to a military victory.
:24:46. > :24:47.Instead, it's honouring the heroism of those who survived and triumphed
:24:48. > :24:54.To Mark Rylance, who plays a civilian at the helm of a small
:24:55. > :24:57.vessel rescuing soldiers, the film is presenting that Dunkirk
:24:58. > :25:01.spirit of people rallying around at a time of great adversity.
:25:02. > :25:07.In that way it was a victory, because if they hadn't had
:25:08. > :25:09.that miraculous retreat, we would have been
:25:10. > :25:14.After an intense promotional campaign, Dunkirk has finally been
:25:15. > :25:17.It's been getting some glowing early reviews,
:25:18. > :25:19.with some critics calling it a masterpiece.
:25:20. > :25:22.The box office returns are yet to come.
:25:23. > :25:25.But for Christopher Nolan it looks like Dunkirk is a gamble
:25:26. > :25:35.We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing ground.
:25:36. > :25:52.A quick update to the lead story, the parole decision of former
:25:53. > :25:56.football star OJ Simpson. We expect that shortly so do stay with us with
:25:57. > :26:06.BBC world where we will have the latest.
:26:07. > :26:09.You have probably noticed the air feeling a good deal fresher today.
:26:10. > :26:11.The humid conditions we have seen got swept away by a cold front