they see the... net presidential they see the... not really much interest and that has been a lacklustre campaign as well. the northern ireland secretary says a bill due to be published tomorrow overriding parts of the post—brexit trading protocol with the eu, will not break international law. the protocol arrangement, sees certain goods getting checked when they cross the irish sea to northern ireland from great britain, in case they cross in to the republic of ireland and, therefore, into the european union. in moscow, the first former mcdonalds restaurant has re—opened under new management and branding. the us fast food giant pulled out of russia after the invasion of ukraine. this was the scene on pushkin square — the first mcdonald's to open its doors in russia, in 1990 — as it became the vkusno i tochka store.

that translates into english as "tasty, and that's it." the russian chain is scheduled to reopen 15 restaurants this weekend with a revised menu. the queen had a lot to celebrate last weekend. now she has another achievement to chalk up — as the second—longest serving monarch in world history. as of today, her majesty has been on the throne for 70 years and 127 days. only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer — his reign began when he was just four years old and lasted more than 72 years. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. southern and eastern parts of the best of the sunshine. that's also where we'll see most of the warmth that's going to build through the coming week. through tonight, where we have clear skies, it will turn a little bit chilly, but we'll see thicker clouds rolling in to western scotland.

those temperatures and some spots down into single digits. tomorrow, we will see cloud and patchy rain pushing and across the west and the north of scotland. the onslaught of rain from that. much of england and wales will be dry. mix of sunny spells and top temperatures in the south up to around 21 or 22 degrees. it will be cooler, 14 in the afternoon high for stornoway. temperatures that decline for the coming week and in southern and southeastern parts, looking at highs of 31 or 32 degrees by friday. —— are set to climb. it will feel hot. always cooler further north and west. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines. the family of former british soldier, jordan gatley, say he's been killed fighting

for the ukrainian armed forces, in the eastern city of severodonetsk. ministers order a review into whether a 5p cut in fuel duty, is being passed on to drivers. it comes as a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high—rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. olls close in the first round of parliamentary polls close in the first round of parliamentary elections in france — in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. a bipartisan group of us senators, say they have agreed senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. president biden hails it as a step forward. and the queen becomes the world's second—longest serving monarch —

only louis the 14th of france has ruled for longer. now on bbc news, it's click. hey, welcome, welcome. i hope you are well. it's often said we don't appreciate our health until we lose it and if someone suffers a life—changing injury, it may be necessary for them to retrain their brain to learn how to use their body again, maybe in a different way than before. there's a new idea called neuroanimation, which is like gaming for brain repair. it's an immersive, emotional and, we're told,

enjoyable style of therapy that can have a real impact. what's it say? baby babbles quack, quack, quack. ruby was 2a years old when she lost her leg — a simple trip to the supermarket resulting in a life—changing injury. i was going shopping to buy the stuff for the baby, you know, weaning process, buying him veggies and avocados and what have you. but, yeah, i was in the car park and i was run down by a car. at the time of the accident, ruby'd been carrying 5—month—old son leon, instinctively throwing him to safety. but the crash left her, a nurse on maternity leave at the time, facing a series of operations and intensive rehabilitation. the first three weeks in hospital, it'sjust a blur. i don't remember waking up, i don't remember who told me that i'd had my leg amputated. in my head, ijust thought,

"i'lljust learn how to walk again, "i'll get a fake leg, a prosthetic leg, "and then that would be that." i didn't realise how hard it was actually going to be. now at a live—in rehab centre called steps, she's receiving a variety of conventional treatments, as well as a new video game inspired therapy called mindpod. dolphin squeaks wow. this room's amazing. yeah, it is. the painting is beautiful as well, isn't it? it is, it's lovely. yeah. dolphin squeaks mindpod is a form of what's known as neuroanimation. it gamifies treatment by using motion sensors and cameras to track the patient�*s movements as they direct this dolphin. i'm just learning how to balance my body. along with traditional methods like physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, it aims to help improve the physical and cognitive functions

of people who've experienced a serious injury. did you ever imagine, at the start of your recovery, that you'd be using games? no, i had no idea, especially when i first came to steps, i never imagined intense rehab to be games. were you a gamer before? no, no. i wasn't into gaming before the accident. how much do you feel that you're just instinctively moving and not thinking about it? yeah, because you're so into the game. and being in that room, with the lighting and colours, it takes you away, with the lighting and colours, so it's helping, yeah, balance, coordination, stability, core stability. it reflects on, like, say, if i was in the kitchen, reaching for things up in the cupboards, down below. and ruby's commitment, combined with the access to this technology,

has accelerated her progress. wow, that was great! how do you feel at the end of a session? tired. laughs tired — you don't realise how much you've actually worked out on my arms, my balance — evenjust standing. yeah. and you didn't really think about the fact that you were... crosstalk no, you're just into the game. already, some studies have shown that mindpod can be twice as effective as traditional rehab treatments... 0h! don't know how i hit that one! ..and there are more studies under way. whether it's for chronic post—stroke symptoms, parkinson's, ms or ptsd, the team behind this neuroanimation hope that they will soon understand the full range of illnesses it can treat. this type of experience is really a digital therapeutic approach, and digital therapeutic means really that you can prescribe, as a doctor, software as a pill.

so, there's this intricate mapping between your movements and the dolphin�*s movements that you have to learn and perfect and become more skilled at. so, this creates a feedback loop of learning and enables exploration, very much in the way a child learns to move their arms about, you know, early in their infancy. my goal is — my long—term goal that i want to achieve — is to be able to pick the baby up, my baby up from the floor. and, hopefully, ruby's access to digital therapeutics will play its part in making that a reality sooner rather than later. oh, my gosh! what a story — and how incredible is ruby? i know, she was an absolute joy and so grateful for all the positives, really a lesson to all of us. and good news — she's recovering well, she managed to go home for a weekend and in about a month or two,

she's going to have the cage off her leg. oh, how fantastic! did you try the mindpod yourself? i did, i had a go off—camera and it's actually a lot harder than it looks. chuckles it takes a lot of concentration, which makes you stop thinking about how your body is moving, which is part of the idea. yeah, how brilliant is that? we're learning so much more about how technology can be used in rehabilitation, and omar mehtab has been looking into a new form of light therapy, which, it's hoped in the future, could be used in rehabilitation, but for the moment, is being used to hone the performance of athletes. response time — that's the key metric, isn't it? how fast you can react with some games being won by split—second decisions. but it's easier to train other areas of your game, like run more to increase your speed. # oh, yeah... strength — lift weights. but how do you increase your reaction speeds, apart from just playing more? well, there's this.

this is okkulo — a system that retrains sports players by using unique light levels, where the speed of visual processing is slower than at normal light levels. each stage offers a varying degree of difficulty, signified with a different colour — from blue, to green, to red and, finally, near black. i'll be honest — at first glance, i was quite sceptical of this. it's just changing lights, after all. but after checking it out sunderland's own luke o'nien — oof — and he clearly performed better when the lights were turned back on... i've been in here pretty much every day of every hour of every second. i think when i first came in here, evenjust with the lights on at aomph, the balls were just bouncing off my shins and, you know, slowly, i've adjusted, my body is moving quicker and i'm dealing with faster speeds in this. it's a big part of the modern game, isn't it, how we can

implement all the technology and data we have at the highest level of football to make marginal gains. and if that's on the analytics side or the data side or biometrics, whatever it may be, i think technology's here to stay and it's the future of the game. the good thing about this is it's very similar to the game, if not pretty much identical, in terms of the ball coming at you at speed, you've got to be able to deal with that and then execute. and football isn't the only sport it's useful for. up to now, we've done cricket, baseball, table tennis, boxing and soccer. ball sports are ideal because it's hand—eye coordination. every time we get somebody in, that's the first in, that's the first thought — "oh, well, you'rejust changing the light levels, "or this, that and the other. "you're just going to switch the light off." it's the complete opposite to that. there's a whole biological process here we're working on. but how does it actually work? it's to do with the colour and how the colours interact with the eye and the photoreceptors in the eye. but it's also to do with the level of darkness. if you lower the light levels,

your visual system slows down. so, in sport, what you're predicting what's going to happen 200 milliseconds into the future. at low light levels, you have to predict what's happening 250 milliseconds into the future because the speed of processing is slowed down. so, if you're interacting with the ball under those conditions, you have to speed up your responses to interact with it successfully. so, when you go into the light, it seems like you have more time to respond. now, in order to see how effective this system is, first, i'm going to have to set a benchmark. my touch is as heavy as me! laughs should take my time — i'm getting flustered. pass, pass, pass! yeah! sorry, sorry! sorry, jack! phew! ok, time to see if okkulo makes a difference.

ohh! that was legit! ohh! it's a bit tougher. i don't know what it is — i'm backing away. it's the light — it's messing with me a bit. and now, we've turned the lights back on. so, let's see if there's a difference. i'm taking in my stride, my breathing has calmed down, i'm waiting for it to come to me, i'm assessing the speed, i got better as it went along. ok, so there's a bit of difference — not as much as the pros felt, but still noticeable. now, after going through the system, the effects are supposed to last around two weeks. but also, it's said to help people with a degree of cognitive issues such as adhd or brain trauma, but okkulo are still researching this area. when we're working with the athletes, we're getting to see all of these

effects outside of sport. we're seeing really intense focus. we're linking up with two universities to make sure that we fully understand what's going on there, but there's a real pattern of significant importance in and around what we're doing with these light levels. so, maybe it's not about advanced robots or fancy tech. it's something as simple as light that can unlock the next level in players. maybe i'll carry on playing for a bit after they turn off the lights at the five—a—side! that's the most i've moved in six months. that's a fascinating one, isn't it, and interesting to see how it develops. that's omar and that's it for the shortcut of click. if you fancy more from us, you can have it. it's on iplayer, waiting for you right now. we'll be back next week but, for now, thank for watching.