and then we could look at the geneticist james watson — now, genetics something you've been working ons a realistic ambition because at long last, we largely know its true genetic and chemical characteristics. we may finally be ready for that war." do you think that level of optimism is more justifiable today? well, i remain a sort of — i remain a middle optimist. i absolutely think that important strides have ben made in the last five years, even the last three years, including things like understanding the genetics and the chemical nature of cancer and also, as the — as your other respondent pointed out, not only understanding the cancer cell but the environment, the home it builds around itself, the immune attack on the cancer cell, we're understanding this as a seed and soil idea. we still have to develop fundamentally new cancer therapies. if you take immunological therapy as one example, very widely celebrated, lots of hot news around it, and absolutely, there are many cancers that are being cured or at least treated and put into remission through immunological therapy. but we st

watson who is with us. it says "oh nojeremy corbyn". good morning. lela moran and james brokenshire with us as well.esults. is it fair? the analysis we heard from patrick as well, which is basically saying, yes, let's acknowledge some games but overall at this point in the cycle, this is not, he says, the kind of performance he would expect labour to be putting out? first of alli think i should remind people outside london that the london evening standard is edited by george osborne, who probably wants to kiss and make up with the prime minister. the results show labour is doing pretty well and we could come back with a record number of councils. when you contrast it to 201a, a huge landslide for labour at the general election, for us to consolidate in london and make some gains it is pretty good. in the rest of the country, a mixed picture but we are making gains in some areas. patrick burns omitted to mention sandwell, which sits between birmingham and dudley. 26 out of 26, including three wards that fall on one of the target parliamentary seats we need to win for the general election. those labou

watson, "bbc news" in sao paolo. reporte: the futs female as that say. the orchestrath ifirst ensemble led by dabled musicians. now they're known as the proms. it is conducted by jamese who is cerebral palsy. our correspondent went to meet him. ♪ reporter: james roseoncts the borman symphony orchestra resound ensemble. they are performing this on t 27th of august. he's come along way pretty quickly since he took up his specially designed instrument six years ago. >> isibtating for you? >> sole's talk about your conducting. it seems to me there's four parts. you bring to the party. you use the batonu yose your eyes. you use yr left hand. and you use your body. is that what you've been taught to sort of bring all those elements together to communicate with your orchestra? >> how far do you think you can take this? can you imagine one day conducting the last night of the drums? po er: best of luck at them at the proms. a family has had a narrow escape after getting out of their car at a safari park in the netherland the group including a woman carrying the child defied signs warning visitors to the park not to get out of their vehicles. e incident happened on monday. b