steve rosenberg now report. —— steve rosenberg now reports. steve rosenberg now report.erg now report. from the stunning stadiums to the street parties, the host keen to shatter stereotypes, and to surprise. we'd never seen this before. stereotypes, and to surprise. kickabouts by the kremlin. stereotypes, and to surprise. and from what foreign fans have been saying, world cup russia has done its image the world of good. everyone is so friendly. the world of good. the streets are clean. the world of good. everyone has been super friendly and well behaved. it's been a real eye—opener, considering what you hear in the uk, about russian people, and russia as a country. fair play to putin, he's done a brilliant job, a brilliantjob of the world cup. done a brilliant job, no wonder president putin is smiling. and just listen to the compliments when he invited footballing legends to tea in the kremlin. when he invited footballing legends this is one of the best world cups i ever saw in the last a0 years. world cups i ever saw thank you, president, thank you, russia. he's achieve

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. stay with us on bbc world news. team in northern thailand, playing again after their teammates were rescued from their cave ordeal. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shoal of their favo

steve rosenberg was with them. out of this world, a miracle, a fairytale.m's performance in this world cup. but that fairytale has now come to an end because croatia has beaten russia in the quarter—final, it got into the semi—final of the world cup. russia's dream is over, to the disappointment of tens of thousands of russian football fans here at at the moscow fan fest. they had been hoping, they had been dreaming, but it has it is not to be. for the russian team it has been an incredible journey. at the start of this competition there were many people who thought russia would not get out of the group stages. russia came into the tournament the lowest ranked team. and yet they made it to the quarter—finals of the world cup — of their world cup. you shall growl again. steve rosenberg in sochi. for more on the world cup, go to the bbc sport website. you'll find all you need to know about the remaining teams as we build up to the semi—finals and the final next sunday. go to bbc.com/worldcup. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: a backlash from brex

steve rosenberg was with them. chanting they never stopped believing.ns experienced every possible emotion. including the sweetest one of all, euphoria. screaming and cheering "it's great! he says. "we'll be the champions." well, from the way they're celebrating here, you might think that russia had just won the world cup. but this joy is understandable, because a quarterfinal place is a huge achievement for a side which went into this tournament the lowest ranked team. and russia isn't just winning matches, it's winning hearts and minds too. i'm from australia. it's nothing like they say, mate. russia's like one of the nicest places i've ever been to, and i've been to about 20 countries in this world. and that is a public relations victory for president putin. he sees it definitely as a political victory. it is something he's achieved. they were able to get the cup and they not only were able to do that but against all predictions to the contrary, make it very successful. tonight, the whole of russia is out partying. russians are brimming with pride an

steve rosenberg is with the fans. chanting they never stopped believing., russians experienced every possible emotion. including the sweetest one of all. euphoria. screaming and cheering "it's great! he says. "we'll be the champions". screaming and cheering "it's great! he says. "we'll be the champions." well, from the way they're celebrating here, you might think that russia had just won the world cup. but this joy is understandable, because a quarterfinal place is a huge achievement for a side which went into this tournament the lowest ranked team. and russia isn't just winning matches. it's winning hearts and minds, too. i'm from australia. it's nothing like they say, mate. russia's like one of the nicest places i've ever been to and i've been to about 20 countries in this world. and that is a public relations victory for president putin. he sees it definitely as a political victory. it is something he has achieved. they were able to get the cup and they not only were able to do that but against all predictions to the contrary, make it very successful.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. one step at a time.a will now face croatia in their quarterfinal in sochi next saturday. that's after they beat denmark on penalties in nizhny novgorod, they were level at 1—1 and kasper schemichel who had saved a penalty in extra time also saved two in the shoot—out, but denmark missed three of theirs and ivan rakitic sent croatia through. much more world cup news on bbc sport website, and also news there's a lot more reaction to russia's big win. norfolk police say a girl has died after being thrown from inflatable play equipment on a beach in gorleston. officers were called just after 11 o'clock this morning. the girl was taken to a hospital where she died. team sky say they are confident chris froome will ride in the tour de france next weekend after organisers reportedly tried to block his participation after a dispute over a drugs test. meanwhile, the doctor at the centre of previous allegations against the team, over a mysteryjiffy bag package sent to sir bradley wiggins, has broken his silence. i

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.pers have been covering their country's success. l'equipe — which is france's premier sports newspaper — has a picture of paul pogba and kylian mbappe, two of the goalscorers in the final. the headline says "together forever". le figaro pictures the french captain hugo lloris raising the world cup trophy, and the paper says "the day of glory has come". and twenty minutes shows the sea of french football supporters in front of the arc de triomphe. earlier it was lit up, but now the lights are off — yet the party continues into the night. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we join the wild boars football team in northern thailand, playing again after their teammates were rescued from their cave ordeal. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the wo

steve rosenberg, bbc news, helsinki.ssure from tory brexiteers over her plan for leaving the european union — and narrowly neutralised a potential rebellion by those mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. meanwhile, calls by a former cabinet minister for a second referendum to break the political deadlock over brexit has been ruled out by the government. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has been following the latest developments. oh, wow! objects might not be what they first appear. theresa may's carefully manufactured brexit compromise might now be missing some of its crucial parts. the prime minister is sticking to her script, that the chequers plan is the right one. our proposal sets out the right dealfor the uk, honouring the democratic decision of the british people, protecting the integrity of our precious union. it is notjust the resignation of two senior ministers she has to worry about now, even if boris johnson is yet to move out of the foreign secretary's swanky pad. he and david davies bo

steve rosenberg is in moscow.about very positive reaction to news of an invitation to the white house. in its news bulletin today, russian television said that in america, donald trump has been called all the names under the sun after the helsinki summit, from a wet noodle to putin's poodle, but by inviting the kremlin leader to washington, president trump was showing what he is made of. also today, a senior russian senator said the invitation was the result of the monstrous hysteria against donald trump in america. of course, moscow is delighted by this, because an invitation to the white house, a summit in washington, if it happens, would be a huge public relations victory for vladimir putin. remember, us intelligence agencies have concluded that it was the russian state under putin which interfered in the 2016 elections. america's top intelligence official says that attempts to undermine american democracy are continuing, and yet vladimir putin could soon be on his way to america. donald trump likes to remind t

steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health inky summit. the international criminal court is celebrating twenty years since the signing of the treaty that led to its creation and ceremony has been taking place at the hague in the netherlands to mark the anniversary the rome statute established the world's first permanent court for war crimes genocide and hue crimes against humanity the i.c.c. has had some notable successes but it's also faces many obstacles one hundred twenty three countries are members but china the united states and russia are being the nations that haven't signed up since its founding the i.c.c. has issued fourteen indictments and secured just four convictions but all of these were for suspects in african countries those found guilty include three from the democratic republic of congo and malaya and rebel leader some cases have collapsed when states refuse to cooperate and referrals from the un security council are subject to states that aren't even members of the court well earlier we spoke. t

steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health think the summit. let's go straight over to a white house correspondent kelly holcomb he's been following events i can only assume kimberly that you've been surprised in a stall dished by what your president really has been saying or been saying on the front that the need to get the right wing media that has supported it has come out in solidarity with what many people believe it was the wrong thing for him to do. right well i'm not astonished because after covering donald trump day in and day out i've come to expect the unexpected this reaches a new level and a new bar and that's why we see so hilda the white house and damage control mode there's no question about it there's been bipartisan public condemnation by members of congress as my colleague pointed out even those who have been staunchly in support of the president fox news host really were left specious at best often the very sharp criticism that we heard just moments ago this also included as the president arri

steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health think the summit. it's going to a white house correspondent can really help trump seems a bit of hot water here how damaging is this for him. well judging by the actions of the white house it appears to be in damage control mode already we know that is sending talking points to members of congress trying to spin the president's appearance with vladimir putin but more importantly the president himself has been in sort of a fighting mode all morning here in the united states not only has he taken to twitter where he said characterized his meeting with vladimir putin as being great he said i had a great meeting with nato raising vast amounts of money i had an even better meeting with vladimir putin of russia sadly it is not being reported that way the fake news is going crazy it appears donald trump is trying to blame the reporters covering the story for the way that it has been portrayed versus his own actions not only is he tweeting in defense of his acceptance of the den

steve rosenberg, bbc news, helsinki. laura: christian, or even u.s. officials surprised by the turn of events in helsinki today? christian: yes, i think they were. we got pointed instructions as to why donald wanted this onon-one with president putin. it is not just that he the relationship, is that he did not want leaks from the meeting, ks ine did not want haw his own administration to undercut what he was working on with vladimir putin. it was interesting that when they sat together as a group, sides, or a working lunch, you negotiated with russia with george w. bush,ou had mike pompeo, senior headhaf the cia whbeen there before and has in what the russians do, and you had fiona hill, a former intelligence officer who has written a biography of vladimir extin. she knowtly what the russian side is all about. she has been put there for a reason. the novice in the room was donald trump what concerns people within his own administration is that for e er two hours from he was one-on-one with ssian president with just the translators presiden we might ne

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.een elected president in mexico city, he defeated the two main parties that govern for more than a century, he is the first left—wing leader in more than 20 years and he is vowing to combat corruption and violence. celebrity couple cheryl tweedy and liam payne have announced they are splitting after more than two years together. the former girls aloud star and one direction member confirmed the decision in posts on social media. they said they were sad to make the announcement, and it had been a tough decision. the couple have a son, bear, who was born in march last year. portraits of four generations of the royal family will go on display to mark the prince of wales' 70th birthday. sketches of the queen mother, the duke of edinburgh as well as the duke of cambridge and the duke of sussex will be displayed at buckingham palace over the summer. the pictures are from prince charles' personal collection and are among more than 100 pieces of work on show. we've had a couple of weeks of wat

steve rosenberg there would the reaction from the russian press, suggesting trump came out the worstvladimir putin. the message to anyone that wa nts to putin. the message to anyone that wants to be president of the united states is that you must choose your words carefully and when you know the world is listening on a sensitive issue like russian meddling, and what the us intelligence services have said, make sure you get it right. and that you don't go back and had to correct yourself, particularly when everything else you have said in the course of press conference teams to suggest that actually you are siding with the russian president over your own intelligence services. there is a lot going on here, some republicans suggesting today, 0k, the president has said that, we will ta ke the president has said that, we will take him at his word and want to move on but lots of people saying they do not buy it. and he keeps doing it. iagree they do not buy it. and he keeps doing it. i agree with congress and costello, there is nothing he could say to undermine nato greater than what he h

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg was in sochi, and charts the rise and fall of russian hopesup. out of this world, a miracle, a fairytale. that is how russians have been describing their tin‘s performance in this world cup. but that fairytale has now come to an end because croatia has beaten russia in the quarter—final, it got into the semi—final of the world cup. russia's dream is over, to the disappointment of tens of thousands of russian football fans here at at the moscow sandhurst. they have been hoping, they have been dreaming, but it has it is not to be —— fan fest. for the russian team it has been an incredible journey. at the start of this competition there were many people who thought russia would not get out of the group stages. russia came into the tournament the lowest ranked team. north korea has issued strong criticism of the us — just hours after the secretary of state, mike pompeo, left pyongyang after two days of talks with the leadership there. the foreign ministry says america made too many demands, and that it had displayed a regrettable attitude. the nor

steve rosenberg wrote back home in russia political figures have been lining up to praise the results of the health inky summit. my playing is a political consultant and he's joining us now on skype from the sun's rays in california we appreciate your time so thank you very much we've often heard that trumps core supporters will forgiven just about anything now they have a president who appears to side with the leader of a so-called us enemy in opposition to his own us intelligence forces and appears weak in the process that seems to strike at the very core values that those supporters hold dear how much damage is this likely to do when it comes to the way they regard the president. good morning rob i think that that ultimately remains to be seen as to how much damage you saw donald trump today take it very seriously when he walked back the comments and said that he supports the conclusions of the u.s. intelligence community that being said trump's core constituents i think that they're less concerned about foreign affairs and they're much more concerned about an economy growing at fo

steve rosenberg was with them. rossiya!rienced euphoria. translation: it is a great, we will be the champions. from the way they are celebrating here, he might think that russia had just won the world cup but is a joy is understandable because a quarter—final place is a huge achievement for a side that went into this tournament the lowest ranked team and russia is notjust winning matches, it is winning hearts and minds as well. winning matches, it is winning hearts and minds as welllj winning matches, it is winning hearts and minds as well. i am from australia. it is nothing like they say, russia is one of the nicest places, and i have been to 20 countries in the world. and that is a victory for president putin. he sees us as a a victory for president putin. he sees us as a victory. they were able to get the cup but, against all predictions to the country, they made a very successful. tonight, the whole of russia is out partying. russians are brimming with pride and a daring to dream of world cup glory. french police are se

ambassador alexander ya kovenko spoke to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg.r reaction to the news that the suspects have been identified and that reportedly they are russians? you want in english? well, these are the reports of the media. unfortunately, we do not have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from scotland yard or from the foreign office. a lot of versions that we hear in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. every time we read a new version in the british newspapers, we are asking the foreign office to confirm or not, to confirm whether it is true or not. on most of our notes, we did not receive any replies, so for me, the statement of scotland yard is an official statement. so we are looking forward to getting this information from the british authorities, not from the media, with all my respect to the media. has the new british foreign secretary got in touch with you? not yet, but i got a letter from mralan duncan, i was told by my people from the embassy. and i am planning to as

steve rosenberg in moscow was with the russian fans last night as the result came in.escribing their team's performance in this world cup. but that fairytale has now come to an end because croatia has beaten russia in the quarter—final, it got into the semi—final of the world cup. —— russia in the quarterfinal, it got into the semifinal of the world cup. russia's dream is over, to the disappointment of tens of thousands of russian football fans here at at the moscow fan fest. they had been hoping, they had been dreaming, but it was it is not to be. for the russian team, it has been an incredible journey. at the start of this competition there were many people who thought russia would not get out of the group stages. russia came into the tournament the lowest—ranked team and yet, they made it to the quarterfinals of the world cup — of their world cup. i think it will be really interesting to see how this city, moscow, and indeed the country changes now that the home side is not in the world cup the curve that really has helped bolster all of the fa ns really has helped

sharp and steve rosenberg recently and the work that he's done over the years i can't even express how much of an impact he has had. >> dr. collins you just at high risk. who is high risk for alzheimer's? >> anybody who gets to be 85 or 90. >> i'm saying people that don't know they have it if your mom has that your dad has it your grandma? i think that would be an area, maybe if one of your family members has that you are high risk i don't know? >> there are three ways we are currently identifying such folks. one is you have a very strong family history almost inherited in a dominant fashion. there are those families if you're in one of those circumstances we can track the gene in the family and it wasn't long before anyone has any symptoms. another is a genetic risk factor are. if you have one copy your risk goes up to fold if you have two copies those people are very high risk. the third way is using a pet scan that picks up alloys. amyloid start depositing in your brain probably 20 years before the first cognitive decline symptoms. so people are willing to do a scan we may be able t

sharp, with steve rosenberg and diana de gat recently, i can't even express how much of an impact he has had. dr. collins, you just said high risk. who's high risk for alzheimer's? >> well, anybody who gets to be 85 or 90 is high risk. >> i'm saying, people that don't know they have it, if your mom has it, your dad has it, your grand month? because i think that would be an area that i -- you know, where maybe if one of your family members has it, you're high risk. i don't know. >> there are three ways in which we are currently identifying such folks. one is you have a very strong family history. almost inherited in a dominant fashion. in fact, it is a dominant fashion. there are those families and if if you're in one of those circumstances, we can track the gene. another way is to look at genetic risk factor calls apo-e-4. if you have one copy of that your risk goes up three-fold. if you have two copies it goes up 15. third way is scanning using a p.e.t. scan that picks up amyloid because it starts depositing in your brain probably 20 years before the first cognitive decline symptoms