
Alzheimer's breakthrough
Experts say the new medicine could be a turning point in the fight against the disease
The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous. Our health expert will tell us all about the new medicine called lecanemab and take your questions.
We also hear from families of those with dementia to hear more about their lives and what this development means to them.
The Taliban has said that at least 10 people have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan. Our reporter from our Afghan team will us more.
And the late Queen's lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey has apologised and resigned after she repeatedly asked a black British charity boss where she was really from. Our correspondent has more details.
(Photo: Hands of an elderly woman at home. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)
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