Bruce Willis’ dementia diagnosis: ‘language is going’, says actor’s wife

Emma Heming Willis recalls the actor’s ‘alarming and scary’ early symptoms and says his family has ‘learned to adapt’ as his brain ‘is failing’ amid ‘really great health overall’

Bruce Willis’s brain is “failing him” and his “language is going”, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, has revealed, more than two years since the actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

“Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce is in really great health overall, you know,” Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer in an ABC special on Tuesday. “It’s just his brain that is failing him. The language is going. We’ve learned to adapt and we have a way of communicating with him, which is just a different way.”

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Report: Hostage Deal Not Discussed at Netanyahu Security Cabinet Meeting – Haaretz

  1. Report: Hostage Deal Not Discussed at Netanyahu Security Cabinet Meeting  Haaretz
  2. Israeli Security Cabinet Meets Amid Growing Protests Over Gaza War  The New York Times
  3. Following Trump’s lead, Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts  CNN
  4. Israel must take hostage deal, its military chief reportedly says  BBC
  5. Report: 'Very senior Egyptian figures' fume at Israelis for failing to respond to latest ceasefire proposal  The Times of Israel
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‘Very dangerous from a legal perspective’ — Belgian, German leaders wary of confiscating frozen Russian assets – The Kyiv Independent

  1. 'Very dangerous from a legal perspective' — Belgian, German leaders wary of confiscating frozen Russian assets  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Belgian PM says best to leave frozen Russian funds in Euroclear for now  Reuters
  3. Germany updates: Merz, De Wever wary of Russian fund seizure  DW
  4. Belgian PM Opposes Seizing $201 Billion in Russian Assets, Says Wait for “Peace Talks”  UNITED24 Media
  5. The US plans to use frozen Russian assets as leverage for negotiations  Online.UA
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Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence – Politico

  1. Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence  Politico
  2. Israel says Gaza hospital strike targeted alleged Hamas camera without providing evidence  CNN
  3. Italy's Meloni condemns killing of journalists in Gaza by Israeli fire  Reuters
  4. The Deadly Risks of Reporting In Gaza  The New York Times
  5. Israeli attacks on Gaza are 'beyond the principle of proportionality,' Italy's Meloni says  The Washington Post
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Starships are meant to fly: SpaceX’s rocket finally launches after setbacks

Test flight comes after explosive failures raised doubts over founder Elon Musk’s goals to reach Mars and moon

Third time was the charm on Tuesday for the launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket after the launch had been scrubbed two times in as many days. The success of this 10th flight proved the spacecraft had overcome its past failures key to the Mars rocket’s reusable design.

The stainless steel behemoth, 403ft (123 meters) tall, lifted off from the company’s Starbase in southern Texas at 6.30pm local time (2330 GMT), to loud cheers from engineering teams, a webcast showed. This mission was to be a test of the ship’s new heat shield tiles and satellite deployment abilities, among hundreds of other upgrades from past iterations.

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Polish President’s Decision To Veto Aid To Ukrainian Refugees Prompts Political Storm – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

  1. Polish President's Decision To Veto Aid To Ukrainian Refugees Prompts Political Storm  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
  2. Polish president's veto threatens Ukraine's Starlink access amid refugee aid dispute  Reuters
  3. Poland’s president vetoes legislation to prolong benefits for Ukrainian refugees  The Guardian
  4. Ukraine updates: New Polish president vetoes refugee bill  DW
  5. Poland prepares alternative bill on limiting aid to Ukrainians  Українська правда
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Cracker Barrel reverses course and will scrap new logo after intense backlash

US restaurant chain previously said it would keep new logo despite some, including Trump and his son, criticizing it

Cracker Barrel, the 56-year-old US restaurant chain known for southern style cooking, has reversed course and will scrap the new minimalist logo it launched just days ago after intense backlash.

“We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our ‘Old Timer’ will remain,” the company posted on social media, referring to the picture of the overall-clad man – known as “Uncle Herschel” – leaning against a barrel that had been its calling card for decades.

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Cancer charities call for earlier diagnosis as cases projected to surge in England by 2040

NHS may struggle to cope with more than 6 million predicted new cases over next 15 years, study shows

Cancer cases are projected to surge in England by 2040, with a person diagnosed every two minutes, up from one every four minutes in the 1970s.

More than 6 million new cases of the disease are predicted to be diagnosed over the next 15 years, with the NHS at risk of being unable to cope unless action is taken to prevent more cases and diagnose the disease earlier, when it is more treatable.

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