how living near major roads could put you at higher risk of developing dementia. and six letters from princess diana to a buckingham palace steward are sold at auction for more than £15,000. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, sir andy murray s through to the qatar 0pen semi finals after beating spain s nicolas almagro. he ll face eitherjo wilfried tsonga or tomas berdych in the last four. good evening. american intelligence officials have given a stark warning about the threat posed by russian cyber attacks. the outgoing us national intelligence director, james clapper, told a senate hearing he hasn t come across a more aggressive campaign to interfere with an american election than russia s actions in last year s race for the white house. mr clapper who will brief donald trump about his findings tomorrow said the hacking of democratic party emails had been ordered by the kremlin. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since waterga
questioning their own victims. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. us president elect donald trump pics on japanese car maker us president elect donald trump pics onjapanese car maker toyota for its plans to build a new plant in mexico. and a new gadget for cyclists, one that tracks your performance while keeping your eyes on the road. hello and welcome to asia business report. shares of japanese car maker toyota are down1.5% shares of japanese car maker toyota are down 1.5% right now after tumbling 3% earlier this morning. this comes after president elect donald trump tweeted that if toyota goes ahead with plans to build a new plant in mexico, especially for its corolla car model, instead of the us, then it faces a big border tax when it ships cars north. toyota announced in april that it would build a $1 billion macro carolla factory in mexico. i asked if there had been any reaction to that latest tweet. toyota was quick to respond to the l
demand from business customers, according to the society of motor manufacturers and traders. but sales are expected to fall sharply this year, as our industry correspondent john moylan reports once, new cars were the preserve of the privileged few. not any more. these days, we buy cars like mobile phones. the reason we re all buying so many new cars is because the industry makes it so easy for us. in fact, the vast majority of customers are now effectively leasing new vehicles for an affordable monthly payment, rather than worrying about the overall sticker price. ivan foreman used to buy cars second hand. now he doesn t have to. all of the options are now available with leasing and financing. i can now pay less overall on a monthly basis but still go home with a brand new car. you can probably now have a car like that for £10 a month more than your golf. this shift in how we buy cars is also changing the type of car we re buying, too. there s a real trend for people to buy