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
the torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, streamed on facebook live, as a despicable hate crime. also, the winner of the bbc‘s sound of 2017 has been announced. ray burke. greg burke. 22 year old south londoner, ray black, has been described as embodying female black britishness. and a more ancient noise. how stonehenge may have sounded, thousands of years ago. good morning. it s friday 6th january. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the us president elect, donald trump, has voiced fresh scepticism about claims that russia tried to interfere in the american presidential election, just hours before he s due to receive a detailed briefing from intelligence chiefs on the alleged cyber attack. he appears to be sticking to the opinion. the in a series of tweets overnight, he said: the three intelligence heads have collectively insisted the kremlin ordered the attack to undermine mr trump s opponent, hillary clinton and have warned the president elect ag