Legendary actor Omar Sharif 'has Alzheimer's disease

Omar Sharif

Hollywood actor Omar Sharif is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and gets confused when remembering some of the biggest films of his career, his son has claimed.

Tarek El-Sharif, the only child of the star's marriage to ex-wife Faten Hamama, said his 83-year-old father mixes up the names of his best-known films - Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia - and often forgets where they were filmed.

Mr El-Sharif also revealed that while his Egyptian-born father knows he is a famous actor, he confuses fans who ask him for autographs for people he used to know.

with son, Tarek

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Brain-reading implant controls arm

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A man has been able to control a robotic limb with a mind-reading chip implanted in his brain.

It allowed Erik Sorto, from California, to sip a drink unaided for the first time in 10 years.

The details, published in Science, reveal how complex bursts of electrical signals in his brain could be interpreted into commands for the arm.

Experts said the results made brain-controlled robotics closer to being a reality.

Mr Sorto was shot at the age of 21. The damage to his spinal cord left him paralysed from the neck down.

Nigerian Ebola volunteers head home

Nigerian Ebola volunteers (in Liberia and Sierre Leone) pictured on their way home. About 250 of them arrived Nigeria last night on a chartered Ethiopian Airline..