Morning briefing Tuesday 7th July

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0:52President Trump admitted he personally intervened in the Balogun case and asked FIFA's president Gianni Infancino to review his one-match ban. Speaking to Times Radio, the former executive director of the FA, David Davis, said an extraordinary precedent had been set. Mr Infantino has said that, oh, he regularly speaks to heads of state. Well, I'm not sure he regularly speaks to heads of state in the middle of a high-profile World Cup. Things do happen, but this is an extraordinary incident and precedent. The USA, with Balogun in their team, were subsequently beaten 4-1 by Belgium. They will now play Spain in the quarterfinals after their 1-0 defeat of Portugal.

1:37More than 100 ,000 people with ADHD are being paid disability benefits without any requirement to look for work. Of all those claiming personal independent payments for the condition, around four in ten are receiving the top rate of daily living and mobility allowances worth up to£194 a week. The Times political reporter Daisy Eastlake says the figures show an increase of 40 % in ADHD claimants in the two years since Labour came to power. The government has approved 40 new personal independence payments in which ADHD is cited as the main condition every day on average in the two years since the election.

2:13The increase is being driven by a surge in young people claiming disability benefits because of mental health conditions. More than half of those people claiming for ADHD are between 16 and 24 years old. The government say they inherited a broken welfare system and are fixing it. And Sir Stephen Sims, the disability minister, is due to publish an interim report later this week. Sakir Starmer will arrive in the Turkish capital Ankara later for his final NATO summit, amid questions over the UK's plans to increase defence spending. Downing Street said the government remains committed to NATO's targets, adding the Prime Minister would make clear that the UK's contribution to the alliance will not waver in the face of a new era of threat.

2:54And Arthur Ferry says he'll cherish his achievements of reaching the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the rest of his life after beating the former world number three Grigor Dimitrov in five sets on centre court. Ferry, who's ranked 114 in the world, needed a wildcard to secure his place in the main draw, but is now guaranteed prize money of at least £480 ,000 for his efforts so far. He'll play the ninth seat Flavio Caballi of Italy tomorrow for a place in the semi-finals, an opponent he beat in the first round of the Australian Open in January. It's going to be a good match regardless. I'm expecting it to be very, very difficult and different to Australia.

3:34I'm sure he's going to be at 100 % of his capacities, which maybe he wasn't quite at 100 % in Australia. But yeah, I played really well in Australia. I dominated the match. So we'll use that experience for Wednesday. There's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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