Still calls it. He said his military has the initiative in ukraine and has the initiative in ukraine and has liberated new territories. We will bring you more on that as the morning wears on. A group of mps have asked the committee to look into the applications for the uk if assisted dying is legalised in jersey. 0pponents say current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. The mps dont Make Recommendations for or against assisted dying. Rather, the aim of their report is to serve as a basis for debate on what they call this difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject. More and more countries in europe have legalised assisted dying in some form, along with new zealand, australia, canada and ten states in the us. The mps say they saw no evidence that palliative and End Of Life Care had deteriorated as a result, and in some instances it had improved. The Committee Calls for more money for hospices in england, which only get a third of their funding from t
and her sisters under threat from the taliban. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet, who will be the biggest winners at this year s oscars? the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in paris for talks with the french president, emmanuel macron. it s the first anglo french summit in five years. the leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues. illegal immigration via migrant boat crossings in the channel is likely to top the british agenda but other primary concerns for both leaders are defence co operation, the western response to russia s conflict in ukraine, as well as challenges posed by china. they ll also be looking to reset anglo french relations, which deteriorated after britain s withdrawalfrom the european union. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports. friends again. rishi sunak and emmanuel macron have met before. they like each other. now they want to show that whatever the divisions of the last few years france and the uk are back tog
hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo
after appearing in court in moscow. brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, has returned to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. and, one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur goes on display at the natural history museum in london. here in the uk, a man s been found guilty of murdering a nine year old girl who was shot in her home in liverpool. olivia pratt korbel was killed when shot were fired through herfrontdoor, fatally hitting olivia in the chest. her mother was also injured. earlier our correspondent rowan bridge was outside manchester crown court where the case was heard. olivia s family, her mum, her olivia s family, her mum, her brother and sister have been here for most of the trial over the last three of a half week sobbed at the verdict was absurd, and when the family came out, of course, out of the courtroom, they called the police officers who have been involved in the investigation.
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. ukraine s foreign told the bbc that incidents such as this are inevitable until russia leaves crimea. our diplomatic corr