Its thursday, 29th of february. Our main story. A group of mps have urged ministers to consider the implications for the uk, if assisted dying is legalised in the isle of man and jersey. The Health Select committee has published a report, which it hopes will provide evidence for future debates about the law. Opponents say the current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. Heres our medical editor, fergus walsh. 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 o
issues that take time to solve, and the question for rishi sunak s overman is, does he have time to solve it? some people say, yes, some say no, and i am sure he will give it his best shot, but two years really is not a lot of time to get either the legislation you need through or for that to take effect, so i think these are all issues we are going to be tackling, grappling with, talking about for the next two years, and this isjust with, talking about for the next two years, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. years, and this is ust the tip of the iceberg. years, and this is ust the tip of the teeher9. years, and this is ust the tip of the icebert. . . ., ., the iceberg. indeed. we are going to look at a slightly the iceberg. indeed. we are going to look at a slightly more the iceberg. indeed. we are going to look at a slightly more uplifting - look at a slightly more uplifting story now, lots of the papers covering it. let s go to the daily mirror. their take
Calling for help. Their worries the citys money troubles could lead to cut in Public Safety. Lets start here, though a man is in the hospital this morning with life threatening injuries after San Jose Police say they were forced to shoot him. It happened while officers responded to reports of somebody firing a gun in that area of colmar drive yesterday. After a while police shot their suspect and got a gun recovered from the scene well continue watching this 1 closely and let you know what develops as police investigate. To oakland, her job. The signatures came in a month ahead of schedule, some in oakland. Blame mayor tied for robberies on the rise there some crime is down, though nearly a 3rd from some 2023. Although robberies are up another east bay elected official facing a recall Alameda County d, a pamela price after certifying the signatures needed for a recall, supervisors put the question to you, the voter this is what happened during the november election ballad. And across t
Into a better situation. This is cbs news bay area with juliette goodrich. Good evening. It is a sight that would definitely make you do a double take. Were talking about a stop sign thats just hanging overhead where a traffic light would normally be in oakland. So our da lin noticed it while he was driving through the intersection of east 12th street and 16th avenue in the san antonio district. So he did some digging and it turns out the city removed the traffic lights altogether and replaced them with fourway stop signs after dealing with months of people stealing copper and then tampering with an electrical box. Neighbors tell da the city cant fix this problem until it deals with another one. Reporter neighbors say the stop sign is a sign and a reflection of the citys condition. They say the citys inability to clear the homeless encampment next to the intersection is leading to this kind of issue. A drive on the busy east 12th street, youll come to this high hanging stop sign above
Hello, im samantha simmonds. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. Israel launched its war on hamas following their attack in israel on october the 7th. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus, palest