To take an active role in the debate on Assisted Dying, withjersey and the isle of man, now considering its legalisation. Campaigners for a change in the law, such as the broadcaster, dame esther rantzen, say people should have a choice about the way they want to end their lives. But opponents fear that could put older or Vulnerable People at risk, of being pressured by others. Heres fergus walsh. Sophie blake was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2020. It has spread throughout her body and is incurable. She is travelling and enjoying life now, but wants the option of an assisted death if she experiences uncontrollable pain. I dont have a death wish, i love living, i love living life to the full, i have no desire to die. Im not scared of dying, but im not ready to die yet. But if and when the time ever comes and if its ever needed, i dont want to suffer. I dont want to be in horrendous pain. Todays report describes Assisted Dying as a difficult, sensitive, yet crucial subject, which attr
The Israeli Army Says it has no knowledge of shelling in the area. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest from jerusalem. Were hearing from the Hamas Run Health Ministry that there were more than 80 People Killed overnight in the gaza strip. Most of those, actually, apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. And still an unclear picture about exactly what has happened there. But overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed, the Health Ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have for casualty numbers. And its the one thats relied on by the un and others. And its saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th Of October. And also more than 70,000 people have been injured, as well. These figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. But actually, its thou
Hour. Details of the incident are under review and they say dozens of gazans were crushed and trampled, the israeli troops say they open fire because they were under threat. Here are palestinians arriving at the hospital in the Northern Gaza strip, we are trying to piece together the timeline. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says more than 30,000 palestinians have now been killed since israel began its Military Offensive in october. It says the majority of those killed were women and children. That number equates to about 1. 3 of the 2. 3 million population of the territory. With the latest from jerusalem heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Chaos in Northern Gazas hospitals. 0verwhelmed by hundreds of casualties. Many men had just set out to bring home sacks of flour for their hungry families and were shot, witnesses say, by the israeli army. They started firing, says this man, whose friend tamer was killed. The flour trucks ran over all the bodies. 0vernight, huge crowds
Football season when paul pogba was randomly selected for a drugs test following their game against udinese. Now in september, he was provisionally suspended after elevated levels of testosterone were found, and that was confirmed in a b sample that was revealed in october. So the Italian National anti doping tribunal were the ones who confirmed that test. Now its understood that paul pogba believes if he did take a banned substance, he did so inadvertently and his agent, speaking at the time that this test was revealed, said that what is certain is that paul pogba never wanted to break a rule. Everton manager sean dyche has been speaking publicly for the First Time Since their ten point reduction for breaking financial rules was cut to six. He said the decision has given them a boost in their fight for premier League Survival and its a positive for the game. I think we placed, we got something that, obviously. Its great to want more, but i think its, you know, the points that the club
this is bbc news. the headlines. climate records tumble like dominoes , as european scientists confirm that 2023 was the warmest year on record. britain s foreign secretary lord cameron says he s worried that israel may have taken action in gaza that breached international law. a legal scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. and the former us president donald trump is in court for a landmark legal case about whether he should be immune from criminal prosecution. this is the scene outside the courthouse in washington. more on those stories coming up in the next half hour. time for a look at the business news now. lovely to have you with us this afternoon. we start with the latest on the boeing 737 max planes because united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet of max