Opponents have voiced concerns that vulnerable people could be coerced into ending their lives. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. The noes to the left, 330. The last time mps voted on assisted dying was nearly ten years aGo they opposed changing the law. But a new set of mps will get a new vote in the coming months, after labours Kim Leadbeater came top in a ballot that gives backbench mps time in the commons to propose laws, and said she would put it forward. I also think there is a real sense within parliament that now is the time for this debate. As i say, its nearly ten years since there was last a debate in the chamber. So i think most people. You know, people are nervous, people know how serious this subject is, and i understand that i feel nervous about it but i also think its important enough that we show parliament at its best, actually, which is debating something that we know matters to a huge amount of people. The Broadcaster Dame Esther rantzen has Lung Can
last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia and around the world after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i ve been talking to antoinette lattouf who s now launched legal action against the broadcaster i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback calls about christmas playlists don t include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a
zeldin. he was released just hours later. there is only one option. [shouting] the suspect climbs on the stage, rushes toward is zeldin and tries to hold him off. he was quickly tackled by others on stage. a witness describes the terrifying scene. went behind the stage and saw him as he began to approach congressman zeldin and so i stepped up onto the stage, saw the attacker try to get into zeldin s face and swing. i could see what looked like a razor, knife of some sort at the congressman. i tackled the attacker from the back and slammed him to the ground. thank goodness for that. team coverage. former assistant attorney andy mccarthy is standing by and first to david lee miller live from the new york city newsroom. this could have turned out a lot differently david lee. could have been a great deal worse. the man who allegedly attacked lee zeldin has been released without bail. just what zeldin predicted. he is running for governor of new york delivering a speech
terrified of the thought of having to return to school in a few short weeks that she comes to tears. what will you tell her? i can assure you that my children are not mentally prepared to return to campus and i husband and i are unwilling to send them. reporter: now, the school administration said they are considering virtual schooling, but that, of course, still needs to be determined. as for the latest on the investigation, texas department of public safety telling cnn that its ongoing criminal, and the key word here is criminal, its ongoing criminal investigation is also examining the actions of law enforcement. and, kaitlan, that s important because we hadn t heard this before from the lead investigating agency. and so the latest is that they are looking at the actions or in this case the inaction of law enforcement, but as you know, it would be up to the d.a. to charge anyone in this case. yeah, and i know the families want to know exactly what s happening there. las
Airport in florida. In sport. Three Premier League sides are knocked out by Lower League Opposition in the fa cup third round among them bournemouth, who were beaten 3 0 by League One Side millwall. And helen has the weather. A very similar day to yesterday, weatherwise. It is grey and misty with fog in a few localities first thing. The israeli ambassador has apologised for comments which appear to show an Embassy Employee plotting to bring down a government minister. Undercover footage, filmed by middle east news network aljazeera, shows an Israeli Government employee saying he would like to take down the Foreign Office minister sir alan duncan. The video also shows the official insulting borisjohnson, as Jane Frances Kelly reports. The emergence of the footage is highly embarrassing for the israelis. It shows shai masot dining with, among others, an aide to the conservative Education Minister robert halfon. Mr masot, a senior political adviser at the Israeli Embassy, says he would li