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
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
Makers and talk about the stories that matter is there a. Hello im Richard Gaisford youre watching a special edition of the listening post on a new kind of reporting open source journalism citizen journalism allows anybody with a mobile phone to document a news story to produce content that is now routinely used by news organizations open source journalists often start with that kind of material and then they apply some of the same investigative techniques that are used by police and intelligence agencies this is a growth industry partly because of declining press freedom in some hostile place. In china for instance open Source Researchers have proven the existence and the location of socalled reeducation camps for muslims. The province of shin jack and they broke those stories long before Mainstream Media outlets to open source reporters have also proved valuable on the story in syria where at least 10 media workers were killed in 2018 and they did so without having to go there and ta
And they broke those stories long before Mainstream Media outlets to open source reporters have also proved valuable on the story in syria where at least 10 media workers were killed in 2018 and they did so without having to go there and take the risks that come with that a sign. Weve had 2 producers working on the story of open source journalism tarik now and daniel tory daniel youve looked at how open Source Research has shed light on the camps in synch and well see that report a bit later on but briefly what if you learnt well for a long time richard chinese officials were actually flat out denying that these camps even existed and at the same time the government was doing its best to make sure that journalists on the ground in shin jang didnt find it and thats where open Source Research has made their mark it was the evidence that they own coveted which ultimately gave the lie to those denials that have been coming out to beijing. Tarik your report on syria will be coming up 1st th
Whats the full program any time at booktv. Org. Just search chris hedges or the title of his book the greatest evil is war. Today were lucky to feature justine reisman. Among other places covering such subjects the book of job, the famous comic series her book true believer the rise and fall told the story ofll marvels mot amos cameo from early success. Now and her new book rang a master she asks the question do we live in a world that we create a questioning of seller who affected and why . Joining her in conversation is just the author of 30,000 steps a memoir of sprinting toward life. As written articles and among others shes worked alongside ngos and increased the ability of medication. Here is josephine grisman and jesse keith. Hi everybody. Height notes real when you have two microphones. The first time and Vince Mcmahon ever did a bad guy was not even for hisr own company is for another company and in the video clip with him doing his first little monologue hes trying to antagon