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
Wait for the state of the nation address. Just a reminder that we will be covering this in full on bbc news live page with analysis of President Putins speech as it happens. You can watch our live stream of the speech there, just press the play button. The dignitaries arriving for the speech they are in moscow. Bbc news website to find complete coverage of this, or the bbc news app. Lets speak to olga ivshina, from the bbc russia service. Tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting . fine tell us about the speech today, what are we petting . Tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years for are we expecting . One thing has been stable over the years for putins stable over the years for putins addresses and press conferences. This year is no exception. He is late, but according to his standards, five or ten minute
Is indeed. We are hearing from the i must run Health Ministry that they 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 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 four casualty numbers. And it is the one that is relied on for the un and others and is 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 it is thought that the real death toll is going to be much higher than this because there are several thousand people who are still considered as
the wider incident. dyfed powys police told this programme. the furnace action group says the policing bill could have been avoided if the home office had just consulted with the local community and listen to them. we said at the outset of the campaign lastjune that the plan to house asylum seekers at the stradey park hotel was deeply flawed, that no due diligence had been done on the subject, and we wanted to preserve the 100 jobs that are on site. but sadly, during the course of the campaign, there was quite a lot of friction, a lot of splits in the community, a lot of aggro, a lot of social media commentary, resulted in lots of pain and heartache for lots of people. but for now, this community is trying to restore the hotel once seen as its jewel, while grappling with the tensions that have been left in its wake. the home office told newsnight, the government is making significant progress with moving asylum seekers out of hotels, which cost uk taxpayers £8.2 million pou