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after myanmar s ambassador to the uk was locked out of the embassy overnight, the foreign secretary condemns the country s bullying military leaders. back on the buses as public transport is prepared for next week s lockdown easing in england, the industry tries to reassure travellers that it will be safe. and golf s masters tee off in a couple of hours time just a few thousand fans will be allowed into the grounds in augusta. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the french open is going to start a week later than planned because of the current french lockdown. that s going to impact the grass court season. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the uk has more than enough supply of the pfizer and moderna covid vaccines to treat all adults under 30, after the medicines regulator said people aged 18 to 29 should be offered an alternative to the astrazeneca jab, because of a possible ....
it s 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. here s our medical editor, fergus walsh. the mps don t 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 ....
0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. 0n the move again. palestinian families now desperately fleeing much of central gaza, as israel s ground offensive expands into a new part of the besieged territory. me and my kids, everyone is evacuating, says this woman. already my niece was killed. casualties fill even the floor of the nearby hospital. the world health organization describing the scenes here as a bloodbath . and this as israel s army is warning that the war will continue for many more months, as it insists it will find hamas leaders who masterminded the deadly 7th of october attacks. a government spokesman says israel s aims are clear. we can t destroy hamas s ideology, unfortunately, that is not realistic. but we can remove them from power. we can prevent them from having control over this territorial enclave. and that will do a lot to save lives and prevent future conflict in the region. with the number of palestinians killed now in excess o ....
have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of wednesday. have been loud explosions heard in the early hours of wednesday. we know there have been many strikes by israel, 100 sites hit the israeli military is saying. also reports there will be a ground operation, an impending ground operation starting in the middle of gaza as well. in his first interview since the war began, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, described the conflict as a grave crime against his people. all this comes shortly after the head of the israeli army warned that dismantling hamas could take many more months. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage take to the streets of tel aviv. they re putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they ....
as beyond a catastrophe and warned the west bank could implode at any time. graham satchell reports. night after night, for weeks now, the families of those taken hostage take to the streets of tel aviv. they re putting pressure on the israeli government to bring the hostages back alive and stop the fighting. they need to look at other options. the military pressure will continue. but we see they don t have any results. the head of the israeli army herzi halevi said the war could take many more months and notjust them. there are no magic solutions, he said. there are no short cuts in dismantling a terrorist organisation, only determined and persistent fighting. in gaza itself, hospitals are overrun with the injured and the dead. the world health organization says almost all the hospitals in the gaza strip have now stopped functioning. there s blood everywhere in these hospitals at the moment. we re seeing almost only trauma cases come through the door and at a scale that ....