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
smog from wild fires in canada, blankets new york and large parts of the east of the usa. nearly 100 million people could be affected. supermarkets are seeing a massive change in the way we shop. news research shows we re buying groceries less often since the pandemic, and the shift to online has slowed. i ll be taking a look. good morning. today s weather is very similar to yesterday. as we head to the weekend it is going to turn hotter and more humid by day and by night and we are looking at the chance of some thundery downpours. all of the details later in the programme. our main story. west ham fans have been celebrating into the night after the club won its first major trophy for more than a0 years. a 90th minute goal by jarrod bowen saw the hammers beat italian side fiorentina 2 1 in the europa conference league final in the czech capital prague. mike is there for us this morning. good morning, mike. i m surprised it s a quiet but i do and there are not still revellers
also, as a former biden campaign surrogate, kevin walling is here and you just pump some news that you re gonna do that job again. it s a big day for the president. you re gonna take out your surrogate button? not today. tomorrow, maybe. we will try to keep you challenged. let s begin with this president bided making a long-awaited announcement he will run for reelection in 2024. it comes as a president is facing very disappointing polling appeared potentially damaging investigations and mounting questions about his age. he is the oldest man to ever run for the white house in our nation. the president kicked off his campaign on video today. confirm vice president kamala harris will return as his running mate. without a thing? was that a mystery? the news comes exactly 4 years to the day after joe biden announced his candidacy for the 2020 election. this time he says he is running with the new promise. to finish the job. around the country extremists are lining up to
and industry execs including elon musk believe so and have signed an open letter calling for a 6 month pause on advanced ai development. that s training sytems more powerful than openai s newly launched chatg pt. and here in the uk, the government has set out its plans to regulate ai with new guidelines on responsible use. critics fear the rapid growth of ai could threaten jobs or be used for malicious purposes but it is boosting economies worldwide. let s get the latest thoughts on all this with sue daley from the industry body techuk. sue, remind us why governments and businesses think ai can do us harm? ai technologies have huge potential to help our economy and our society. to address issues such as increased productivity, help in the climate change emergency, to help people in their everyday lives. there are concerns around how this rapidly evolving technology is having an impact on the way that we live, work and importantly, how do we get this right and notjust and impo
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