Overnight, back into Northern Ireland and Southern Scotland the rain will track north. Now to the north of that band of rain it could be quite chilly for a while in northern this programme continues on bbc one. Published by michael gove tomorrow help stamp out extremist ideologies, as it claims . Since october 7th, anti semitic and anti muslim hate cases have soared. The government says its new more precise defintiion of extremism will tackle the ever evolving threat of such behaviour in our country. Will it . Well ask the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of britain and the Policy Director of a think tank called the Counter Extremism Group which works closely with mps. Also tonight, The Labour Leader drills down on the tory party being bankrolled, as he put it, by a businessman who reportedly said diane abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. Meanwhile, there are growing calls for labour to restore the whip to ms abbott. Well speak to labour mp
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
Since the start of the war, more than 30,000 palestinians have been killed in gaza. Now, several experts weve spoken to have said that the number of dead could actually be much higher than this. And thats because many hospitals in gaza where deaths are recorded are no longer operating. Now, lets take a bit of a closer look at this. Look at this graph its a breakdown of who exactly has been killed. And as you can see from this, the majority of those killed have been women and children. And how does this compare with previous conflicts in gaza . Well, this chart shows deaths in 2008, and you can see that more men were killed than women and children. And its a similar picture in the second war in 2014. Now, have a look at this chart which shows the current war. Now, the bars here for women and children show the deaths in red and purple and theyre significantly higher than the one for men. Keep in mind, this war has been going on for months, whereas the others lasted for weeks. So the deat
Still calls it. He said his military has the initiative in ukraine and has the initiative in ukraine and has liberated new territories. We will bring you more on that as the morning wears on. A group of mps have asked the committee to look into the applications for the uk if assisted dying is legalised in jersey. 0pponents say current legislation prevents people from coming under pressure to end their lives. 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 only get a third of their funding from t
pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do