british expert on governance and climate change. we re in the canary islands where the eruption on la palma is a month old, and geologists can t predict how much longer it will last. and how a puppet is highlighting the plight of child migrants. we have the story of little amal , and her marathon journey across europe. it s eight in the morning here in singapore nine am in pyongyang where north korea has confirmed it test fired a new submarine launched ballistic missile for the first time in two years. we ve received this image which we are unable to independently verify. north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. the un security council are thought to be meeting later on wednesday a move prompted by britain and the united states with the us in particular reacting angrily to the launch labelling the move as a threat to the region. h
well, my guest today is a doctor who believes in assisted dying, and it is personalfor henry marsh, a leading brain surgeon who has an advanced form of cancer. should death ever be the desired outcome for a doctor? henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you received a cancer diagnosis last year so i think i have to begin by asking, how are you? well, i m pretty well, all things considered. and as a doctor, of course, i know how bad things can be. i was diagnosed a year ago now with what s called advanced prostate cancer not necessarily terminal, but it s spread beyond the prostate. and my psa, which is a marker of the severity of a disease, and the probability of recurrence and ultimate death was very high 130. only 5% of men have a psa as high as that. so, obviously, this was deeply upsetting and shocking at the time. and i ve been having to come to terms with it since then. it s quite a long and complicated story. as a doctor, of course, i spend all my life livi
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journey across europe. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 7am in pyongyang where north korea has in the last hour confirmed it test fired a new submarine launched ballistic missile for the first time in two years. we ve just received this image which we are unable to independently verify. north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. ahead of the confirmation from the north koreans the us reacted angrily labelling the move a threat to the region. here s what the white house press secretaryjen psaki had to say. we condemned the dprk s ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the region. a call on the dprk to refrain from further provocations and engage in substantive dialogue and our commitmen
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are the broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford, and deputy political editor at the daily express, sam lister. hello to both of you again, thanks so much for staying with us this evening, it s lovely to see you. tomorrow s front pages, starting with the metro it leads with countdown to net zero as the government unveils its plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, promising grants for electric cars and low carbon heat pumps. the guardian carries the warning of experts and campaigners that criticise the government s net zero strategy, saying that it falls short on ambition and is not adequately funded. according to the i, the government s covid 19 scientific advisers are now meeting monthly instead of weekly, the paper asks and in the ft, european commisison president ursula von der leyen tells the eu parliament that poland will be punished for its challenge