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 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 in england, which only get a third of their fun
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 putin s 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. let s 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 putin s - stable over the years for putin s addresses and press conferences. this year is no exception. he is late, but according to his standards
salome zourabichvili, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me for the third time. do you think that russia wants control of georgia? russia wants control of not only georgia, but probably parts of europe. it has its. ..old ambitions and old aspirations of remaining as an imperialist state. but should we be thinking about what russia wants or what we want? well, the last time that you came on hardtalk, which was at a time when russia was on the back foot in ukraine, it was the end of 2022. you said you didn t think russia would invade georgia. the situation in ukraine looks very different now. and i wonder if you fear for georgia, particularly if president putin is successful in ukraine? well, i think that we should, again, all fear if president putin is successful in ukraine. but i don t think that he is successful in ukraine. he has been losing in ukraine all his first ambitions, strategic ambitions taking kyiv, dividing the government and the population, dividing ukr
0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this update. this means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the united states through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. he says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had presidential immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. we have since heard from him again, after hearing about the supreme court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that presidential immunity applies. in fact, he says it is in the best interest of the united states, notjust talking about himself but re