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
Good afternoon. Her brutal murder shocked britain, and now an independent report into the killing of Sarah Everard has found the man responsible should never have been a Police Officer, and several opportunities to stop him offending were missed. Wayne couzens is serving a whole Life Sentence for sarahs rape and murder, and was off duty when he kidnapped the 33 year old, under the false guise of an arrest. The chair of the inquiry into his conduct and background, says without a radical overhaul of Police Vetting and recruitment, theres nothing to stop another couzens operating in plain sight. June kelly is live in central london, with the very latest. Clive, lady elish angiolini, the seniorjudge who produced the report, has come up with 16 recommendations to stop another potential Wayne Couzens. Some of these recommendations are related to betting, others to the way the police deal with the crime of Indecent Exposure. She also says she believes that there are as yet unknown victims of
In ukraine began and two weeks before the elections . Well, Vladmir Putin spoke for two hours. We will look at what he said and didnt say. And its our weekly deep dive into the world of artificial intelligence, including how events organisers used al to generate images of a fantastical willy wonka world, but the reality was anything but sweet. We begin in texas, where both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are visiting the Us Mexico Border. The pair locked in a high stakes political duel on an issue which could ultimately decide this years president ial election. Joe biden is visiting a border city called brownsville. Its recently seen a drop in the number of people illegally crossing into the us. Donald trump meanwhile is in eagle pass, the Texas Border Town where republican Governor Greg Abbott has defied the Biden White House by using state National Guard soldiers to detain undocumented migrants and erect border barricades. Mr trump spoke there a short time ago.
the eu is considering similar control measures but the uk has so far said it will not introduce new restrictions in sport erling haaland has became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals in a season, with two against leeds as manchester city won 3 1 to move to second in the table. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. dozens of missiles had been launched from land and sea at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv, said 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capitals air defences but at least three people were taken to hospital. in lviv, officials say the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief told the bbc the conflict was now at a stalemate. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from