After several hours of emotional debate, MPs voted on a bill that would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill would allow terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get medical assistance to end their own lives. MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs, rather than...
A group of protesters a gathered at Parliament Square as MPs debate the final stage of a bill today which could legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. One woman described her son dying of cancer in “excrutiating pain” and saying that assisted dying would have given him a choice. Another protester said that the...
It comes as no surprise that the people who put their lives on the line trying to maintain law and order aren’t too happy with the politicians and Pravda Media folks who are egging on the insurrectionists in Los Angeles. But you would never know it if you got all your news from the Gavin...
The BBC’s Anna Foster hosts a special Today Debate: Israel-Gaza – are we witnessing war crimes? On the panel are Lyse Doucet, the BBC’s chief international correspondent, and Michael Kleiner, president of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party. We also hear from Afif Safieh, who was involved in talks that led to the...
The rule was introduced in 2016 after a spate of majors were won by golfers using extended putter shafts. Keegan Bradley anchored in his midriff to win the 2011 US PGA, as did Ernie Els for his Open triumph the following year. There were broom-handle major wins for Webb Simpson in the 2012 US Open...
The brief videos posted by a group called Seniors 4 Better Care to YouTube look just like the political ads that take over the airwaves during campaign season. The voiceover in one breezy video claims without context that former President Joe Biden “broke” Medicare, the popular government insurance program for seniors, and that only President...
Love Taupō Some have called it an “eyesaur”. Many more have described it as “fabulous”. But one word Boom Boom, a seven-metre tall stainless steel dinosaur sculpture in New Zealand, could never be associated with is “boring”. Just days after the sauropod statue was installed in Taupō Sculpture Park, in the scenic centre of New...
In nearly 25 years in daily journalism, I have never known another issue quite like it. The arguments over sex and gender, trans and women’s rights have a passion, an anger and often a toxicity on both sides greater in their intensity than those over the Iraq war two decades ago, or Brexit in more...
Nadine Yousif and Jessica Murphy in Montreal BBC News Reporting fromToronto, Canada Christopher Katsarov / POOL Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney are the frontrunners in national polls The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties squared off in their second and final debate ahead of this month’s general election, but someone off stage stole most...
The leaders of Canada’s four major federal parties have been grilled about their response to US President Donald Trump and clashed over energy and housing in their first televised debate of the country’s election campaign. The French-language face-off marked a key moment in the election as it gave leaders a chance to woo voters in...
An election debate in Canada has been rescheduled to avoid a clash with a Montreal Canadiens hockey game. The Canadiens take on the Carolina Hurricanes at 19:00 ET (23:00 BST) on 17 April, and could clinch a spot in the Stanley Cup play-offs with victory. The French-language leaders’ debate had been scheduled to start at...
For decades, the war over fluoridation has been going on. The war is sometimes hot, sometimes cold, but the hostility between the pro- and anti-fluoridation sides has never cooled down completely. In many ways, it mirrors the hostilities over vaccinations, but with an important twist: vaccines, to the extent that they are both safe and...
What’s the fascination with noise and the desire to return to thunderous noise volumes? I went to a GP in the 1990s and the noise was unbearably loud. Why is it held in such high esteem? It’s not like the present engines are EV quiet. – Ash This is a very pertinent and perceptive question...
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images India’s commerce minister said Indian start-ups should focus more on the high-tech sector India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent comments about the country’s start-up ecosystem have sparked a massive debate on social media and evoked strong reactions from some entrepreneurs. At the second edition of Startup Mahakumbh, a...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced-off with his election rival Peter Dutton in their first debate before the 3 May federal election vote. Cost of living issues dominated Tuesday night’s debate, organised by Sky News and The Daily Telegraph, and the two leaders were also asked about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Opinion polls have...