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UK MPs vote to legalise assisted dying bill – what happens next?
The effort to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has cleared its first hurdle in parliament.
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Assisted dying: MPs on both sides react to bill passing
Just after the vote, we caught up with two MPs from either side of the argument.
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Transport Secretary resigns over fraud offence from 2013
Louise Haigh has resigned as Transport Secretary after it emerged that she had pleaded guilty to a fraud offence a decade ago
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Syrian rebels reach city of Aleppo eight years after being driven out
Thousands of insurgents began advancing through the northwestern region three days ago, seizing a number of towns and villages on the way.
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Hezbollah claims ceasefire with Israel ‘a great victory’
Our foreign affairs correspondent Secunder Kermani is in Beirut.
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Where does the rest of the world stand on assisted dying?
Today’s vote only applies to England and Wales and, as we’ve been hearing, it still has many hurdles to pass before it becomes law.
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‘Assisted dying supported in part because care is failing’, says palliative care doctor
Two people with in-depth experience of end of life care joined us.
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Elon Musk joins Donald Trump on first call to Zelensky – and his family photo
President Trump will pose challenges to governments all over the world, and news today that Elon Musk – the billionaire owner of social media site X – joined in the first call between Donald Trump and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
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Who will be in Trump’s top team?
While the Democrats begin the soul searching about why they lost, the Trump team is busy preparing for power.
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Democrats are ‘out of touch’ with American people, says Republican strategist
We were joined by Republican strategist Kristin Davison.
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Harris loss ‘wasn’t just about Biden’, says former Obama administration advisor
We were joined by Peter Loge, who was a senior advisor in the Obama administration, and is now a professor at George Washington University.
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‘I considered resigning over the John Smyth scandal,’ says Archbishop of Canterbury
We sat down with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
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Valencia: Will world leaders take climate change seriously?
We were in Valencia, where people whose lives have just been torn apart by catastrophic floods are asking if those in power are taking the threat seriously.
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Interest rates slashed for second time this year
The Bank of England has cut interest rates again to 4.75% – although it came with a warning, that Rachel Reeves’ budget would add more inflationary pressure to the economy.
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How will Trump’s win affect Europe and Ukraine?
European leaders have had their first chance to discuss the impact of another Trump presidency at a political summit in Budapest.
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Biden pledges peaceful transition of power to Trump
The Democratic Party of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has been engaging in the bitter rituals of the loser in a democratic election.
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Exclusive: Report reveals Church of England ‘cover up’ of abuse from barrister John Smyth
Makin review says that over a forty year period John Smyth became “arguably, the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England.”
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German government in slow motion collapse
Chancellor Olaf Scholz maintained his usual unruffled exterior last night as he delivered a bitter explanation as to why he had fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
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FactCheck: six charts that explain Trump’s decisive US election win
Democratic strongholds saw large swings to Trump.
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Starmer says Trump ‘steadfast supporter’ of special relationship
Downing Street has insisted that the Prime Minister would welcome a visit by Mr Trump to the UK, after Sir Keir Starmer described him as a “steadfast supporter” of the special relationship.
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Bitcoin reaches record high after Trump election victory
Donald Trump’s victory made the Dollar, Wall Street and the crypto markets – along with his crypto-bro backers – yelp with joy, sending Bitcoin to a record high.
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Trump determined to end Ukraine war, says former National Security Council Chief of Staff
We’re joined by Fred Fleitz, who has worked for the CIA and the Department of Defence, and who worked for the National Security Council during the first Trump administration. He is now at the America First Policy Institute.
