Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 18:30
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
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Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 18:30
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
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What happens next to the bill on assisted dying?

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 18:28
MPs have backed a change in the law, but the measure still faces many hurdles before coming into force.
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'Focus on palliative care not assisted dying'

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 14:12
Doctor Mike Blabin tells the BBC the sector is desperately underfunded despite facing huge demand.
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How assisted dying has spread across the world and how laws differ

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 12:48
About 300 million people have access to some form of assisted dying - what are the policies of other countries?
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Rantzen did not expect to see assisted dying bill

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/29/2024 - 09:07
Dame Esther says she thought she would be "long gone" by the time MPs debated assisted dying.
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Hope, fear, faith and love: Four people on why assisted dying vote matters

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/28/2024 - 20:41
For the first time in nearly a decade, MPs will debate and vote on the issue of assisted suicide.
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Assisted dying bill about right to choose - minister

Health News BBC - Sun, 11/24/2024 - 17:46
Labour’s cabinet remains divided on how to vote on Friday’s bill to legalise assisted dying.
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Cop29: US out, China in - the future of climate talks?

Scientific News BBC - Fri, 11/22/2024 - 15:07
What it means for the global climate effort if another superpower comes to the fore, just as Trump steps back
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Sixth foreign tourist dies of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/22/2024 - 15:01
Holly Bowles died in hospital more than a week after first falling ill in a Laos tourist town.
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Fake alcohol deaths highlight SE Asia's methanol problem

Health News BBC - Fri, 11/22/2024 - 12:29
The deaths of five tourists after apparently drinking tainted drinks highlight the wider issue of bootleg alcohol.
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Briton Simone White dies after suspected mass poisoning in Laos

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 21:44
The 28-year-old lawyer becomes the fifth person to die from suspected methanol poisoning.
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Contraceptive pills recalled in South Africa after mix-up

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 21:35
A faulty batch of Yaz Plus means some packs contain only four active pills rendering them ineffective.
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NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid - Hancock

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 19:58
Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".
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NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid - Hancock

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 19:58
Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".
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NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid - Hancock

Health News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 19:58
Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out - "and it was awful".
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1 000 and 4 000 Days of Russia’s War Against Ukraine

StopFake.org - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 18:01
By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s war against Ukraine started in 2014 with the invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea. Russia engineered the war in Eastern Ukraine and later annexed parts of Donbas and other regions in South-east Ukraine against international laws. Soon, 4 000 days will have passed. Russia started the full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, having fabricated a casus belli. The largest war in Europe since […]
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Fury at climate talks over ‘backsliding’ on fossil fuels

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 14:06
Countries are split at UN climate summit over funding and commitments to reducing fossil fuel use.
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Is nuclear power gaining new energy?

Scientific News BBC - Thu, 11/21/2024 - 03:03
Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
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Fighting disinformation in Central Europe: showing StopFake’s best practices in Poland, Warsaw

StopFake.org - Wed, 11/20/2024 - 23:10
StopFake is proud to announce Warsaw as our next stop! It’s an amazing opportunity to learn more about fake news, how to spot it and how to counter disinformation. This year, StopFake is celebrating its 10th anniversary. To celebrate, the famous Ukraine-based team of fact-checkers has teamed up with Google News Initiative to go on […]
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