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Trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in 2021, more than 10,000 canadians died at the hands of health care professionals. thanks to the countrys legalization of euthanasia. a handful of other countries have also legalized doctor assisted dying, but often with more restrictive rules. so, canada has become something of a global testing ground for the complex ethical, medical and social issues raised ...

Ast business. powering possibilities. good day. im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. in a soaring speech before a huge crowd in warsaw, president biden frames the war in ukraine as a battle between hope and fear, between freedom and dictatorship. how that compares to vladimir putins war of aggression and new threats against the west, and what all of it means for the prospects for peace. well have live reports from warsaw, kyiv and moscow coming up. plus, ron desantis...

So, canada has become something of a global testing ground for the complex ethical, medical and social issues raised by euthanasia. my guest, dr stephanie green, is a specialist in medically assisted dying, and has overseen more than 300 deaths herself. is canada at ease with its role as assisted dying pioneer? dr stephanie green in victoria, canada. welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. its a pleasure to have you on the show, dr green.

Of formally identifying a body found in the river wyre close to where she disappeared. the mother of two was last seen walking her dog late last month. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in 2021, more than 10,000 canadians died at the hands of health care professionals. thanks to the countrys legalisation of euthanasia. a handful of other countries have also legalised doctor assisted dying, but often with more restrictive rules. so, canada has become something of ...

It is striking to me, pam, we hear this argument from republicans in congress periodically that, god, we cant put up with all this domestic spending. that was not a major part of the last campaign, right, that we need to sort of pare down these major expenditures or major defense expenditures. republicans ran the last campaign on inflation and on crime and against certain elements of new spending pioneered by the biden administration, right? stuff that was not in this bill. if we are going to ha...

To work on a bill that would block websites that lead women to go and get these abortion pills. it reminds me of other countries in the world where websites are blocked to cut back on peoples personal freedom. i wont go down that rabbit hole, but in terms of the effort, where is that effort in the court system right now and how favorable is the landscape in texas which of course has been leading the way in antichoice legislation? >> texas is very much a testing ground. -- it is the place to look...

The court system right now and how favorable is the landscape in texas which of course has been leading the way in antichoice legislation? >> texas is very much a testing ground. -- it is the place to look if you are interested and what the rest of the country could be doing a few years from now or next year on the issue of abortion. ive been watching the very closely, and one of the bills that they are drafting right now is that basically censoring the internet. saying the people in the state o...

Personal freedoms. i wont go down that rabbit hole, but in terms of those efforts, where is that effort in the court system right now, and how favorable is the landscape in texas which of course has been leading the way in anti-choice legislation. >> alex, texas is very much a testing ground. they convene once every two years, and it is the place to look if youre interesting in what the rest of the country could be doing a few years from now or next year on the issue of abortion. i have been wat...

AN historic Kendal museum which is subject to an extensive renovation programme has received funding to create a new collections gallery.

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