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Opponents have voiced concerns that vulnerable people could be coerced into ending their lives. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. The noes to the left, 330. The last time mps voted on assisted dying was nearly ten years aGo they opposed changing the law. But a new set of mps will get a new vote in the coming months, after labours Kim Leadbeater came top in a ballot that gives backbench mps time in the commons to propose laws, and said she would put it forward. I also think there is a real sense within parliament that now is the time for this debate. As i say, its nearly ten yea...

was in the remote gansu province. tremors were also felt in the neighbouring qinghai region. a second magnitude 5.2 quake struck neighbouring xinjiang hours later on tuesday. more than 250 people have been injured. rescuers are braving freezing weather — with temperatures below minus 13 celsius — to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. we spoke earlier to matthew blackett, associate professor of natural hazards of coventry university on why this shallow earthquake had such an impact on this remote region. it ...

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. after weeks of intense earthquake activity in the south—west of iceland, this volcano finally erupted late last night. the length of the crack you can see here is more than two miles long. the eruption is close to the fishing town of grindavik, which was evacuated last month, though so far the lava seems to be flowing away from it. for now, the eruption is not expected to halt international air travel as it did in 2010. our correspondent nick beake joins us from near the town of vogar at the edge of the exclusion zone now. sophie, it...