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Assisted dying bill to run out of time as Lords hold final debate3 hours agoRichard WheelerPolitical reporterGetty ImagesA proposed law to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales will run out of time on Friday, almost 17 months after MPs first voted in favour of it.The bill has stalled in the House of Lords after the House of Commons supported allowing terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek medical help to end their life, subject to certain safeguards.Supporters and opponents have accepted the bill will not complete all the required stages to become law in the current session of Parliament, with no further debate time allocated beyond Friday.But there is a possibility another attempt is made to introduce the proposals in the next session of Parliament, which will begin on 13 May.Several peers who support the bill have signed a letter to MPs saying the elected chamber should decide what happens next and they believe Parliament “must come to a decision on choice at the end of life as soon as possible”.They accused opponents in the Lords of using “delaying tactics” but critics have argued the bill lacks safeguards and the debates in the upper chamber have “exposed further problems”.Opponents have also written to MPs in which they accuse the backers of the bill of having “stonewalled or rejected nearly every attempt to amend or improve” it.More than 1,200 amendments were tabled in the Lords, which is believed to be a record high for a bill introduced by a backbencher.The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was supported in principle by MPs on 29 November 2024 by a majority of 55 and cleared the Commons on 20 June last year with a majority of 23.In the Lords, the bill has not cleared all its stages and Friday marks the 14th and final day of committee – which allows the legislation to be assessed line by line and for changes to be considered.Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who introduced the bill in the Commons, told the BBC she was a “mixture of feeling extremely disappointed and upset and also quite angry” that the legislation would fall in the Lords.She said she had been speaking to terminally ill people and their families and there was “a real sense of feeling let down by our democratic system after we had the hope of the bill getting through the elected chamber, that now the unelected chamber have sadly prevented this bill from becoming law”.She said there were MPs willing to take the same bill on during the next session should they be successful in the private members’ bill ballot, which can guarantee debating time on Friday sittings.Leadbeater said she hoped it would then clear the Commons again and agreement could be reached with peers over amendments.She also acknowledged the powers in the Parliament Acts could be used to prevent it falling again.Under the terms of the rarely used legislation, if an identical bill passes the Commons a second time then the Lords cannot prevent it progressing again and it would become law at the end of that second session even without peers’ approval.The Parliament Acts were last used in 2004 to push through a ban on fox hunting.Leadbeater said: “We don’t want to get to that stage, we want this to go through the normal legislative process. The It ” Sign

Trump tells BBC King’s visit to UK could ‘absolutely help’ repair relations7 hours agoSarahSmithNorth America editorUS president Donald Trump said that next week’s State Visit from King Charles III, and Queen Camilla, could help repair relationships with the UK. He’s fantastic. He’s an amazing man. The answer is absolutely yes. “I’ve known him since years, I know him very well,” he said. “He is a brave and great man. They would be a positive. The King will have a private meeting with the president and also deliver an address to Congress. After two days in Washington DC, they will travel to New York, Virginia and Bermuda before returning to the UK. The Trump-Starmer relationship is over? Starmer says he’s acting for the national interest following Trump criticism. The two leaders appear to be at odds over the war with Iran and the prime minister is under increasing pressure for his decision to appoint Sir Keir as UK ambassador to America. In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump stated that Lord Mandelson was a “really bad pick”, but the prime minister still had “plenty time to recover”. When asked what he meant, Trump replied: “If he opens the North Sea and his immigration policies become strong, which they are not right now, he can recuperate, but if he does not, I don’t believe he has a shot.” “Trump has repeatedly urged the UK to increase oil extraction in the North Sea. Sir Keir told broadcasters that he bases his decisions on what is in the British national interests and not on what others say or do. “That’s why I decided that we wouldn’t be dragged into a war in Iran,” said Sir Keir. “I won’t be distracted or deflected by what anyone else says. “ReutersTrump also criticised the UK and other allies for their response to Iran war. He has said that he is “not satisfied” with the level support offered by the UK. Sir Keir, on the other hand, has repeatedly stated that the country will not enter a wider conflict. I didn’t, of course. “We’ve destroyed Iran’s military,” he added. “I didn’t require anyone. “I wanted to test whether or not they were involved,” Trump said. He described his calls for allies’ support as “more of an experiment”. Trump was also asked if his threat earlier this month that “a civilisation will die tonight unless Iran agrees to a deal” was about nuclear weapons. The comment was widely condemned by many, including the Pope, UN chief and Sir Keir. Trump said, “The other side wants to make a deal.” “So, whatever I say or do, it seems to work very well. “Towards the end the phone interview, President Trump also mentioned his multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC.He’s suing over how a Panorama documentary edited different sections of a talk he gave on 6 January 2021. Trump warned the BBC to be “very cautious” or else it could “destroy its reputation”. The BBC has previously apologized to Trump for the Panorama edit but rejected his demands of compensation. The BBC has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that there is no basis for any defamation claims. A BBC spokesperson said that the BBC would vigorously defend the case. Later on Thursday, Trump warned the UK of a new tariff on the UK if they did not drop their 2% digital service tax on large US technology firms. “We’ve looked at it and we could meet that very easily by putting a large tariff on the UK. They better be careful,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.BBC News contacted Downing Street to comment.Sign up for our Royal Watch Newsletter to receive the latest royal stories every week. Sign up here if you are not in the UK.UK Royal FamilyQueen CamillaDonald Donald TrumpKing CharlesIII

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Sunak says AI is flattening jobs for young people. “There are many reasons to worry and consider the future.” But we are able to do something about this,” he said.Sunak suggested rebalancing the tax system by abolishing National Insurance “over time” and replacing with it with taxes on corporate profits.These, he said, would be boosted by productivity and efficiencies in deploying AI.Sunak said it is becoming tougher for young people to get jobs in service sectors such as law, accountancy and the creative industries.Meanwhile, he said chief executives are telling him that “flat is the new up”. Sunak said that chief executives are telling him that “flat is the new up”. “That’s the reason I think we need to take this issue seriously and with purpose. “The former chancellor said to BBC Newsnight that we should be thinking about how we can tip the balance towards AI being used in a positive way…to help people do their job better [rather then replacing them]. Sunak, who is also a senior adviser at Goldman Sachs, said that concerns about the development of Mythos showed that “we shouldn’t rely on companies to mark their own homework”. Anthropic announced a new AI model called Claude Mythos earlier this month. The company said that the tool could outperform humans in some hacking and cybersecurity tasks. This prompted discussions by regulators and legislators about the dangers that it could pose to digital service. Sunak, a senior advisor at Goldman Sachs said that concerns about the development showed that “we shouldn’t He said that people often try to bring us down or say things aren’t going well, but there are many reasons to be confident and proud in this area. “We are an AI power no matter how you look at it. “He said the UK had the opportunity to be the world’s foremost productive user of AI in the world, on top of now significant presence of companies such as Deepmind, Anthropic and OpenAI in Britain.What is Claude Mythos and what risks does it pose?Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm AnthropicGraduate unemploymentArtificial intelligenceUK taxesEmploymentRishi Sunak