MPs have voted against a fresh move to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The bill would have allowed adults with fewer than six months to live to apply to be given help to end their life.

It followed hours of debate and the result was close with 286 against and 270 in favour. Adam is joined by Ailbhe Rea, Political Editor of the New Statesman and Lara Spirit, Deputy Political editor of the Sunday Times to unpack the politics of the result and to reflect on the other big events in Westminster this week.

Including the moment the new Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced a fundamental shift on the government’s approach to Israel. Also, they discuss the news that Zack Polanski has been confirmed as the Green Party candidate for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election taking place next month, and whether the greens think they can win.

00:00 – Intro
00:59 – MPs vote down the assisted dying bill
06:04 – Could the state deliver assisted dying?
08:30 – Ed Miliband’s sanctions on West Bank settlers
13:14 – What the sanctions say about Miliband as foreign secretary
21:45 – The COP climate summit
28:14 – The Holborn and St Pancras by-election

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US President Donald Trump says he would offer every adult American a $5,000 payout if Republicans win both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections.

The plan would cost more than a trillion dollars, and he gave no details on how it would work or be funded.

Democrats labelled it an “empty promise” and others questioned whether such a pledge was legal or feasible.

So – is it? In this video…

00:39 – Trump’s $5,000 election pledge. What is it?
01:29 – Is it legal?
04:22 – Reaction?
05:05 – Has this happened before?
06:10 – How would it work?
07:20 – Why now?
08:49 – What are the ethics?

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“I switch the whole thing off.”

Former BBC correspondent Steve Evans reflects on his experience reporting near the World Trade Center on 9/11.

It has been 25 years since the attacks, and US President Donald Trump has said “we will never, ever forget” the victims as the country marked the anniversary.

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It’s almost 20 years since the first iPhone was released and since then more than three billion have sold worldwide, and Apple has …

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The UK had to “call out” Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank before it was “too late” to save the two-state solution, the foreign secretary has said.

Ed Milliband has announced the UK would ban the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the illegally occupied West Bank.

Israel has built around 160 settlements housing 700,000 people since then, despite all Israeli settlements in the West Bank being illegal under international law. Around 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.

Israel has responded with four “counter-measures” against the UK – including the closure of the UK consulate in Jerusalem, which is expected to shut in the next 30 days.

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