40 minutes ago MPs will vote, but there is a better way to decide who has the right to die | Rafael Behr

In an age of cynicism and mistrust, politicians must work harder to involve the public in difficult decisionsWhen MPs vote this Friday on assisted dying, they will be trying to answer two questions folded into one. First comes the ethical choice. Is it ever permissible for one person to help someone else take their own life? Then comes the regulatory challenge. Under what conditions might that permission be granted in law?It isn’t easy to separate those considerations. Sometimes you have to work through scenarios of implementation before arriving at a view on the prior principle. But when legislation is being drafted, the two questions must logically be answered in sequence, not in parallel. When and how are only relevant debates if the answer to the question of whether assisted dying c...

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Written neatly on a notebook page adorned with doodles, 30-year-old Hannah Kobayashi had set down everything she'd planned to do on a 4,900 mile 'bucket-list' trip from Hawaii to New York.

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7 hours ago Ruthless Arsenal answer Mikel Arteta's call with statement win to ignite season

Gunners find their clinical streak away in the Champions League at last to firmly restate trophy credentials

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8 hours ago Mikel Arteta gets exactly what he wanted as Arsenal smash Sporting to end rotten run

SPORTING LISBON 1-5 ARSENAL: Mikel Arteta watched on with glee as his team made a mockery of their struggles on the road in Europe by putting Manchester City's conquerors to the sword

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8 hours ago Saka and Arsenal blow away Sporting to banish doubts on road in Europe

This was some response to charges of being shot shy. Arsenal’s lack of cutting edge on foreign trips had been the pre-match talking point but it turned out they had saved up a hiding for the continent’s form team.Sporting had no answer to a masterful first-half display that was reflected accurately by strikes from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Magalhães, all of whom exposed a grievously flaky backline. While the hosts were given hope by Gonçalo Inácio early in a more competitive second period they had too much to do. Arsenal went back through the gears when it mattered, Bukayo Saka’s penalty and a Leandro Trossard header dealing their ambitions of swift passage to the knockout stage a significant boost. Continue reading...

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9 hours ago Spice Girls left 'fuming' as Geri Halliwell blocks ambitious TV drama about their lives

The creators of Netflix smash hit The Crown reportedly want to make a TV show about the Spice Girls - but a report has suggested that the project has been nixed by Ginger Spice

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12 hours ago Drake claims label should have refused to release ‘Not Like Us’ instead of letting Kendrick attack his ‘character’

The Canadian rapper is doubling down on his claims over the smash hit diss track calling him a pedophile

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13 hours ago CCTV shows moment thugs "smash and ransack" Whitefield salon leaving owner feeling "scared and vulnerable"

“I was in shock when police knocked on my door at around 2.40am to tell me what had happened. I felt sick, scared and vulnerable."

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