Campaigners attempt to change UK law on assisted suicide

In the UK, it is against the law to assist or encourage someone to take their own life and doing so can result in a maximum prison sentence of 14 years. Parliament rejected an assisted bill nine years ago but since the UK is now under a new government, campaigners are trying to change this law to allow terminally ill adults with less than six months left to live the right to an assisted death, if approved by two doctors.

Also in the programme: Breakdancing is making its debut as an Olympic sport at the 2024 games in Paris and we hear from Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of the Israeli American hostage held by Hamas since October 7th Sagui Dekel-Chen, who spoke to NewsHour.

Joining presenter Krupa Padhy are Paige McLanahan, an American journalist and author based in France and Carne Ross, a writer and former UK diplomat.

(Picture: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, July 24, 2024. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS)