Eluana Englaro died on Monday. She’d spent the last 17 years in a coma after a car crash. She passed away three days after doctors removed her feeding tubes.
Silvio Berlusconi says she was “killed”, Italian bishops agree with him.
Her father Beppino had campaigned to let his daughter die peacefully.
Hi my name is Leana and I’m a producer on Newshour. Our programme has a great reputation for getting world leaders and opinion makers on air. But I’ve had a particularly obstructive day with the government of Gabon. I wanted to share my experience with you and get your opinions on it. This is the story that they didn’t want to talk about:
Continue reading ‘Gabon and on’
We thought you might like to see how the show looks as it’s going out. This is the first few minutes of yesterday’s programme.
That’s Madeleine on the mobile phone. She’s talking back to the team in London. And Rohan is to her right. He’s our engineer and makes sure the mic levels are fine and that our feed to London is OK.
Update: turn out up so far. We’ll see if all those saying they wouldn’t vote are changing their mind. Have just got back from a polling station – where those voters still seemed muted about what their vote would achieve.
Photostream updated through Israeli election day.
Original post: I wouldn’t describe this country as being gripped by election fever. Continue reading ‘On air: Do Israelis care enough about their democracy?’
None of the four leading parties (Likud, Kadima, Yisrael Beiteinu and Labor) opposed the Gaza offensive, and Likud would have continued it. Continue reading ‘On air in Israel: Why is compromise not on the agenda?’
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