内容摘要："For those with neurodegenerative conditions, in their last six months, it may be too late for them to engage in the process of applying."

"For those with neurodegenerative conditions, in their last six months, it may be too late for them to engage in the process of applying."

Here’s all you need to know.10.7m, same as Honduras

It’s the only battleground state that Donald Trump won in 2020 so if Democrats were to flip it, his task becomes a lot harder.Trump by 74,000 votes.North Carolina is faithfully Republica, but Democrats almost won it in 2020 partly because of the state’s black voters, a group they have heavily targeted again this year.

Democrats in North Carolina are excited to have Harris as their presidential nominee, the first black and south-east Asian woman in the role. “Everybody is energised and feels like we have a good chance,” says Michael Sutton, 70. William Overton, 85, is frustrated that abortion laws today “are worse than the 1950s”.Republicans say their top issues are the economy and inflation, followed by immigration. “What we’ve seen the past four years is terrible,” says Zena Rose, a small business owner in Johnston County.

For Democrats to win North Carolina, they will need high turnout from the state’s black voters, says Michael Bitzer, chair of the Catawba University Department of Politics, especially in the state’s more populous metros like Raleigh and Charlotte, and in the eastern rural parts of the state. Another key group Democrats need to see in high numbers are voters under the age of 43 - which Mr Bitzer says compose 42% of all registered North Carolina voters.

For Republicans to win, they need their party’s voters to continue registering at higher rates and voting in larger numbers than Democrats. Two things might challenge that, Mr Bitzer says. One factor is whether the 250,000 moderate Republicans who voted for Nikki Haley in the primary support Harris or choose not to vote. The second factor is Hurricane Helene, which destroyed much of the western part of the state in predominantly Republican areas.Roz Savage, the Liberal Democrat MP for South Cotswolds, said assisted dying should be "patient-led, not doctor-led".

"To my mind, it would be very wrong for a doctor, or indeed anybody, to suggest to a person that they should seek assisted dying," she said."I support the bill because it gives people choice, and this most important choice of their lives should not be in response to undue influence."

Under the bill, the right to an assisted death will be granted to adults with less than six months to live, provided their request is approved by two doctors and a High Court judge.MPs supported the proposed law change on Friday in the first Commons vote on the issue in nearly a decade, following an emotional debate in the chamber.