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The Assisted Dying Bill (Likely) to Become Law
June 20, 2025 · 6 min

In today’s episode, we cover UK MPs approving assisted dying legislation, Europe pushing for diplomacy with Iran, a security breach at the UK’s largest air base, and divisions over a new NATO spending target

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Sources:

✍️ Britain Approves Assisted Dying

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg4ry0pge4kt?page=3https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/06/20/assisted-dying-terminally-ill-adults-bill-house-of-commons/

✍️ Europe Pushes for Diplomacy with Iran

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/europeans-try-coax-iran-back-diplomacy-trump-considers-strikes-2025-06-20/ https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-iran-war-latest-06-20-2025-7c3307c446da24fb8f8ac038e93b9b85 

✍️ Security Breach at UK’s Largest Air Base

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/pro-palestine-protesters-deface-two-aircraft-raf-brize-nortonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx24nppdx0lo 

✍️ Upcoming NATO Summit

https://apnews.com/article/nato-defense-spending-budgets-trump-summit-2be81058f43461cb431747d2b964a8f0https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/19/spains-pm-pedro-sanchez-rejects-natos-5-of-gdp-spending-plan-as-unreasonable 

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