A right-to-die bill was approved in the first reading in France’s lower house, marking a first step in the long process of legislation passage.
The bill’s passage was approved on Tuesday by 305 lawmakers in the National Assembly, but 199 deputies opposed it because it would allow patients to receive medical assistance until certain circumstances are met.
President Emmanuel Macron supports the text, but some conservative organizations object to it.
Macron praised the bill’s passage as “an important step” in “the path of fraternity” in a statement on X.
Macron wrote that the vote on legislation to promote palliative care and assisted dying is a crucial step. The path of fraternity that I hoped for is gradually opening up in light of my sensibilities, doubts, and hopes.
[Stephane de Sakutin/AFP] Results are displayed on a screen.
The French Senate will hear the legislation for further discussion. Given France’s lengthy and challenging parliamentary process, a definitive vote on the measure might require several months. The Senate has the final say, according to the National Assembly.
More than 90 percent of French people support laws that grant people who have terminal illnesses or endure endless suffering the right to die, according to polls that indicate the legislation will eventually pass.
According to the proposed legislation, assisted dying entitles people to use lethal drugs in certain circumstances. They may take it themselves, or those who are unable to do so by themselves may seek medical advice from a doctor or nurse.
strict guidelines
Patients would need to be French citizens or live in France to receive benefits.
A team of medical professionals would need to verify that the patient is seeking lethal medication of their own free will and that she is “at an advanced or terminal stage” of a serious and incurable illness.
Patients with severe psychiatric conditions and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease are not eligible.
After reflecting for a while, someone would make the request for lethal medication and confirm it.
A doctor would issue a prescription for the lethal medication if it was approved, and it could be taken at home, in a nursing facility, or elsewhere.
According to a report from 2023, the majority of French people support end-of-life options, and opinion polls showed growing support for end-of-life options.
Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly abruptly slowed the first-year political debate in parliament, causing France to plunge into a months-long political crisis.
After a fantastic season, Barcelona’s teenage star Lamine Yamal announced on Tuesday that she would stay with the Catalan giants until 2031.
The 17-year-old winger is already a key player for the club and contributed to their success with the domestic success of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Spanish Super Cup.
The Catalan club announced in a statement that Barcelona and Lamine Yamal have reached a contract extension agreement that will take effect on June 30, 2031.
The strength of Barca’s project is demonstrated by Lamine Yamal’s renewal, the statement read. His entry into the world football scene, which he made debut on April 29, 2023, was a milestone for the youngster.
He is one of Barcelona’s best-paid players, according to Spanish media reports.
In 55 matches across all competitions during a sensational campaign, Yamal scored 18 goals and contributed 25 assists to Spain’s victory at Euro 2024 last summer.
As Barca reclaimed the title from Real Madrid this year by scoring 102 league goals with the help of Yamal’s skill and speed while playing on the right flank.
At the age of 15, Yamal made his debut under Xavi Hernandez in 2023, graduating from the club’s highly regarded La Masia youth academy, which is frequently compared to Lionel Messi’s all-time best player.
He had become the team’s main attacking force by the end of the 2023-24 campaign, making him the difference-making player in a poor campaign that saw Barca leave with no goals.
Yamal perfected Flick’s attacking style after his heroics at the Euros, which showed he had advanced to the top of the game.
Yamal put together two outstanding Champions League semi-final performances against Inter Milan, but they must now wait for a 7-6 aggregate result.
After the game, Yamal pledged, “I will keep my promise and I will bring the Champions League trophy to Barcelona. We won’t stop until we get it.”
The winger has already played for Barcelona more than 100 times in his youth.
In the last few days, Yamal and team-mate Raphinha signed contact extensions, following team-mate Flick and Raphinha, who turns 18 in July.
According to Spanish media reports, his contract includes a significant pay raise, as well as a number of bonuses for various accomplishments, including winning the Ballon d’Or.
Yamal could become the world’s best player this year and claim the title.
In the gruesome middle of the day, thousands of Palestinians have clambered over fences and pushed through crowded crowds to get supplies for life-savings, illuminating the magnitude of the humanitarian disaster that Israel’s three-month aid blockade has caused in Gaza.
As desperate crowds struggled to get to the Israeli-Israel food distribution point on its first day of operation while Israeli military gunfire rumbled in the background as military helicopters flew overhead.
Long lines of people poured into a large open field where the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) had been stacked in television footage from Rafah in southern Gaza. Later, as people made their way to the GHF distribution point, they were spotted tearing down fences as they desperately needed Palestinians, including children and women.
“We have been starving for a long time. We must provide food for our children. What other options do we have? A Palestinian father told Al Jazeera, “I could do anything to feed them.”
Even though it meant taking a risk, we watched as people ran, and we followed them. Fear, however, is not as bad as starvation.
Palestinians who have been forced to leave the country on May 27, 2025, with a box of food from a US-backed foundation [AFP] promise to distribute aid to the western region of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military claimed that its forces did not fire at the aid distribution center as it was attacked by thousands of Palestinians, but instead instead used warning shots in an area close to it. It stated in a statement that the situation had been given control and that aid distribution would continue as planned.
In light of persistent hunger and Israeli bombing of civilians, including children, Gaza officials claimed Israel was ignoring the need to provide aid.
The Government Media Office in Gaza stated in a statement following the mayhem that “what happened today is conclusive evidence of the occupation’s failure to manage the humanitarian crisis it purposefully created through a policy of starvation, siege, and bombing.”
Despite claims that the new organization lacked the experience or ability to help more than two million Palestinians in Gaza, GHF, a foundation supported by the US and supported by Israel, delivered its aid to Gaza.
According to the UN and other aid organizations, the organization violates humanitarian law and could cause Palestinians to flee their homes as a result of the country’s limited distribution of aid.
Reckless, inhumane plan:
Seeing thousands of Palestinians storm the aid facility was “heartbreaking,” according to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
He told reporters, “We and our partners have a detailed, principled, and operationally sound plan supported by member states to provide aid to a desperate population.” We continue to emphasize the importance of carrying out humanitarian operations in a meaningful way to stop famine and provide for all civilians wherever they are.
The unpredictable hunger that was gripping Gaza was highlighted by the chaos. 1.95 million people in the enclave are experiencing acute food shortages, according to the most recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report.
Palestinians open a box filled with food and supplies for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s distribution on May 27, 2025 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]
Aid organizations have been making frequent warnings that Israel is using Gaza’s starvation as a weapon of war.
The Norwegian Refugee Council’s spokesperson, Ahmed Bayram, told Al Jazeera, “This is not how aid is done,” describing the situation in Rafah as the “inevitable consequence of a reckless and inhumane plan.”
“These are the scenes that we have been warning about for a long time.” It created chaos. It created confusion. And he claimed that this was the outcome.
“I believe the best thing to do right now is to cancel this plan, reverse it, and let us professional humanitarians from the UN and NGOs carry out our duties,” she said. Aid is in the pipeline across the border in abundance. The decision is [open the gates and keep them open.]
Israel appointed the GHF as the principal distributor of aid following back-channel meetings between Israeli-linked officials and business figures. Israel has also prevented Israel from donating money to the UN and other international organizations.
Despite being portrayed as a neutral body, the GHF’s close ties to Israel and the US have drawn widespread condemnation. The foundation’s former head abruptly resigned this week, citing the foundation’s failure to uphold “neutrality, impartiality, and independence,” its foundation’s core human rights principle.
The GHF came from “private meetings of like-minded officials, military officers, and businesspeople with close ties to the Israeli government,” according to a report in The New York Times.
Israel has stated that it does not control the physical distribution of aid, but that it supports the system’s use of biometric screening, including facial recognition, to assess the status of the recipients. It is feared by Palestinians as yet another Israeli surveillance and repression tool.
Critics have also warned that the GHF’s structure and the aid concentration in southern Gaza could lead to the Israeli military’s planned depopulation of northern Gaza.
This is undoubtedly not enough.
The GHF has set up only four “mega-sites” for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, compared to the previous UN-led distribution network, which ran about 400 sites across the strip.
According to Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, many of the food parcels distributed in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza were insufficient to provide for families.
Khoudary described a typical food box that contained four kilograms (8.8 pounds) of flour, two cans of fava beans, two tea bags, and some biscuits. Lentils and soup were present in small quantities in other food packages.
Khoudary claimed the 8, 000 food boxes, which the GHF claimed amounted to 462, 000 meals, would hardly last for a single family for very long.
In a brand-new era of “dangerous and uncertain” times, King Charles III of Canada’s Parliament delivered a rare royal speech praising the nation’s sovereignty.
The alleged “Speak from the Throne” on Tuesday was a historic moment. It marked Charles’ first official address from Canada since becoming king, and Charles’ third official speech that kicked off the parliamentary session was delivered by a British monarch, not a lower official.
Charles sought to explain the occasion in an Ottawa Senate address as occurring during a similarly historic “epoch.” The disruptive policies of US President Donald Trump, who threatened to make Canada the “51st state” of the US, dominated the statements.
In 1957, in the wake of World War II and as the Cold War grew, the king brought back Queen Elizabeth II, his mother, who had delivered the first “Speech from the Throne.”
He claimed that the Vietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the start of the war on terror have all been historical landmarks in the decades since.
“Canada is in a critical position right now. Since World War II, there has never been a more dangerous and uncertain place in the world. Canada is dealing with difficulties that are unheard of in our lifetimes.
What were the main conclusions of the speech?
Sovereignty
Although only once in the speech was directly mentioning the Trump administration, a significant portion of the policies have been implemented since Trump took office on January 20.
In his opening statements, Charles and his wife Camilla described “Canadians coming together in a renewed sense of national pride, unity, and hope” as “a deep sense of pride.”
The government is working to “protect Canada’s sovereignty,” he said, adding that the government is rebuilding, rearming, and reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces and strengthening alliances with Europe. “Democracy, pluralism, the rule of law, self-determination, and freedom are values that Canadians hold dear.
Justin Vovk, a royal historian at McMaster University in Ontario, said the speech added pressure to Canada as it was under US pressure. Charles would have had to “approve the speech,” even though the address was actually written by Canada’s government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Vovk remarked that he would have acknowledged his ease in repeating his words. It also affirmed that Canada does have its own identity on the global stage and that it is continuing to support its commitment to international cooperation.
Trade war
Vovk noted that Charles’ speech was notable for its careful treatment of the US, which was far from a tirade against Trump. That was especially true when Trump made references to the tensions that they have caused for the two long-term trading partners, particularly with regard to their tariffs on Canada.
Early on, Charles acknowledged that “the system of open global trade, which has contributed to Canadian prosperity for decades, is changing. The relationship between Canada and its partners is also changing.
After completing a two-day visit to Ottawa, Canada, King Charles of Great Britain reviews the departure guard.
In his only direct reference to Trump, Charles later praised the strengthening of Canada-US ties as an example of the new opportunities created by change.
He claimed that “the president of the United States and the prime minister of Canada have begun to define a new economic and security relationship between the two countries, which is based on mutual respect and has shared goals to deliver transformal benefits to both sovereign nations.”
According to historian Vovk, Vovk said that the speech struck that balance and was “actually quite remarkable.”
He claimed that there was a lot of emphasis on Canadian-American cooperation. Donald Trump should or will likely be pleased about a lot of the speech, he said.
Border problems
Trump’s mention of US-Canada border issues is one of the most notable messages.
Trump had demanded that Canada retaliate against immigration and drug trafficking, particularly fentanyl, at the border before imposing 25% tariffs on many Canadian goods.
Only 27 kg (59 pounds) of fentanyl were seized at the US-Canada border between 2022 and 2024, accounting for 0.1 percent of the drug’s seizures during that time, according to Canadian government data, making the pressure campaign extremely misguided.
Charles praised the soon-to-be-introduced legislation that would “enhance security at Canada’s borders.”
He added that law enforcement and intelligence agencies will have “new tools” to stop the flow of fentanyl and its precursors.
Charles also made reference to immigration, claiming that the government of Canada would “bring balance” to the situation.
That was in line with Carney’s campaign promise, which was to counteract opposition to former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s immigration policies.
domestically speaking,
The newly elected prime minister’s speech also addressed other important issues, including the Liberal Party’s 170 seats in the 343-member House of Commons in April, which the party won.
Charles cited Carney’s plan to ramp up construction of modular and prefabricated housing as well as the nation’s housing crisis. He cited efforts to “remove barriers to trade and labor mobility” across Canada’s 13 provinces.
He also made reference to energy projects’ plans to speed up energy development, claiming that the changes will “unleash a new era of growth that will ensure we don’t just survive ongoing trade wars, but emerge from them stronger than ever.”
Charles also cited the importance of Indigenous groups like the Metis and the Inuit, whose many agreements with the Crown date before Canada’s 1867 founding. He backed the groups’ ongoing efforts to “reparate” historical harm, or repair it, with the Canadian government.
The monarch proclaimed, “It is my great hope that in each of your communities and as a country as a whole, a path is found toward truth and reconciliation in both word and deed.”
First Nations people from the First Nations are present at the Parliament of Canada’s Ottawa, Canada, on May 27, 2025.
In recent months, Brooklyn Beckham has been making headlines as he distanced himself from his family and recently declared that he would “always choose Nicola Peltz.”
Victoria and David Beckham’s hope for Harper as Brooklyn and Nicola feud spirals(Image: INSTAGRAM)
Victoria and David Beckham are reportedly hoping that their youngest child, Harper Seven, can help with the ongoing family feud with Brooklyn Beckham and his wife, Nicola Peltz. Brooklyn, who recently said he would ‘always choose Nicola’, has been hitting headlines in recent months as he distanced himself from his family.
Brooklyn’s absence from his father’s famous 50th birthday celebrations last month has raised the strain between the family and the couple, despite the family’s continued silence regarding the conflict. According to a source close to the couple, Nicola has finally been able to “see the emotional abuse and toxic behavior within his family” (ps.
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Victoria and David are reportedly hoping Harper’s birthday will help heal the rift(Image: Instagram/victoriabeckham)
However, a source close to the Beckhams said it was “bit rich” for Nicola’s friends to give lectures on toxic behavior. She had previously described the accusations as “deeply unpleasant and patently untrue.”
The Beckhams are reportedly hoping that Harper’s upcoming 14th birthday in July will help to repair the rift. The famous couple are hoping the dispute will be settled by this summer, according to the source.
Brooklyn shared the advice he had given his 13-year-old sister Harper in an old interview conducted before the general public became aware of the family rift.
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Nicola and Brooklyn have been the centre of feud rumours(Image: Getty Images)
Find that one thing you love and rest your head down, he said, adding, “Find that one thing you love and don’t listen to anyone.”
The Beckhams’ relationship with both Brooklyn and Nicola is said to be particularly affected by the potential impact of this conflict on Harper, who has a long history of enmity with both.
Peltz frequently referred to Harper as “my younger sister” in affectionate posts on Instagram, sharing numerous pictures and praising the teen.
Brooklyn shared a post last week that reiterated his commitment to Nicola, which appeared to have worsened the rift.
He wrote on Instagram, “I always choose you baby, you’re the most amazing person in the world, me and you forever baby,” in a vow to allegiance to his wife.
Brooklyn’s younger brother Cruz, 20, appeared to show parents support shortly after.
He wrote, “I love my family,”’ in a personal post. I can’t tell you how blessed we are to have you in our lives, but I love you guys more than anything. You gave us life and cared for us no matter what.
The Mirror have reached out to David and Victoria’s reps for comment.
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James McEachin, a frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood and Perry Mason, passed away at the age of 94. The actor passed away in January, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and has been buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery since April.
The Columbo actor is best known for his roles in Clint Eastwood’s films Bluff (1968), Play Misty for Me (1971), Every Which Way But Loose (1978), and Sudden Impact (1983). James also appeared in numerous television shows, including Ironside, Tenafly, Dragnet, It Takes a Thief, Mannix, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, and All in the Family. Between 1986 and 1995, he also acted as Lt. Ed Brock on television with Hal Holbrook and Raymond Burr.
James passed away at the age of 94 (MediaNews Group via Getty Images).
On the first season of Matlock, he reprised the role of police lieutenant Frank Daniels. On The Rockford Files with James Garner, he also portrayed FBI agent David Shore.
James appeared as a guest on Hill Street Blues, Emergency!, Columbo, TJ Hooker, St Elsewhere, Murder, She Wrote, and Police Story. He also wrote a number of books and was an actor.
In addition to his books, Tell Me a Tale: A Novel of the Old South, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, Farewell to the Mockingbirds, The Heroin Factor, Say Goodnight to the Boys in Blue, and Swing Low My Sweet Chariot: The Ballad of Jimmy Mack, a memoir, were published in 1996.
James and Westside Medical (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
James served in the military before beginning acting. He nearly passed away as one of only two survivors of the ambush of his unit in Korea, according to reports.
He wasn’t even aware that he had won a prize for his service until a congressman in California discovered his Silver Star years later.
He also received his Purple Heart at that time. Before beginning to produce music, he worked as a police officer and fireman when he returned to the United States.
Fans were dejected by the news, and one person expressed condolences on social media, posting: “Sorry that actor #JamesMcEachin has passed. He had a strong musical background and was a prolific performer.
In “Play Misty for Me,” Eastwood’s directing debut, he sort of brought both careers together in my favorite role of his, Clint Eastwood’s fellow radio d. j.
#RIP James McEachin He excelled in his two “All in the Family” guest roles as private detective Harry Tenafly on one of those “NBC Mystery Movie” shows and as Lt. Ed Brock in the Perry Mason telefilms, “another posted.” He was a real-life, decorated war hero.
His wife, Lois, who he unionized in 1960, passed away in July 2017.
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