内容摘要：President Mahamat Déby said he has told his government to "act in accordance with the principles of reciprocity" and has suspended issuing visas to US citizens.

President Mahamat Déby said he has told his government to "act in accordance with the principles of reciprocity" and has suspended issuing visas to US citizens.

The two MPs have added their names to a growing list of their colleagues who have suggested they will switch sides including: Tory former minister George Freeman, Tory MPs Mike Wood and Andrew Snowden, Lib Dem Brian Matthew, Labour's Jonathan Hinder, Reform UK chief whip Lee Anderson and ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe.Labour MP Debbie Abrahams and Tory MP Charlie Dewhirst, who abstained previously, will vote against.

Labour's Karl Turner, who voted in favour at second reading, is now abstaining.Tory MP David Davis has not announced how he plans to cast his next vote, but has publicly backed a number of amendments that would make sweeping changes to the bill.Some MPs have also changed their stance, by supporting the bill. Minister Chris Bryant is understood to be backing it, having abstained in November. Labour MP Jack Abbott, who voted against last November, is also now likely to vote in favour.

Others who were hesitantly supportive are now more firmly in favour.Liz Saville Roberts, the leader of Plaid Cymru at Westminster, said she was initially concerned but supported the principle of assisted dying.

"I think the safeguards have got stronger," she said. "They have been improved through the bill committee and through the evidence that we heard."

One of the changes made as the bill was scrutinised was allowing Senedd members a vote on whether it will apply in Wales.The by-election result follows a difficult period for Scottish Labour since it swept the SNP aside in last summer's general election.

The party had seen its support drop in the polls, with some suggesting Reform could beat Labour to second place in next year's Holyrood elections.Ahead of the vote, First Minister John Swinney had claimed that the by-election was a "two-horse race" between the SNP and Reform.

But his party's candidate, Katy Loudon, endured her third election defeat in the area - having lost out to Labour's Michael Shanks at the 2024 general election andAfter the result, Swinney said his party had "made progress since the election last year but not enough".