hello, i'm martine croxall. french police say eight people died overnight trying to cross the channel to england. their rubber boat was overloaded, with more than 50 people on board. it got into difficulty north of boulogne, at ambleteuse, shortly after setting off. so far this year, 45 people have died trying to make the journey. that's the highest number since 2021. leigh milner has the latest. it's here on this beach, near the town of ambleteuse, where eight people were declared dead last night after a small boat started to sink not long after leaving the coast of france.

translation: the vessel - departed from the slack sector near the town of wimereux. it quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed on the rocks directly in front of where we are now. a total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the un's international organisation for migration. sir keir starmer is expected to meet the italian prime minister in rome tomorrow to discuss italy's offshore processing plan, where asylum seekers are sent to albania. speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign secretary david lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that they have

developed notjust with albania but upstream schemes with syria and libya as well. his comments were met with criticism from the shadow home secretary. we've seen fatalities of illegal channel crossings going up, we have seen the numbers coming up, because the very first action of this labour government was to scrap an international partnership which was determined migrants, we know this because those migrants told us so. this latest incident comes less than two weeks after 12 people including six children and a pregnant woman died when a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank in what was the deadliest loss of life in the channel this year. as the investigation into what happened last night continues, so do the ongoing discussions as to what can be done to prevent further deaths. leigh milner, bbc news. enver solomon, ceo of the refugee council,

gave us his reaction to this latest channel crossing attempt. it's devastating news, just days after the tragic loss of life of 12 people, another eight people have now perished in the channel. and these deaths are not inevitable. it's important to note that. so it's important to recognise that these are people from countries like afghanistan, fleeing the taliban, from syria, fleeing bombs and bullets, they are seeking safety in the uk, seeking to be given refugee protection, and we need to look at ways of allowing them to come to the uk without having to take these dangerous journeys. let's speak to tony smith, a former director—general of the uk border force and head of border control, who's now a global border security consultant. mrsmith, thank mr smith, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what are your

observations about how these channel crossing attempts have changed of late?— changed of late? well, it is indeed tragic _ changed of late? well, it is indeed tragic that - changed of late? well, it is indeed tragic that this - changed of late? well, it is indeed tragic that this has l indeed tragic that this has happened, but i think what we seeing increasingly now is more and more of these vessels are much closer to the french beaches, and they are much more overcrowded, more people are cramming into them. they have always been unsafe, but it is getting worse, and as your report showed, record numbers are now drowning, so it is clear to me there are still a supply of migrants were willing to put their lives at risk and pay smuggling gangs to get across, but it is ever more dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to — dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to happen _ dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to happen in - dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to happen in terms i dangerous, i'm afraid. what needs to happen in terms of cooperation between the uk and france to stop these vital crossings?— france to stop these vital crossings? france to stop these vital crossinus? ~ ., , ._ crossings? well, the only way we are ever — crossings? well, the only way we are ever going _ crossings? well, the only way we are ever going to - crossings? well, the only way we are ever going to stop - crossings? well, the only way we are ever going to stop the| we are ever going to stop the boats altogether is to come to an agreement with france that any migrants picked up either in french or british territorial waters are returned immediately to france, which is

a safe country, a signatory to the i951 a safe country, a signatory to the 1951 convention. if they fear persecution, they can claim asylum in france. we need to send a clear message to smugglers that this will not work and they will not get into the uk. whether the french government or eu authorities will agree to such an arrangement is another thing, but it is a fundamental principle of maritime law that people in distress at sea should be taken back to the nearest safe place, and that clearly is france.— nearest safe place, and that clearly is france. what is your view of the — clearly is france. what is your view of the idea _ clearly is france. what is your view of the idea of _ clearly is france. what is your view of the idea of this - view of the idea of this albanian scheme, whereby people would be sent to albania for processing, something akin to what italy is doing? i processing, something akin to what italy is doing?— what italy is doing? i think the new government - what italy is doing? i think the new government here | what italy is doing? i think. the new government here has been a bit hasty in dismissing the previous plan with rwanda, because a lot of money, time and effort was invested by the british government in doing something similar, although it was offshoring, outsourcing,

meaning that people coming across the channel could be resettled in rwanda. that was dismissed out of hand, but it was a good model, and we set up a lot of facilities in rwanda to do that. i'm not sure the arrangements with albania are as well advanced, so i think they would have been wise to take a bit of a breath before immediately dismissing the rwanda plan. by all means, look at the albania plan, but it seems there is growing momentum across europe for this idea that asylum processes could be dealt with in another country, so i will be interested to see what happens with that. tony smith, thank— what happens with that. tony smith, thank you _ what happens with that. tony smith, thank you for - what happens with that. tony smith, thank you for your - what happens with that. tony smith, thank you for your time. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has warned the houthis in yemen of a heavy price after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile, launched from yemen, fell in an open area. there were no casualties. a spokesman for the houthis in yemen said the operation involved what he called a new hypersonic missile, which travelled more than 2,000km in less than 12 minutes. israel has said it is

investigating how the missile was not shot down before entering the airspace. earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams who gave me the latest on this attack. this is an interesting attack. as you say, it didn't cause any damage, but it does not appear to have been intercepted by israel's extremely sophisticated and multilayered air defence system. in fact, the israeli army in its statement said that there had been multiple efforts to shoot it down. it appears to have broken up, and the damage caused on the ground seems to have been caused by israel's own interceptor missiles. the question is, how did a ballistic missile fired from yemen reach israel, so far into israel, the furthest any yemeni ballistic missile has reached, without being intercepted ? the yemenis, in a statement this morning, the houthi rebels say that they fired a new type of hypersonic missile. they say that it travelled more than 2,000km

in 11—and—a—half minutes. now, there have been claims in the past that the yemenis either had or were developing such missiles. and clearly, if such a thing has been proven today, then that is an additional challenge for the israeli military, as it figures out how to deal with this occasional threat. as for mr netanyahu, well, he has, as you say, threatened retaliation, and he has said, in his words, those who need a reminder in this matter are invited to visit the port of hudaydah. that is a reference to israel's extremely dramatic air attack on the port of hudaydah back at the end ofjuly, which caused a huge fire in an oil storage depot and was designed to be a major signal by the israelis to the houthis not to launch any further attacks against israel.

countries across central and eastern europe are facing extreme flooding as storm boris wreaks havoc across the continent. more torrential downpours are forecast until at least the end of monday. at least four people have died in romania, one person drowned in poland, while in austria, a firefighter died tackling the floods there. several remain unaccounted for in the czech republic. the rain has mainly hit the eastern part of romania. authorities are creating displacement camps and sending emergency aid to those forced to evacuate their homes. in the czech republic, 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. the czech authorities have pleaded with people to heed calls to evacuate their homes if called to do so. some parts of poland and the czech republic faced the worst flooding in almost three decades and a bridge collapsed in this historic polish town near the czech border. let's get a picture of the situation in prague with our correspondent rob cameron. i'm here in the capital, in prague, and it looks and feels pretty bad.

but actually the situation here in prague is perhaps not as critical as elsewhere in the country. certainly in parts of north—east moravia, in cities like ostrava, towns like opava, krnov, cesky tesin, there they are evacuating thousands of people, with one town high up in the mountains, jesenik, has been completely cut off, with the roads and the railway lines completely submerged by the flood waters. so many thousands of people now are being evacuated from their homes. most people are doing so willingly. unfortunately, some people have refused to leave their homes and so now we're seeing reports of army and police helicopters circulating those villages and towns along those rivers, trying to save people who refuse to leave their homes and now find themselves stranded in them. the meteorologists say that actually we have seen something like 80% of the precipitation that was due to fall over the country this

weekend has now fallen, so perhaps the worst is now behind us here in the czech republic. but of course, four people still missing from these floods, they were swept into the river yesterday, late last night, and the authorities don't know whether they have survived. so a dramatic picture here in prague, but much worse across the country. and from poland, our correspondent in warsaw, adam easton, sent us this update. donald tusk, the prime minister of poland, has been speaking after a crisis management meeting in the south—west of the country, just by the czech border, actually, where he confirmed the first fatality, a person has drowned here in poland, and he said 1,600 residents just in the town where he was talking from, have been evacuated, and he urged people to co—operate with the emergency

services to evacuate their homes, if they are called to do so. he also said that they had lost mobile phone coverage, internet coverage, and they are having to rely on landlines for much of the communication in this area. and also, the military are being drafted in, military helicopters and transporters are being drafted in to help the people in these towns which are flooded. we've seen lots of images on social media being posted, particularly of this town where he was talking from, and another town, where the river level has broken over the makeshift sandbag embankment and has now flooded the historic town centre. the mayor of that town has made a dramatic appeal, he has said, "we're drowning, everybody evacuate to higher ground." so the situation, as i say, has deteriorated quite markedly here in poland.

now it's time for a look at today's sport with 0lly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. there are two games in the english premier league today, they kicked off about 15 minutes ago in the north london derby at tottenham. it is goalless, spurs have had a couple of decent chances, davide re are forced into a couple of pretty good saves. spurs boosted by the return of the micky van de ven in defence and domini solanke up front. arsenal without the suspended declan rice and their injured captain, martin 0degaard. the late kick—off is at molyneux. wolves have just one point from their three games so far. a win for newcastle would see them move upto third at the very least. really pleased with the start we have made in what is such a difficult league. yeah, we know we still haven't hit top gear,

we still haven't hit top gear, we have done well in different passages of each game, but not consistently through the 90 minutes, that is what we are looking to do, and about going into a spell where we are playing away from home, some difficult games, so we are preparing for that test. at this moment we will play a lot of— at this moment we will play a lot of teams who are expected to finish— lot of teams who are expected to finish high up the league, so not — to finish high up the league, so not many people outside of here _ so not many people outside of here expect us to take many points— here expect us to take many points out of the few games at the start— points out of the few games at the start of the season, but that— the start of the season, but that is— the start of the season, but that is not our expectation, our— that is not our expectation, our expectation is to give everything to show that we have -ot everything to show that we have got good — everything to show that we have got good players, a good side. mclaren�*s 0scar piastri has won a thrilling azerbaijan grand prix on the streets of baku. piastri took the lead from pole sitter charles leclerc at the halfway stage and after a race—long battle, held off the ferrari to take his second race victory this season. behind him, there was more drama as red bull's sergio perez and ferrari's carlos sainz collided with two laps

to go, handing mercedes�* george russell third, with the other mclaren of lando norris recovering to fourth after starting 15nth, finishing ahead of championship leader max verstappen. the maths is simple for great britain in the davis cup — they have to win all three of their matches against canada to reach the finals. dan evans made a very poor start to the opening rubber against denis shapovalov lolsing the first set 6—0. later, jack draper takes on felix auger—aliassime and evans will return for the doubles with neal skupski if the tie is still on the line. the final t20 between england and australia should also be taking place at old trafford in the next 15 minutes, but play looks very unliklely at the moment, it's hasn't stopped raining in manchester. some other news coming out of the england camp is that while england white—ball captainjos buttler will miss the five—match 0di series against australia as well. buttler has not played

since the t20 world cup injune because of a calf injury. harry brook will captain the side in buttler�*s absence, while liam livingstone has also been called up to the one—day squad as a replacement. and it's the final day of the solheim cup. the usa lead 10—6 going into the singles that is just underway in virginia. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. sir keir starmer has been accused of a breach of parliamentary rules relating to donations used to buy clothes for his wife from labour donor lord alli. the prime minister has now registered the gifts to lady starmer, but he didn't do it within the time that mps are expected to make such declaration. with me is our political correspondent tony bonsignore. what is the background to this?

so the background is, according to the sunday times today, lord alli cover the cost of a personal shopper, we are told, clothes, alterations for victoria starmer, the prime minister's wife. as you mentioned, you are supposed to do this within 28 days, and he didn't. what downing street tell us is that he thought he had done all his declarations, he got updated guidance on what you should be declaring, and at that point he made further declarations. it should be said this has happened to him and other mps before, and the other important bit of background here is that lord alli is a major donor to the labour party and also a major donor to keir starmer, he has donated and paid for his clothes and accommodation, his glasses, famously, we discover that over the last couple of months, so an important part of the contact. an important part of the contact-— an important part of the contact. ~ ., , , contact. well, there has been some anger — contact. well, there has been some anger from _ contact. well, there has been some anger from the - some anger from the conservatives. they say they

want a full investigation into the links between lord alli and the links between lord alli and the prime minster, they accuse the prime minster, they accuse the prime minister of hypocrisy, because he has talked a lot, over recent years, about restoring public service to politics, raising standards, and they are contrasting the decision with this with the decision to cut winter fuel payments. you know, i have to say, the government say this was a purely administrative error, they declared everything when they could, but it is clearly a bid of a stick for the conservatives to beat the government with, and i think there will be looking to push this in the weeks ahead. the foreign secretary, david lammy, says careful discussions are taking place about whether ukraine will be allowed to fire long—range western missiles into russia. ukraine has repeatedly urged britain and the united states to let it use weapons like the british storm shadow missile, to hit targets in russia. mr lammy told bbc news today more talks involving the united states will take

place later this month. closely watching on to a decision concerning long—range missiles will be russia and ukraine's neighbours. for these countries, any threat of escalation could have significant consequences. finland shares a more than 1,300km land border with russia. as of now, all border crossing points remain closed indefinitely. in april 2023, finland became the 31st member of nato, an application prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine. let's speak to elina valtonen, foreign minister of finland. shejoins me live from helsinki. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what is the finnish view of president putin's latest threats? irate

the finnish view of president putin's latest threats?- putin's latest threats? we of course take _ putin's latest threats? we of course take them _ putin's latest threats? we of course take them seriously, | putin's latest threats? we of. course take them seriously, but at the same time we know that we have very strong defence and deterrence ourselves and have invested in out with friends and allies. we do not see any military threat targeting finland or any of the other neighbouring countries here. what concerns does finland have for its own security, given that you have that long land border with russia? we have alwa s border with russia? we have always taken _ border with russia? we have always taken the _ border with russia? we have always taken the potential i always taken the potential threat of russia very seriously, and therefore even before we joined nato, seriously, and therefore even before wejoined nato, we invested very heavily on our own defence, we never let go of our conscription based army, for instance, and we have, in absolute terms, one of the strongest armies in europe to this day, and now of course we are happy to share our

capabilities with the entire alliance. but what we have observed in the recent months, and this not only concerns finland, i guess, and this not only concerns finland, iguess, but and this not only concerns finland, i guess, but every european country, there has been an increase in hybrid threat activity or hybrid attacks from russia, acts of sabotage and cyber attacks, of course misinformation and disinformation, and clearly also instrumental eyes to migration that russia has been using against finland and other neighbouring countries. what neighbouring countries. what has changed _ neighbouring countries. what has changed for— neighbouring countries. what has changed for finland - neighbouring countries. what has changed for finland in - neighbouring countries. what has changed for finland in how you as a country regard russia and president putin since you joined nato? irate and president putin since you joined nate?— joined nato? we have seen, unfortunately, _ joined nato? we have seen, unfortunately, that - joined nato? we have seen, l unfortunately, that aggression russia has not diminished, and on the contrary we been disappointed to see that russia has submitted itself to being a

sort ofjunior partner to china as well. we do see that, with the increased trade activity between those two countries, russia has been able to continue waging war in ukraine. in the long term, i am pretty pessimistic about the russian outlook, especially the economic outlook, but in the short and medium term, they will be able to wage that war, which means that we, other friends of ukraine and all the friends of ukraine and all the friends of ukraine and all the friends of the un charter and international law, we simply have to be aiding ukraine even heavier than we have been thus far. ~ ., ., . far. would that include, then, su- ort far. would that include, then, sunport for — far. would that include, then, support for ukraine _ far. would that include, then, support for ukraine using - support for ukraine using western supplied long—range missiles, which president zelensky has been asking the united states and britain to permit for some time? just on

frida , permit for some time? just on friday, republished _ permit for some time? just on friday, republished a - permit for some time? just on friday, republished a new- friday, republished a new military aid package to ukraine, and right from the outset we haven't set any constraints on the materiel we have been sending overfor the ukrainians. 0bviously, have been sending overfor the ukrainians. obviously, we do rely on the fact that they have the full right to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity, and at the same time they are also able, based on international law, to also strike military targets. all the evidence aside, they have the evidence aside, they have the full support of finland in that. ., ., ., that. to what extent, though, will our that. to what extent, though, will your government - that. to what extent, though, will your government perhaps | will your government perhaps lobby the americans and the british to loosen those restrictions so that those missiles could be fired into russia on something more than just a self defence bases? irate

just a self defence bases? we seak just a self defence bases? - speak regularly with our allies, also the us and the uk obviously, but it is the sovereign decision of those countries to decide whether they put any constraints on the materiel they send over or no. of course, our message is of course, our message is clear, we haven't sent any constraints, and we see the only one responsible for escalation in this war is president putin, because he is responsible for the unlawful invasion in ukraine, the full—scale war that he has now been waging for two and a half years, and for as long as ukraine, together with its partners, is basing its defence on international law, then obviously we are not responsible for any escalation. and it is also very important to stress that we don't submit ourselves to the narrative that

russia has been making use of over the course of the us, that there was some sort of threat coming out of nato or its neighbouring countries, that is not true at all. irate neighbouring countries, that is not true at all.— not true at all. we appreciate our not true at all. we appreciate your talking _ not true at all. we appreciate your talking to _ not true at all. we appreciate your talking to us _ not true at all. we appreciate your talking to us here - not true at all. we appreciate your talking to us here on - not true at all. we appreciate | your talking to us here on bbc news, thank you for your time. hello. we've got quite a mixture of weather around, across southern areas of england the sunniest and warmest of the weather to come today, high cloud working on over the next few hours, a couple of stripes of rain across northern england and the midlands, another in scotland, a couple of weather fronts bringing wetter weather for some of you over the next few hours, and with that some low cloud in lancashire. as you go through the afternoon, this band of rain will sink southwards across wales, the midlands, probably reaching

east anglia as well, the far south will be dry with sunshine. brightening up in northern ireland, heavy rain working across scotland for a time with sunny spells chasing that rain in from the west later today. temperatures, high teens, low 20s. now, overnight, very gradually we will see that rain is a way, but in the colder air that follows, a risk of a few dense fog patches forming as we go on through the latter part of the night. it could turn quite murky, some low cloud, spits and spots of drizzle across the far south from our weak weather front, but high pressure building right the way across the uk on monday, bringing a lengthy speu monday, bringing a lengthy spell of dry and relatively warm weather in the week ahead. starting with that low cloud, drizzle first thing across eastern england, mist and fog clearing quickly across the north west, most areas will have a fine day with long spells of sunshine. temperatures for many between 17 and 21 celsius, but a little bit cooler across the far north of scotland, where temperatures

will be run 13—15. i push it reorient on tuesday, mild air pushing into scotland, so temperatures will start to rise a little bit, highs of 21 celsius in the warmest spot in scotland, quite widely about 19-21 scotland, quite widely about 19—21 elsewhere in the uk as well. wednesday, one or two mist and fog patches first thing, perhaps slightly stronger breeze coming in off the north sea, keeping coastal districts of east anglia a little bit fresher, but come on land, 2a celsius in london, up to 22 in parts of scotland, 20 in parts of northern ireland, warm and not september sunshine. more of that by the end of the week, but a risk of showers across england and wells from thursday onwards. —— england and wales from thursday onwards.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a rubber boat taking migrants across the channel from france to england has sunk off the french coast, killing eight people. 45 migrants have now died in the channel this year. israel's prime minister warns the houthis in yemen of a "heavy price" after a ballistic missile managed to enter israeli airspace. the missile launched from yemen and fell in an open area. the houthis said their attack was only the beginning. deadly floods continue to prompt evacuations and power cuts across central and eastern europe. at least four people have died in romania and one person has drowned in poland.

and a successful end to the polaris dawn mission, whose four member team on thursday completed the first—ever commercial spacewalk. the spacex dragon capsule safely splashed down off the coast of florida. now on bbc news, click. this week, we're at europe's biggest tech show to meet this year's tech movers and shakers. quivering: er... yeah, we have the lowdown on what's cooking, what's trending, and what's bouncing.

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