let's speak to the bbc�*s tom symonds — who's in calais in northern france. bill being passed you have been witnessing migrants boarding small boats, trying to head to the uk? that's right, we turned up quite early, it is a beach just north of calais, a well—known beach that migrants often use for trying to get to the uk, and we watched as a small boat that was half full payment towards the shore, the police were here and a group of a0 migrants came out of the dunes, walked briskly to the water's edge and about a0 got on that boat. we counted about 67 when the boat finally left and it had a tiny, tiny outboard motor attempting to pateljon propel the boat. there are some waves here today. the police stopped the migrants as far as they could get into the boat, but they did not stop the boat. they seemed quite angry we were there and we wondered whether they might have perhaps made more effort to stop the boats. we know in the past the police have used knives and slashed up police have used knives and slashed up the boat to try to deflate it so it can't be used

. ~ ., ., ,, and safely take back to dunkirk and calais. ~ ., ., i. ., ~ ., calais. make of the legislation _ calais. what do you make of the legislation passed _ calais. what do you make of the legislation passed here - calais. what do you make of the legislation passed here in - calais. what do you make of the legislation passed here in the i calais. what do you make of the l legislation passed here in the uk? not a lot yet, but royal assent are still pending. not a lot yet, but royal assent are still pending-— still pending. first and foremost, i would want _ still pending. first and foremost, i would want to _ still pending. first and foremost, i would want to convey _ still pending. first and foremost, i would want to convey our - still pending. first and foremost, i- would want to convey our condolences to the _ would want to convey our condolences to the families of those who tragically lost their lives and others — tragically lost their lives and others affected by the incidents today — others affected by the incidents today. we are worried, concerned about _

christian: andrew harding reporting from the calais benefits beaches. no sooner had the u.k.itself bill last night than the united nations called on the for to alter the plan. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights want the u.k. to focus instead on "practical measures." but richie sunak reaffirmed his belief today that this is the best deterrent and soon he thinks other countries will follow suit. foreign secretary james cherry traveled to one of the gateways into europe to see how the effort u.'s border agency has been working. prime minister moloney promised theleft hook rate a solution to this problem and she struck a deal with albana, who will process the claims of some 3,000 asylum seekers. also today, representatives from denmark. the danish parliament passed legislation allowing it to send migrants to a third country for processing three years ago. no flights have ever taken off for rwanda and the plan stalled under political pressure. so no doubt they'll be watching slowly to see what the reaction is to this legislation and crucially, whether it works. we can hea

these were the chaotic scenes on the beach near calais just before daybreak.as migrants attempted to launch a boat. the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais on tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several

just hours after the bill passed, the bbc witnessed migrants on a beach in calais in france trying toats and cross the english channel. these are some of the latest pictures from our team there. the french coastguard says at least five migrants have died in a separate attempt to cross the english channel. well, the rwanda bill took four months to clear parliament because of a stand off with the house of lords. it's a relief for prime minister rishi sunak, who hopes that — barring any last—minute legal objections — flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year to more than 50,000 a week ago. 0ur africa correspondent barbara plett usher — who's in the rwandan capital, kigali — told me more about the response to the bill. yes, we have actuallyjust received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. the government spokesman said, "we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have

we will be live in dover and calais with the i live in dover and calais with the latest. extra funding for ukraine. as we make our historic _ extra funding for ukraine. as we make our historic commitment l extra funding for ukraine. as we | make our historic commitment to extra funding for ukraine. as we - make our historic commitment to our defence spending, we will move past this stop start piecemeal way of backing ukraine. donald trump is back in court where prosecutors are having him punished for making public attacks on witnesses. thejudge for making public attacks on witnesses. the judge says for making public attacks on witnesses. thejudge says he for making public attacks on witnesses. the judge says he will reserve judgment.— reserve 'udgment. here in court, donald reservejudgment. here in court, donald trump — reservejudgment. here in court, donald trump looks _ reservejudgment. here in court, donald trump looks on _ reservejudgment. here in court, donald trump looks on as - reservejudgment. here in court, donald trump looks on as the . reservejudgment. here in

those were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais.igrants attempted to launch an overcrowded boat to begin a journey across the channel. boat to begin a journey across the channel. the french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais. the search—and—rescue operations have been continuing all day. a bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. reports say that shortly after it went into the sea the engine failed. andrew harding reports. a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. to understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with cro

you will have seen our correspondent in calais this - our correspondent in calais this morning.the government say that bill is a deterrent and it will put people off making the journey across the channel to the uk from france in a small boat. but while on air this morning, just hours after the bill went through parliament, we are seeing this. another small boat apparently trying to get to the uk. we think it has been intercepted by the french authorities. that is what our correspondent was talking about. the bigger vessel in the background on the horizon, we understand it is a french vessel carrying out those patrols, that it has intercepted and brought the boat back. clearly the government hoped that bill will deter migrants, it does not seem to be happening right now. one thing our colleague was talking about was the suggestion, possibility that because of what was happening last night with the bill, there was a suggestion that some people were being encouraged to make more journeys today until that bill progresses over the coming weeks. he was saying there was a suggestion th

there are lots of ferries making the crossing between dover and calais.ifficult to see. that is one of the dangers of making the crossing. we do talk about small boats, and when these crossings began five or six years ago they were about seven people per boat. now the average is about 50. the smugglers are packing more and more people onto these boats. they don't have to launch as many now to get more people across. the people who lost their lives in the early hours of this morning —— five people died. that boat had more than a people on board. that is unprecedented. i've never known that many people on one single boat. these boats are very badly manufactured. they are poorly made. part of the boat can deflate. when things go wrong it can go wrong in a big way. things go wrong it can go wrong in a bi wa . , , ., ., big way. this is what the government want to stop — big way. this is what the government want to stop with _ big way. this is what the government want to stop with their _ big way. this is what the government want to stop with their rwanda i bi

but next, the charity care for calais.nel migrants, is recruiting hundreds of volunteers to help identify and help illegal migrants who are at risk of being sent to rwanda . risk of being sent to rwanda. are these now political activists masquerading as humanitarians? and is the paris olympics under threat over fears from an isis terror attack? the former head of national counter terrorism security office, chris phillips, is here with his expert analysis, next. welcome back to patrick christys. tonight coming up, former editor of the sun. kelvin mackenzie on the prince harry us deportation row. but first, the rwanda bill is finally set to pass through parliament later this week. but open border fanatics won't go down without a fight. the controversial charity care for calais has recruited hundreds of volunteers to identify illegal migrants who are due on the first flights and help them make last minute appeals to stay in the uk. its chief executive, steve smith, told the i newspaper we know this is a desperate government w

he spent a lot in the calais lot of time in the calais jungles first hand.cdotes of what he saw and the stabbing, the tragic death today in dunkirk will come as no surprise to that. man will also be discussing the war of words between his new party reform and his old party, the conservative i'm martin daubney. this is gb news. but first let's look at your weather forecast andifs look at your weather forecast and it's with annie shuttleworth. >> hello there. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. well, further persistent rain is to come for northeastern areas, but further south much drier south has turned much drier through the day. but in the southwest, we'll the next southwest, we'll see the next batch of rain arrive through this evening and overnight. that's front that's as this weather front arrives from the southwest. but this up to the this weather front up to the northeast . that's what's been northeast. that's what's been bringing to northeast. that's what's been bringiof to northeast. that's what's been bringiof eastern to nor

and in the past few hours, our team in calais have been seeing small boats leaving the shore — with migrantsn board trying to reach the uk. these are some of the latest pictures. let's speak to iain mansfield, who's director of research at policy exchange — which is right—leaning think tank. he's also a former adviser to the government in 2020—2022. good to see you, thank you for coming onto the programme. rishi sunak has made this as flagship policy, it has dominated politics for much of this year. why is it so important to him?— for much of this year. why is it so important to him? ultimately, this is about stepping _ important to him? ultimately, this is about stopping the _ important to him? ultimately, this is about stopping the boats. - important to him? ultimately, this is about stopping the boats. if- important to him? ultimately, this is about stopping the boats. if we | is about stopping the boats. if we could look back even just ten years, the idea that 30,000 to 50,000 people were crossing the channel every year, that we have lost control of the borders, would seem incredible. we

we head to a beach south of calais, a popular launch site for small boats.for hours in the moonlight and wait. whispers: somebody walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. two shadows, almost certainly smugglers, come to check we are not police. above us, a police plane circles. we've arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crews spot two groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they're in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. on the beach, a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely the migrants will give up now, but they don't. shouting suddenly, the beach erupts with shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as they try to intercept a group of what looks like 60—70 migrants. and now things turn violent, fireworks thrown at the police. several young men pulling out crude weapons. you can see the smugglers here, some of them have sticks, they're trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea to stop the police from stopping them. and it works. a few stragglers are left behind, but the boat is allow

within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on another beach in calais

a bbc team was on the beach south of calais as the boat _ the beach south of calais as the boat triedhe will increase uk defence spending and has promised _ increase uk defence spending and has promised extra funding for ukraine. and we talk to the stars of the ground—breaking short film kaur, which follows a story of a british sikh woman wants to wear a turban against the wishes of some of her family. let's return now to our top story. five people, including a seven—year—old girl, have died whilst attempting to cross the channel. this is the boat, overloaded with more than 100 people moments before its engine failed. it comes just hours after mps passed the government's controversial rwanda bill designed to prevent these crossings. our correspondent andrew harding was on that beach near wimereux in the early hours of this morning filming as police ran towards the scene. here's his report. a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. ok, we'rejust running to catch up with some migrants here. the police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent. and t

in calais.ou could outline how many migrants your charity is seeing? many migrants your charity is seeinu ? ~ many migrants your charity is seein?~ , many migrants your charity is seeina? , seeing? well, we support asylum seekers both _ seeing? well, we support asylum seekers both on _ seeing? well, we support asylum seekers both on the _ seeing? well, we support asylum seekers both on the coast - seeing? well, we support asylum seekers both on the coast of - seeing? well, we support asylum l seekers both on the coast of france and here in the uk, so on a day—to—day basis, we are supporting in the region of 4000 asylum seekers in the region of 4000 asylum seekers in the region of 4000 asylum seekers in the uk, and the numbers vary on the french coast, probably around 2000, going up to 3000 4000 depending on the weather and what's going on the world. you depending on the weather and what's going on the world.— going on the world. you took to the miurants, going on the world. you took to the migra

a bbc team was on the beach south of calais as the boat tried to set off. uk defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030. he's also promised extra funding for ukraine. also coming up on the world today... we talk to the stars of groundmaking short film kaur— which follows the story of a british sikh woman who wants to wear a turban against the wishes of some of her family. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. we start with the news that the uk's parliament has passed the prime minister's flagship rwanda bill after months of political wrangling. it will see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda in central africa. butjust hours later, five people — including a seven—year—old girl — died attempting to cross the sea from france to england. these where the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais just before daybreak. the incident happened as migrants attempted to launch a boat in a bid to begin theirjourney across the channel. the french coastguard say the small boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, so

french coastguard said a small overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from south of calaisn tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several search and rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the english channel. withinjust attempts to cross the english channel. within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on another beach in calais trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. these are some of those pictures from one attempt that happened just after dawn. the uk border force has brought around 70 migrants to shore, and a dover lifeboat has been launched to reports of another migrant boat in the channel. andrew harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. we will speak to him in a moment. first, let's look at what he witnessed as that ill—fated crossing began. shouting. as i said, we canjoin our correspondence now. andrewjoins us from the north french coast. we just saw some pictures of migrants running towards a boat. they look to be some sort of firecrackers goin

. trouble off the coast of calais.ls have raised concerns that people in small boats are using children, as they say , human shields, to they say, human shields, to evade police. in just one week, over 900 migrants crossed to the uk , with 359 arrivals on uk, with 359 arrivals on saturday alone . 51 of those were saturday alone. 51 of those were rescued after running aground . a rescued after running aground. a debate on whether assisted dying should be legalised for terminally ill people will be debated in parliament later. it's after more than 200,000 people signed a petition backed by dame esther rantzen, calling for the change. assisted suicide is currently banned in england and wales and in northern ireland. in scotland, though, it's not a specific criminal offence. but people who help others to end their own lives do risk being charged with murder or other offences. those who oppose a change in the law say that vulnerable people could be pressured into ending their lives . new laws protecting lives. new laws prot

also at calais. incident, take a look what happened here. this boat appeared to be on the head water down there. it came across, it was tracked by a large naval vessel, which is just out there, blocking the way to the uk and bass boat got blown back into shorter, and as that happens, from the dunes, a very large group of about a0 migrants with children came across the sand, and as you can see now, are trying to get onto the boat, which was i have to say already crowded before they arrived and tried to climb on board. as you can see, they are trying to push the boat out back through the waves. i think that's going to be very difficult. we've just got to move back, because we are between the police and the migrants, so we will move back and show you this policing operation which is happening here. just to explain, the police try very, very hard to stop the migrants getting onto these boats. this boat was already at sea before the police came out of the beach and tried to stop what was going on. that wa

these were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais just before daybreak.rney across the channel. the french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais. the search—and—rescue operations have been continuing all day. a bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. andrew harding reports. we had to a popular launch site for small boats and sit for hours in moonlight and wait. somebody is walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. to shadows almost certainly smugglers come to check we are not police. above us a police plane circles. we have arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crew spot to groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they are in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. on the beach a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely the migrants will give up surely the migrants will give up now. but they don't. suddenly the beach erupts, shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as we try to intercept a group of

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.d confusion" with the introduction of new border checks on some products from the eu this week. logistics uk has called for urgent clarity on how the system will work before the rules come into force in two days. a gold pocket—watch worn by the wealthiest passenger on the titanic, has sold for almost £1 million at auction. 0nce fees are added, it's the highest price ever paid at auction for a single item recovered from the scene of the 1912 disaster. a leather violin bag owned by the leader of the orchestra, which famously played on as the ship sank, fetched £290,000. duncan kennedy reports. 105,000. there's nothing like the titanic to evoke memories, passion and buyers. this auction included one of the items that titanic collectors desire most of all — it's the gold pocket watch belonging to a passenger believed to be one of the richest people in the world, jothacob astor. he and 1,500 others died when the ship sank in april 1912 in the north atlantic. what jj astor's watch represents

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.of tobago — is in a stable condition. 64—year—old peter smith has serious injuries to his left arm, left leg and stomach after the attack on friday. aru na ayengar reports. a perfect caribbean getaway that turned to horror. peter smith was on the beach in front of the starfish hotel in tobago. the retired it worker was on holiday with his wife and friends. he'd been due to fly back to the uk on friday before he took a last swim in the sea. peter smith suffered severe injuries to his left arm, leg and stomach. he's currently recovering in hospital in tobago. they were in about waist deep to shoulder high water so they weren't out of their depth. i think their backs were turned and they were just kind of lounging around and nobody saw the shark coming. and even while the shark was around and doing the attack, the other people in the water were physically trying to fight off the shark. it's believed mr smith was attacked by a bull shark. they're found in shallow waters along tropical coas

our correspondentjon donnison reports from calais. marcus, not his real name, from south sudan. where are you here? i'll be on this side. on that side? yeah, this side. five people were killed, including a seven—year—old girl. and how do people die? there were too many people. they were crushed maybe. i didn't see them die. ijust wanted to save myself. 30 or 40 guys were trying to force themselves on the boat because they did not pay the money. marcus, who is fleeing life as a child soldier in south sudan, says he paid people smugglers $1,000 to make the crossing and even though he was injured in the last attempt, he's willing to pay more to try again. you can see today that the sea is calm and the wind has dropped, and that means more attempted crossings. here you've got a boat that's been abandoned, it looks like police have slashed it open. you've also got a tear gas canister, which police have been using, and some abandoned children's clothing. despite the dangers, people like marcus are not going to give up. and what of the gover

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.nd of apartheid. president cyril ramaphosa paid tribute to the people who he said had brought peace and freedom to the country. he described the first democratic elections three decades ago as a victory for human dignity, and progress against racism. on that day, as we cast our votes for the first time, a great heaviness lifted from our shoulders. 0ur shackles have been cast off. the shackles that have tied us down for hundreds of years. the weight of centuries of oppression was no longer holding us down. even though our backs bore scars of the cruel lashes of those who had whipped and subjected us for more than 300 years — on that day, as a united people we stood tall, as south africans. a british man seriously injured in a shark attack in the caribbean has been named. 64—year—old peter smith from hertfordshire was attacked off the north coast of tobago, close to the shore in courland bay. he suffered multiple injuries and has had surgery to reattach some of his fingers. officials on

we head to a beach south of calais, a popular launch site for small boats.in the moonlight and wait. he whispers: there's somebody walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. two shadows, almost certainly smugglers, come to check we're not police. above us, a police plane circles. we've arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crews spot two groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they're in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. 0n the beach, a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely, the migrants will give up now, but they don't. shouting suddenly, the beach erupts with shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as they try to intercept a group of what looks like 60 or 70 migrants. and now things turn violent — fireworks thrown at the police. several young men pulling out crude weapons. you can see the smugglers here, some of them have sticks, they're trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea to stop the police from stopping them. and it works. a few stragglers are left behind, but the boat is

we head to a beach south of calais, a popular launch site for small boats.sit for hours in the moonlight and wait. whispers: somebody walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. two shadows, almost certainly smugglers, come to check we are not police. above us, a police plane circles. we've arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crews spot two groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they're in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. on the beach, a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely the migrants will give up now, but they don't. shouting. suddenly, the beach erupts with shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as they try to intercept a group of what looks like 60—70 migrants. and now things turn violent, fireworks thrown at the police. several young men pulling out crude weapons. you can see the smugglers here, some of them have sticks, they're trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea to stop the police from stopping them. and it works. a few stragglers are left behind, but the boat is

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.nese city of al—fashir by the paramilitary rapid support forces. al—fashir is the last big city in the darfur region, where sudan's army is still holding out against the rsf, who've been accused of carrying out a wave of violence against non—arab ethnic groups. civilians in al—fashir are said to be afraid that they will be killed if they attempt to flee. civilians are trapped in the city, they are afraid of being killed if they attempt to flee. this dire situation is compounded by a severe shortage of essential supplies, and deliveries of commercial goods humanitarian aid have been heavily constrained by the fighting. the commissioner calls for an immediate dizzy deescalation of this catastrophic situation and end of the conflict that has been in the country for over a year now and investigation of all alleged abuses of human rights law and humanitarian law. let's get some of the day's other news now. officials in kenya have warned people to brace for even heavier rainfall, as severe d

a bbc news team was on a beach near calais. police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. it turns violent, and the police are failing. the boat is dangerously overloaded. it looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. but as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven—year—old girl. andrew harding there. but did the bbc team have any impact on what happened on that beach on tuesday morning? andrew smith thought so. meanwhile, linda draycott had... well, some insight into those questions was given by another reporter who was also on a beach in northern france on tuesday morning — tom symonds. he spoke to newscast later that day. this is a 70—kilometer coastline here. it's very hard to know where these boats are going from. and we just got lucky. so the boats did come and people ran across and jumped into it and the police seemed to come at us and say, "you knew that this was going to happen." and they took our ids and they were quite angry, really. and so i

calais...tell us more about what your organisation does?— can you just tell us more about what your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. _ your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. one _ your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. one is _ your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. one is to _ your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. one is to go _ your organisation does? yes. we have three missions. one is to go and - three missions. one is to go and support and distribute humanitarian aid by volunteering in cali to keep them alive because they are living in unimaginable conditions. largely caused by the huge package our government pays to keep them in that condition so that hopefully they disappear. oursecond condition so that hopefully they disappear. our second mission is to help them survive in the uk and foster social integration so that if they get here they can actually belong rather than survive. and to shift public attitude towards

we head to a beach south of calais, a popular launch site for small boats.re's somebody walking there. i can hear somebody walking nearby there. two shadows, almost certainly smugglers, come to check we're not police. above us, a police plane circles. we've arranged for a bbc cameraman to be on board. the crews spot two groups of migrants on their thermal imaging camera. they're in the sand dunes and moving towards each other. 0n the beach, a french foot patrol quickly arrives. surely, the migrants will give up now, but they don't. shouting. suddenly, the beach erupts with shouting. 0k, we are running with the police as they try to intercept a group of what looks like 60 or 70 migrants. and now things turn violent — fireworks thrown at the police. several young men pulling out crude weapons. you can see the smugglers here, some of them have sticks, they're trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea to stop the police from stopping them. and it works. a few stragglers are left behind, but the boat is allowed to move out towards open water. lo

this is the boat involved, south of calais this morning.n and three men died when it got into difficulty. a bbc team on the beach saw people scrambling to get on board. the french police are just standing here frustrated, saying there's nothing we can do to stop the migrants. now they're in the water. the boat is heading off. overloaded, very overloaded there. just hours before, mps had approved plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. the government say it will stop people trying to cross the channel, but opposition politicians and rights groups say it won't work. some other stories now. thousands of london's clubs, bars and venues closed in the last four years. the night—time industries association wants more help, saying it's down to the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. and the creator of netflix series baby reindeer is asking fans to stop speculating about the identity of the stalker in the show. it's based on a true story, and richard gadd says trying to reveal the character's real life identity misses the point. time now fo

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.tate segregated different ethnicities — with black africans having virtually no rights, no vote, no freedom of movement and only limited ownership rights. after decades of struggle, the african national congress secured the freedom of its leader, nelson mandela, and negotiated a peaceful transition away from whites—only rule. that process culminated on april 27th, 1994 — when south africans of every ethnicity queued together for miles to cast their ballot, electing mr mandela south africa's first black president. at the thirtieth anniversay celebrations in pretoria on satuday, south africa's current president, cyril ramaphosa, paid tribute to those who helped fight for the country's freedom. on that day, as we cast our votes for the first time, a great heaviness lifted from our shoulders. our shackles have been cast off. the shackles that have tied us down for hundreds of years. the weight of centuries of oppression was no longer holding us down. even though our backs bore scars of the

but also a story from the channel just days after an exclusive about the lack of security around calais, a migrant has been stabbed. we'll speak to our very own mark white about his exclusive report and whether we can really be sure of safety around our borders now. mps have also been calling for a tax on frequent flyers . they tax on frequent flyers. they want to control demand to reduce the number of people flying. we ask is that the right thing to do for ordinary brits ? all that do for ordinary brits? all that to come. but before a packed show tonight, it's your news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, tom. good evening. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a new poll suggests labour could sweep to victory with more than 400 seats at the next election, leaving the tories with just 155. yougov is predicting a landslide for sir keir starmer, with the conservatives projected to win even less seats than a previous poll conducted in january . and poll conducted in january. and another change of leader may be off the cards, with other mps including penny mordaunt, iain duncan smith and jaco

jon donnison, bbc news, in calais.ay. dressed in orange — the national color — they packed small boats and made their way down the historic waterways of the capital. king willem—alexander and his family celebrated his special day with a walkabout in the northern city of emmen — where he proved to be quite popular. translation: all these people came to our translation: all these people came to your birthday? _ translation: all these people came to your birthday? yes, _ translation: all these people came to your birthday? yes, how _ translation: all these people came to your birthday? yes, how about - to your birthday? yes, how about that. own, _ to your birthday? yes, how about that- own. you — to your birthday? yes, how about that. own, you want _ to your birthday? yes, how about that. own, you want to _ to your birthday? yes, how about that. own, you want to kiss - to your birthday? yes, how about that. own, you want to kiss from | to your birthday? yes, how about. that. own, you want to kiss from the kin: ? that. own

the boat which was leaving wimereux, just south of calais had been overloaded with 112 migrants.s motorfailed, causing a panic in which some people were crushed. some fell into the water some were rescued, others were found unconscious in the boat. the authorities have been carrying out search—and—rescue operations at sea through the day. it is still unclear whether the five dead were crushed or if some drowned. our correspondent andrew harding was on the beach when the incident happened. okay. we're just running to catch up with some migrants here. made a break from the dunes, trying to get to the water. police chasing them. there's another group here, more than 100, i'd say, migrants. some sort of fight going on, the police. on a flight to poland today rishi sunak told reporters that his plan to send asylum seekers to rwands will eventually "deter to rwanda will eventually "deter vulnerable migrants from making these perilous crossings". so far all attempts to break the business model of the criminal gangs has failed — and as andrew witnessed this morning once the migrants had

these were the chaotic scenes on the beach near calais just before daybreak.ent happened as migrants attempted to launch a boat. the french coastguard said the small, overloaded boat was carrying 110 people when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais on tuesday morning. authorities have also been carrying out several search—and—rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the english channel. within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on multiples beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. these are some of the pictures from one attemptjust after dawn. the uk border force has brought around 70 migrants to shore and a dover lifeboat has been launched after reports of another migrant boat in the channel. our correspondent andrew harding — was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people — including a child — dead. let's ta ke let's take a look at what he witnessed as that elevated crossing began. —— ill—fated crossing began. that does give you a sense of what it must have

in any case, the area of ​​exchanges and games between calais and africa is open, and by the way, onethe opportunities in the following days of this summit is to find out what meetings are planned to be held for a few more days . we have the iran expo event, the sixth exhibition of the export capabilities of the islamic republic of iran, and all our guests are from africa. and the non-africans who are present in iran about 100 countries are our guests tomorrow they will attend the expo event, but for sunday and monday, all our african guests will participate in the twelve panels that i mentioned and in more than 150 face-to-face meetings with many iranian companies. we have planned good industrial visits both inside tehran and in different provinces. from 20 to 25 export and production of iran has designed a detailed content program, in fact, it can be said that we have designed for the coming days to cover the same container of knowledge that will really become commercial relations and intentions. noble and the hustle and bustle of the continent. if you have a message for the people

he reached his second consecutive win against calais at this stage and won 80-57.y good, very good , but our foreign players cannot help our 5 taks . thanks to this team work, our children were able to get a good result and i am very happy. this stage of the competition to three wins from five matches. to determine the four teams that have qualified for the semi-finals. the third game of the teams in the elimination stage of the premier basketball league will be held next saturday. amir rafati of sed and sima news agency. the national women's sitting volleyball team of our country won the paralympic quota. the women of our country's national team will face slovenia this morning in the final stage of the paralympic selection competition, and in the end, they will end up with 32 results. passing and failing to get a quota. the iranian women's sitting volleyball team won the group stage against the teams of japan, thailand and germany reached and lost against the teams of china, slovenia and ukraine. and due to the set count and better performance compared to ukraine,

zubahan lost 15, 80 times to calais. d to lose players who were at least 35 points for me. was patrick. one of them is yazerlu, who lost his hand. we don't have any replacements. today, if we won , my replacements played well. mehram lost 92-79 to egypt. unfortunately, apart from the problems we have with the injury of our players. we are struggling, my prediction was that we will play a better game very soon, the difference in the first game it was too much, but somewhere in the game , we lost control of the game, mehram was able to close the game again , but in the end, i am happy that we won the abadan oil refining 85 82, we overcame nature, this win ended up being very expensive for us. during the game, unfortunately, we did not have any problems. in this season, unfortunately, in every game , qatar defeated one of them 2-0, and with three victories , saudi arabia advanced to the next stage. two wins and one loss made the way to the elimination stage of the premier handball league with egypt continuing to dominate and winning. we know that it is the lack of experience o

match of the five-game series , gorgan municipality defeated limondis fars 1271 , zubahan defeated calais 90 82 , abadan oil refinery 94 88 defeated nature in the playoffs , the games are very sensitive, every team is full. there is something new for the game and we are considering we didn't have one of our main players, essan dalilzahanu, so we tried to reduce it a bit and have another plan. by changing the size of our players, we tried to use our fourth position player in the three. finally, with the arrival of mr. haddadi, the playing style of this team changed a lot. we were able to control their points and strengths, but unfortunately , we were not successful in the second half, especially in the third quarter. mehram beat mes kerman 88-71 . the club presented the top of the table to arteta with two hands . the most sensitive game of the 32nd week of the premier league , united and liverpool, while with pictures it ended when the club missed the opportunity to return to the top of the table. the host started the game offensively, but liverpool gradually dominated the game and in the

this evening, there was a memorial service for the dead in calais.ppened to the iraqi girl. translation: the girl's father was in tears, but at first, - she was still alive. she was being treated in an ambulance. later, when her death was announced, her father was shattered. this is the beach where it happened — all quiet again today. in the nearby town of wimereux, the sight of migrants, like these we filmed yesterday, has become routine. but the death toll is angering many. injanuary, we came here for another incident. five people had drowned just off the seafront in the middle of wimereux. today, the mayor told us nothing had improved. translation: i can't take it any more. - i've reached a breaking point. we had five dead injanuary here and now the same thing. no—one is fixing things. it's getting worse. i'm so angry. in a makeshift camp along the coast, these migrants were looking for rwanda on a map of africa. most people are aware of britain's plans to deport people there. rwanda, yes? some are worried. rwanda no good. no good? no good. africa

materials or final products, in any case, in the area of ​​clearing and the area of ​​trade between calaisica. the space is open , and by the way, you can schedule this meeting in the next few days. it will be held for a few more days , the meeting will continue. yes, tomorrow, well, as we remind our dear viewers, tomorrow we have the opening ceremony of iran expo, the sixth exhibition of the export capabilities of the islamic republic of iran and all our guests. both africans and non-africans, who are present in iran from about 100 countries, are our guests . in the 12 panels that i presented and they will participate in more than 150 face-to-face meetings with many iranian companies . 12 specialized panels have been designed with the presence of iran's largest export and manufacturing companies , a detailed content program has been designed can be said. we have planned for the coming days to cover that knowledge and that it will really turn into business relations and intentions , god willing, mr. michael wafi, in the end , as a representative of the good, noble and hardworking people of

am. >> small war and we retake calais and all of our board? >> no, i get your point.save our relations with france. but our relations with france. but our relations are at an all time low. france have treated the uk despicably since we voted to leave the european union. as darren said, pay them. what darren said, we pay them. what is it? >> half £1 mm a mm!- % a year, half >> half £1 billion a year, half a billion. >> all border guards do off >> all the border guards do off calais and dunkirk. is they, as the newspaper brilliantly the sun newspaper brilliantly exposed ago. exposed a couple of months ago. they're money to they're paid all this money to stop getting into the stop dinghies getting into the water. they're off water. instead they're off partying the local working partying down the local working men's club and sinking shots. i mean, it's an absolute disgrace. macron spoken about macron the way he's spoken about the in recent years the country in recent years is also disgrace. there is no also a disgrace. and there is no relationship until france relationshi

john list bellanca, calais, being buried inside the lebanon has been subjected to idea of attack since october, regardless of the tensions between israel and iran. the southern from 11 on has been with this thing. is there any bombardment since october 8th? ever since the dominions is a sense, announced engaging in this war as a supporting strong to get some. and ever since we have the hands of law smart, just among the homes that are civilians joined the list. and that is which scale of destruction caused by that is directv, bombardment, own or over the self serve, in an sometimes and the depth of lebanon. we were talking about because by the end they didn't with us as a nation off from us. you did, father, i believe. so let's, let's make this see if that is right. and again, 7 is not linked to the in a, this points to funding. it's called today and they must, it's not, and it is an attack on is that you instead of funds for that, certainly the connection on that it and then post today in the muscle which has been something that's the word that there's no heading up to support this ri