one for the home office as they are trying to send out a deterrent message saying people should not risk their lives attempting this crossing, getting across the channel, but the reality is if people get halfway across they will be picked up by the border force or the lifeboat, brought to dover, and at the moment the possibility of getting those people removed from the uk back to safe eu countries is very limited. the uk back to safe eu countries is very limited-— the uk back to safe eu countries is very limited. simon, thank you very much. the biggest trial in france's modern history has opened in paris, amid tight security. 20 men are accused of involvement in a string of coordinated attacks in 2015, killing 130 people and wounding hundreds more. the attack — on bars, restaurants and the bataclan concert hall — was france's worst post—war atrocity. among the defendants appearing in the specially—built chamber is salah abdeslam — the only surviving gunman. our correspondent hugh schofield reports from paris. as you can imagine, peak security here, and half of the island has been sealed off by security forces.