Since 2021 and nearly four times last years figure. The boat got into difficulties off the french town of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. The channel has claimed more lives. This is what remains of the Flimsy Dinghy that took to the water in the early hours, with the aim of getting to the uk. Most of those On Board had no life jackets. Among the dead are people from eritrea, sudan, syria, afghanistan, egypt and iran. Translated the toll is devastating as we mourn the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux with 59 people On Board. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Survivors were offered Emergency Treatment on the quayside near to the spot from which the boat had departed, dangerously overloaded with its human cargo. So far this year, at least 45 people have died attempting the crossing. Thats almost four tim
EIght people have drowned whIle tryIng to cross the channel from france to england. TheIr Rubber Boat was overloaded, wIth more than 50 people On Board IncludIng erItreans, sudanese, syrIans and IranIans. It comes as SIr KeIr Starmer heads off to Italy to meet hIs ItalIan counterpart, gIorgIa melonI, tomorrow. The two leaders are expected to dIscuss Illegal mIgratIon, and to see what lessons can be learned from Italys Scheme of sendIng mIgrants to albanIa. So far thIs year 45 people have dIed tryIng to make the journey across the channel. Thats the hIghest number sInce 2021 and nearly four tImes last years fIgure. The boat got Into dIffIcultIes off the french town of ambleteuse and was drIven onto rocks where It came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort dIffIcult. SImonjones has the latest. The channel has claImed more lIves. ThIs Is what remaIns of the FlImsy DInghy that took to the water In the early hours wIth the aIm of gettIng to the uk. Most of those On Board had
and watch on iplayer. a number of viewers, though, have told us they don t believe a news channel is the right place for a phone in show. here are two of them. we now have the option of watching either a radio phone in programme which is simultaneously broadcast on radio five if we wanted to listen to it or switching to a competitor s news coverage. none of which hold a candle to the bbc s normal offering. so between nine and 11 am, every weekday morning is now a news desert. we ve also lost a number of excellent news presenters, the likes of anita mcveigh and martine croxall, who brought empathy and interest to their broadcasts. and whilst i know that the bbc in these straitened times have to save money, surely there are other ways in which this can be done without losing the fundamental quality of bbc news coverage. if i wanted to listen to a radio phone in or even participate, then i go to the radio and television news and bbc news is a particular medium which is important
verified live, the daily global and the context. our viewers are saying they re alljust news, they re not unique programming. what s the point of this branding? well, obviously, we ve only launched that branding fairly recently. the channel isn t in its new format, even even three months old. and so to take verified live, for example, that programme has a relationship with bbc verify, which is the new team and hub that we ve set up in the newsroom, which is going deeper behind stories and checking stories out in a more forensic and data led and analytical way. and so, for example, we make space every day to make sure we feature content and analysis from bbc verify. so that s a way in which that programme is forging its own identity. we re going to pause therejust for a moment, paul, to look at the content of the news on the channel, the programming and the international versus the uk focus. so despite that separate stream for uk viewers at certain times of the day, most of the output i
really has been i started on college campuses where peopleol who took views that wee opposed by a lot of young people found comrades among the leadership, the administration, the faculty and started to spreador throughout the workforce where if you don t say what is requirededift to be said but the point of view of the left, you should be drummed off ofsh campus now drummed out of the workforce and it s insidious. you know, i old line aclu liberal when it comes to speech . i wish the aclu would defend speech again. you said something profound, ge sean, when you t said if you don t like it, change the channel isn t that simple and elegant and isn t that what . erica s waitit a minute. there is an exception to that rule. say what we want. what s that ?ur you can t turn off the channel here. you have to you have to watchera it mandatory. let me go to my friend geraldoei on the left. you know, you look at neil young these these you old rockers, you know so much for rockin the free world no