In the last few minutes, we have been told that the search has been called off by the french authorities. Simonjones reports from dover. The sea has claimed several more lives. The french lifeboat had the grim task of bringing five bodies back to shore, a sixth person airlifted to hospital didnt survive. Some of those rescued were taken to dover after lifeboats from the uk joined the search operation. Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover
Many of the survivors had been in the sea, screaming for help. Others had been trying to bail out their sinking boat using their shoes. Translation they were in trouble. Some were suffering from seasickness and the boats are quite simply overloaded. They overload the boats and so the boats can no longer move forwards. The last boat was too full. These pictures taken earlier in the week showed just how many people can be crammed into flimsy boats in the worlds busiest shipping lane. The french Authorities Say they will only intervene at sea if a boat gets into difficulty. The mp for dover is calling for a new approach. This is an absolute tragedy today in the channel, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those affected. What we now really need to see is the french stopping these unseaworthy and overcrowded vessels getting into the channel in the first place, and a joint channel security zone. Charities supporting refugees say they have heard calls for change before. Its tragic, isnt
a lot of confusion. the infrastructure is down. the communications, electricity, water, all of that is not functioning or barely working in some areas affected by the fire, so that makes it very tough. so i m sure the officials are doing all they can. it s still a search and rescue operation so that s why they re restricting access, i believe. but whoever needs shelter, if there s still folks out there and they make their way to our shelter, they re going to find a welcome arm from a red cross volunteer who will get them settled, get them a meal and make sure they have access to everything they need right now. and what s your assessment of how the medical facilities are coping with the current situation? i really haven t had the opportunity to take a look or visit any of those myself. i do know our disaster health team in the shelter is doing a greatjob. you know, as folks come into the shelter, if they do have burns or injuries, making sure that we take a look at those, treat them imm
i do know our disaster health team in the shelter is doing a greatjob. you know, as folks come into the shelter, if they do have burns or injuries, making sure that we take a look at those, treat them immediately if possible, and if it needs further care, then working with the local officials to make sure we get them to where they can get that further care. todd james from the american red cross talking to me a little earlier. now it s time for a look at today s sport with 0llie foster. what a dramatic date has been for the women s world cup. it has been cracking, we ll start with women s football. england are through to their third women s world cup semifinal in a row. they came form behind to beat colombia 2 1 in sydney and will now return their to face the co hosts australia on wednesday. it was the first time that sarina wiegman s side had fallen behind in this tournament, england goalkeeper mary earps caught out by lacy santos. the lionnesses struck back on the stroke of half time