could withhold £54 million it s promised to pay the french to help deal with the problem, unless more boats are intercepted. our correspondent simon jones is in dover. quite often, the numbers reflect the weather, is that right, simon? absolutely. you can almost look at the weather forecast and predict whether it is going to be a big day. given it is very calm in the channel, the sun is shining and it will be another big day. as we speak, border force are down there at the port bringing back a boat carrying migrants, people with life jackets on board. they will be taking into court for processing. earlier this morning there was a search and rescue operation after a boat carrying migrants was reported in the channel, that involved the helicopter, the dover lifeboat as well as the border force. helicopter, the dover lifeboat as well as the borderforce. plenty helicopter, the dover lifeboat as well as the border force. plenty for the home secretary, priti patel, to discuss with her frenc
britney spears father has filed court documents seeking to end an arrangement that gave him control over her finances. the uk home secretary, priti patel, is meeting her french counterpart today to discuss the huge increase in the numbers of peeople crossing the english channel on boats. the home office say that 785 migrants made the journey on monday alone. ms patel has warned that britain could withhold £54 million it s promised to pay the french to help deal with the problem, unless more boats are intercepted. (pres)from dover, our correspondent simonjones gave this update from dover, our correspondent simon jones gave this update. you can almost look at the weather forecast and predict when it s going to be a big day. and i think given that it s very calm out in the channel, the sun is shining, it s going to be another big day today. and as we speak, border force are currently down there at the port bringing back a boat carrying migrants. there are people with life jackets on boa
my in-laws were there, my mother-in-law and my father-in-law, and the uncle who lives with them. reporter: she also told me there were life jackets on board. they told us, they re up here. this is where they are. they showed us where they were. they said, but don t worry about it, you won t need it. we said, okay. so when the captain took over, i thought that at some point he would say grab the jackets now. but we were told to stay seated. and everybody stayed seat. nobody nobody grabbed it when that boat is found, all though life jackets are going to be on there. nobody took one off. you don t you weren t supposed to grab them unless you were in distress, which we were, but he told us don t, we don t need them. it was i don t know what to say. it was definitely, definitely
me, lord, i was swimming as fast as i could. i couldn t reach, i could not reach the life jacket. she had to swim to the rescue boat. i swam over to the boat, my legs and arms were so heavy from trying. it was so heavy. she was then transferred to the hospital and is still in the process of recovering. coleman toll me about the ten family members she was with, starting with her sister-in-law. she was there with her 13-year-old, her soon to be 3-year-old i was there with my husband and our three children who were 9, 7 and 1. my inlaws were there. my mother-in-law, my father-in-law and the uncle who lives with them. she also told me there were life jackets on board. they told us, they re up here. this is where they are. they showed us where they r. they said, don t worry about it. you won t need it.
being boat sank. there are children, we are told, among the fatalities. at this time, we have 11 confirmed fatalities. of the 7 that were transported, one had serious injuries. there was heavy wind and it was having problems through the wind. six people remain missing. the search will resume in the morning. 14 people survived. seven are being treated at the local hospital. there were life jackets on board. unclear if people were wearing them. a spokeswoman for the parent company of the ride the ducks branson says it is in contact with employees. other boats returned to the dock safely. the ntsb is launching a go-team to investigate. in washington, a stunner. capping off a week where one surprise tops the last. president trump hoping to welcome russian president vladimir putin to the white house this fall. the announcement via twitter. the latest sign that the president is sticking by his strategy in rebuilding relationship with russia.