and her sisters under threat from the taliban. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet, who will be the biggest winners at this year s oscars? the uk prime minister rishi sunak is in paris for talks with the french president, emmanuel macron. it s the first anglo french summit in five years. the leaders are expected to discuss a range of issues. illegal immigration via migrant boat crossings in the channel is likely to top the british agenda but other primary concerns for both leaders are defence co operation, the western response to russia s conflict in ukraine, as well as challenges posed by china. they ll also be looking to reset anglo french relations, which deteriorated after britain s withdrawalfrom the european union. our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports. friends again. rishi sunak and emmanuel macron have met before. they like each other. now they want to show that whatever the divisions of the last few years france and the uk are back tog
secretary suella braverman. there is no single answer, not quick fix, no silver bullet. our cooperation and collaboration with the french on the channel, on the uk coastline is absolutely integral to ensuring that is a robust barrier preventing people disembarking from the french beaches in the first place let s look at how this will work. the uk will increases its funding for patrolling operations in france will rise by £9 million pounds a year or 9.4 million dollars. the government says this will enable a 40% boost to the number of officers patrolling french beaches. uk observers will also be embedded in french patrol control rooms. the agreement is already coming under criticism from different quarters. the uk trade union for borders,
the crossing so far this year. that s the highest number on record. here s the uk s home secretary, suella braverman. there s no single answer. there s no quick fix, there s no silver bullet. our cooperation and collaboration with the french on the channel, on the uk coastline, on the french coastline is absolutely integral to ensuring that there is a robust barrier preventing people disembarking from the french beaches in the first place. let s look at how this will work. the uk will increases its funding for patrolling operations in france will rise by £8 million a year or $9.4 million. it ll now total £63 million. the government says this will enable a 40% boost to the number of officers patrolling french beaches. uk observers will also be embedded in french patrol control rooms.