Coast in the early hours leading to the deaths of five of those attempting the crossing, including a child. It happened just hours after mps passed the governments Rwanda Bill Which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of Wimereux Filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. Theyd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. Well, we can join andrew now. Good evening. The smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a Big Beautiful Beach close to a french golf resort. Shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants
Within hours it was clearjust how much a change is needed. Five people, including a child died when they fell off a boat trying to cross the channel. The french authorities rescued others. Those were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais. Migrants attempted to launch an overcrowded boat to begin a journey across the channel. Boat to begin a journey across the channel. The french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais. The search and Rescue Operations have been continuing all day. A bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. Reports say that shortly after it went into the sea the engine failed. Andrew harding reports. A skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants here. The police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. It turns violent. And the police are failing. The boat is dangerously overloaded. It looks
But as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven year old girl. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. The forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. Young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwanda. Are you worried that you might be sent to rwanda by the british . No, if it is safe and i can study in rwanda, then thats fine too, he says. You hear that . Yeah. You dont want that . No, i dont want. But its not stopping you today . No. Nothing will stop you . No, no, dont stop me. Waiting for the migrants along the french coast line, a high tech force, funded now by britain, which is spending millions of pounds on drones and other gear to help the French Police find and stop the small boat
congregations just because they were not willing to take on this brawler mentality. you use the words earlier, pugilistic, that is in many ways how the evangelical mind has been conditioned to expect something more than just biblical doctrine. it is now, we need you to fight against our enemies who are out to get us. tim, it s an extraordinary book. the book is the kingdom, the power, and the glory. thank you for writing it. congratulations. that s our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. we all remember where we were the night that the draft opinion of the supreme court s overturning of roe v. wade came out. samuel alito s draft opinion on it. i ll never forget running down the hallways here with it in my hands, not believing that we had such a document. tonight, in this hour, i have something almost as good. and it involves what will be the opinion of the supreme court in donald trump s a
he probably has to shoulder some of the blame for some of the things that got wrong. some might think it s a bit rich, given the fact that he was thought to have broken the spirit of lockdown rules at a really critical point in the first lockdown, and that sent out a particular message to the public. so i d do think some of this is just people lining themselves up, you know, putting blame on other people, taking some of the credit for themselves. i think coming back to themselves. i think coming back to the idea of the inquiry, there are some really important things to balance here, and there s so much that an balance here, and there s so much thatan inquiry balance here, and there s so much that an inquiry could achieve. and i think you absolutely have to have a post hoc, judge led inquiry with the power to summon people, compelling them to give evidence, the guardian says there s a lot public support for it, only 18% are opposed to it. but there is a time and place for that