Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. Theyre letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. Theyre trying to stop them from getting to the water. Lets go ahead and see what we can see. You can see the smugglers here. Some of them have sticks. Theyre trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. We have more footage of that beach at the time. Lets take a look at that. Our correspondent there told us that people move from the dark sand from Dark Sand Dunes ran across beach dragging an inflatable boat. Police tried to stop but didnt when on boardFrench Maritime boats lots of people trying to get on board, French Maritime boats were nearby, circling. Ijust want to point out that our correspondent who was there at that time didnt know, of course, what was about to happen and didnt know that at that moment, there would later than be deaths on that boat. A sh
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
Israels military has rejected accusations that its forces buried the bodies of palestinians at a medical complex in gaza. More than 200 bodies were found under the courtyard at the hospital in khan younis. The city of baltimore is taking legal action against the operators of the Container Ship which hit and destroyed one of its main bridges last month. The lawsuit says the Container Ship, the dali, was clearly unseaworthy, and had an incompetent crew. The ships owners have already asked a court to limit their liability. Good evening. The british Prime Minister rishi sunak said the deaths of at least five migrants, including a seven year old girl, that were attempting to cross the channeljust hours after his rwanda deportation legislation passed the commons, were a sobering reminder of why the governments plan is important. These were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais this morning, just before daybreak as a group of migrants, attempted to launch their boat on the journey to engl
The bbc witnessed migrants on several beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. These are some of the pictures from another attempt just after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants, inluding young children, ashore. Of thought there could be around of thought there could be around 300 people. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. Lets take a look at what he witnessed as that ill fated crossing began. Theres a real battle going on on the beach here. Must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water. Theyre letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them, but the police are moving in. Theyre trying to stop them from getting to the water. Lets go ahead and see what we can see. You can see the smugglers here. Some of them have sticks. Theyre trying to protect the migrants as they head towards the sea. Lets cross live very briefly to new york, because this is the