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
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 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 ch
and over in china their indicator on manufacturing is also due out today. it covers small and medium sized companies which should give us insight into how china s public sector is doing. private sector. on tuesday australia s central bank will be meeting and investors will be watching to see if authorities will hold steady or hike the cost of borrowing because of inflation concerns. earlier, i spoke to peter maguire of xm.com and he said he expected to see movement from tokyo on the japanese yen. i think there would not be surprise. they have done it in the last matter of six or eight months as far as intervention when it approaches the 145 150 sort of handle, so, yes, we won t be surprised to see intervention sometime injuly. where you are, australia s central bank will be meeting this week as well. it is kind of a tricky balancing act for them, isn t it, dealing with inflation, whether or not to raise interest rates? what are you expecting? well, exactly right. i mean, yo
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for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by over £400 a year, that s over $500. the energy regulator ofgem has lowered its price cap for the typical household bill to £2,076, though the actual bill will still, of course, depend on how much energy people use. at its peak last year, the price cap reached more than twice that level, but households were shielded from the full impact of energy prices by a government price guarantee of £2,500. let s get more now from our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey. finally some good news. bills are still high but not as high as they were? ., , , still high but not as high as they were? . , , . ., , were? that this is certainly the case. were? that this is certainly the case- energy were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices clearly - were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices clearly a i were? that this is certain