About 50 people were rescued. By by british and french vessels. Some were taken to hospital in a serious condition. A number of people were seen being carried off the lifeboat on stretchers when the vessel docked in dover. French Officials Say six people have died. The mp for calais gave us this update. Around 65 to 70 people were on these boats, 50 people were rescued by the french authorities, five people were found dead at sea, one died at the calais hospital. And we are still missing ten people. The Home Secretary Suella Braverman posted this message on social media, saying her thoughts and prayers were with those affected by the tragic loss of life. She is expected to chair a meeting with Border Force Officials later today. On thursday, 755 people crossed the channel, the largest daily figure so far this year. And more than 100,000 have made the journey since the crossings began in earnest in 2018. Once again, the channel one of the most dangerous and busiest Shipping Lanes in the
in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. it s hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bombardment of gaza, killing dozens more people. gaza s hamas run health ministry says 90 people were killed injust the jabalia area of gaza city. in a change of tone, the uk and germany havejoined calls for a sustainable ceasefire . prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists israel will fight to the end, but the reuters news agency is quoting egyptian security sources as saying israel and hamas are both open to a ceasefire, but still disagree over details. our correspondent lucy williamson has mor
i wasn t trying to pull the wool over anyone s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to
there may well not be a striker in such good goal scoring as markers rashford right now. forces them into the permit league title race was that they are now three points behind manchester city and five leaders arsenal. then culture reports. then culture reports. marcus rashford is a man at the peak of his powers, playing with a smile on his face and magic in his feet, as leicester city were about to find out. the visitors actually made the early running at old trafford with david de gea proving goalkeeping can be a noble art form too, this one, banksy, you canjust stand and admire it, not when you know who can do you know what. his most prolific season to date, now scoring in seven home league games in a row, a man who seemingly cannot miss. tiago djalo could, somehow. still, united reverted to what worked best, give the ball to rashford and let him do the rest. even the offside decisions were going his way. united in full flow with jadon sancho, 3 0, a result to back up thos