Of calais on tuesday morning. Authorities have also been carrying out several search and rescue operations at sea, linked to other attempts to cross the english channel. Within just a few hours of the bill going through, the bbc witnessed migrants on multiples beaches trying to get onto boats to cross the english channel. These are some of the pictures from one attemptjust after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants to shore and a dover lifeboat has been launched after reports of another migrant boat in the channel. Our correspondent Andrew Harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people including a child dead. Lets ta ke lets take a look at what he witnessed as that elevated crossing began. Ill fated crossing began. That does give you a sense of what it must have been like in the early hours of this morning when those migrants were going towards that boat. A short while ago i spoke to andrew about what he witnessed on the beach. This andrew ab
Are some of those pictures from one attempt that happened just after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants to shore, and a dover lifeboat has been launched to reports of another migrant boat in the channel. Andrew harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. We will speak to him in a moment. First, lets look at what he witnessed as that ill fated crossing began. Shouting. As i said, we canjoin our correspondence now. Andrewjoins us from the north french coast. We just saw some pictures of migrants running towards a boat. They look to be some sort of firecrackers going on at the same time. Can you explain what was happening at that time in the morning . 50. What was happening at that time in the morning . The morning . 50, this was before dawn. The morning . So, this was before dawn. We have the morning . So, this was before dawn. We have been the morning . So, this was before dawn. We have been waiting the morning . So, this was before
Eastern areas, cloud, Light Rain In The South East and a cool wind along the south east and a cool wind along the north sea coast. More later. Its tuesday the 23rd of april. Asylum seekers who enter the uk illegally could be sent to rwanda after a Government Bill finally made it through parliament in the early hours, after months of delays. It declared the african country to be safe. The bill will become law within the next few days and the Prime Minister has said the first flights will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. Human Rights Groups described the plan as shameful. Our Political Correspondent ben wright has the details. Long after most people had gone to bed, parliament carried on working, wrestling with the issue of sending Asylum Seekers to rwanda. The governments plan had faced strong resistance in the House Of Lords. They voted for changes mps kept rejecting. My lords, this bill has now been scrutinised a number of times. The government have rejected this amendment several tim
for the weekend there will be a quieter spell of weather. it s often going to be quite windy, though. rain never far away from northern ireland and scotland. then just hints that the weather could get a bit colder into the following weekend. this is bbc news, the headlines. the un suspends aid deliveries saying it can t be taken into gaza because there s no fuel. fuel is life and it has been used in gaza as a weapon fuel is life and it has been used in gaza as a weapon of war. a funeral is held for a 19 year old soldier taken hostage by hamas. israel says her body was found near al shifa hospital. troops are still searching in and around the hospital, following the discovery of what israel says is a hamas tunnel. in other news, the uk prime minister denies tinkering with the rwanda asylum plan after the home secretary he sacked said more radical action is needed to save the scheme. and outrage in the run up to the las vegas grand prix when a loose manhole cover
already qualified but still chasing top seeding for next summer s euros as they face malta at wembley tonight. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. the united nations has told the bbc it can no longer get aid into gaza because of a lack of fuel. it comes as the world health organization says disease is spreading in the territory more rapidly than expected, with people living so close together in shelters and a lack of clean water. meanwhile israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said there were strong indications that hamas was holding hostages at al shifa hospital in gaza, but that they d been removed by the time troops raided the complex. the military say they ve found the bodies of two hostages near that hospital. about 240 people were kidnapped by hamas, designated a terrorist group by the uk government, on the 7th october, which killed 1,200 people. and in the occupied west bank, israeli defence forces says its troops have killed at least five gunmen durin