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
Its a relief for Prime Minister rishi sunak who hopes that, barring any last minute legal objections, flights to rwanda could begin within ten to 12 weeks. Official figures show the backlog of people waiting to be removed from the uk rose from nearly 1800 in july last year. To more than 50,000 a week ago. Well be live in downing street, calais and at the uk Port Of Dover in the next few minutes but first, lets speak to our africa correspondent Barbara Plett usher, whos in the rwandan capital kigali. Barbara . We have actuallyjust barbara . We have actually ust received a fi barbara . We have actually ust received a statement barbara . We have actually ust received a statement from h barbara . We have actuallyjust received a statement from the | received a statement from the government here in response to the uk finally passing the bill. The government spokesman said we are pleased the bill has been passed by parliament, however it does not alter what we have known to be true, that we
His way to the opening day of his criminal trial. First, his usual claims that this is a politically motivated witch hunt orchestrated by president biden. These are all biden trials. This is done as election interference. Everybody knows it. Im here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia and lots of other places campaigning, and its very unfair. Inside the court, we see a man accustomed to being in charge now not in control. Forced to sit and listen to the prosecutions allegations, whether he likes it or not, with the jury carefully watching his reactions. The story of the porn star Stormy Daniels is central to the case. The prosecution said that paying her 130,000 in hush money was election fraud, pure and simple, orchestrated by donald trump. The court will hear evidence from trumps former fixer, now sworn enemy, Michael Cohen. Hell describe making that payment on mr trumps instructions. The defence will brand him an admitted liar and convicted criminal, whos now obs
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