To sink not long after leaving the coast of france. Translation the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. A total of 45 people have now died in the channel this year, the highest reported number since 2021, according to the uns international organisation for migration. Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet the italian Prime Minister in Rome Tomorrow to discuss italys offshore processing plan, where Asylum Seekers are sent to albania. Speaking to the bbc this morning, foreign Secretary David Lammy said the government was open to using some of the schemes to tackle the issue. Well, they have a comprehensive scheme with albania, understanding that that balkans route, as well as the channel and the southern mediterranean, are routes which migrants use, so of course, because it has reduced the numbers, we are actually discussing with italy the schemes that th
Of ambleteuse and was driven Onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. Just yesterday alOne, around 800 migrants crossed the channel On 14 boats. For the very latest, lets cross live to our reporter SimOnjOnes Whojoins us from the french side of the channel. What more urban learning about yesterdays tragic events . This haened yesterdays tragic events . This happened in yesterdays tragic events . This happened in the yesterdays tragic events . Ti 3 happened in the very airy hours of this morning, just after midnight french time. A dangerously overloaded boats carrying around 60 people set off from the beach near here, and it actually didnt get very far. Because it ended up On the rocks, and they boats effectively broke up. Of the people On board, eight people lost their lives, the others were rescued. Some needed treatment here On the quayside, and some people were taken to hospital, including a ten mOnth old girl with hypothermia. And we
Since 2021 and nearly four times last years figure. The boat got into difficulties off the french town of ambleteuse and was driven onto rocks where it came apart. The Rocky Shore made the french Rescue Effort difficult. The channel has claimed more lives. This is what remains of the Flimsy Dinghy that took to the water in the early hours, with the aim of getting to the uk. Most of those On Board had no life jackets. Among the dead are people from eritrea, sudan, syria, afghanistan, egypt and iran. Translated the toll is devastating as we mourn the vessel departed from the Slack Sector near the town of wimereux with 59 people On Board. It quickly ran into trouble and appears to have crashed On The Rocks directly in front of where we are now. Survivors were offered Emergency Treatment on the quayside near to the spot from which the boat had departed, dangerously overloaded with its human cargo. So far this year, at least 45 people have died attempting the crossing. Thats almost four tim
that is the east coast of the state, a few hours ago, they cleared that airport, grounded the planes, nothing coming in and nothing coming out. and the reason we now know was because they had a planned operation that balloon. let s remind you what this balloon looked like what we have been tracking for a few days. the white balloon. that s been. and then came down across the us. there have been attempts to shoot it down, not done because of the risk of falling debris. also, this seems to not be a huge security risk to the us, given what the balloon was and the fact that chinese satellites could get information just as well is this balloon. decision was taken to wait till it got over to the sea, where the risk to people was much less. they shut the air space and we now know they have just shut it down, according to a reuters photographer at the scene. joining me now is our north america correspondent, david willis. hi, david. this is happening just before he came on air. what
may wish to send spy balloons. we will shoot it down as soon as it s safe for us to do so and we won t hesitate, and we will in fact also retaliate against your country and other ways in which we will determine for ourselves. you will not enter our airspace. there will be punishment. this is. and that s the sort of messaging i hope the biden administration will engage in. and viscera string. we mentioned biden there. we could listen again now for him. just to recap. breaking news over the last few minutes. phone but wasn t big enough just to see with your eyes? a chinese spy balloon has been shut down by the us, they waited for it to get over the sea, they didn t want to wait while it was overland but it cleared south carolina, got over us waters, they took it down with a jet and a missile and they are now recovering that balloon from the sea. once we had confirmation that that had all happened, president biden gave a short interview to reporters, let s take a listen. i i