6 h. ago US airstrike on ‘drug boat’ kills six as aircraft carrier sent to South America

Pete Hegseth claims six ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in Caribbean as US military conducts 10th strike US politics live – latest updatesThe United States has carried out another military strike against a boat it claims was carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing six people onboard, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, said on Friday morning.Later on Friday, the Pentagon said that an aircraft carrier was being moved to waters off South America, as part of the administration’s stated campaign to combat drug trafficking. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Hegseth sends aircraft carrier in major escalation amid new ‘drug boat’ strike: ‘We will treat you like we treat Al

Pentagon boss claims boat targeted in latest strike was operated by Tren de Aragua

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1 week ago French police use pepper spray on migrants trying to cross English Channel

French police have used pepper spray to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel.

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants arrive in UK in 24 hours

It is the fourth time this year that more than 1,000 migrants have arrived on small boats in the UK in a single day

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day AGAIN

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

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2 w. ago More than 1,000 small boat migrants cross Channel to Britain in just one day

There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.

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2 w. ago El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of US crackdown

The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown has met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer blames Brexit for migrant crisis and rebrands crossings 'Farage boats'

Sir Keir Starmer said that before Britain left Brussels, returns agreements with the EU would enable illegal migrants to be sent packing as he lays blame for migrant crossings

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3 w. ago Starmer pledges rethink on international law to stop ‘Farage boats’

The Prime Minister blamed Brexit for making it harder to remove migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats.

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3 w. ago Migrants attempt longer Channel crossing after recent deaths

After a quiet morning in northern France, a large black dinghy carrying migrants was pictured having set off from a beach in north-west France.

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3 w. ago New record set for most migrants crossing the Channel to the UK on a single boat

The passage to the UK on Saturday saw 125 people on one vessel come over from France, it is understood. Pictured: Border Force escorts migrants into Dover on Saturday

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3 w. ago Boat carrying record 125 migrants crossed Channel to UK on Saturday

The number of people on board breaks a previous record from August, when 106 migrants crossed to the UK on what was dubbed a ‘mega dinghy’ by media.

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3 w. ago Body of young migrant found on French beach as crossings to UK rise

French authorities have announced the discovery of a body on a beach used by migrants attempting to cross from northern France to the U.K. on flimsy boats

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3 w. ago Two female migrants die while attempting to cross the Channel after dinghy carrying 100 people sinks

French police said the women died by suffocation or drowning after the overloaded boat set off for the UK at around 3.15am.

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3 w. ago Migrants keep piling into crammed rubber boats to cross the Channel just hours after two women died trying to reach the UK

The female migrants died while a further 60 were rescued after 100 squeezed into an overcrowded makeshift boat on Saturday morning off the coast near Neufchatel-Hardelot.

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3 w. ago Two women migrants die trying to cross Channel to Britain and 60 are rescued after 100 squeezed into a makeshift boat

The deaths, which took place overnight south of the beaches of Neufchatel-Hardelot in Calais, mean there have been at least 25 fatalities from Channel crossings this year.

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3 w. ago Two migrants die trying to cross Channel to Britain and 60 are rescued after 100 squeezed into a makeshift boat

The deaths, which took place overnight south of the beaches of Neufchatel-Hardelot in Calais, mean there have been at least 25 fatalities from Channel crossings this year.

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4 w. ago Over 400,000 sign petition demanding Keir Starmer scraps ID cards

The Prime Minister is expected to confirm plans for a so-called 'Brit card' on Friday amid fears the black economy is convincing Channel migrants to cross in small boats

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