17 h. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to cross the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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18 h. ago French police slash migrant boat and drag passengers back to shore just as they attempt to set across the Channel for Britain

Dramatic footage shows dozens of migrants and asylum seekers boarding an inflatable dingy as it approaches the shallow waters.

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19 h. ago French police ‘slash small boats with knives’ to prevent Channel crossings

Downing Street said the new tactics will have a ‘major impact’ on smuggling gangs

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58 h. ago Inside £2.2m Welsh home for sale which has 'devastating' backstory

In the latest episode of Britain's Most Expensive Houses, Channel 4 viewers saw agents Sorcha Rodbard-Hedderwick and Jemma Friday head down to the Vale of Glamorgan.

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64 h. ago French police charge ‘incel’ suspected of planning knife attack on women

Detention of 18-year-old man part of anti-terror police force’s first case linked to involuntary celibate movementAn 18-year-old French man suspected of planning attacks on women has been charged in the country’s first case of a terror plot linked to the misogynist “incel” movement, officials said.The suspect was arrested on Friday by the DGSI domestic intelligence agency near a public high school in the southeastern city of Saint-Etienne. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago French police arrest ‘incel’ suspected of planning knife attack on women

Detention of 18-year-old man part of anti-terror police force’s first case linked to involuntary celibate movementAn 18-year-old French man who claimed affiliation with the misogynist “incel” movement has been arrested and placed under formal investigation on suspicion of planning attacks targeting women, France’s national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT) has said.The arrest on Wednesday was part of PNAT’s first case linked to the “incel” (involuntary celibate) movement, an online network of men motivated to engage in violence against women whom they believe unjustly reject their sexual or romantic advances. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Chaos on French shores as 'people trafficker' is seen WHIPPING terrified migrants as they scramble to board boat bound for the UK

The Mail beat French police to the shore at small-boat hotspot Gravelines beach at 5.30am, where large groups of migrants were running to reach the waves

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5 d. ago Huge boat of 60 migrants launch from French beach towards the UK

This year so far, more than 18,000 migrants have arrived via the Channel, in a record for this point in the year since data collection began in 2018.

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8 d. ago French police patrol flooded streets of Paris while trying to raise spirits with hilarious ICONIC theme tune

As Paris grapples with severe flooding, French police have taken to patrolling the waterlogged streets not only to ensure public safety but also to lift the spirits of residents.

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9 d. ago UK police in contact with French after Briton charged over Disneyland ‘wedding’

The disturbing ‘ceremony’ was booked at Disneyland Paris but shut down when a hired guest alerted police.

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1 week ago Awkward moment mother of Princess Beatrice's stepson Dara Huang dodges question about the royal family on new TV show in £60m London penthouse

The exchange between real estate agent Constance Cunningham and interior designer Dara Huang happened during an upcoming episode of Britain's Most Expensive Houses on Channel 4.

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1 week ago Labour voters think biggest burden on NHS is migration... as 1,000 more migrants arrive in small boats in just two days

The poll of 2,000 people who voted Sir Keir Starmer into Downing Street came as another 437 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Friday, followed by 583 on Saturday.

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1 week ago Moment the French FINALLY try to stop the boats: Police slash rubber dinghy with knife but migrants say 'we're not afraid to die' in bid to reach UK as another 1,634 arrive in last week

A French police officer was seen single-handedly foiling an attempt by a group of people to cross the English Channel this morning in a dinghy by stabbing the inflated boat with a knife.

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2 w. ago French plans to stop small boats will lead to more deaths, says charity

French charity to challenge new Channel migrant interception plans in European courtsPlans by French police to enter the sea to stop small boats carrying UK-bound asylum seekers willcause more deaths and will be challenged in the European courts, a French charity has said.Arthur Dos Santos, the coordinator of the refugee charity Utopia 56, said there would be an increase in the number of people who would take “desperate” measures to reach the UK. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago French authorities finally promise to intercept small boats in the Channel as shocking figures reveal one migrant reaches Britain every four

A new 'maritime doctrine' set to come into operation next month allows French police officers to block dinghy departures within 300 yards of the shoreline.

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2 w. ago 'Bizarre' rule banning French police wading into Channel waters to stop migrant 'small boats' to be axed

The change is set to come as some 17,000 economic migrants and asylum seekers have already reached UK shores so far this year

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2 w. ago Starmer signals visa crackdown to tackle ‘deteriorating’ English Channel crisis

French police have employed robust tactics including the use of teargas but migrant crossings are at record levels.

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2 w. ago The battle of Calais: Gangs of migrants stream past French police and through tear gas to waiting 'taxi boats' yelling 'England, England!'

Extraordinary scenes showed dozens of French police and coastguards looking on as men and some women crammed onto an overloaded boat off Gravelines beach.

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2 w. ago Migrants slump to the ground as French police again use tear gas to stop them setting off for Britain... but many more make it to waiting 'taxi boats' yelling 'England, England!'

Extraordinary scenes showed dozens of French police and coastguards looking on as men and some women crammed onto an overloaded boat off Gravelines beach.

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2 w. ago FTSE 100 closes near record high, and oil price falls, on reports Iran seeks talks with Israel – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsMiddle East crisis live: Iran and Israel trade attacks amid reports Tehran could be seeking talksIran and Israel crisis: what does it mean for the price of oil?Over at the Paris Air Show, a row has broken out after four Israeli company stands at the trade fair were shut down.According to Reuters, French authorities ordered that the four stands should be closed for “displaying offensive weapons”, after not complying with an order from a French security agency to remove offensive or kinetic weapons from the stands.“This outrageous and unprecedented decision reeks of policy-driven and commercial considerations.“The French are hiding behind supposedly political considerations to exclude Israeli offensive weapons from an international exhibition - weapons that compete with French industries.” Continue reading...

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