2 h. ago Trump warns Starmer 'illegal migration will destroy the UK from within': US president says PM should deploy military to stop Channel boats

Keir Starmer will be hoping Donald Trump can avoid deepening his domestic crisis, with a series of potential landmines lying in wait.

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5 h. ago 'We genuinely like each other': Starmer talks up personal ties with Trump as he braces for potentially explosive Chequers press conference

Keir Starmer said the leaders 'genuinely like each other' as they oversaw a business reception at Chequers.

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5 h. ago First person removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ asylum deal, says UK

Agreement reached with France allows for removal of asylum seekers who arrive on small boatsUK politics live – latest updatesThe first Channel migrant has been deported to France under the controversial one in, one out deal, the Home Office has confirmed.It follows three days of cancellations of tickets of asylum seekers due to fly and a high court challenge that halted the imminent removal of a 25-year-old Eritrean man to France on Tuesday evening. He was granted more time to gather evidence relating to his claim that he is a victim of trafficking. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Struggling Starmer braces for 'Trump bombs': No10 fears more humiliation over Mandelson and free speech as President arrives at Chequers ahead of joint press conference

After a first day focused on pomp and ceremony at Windsor, Donald Trump will travel to the PM's Chequers country retreat.

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9 h. ago Now for the hard part Starmer braces for 'Trump bombs' on Mandelson, free speech and Palestine at joint press conference TODAY after State Visit pomp and ceremony

After a first day focused on pomp and ceremony at Windsor, Donald Trump will travel to the PM's Chequers country retreat.

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32 h. ago French police 'have been using ramming tactics to stop small migrant boats entering overseas territory off Africa'

An investigation has uncovered that at least 24 people have died or disappeared at sea after lethal confrontations between migrant boats and French border police in the Indian Ocean.

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36 h. ago Voices: It is deluded to slash foreign aid in refugee hotspots without expecting more boats to arrive

Prevention is always better than cure, writes Sarah Champion, so investing in ways for people to feel secure and earn a living in their home country through aid is important

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66 h. ago First ‘one in, one out’ deportation flight reportedly takes off without migrants

Group of people who crossed Channel by boat understood not to have been on Air France plane after legal challengeThe first flight to France carrying people who crossed the Channel under Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal has not taken place as planned, according to reports.A small group of individuals were removed from an Air France flight on Monday due to travel from Heathrow to Paris after a legal challenge, according to multiple newspaper reports. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago ‘I’ve seen at first hand that stopping the boats is an impossible task – no matter how much money we throw at it’

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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5 d. ago ‘I’ve seen firsthand that stopping the boats is an impossible task – no matter how much money we throw at it’

After a week in which four people, including two children, died while attempting the perilous journey across the English Channel in small boats, May Bulman watches the seemingly futile attempts being made to stop them from leaving French shores

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8 d. ago ‘Two children among dead’ after English Channel crossing attempt

Officials say the three people were likely killed after being crushed at the bottom of a packed boat

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8 d. ago Two children among three dead in small boat disaster: Tragedy after 38 migrants attempted to cross English Channel to the UK in one dinghy

Two children are among three people to have died in the English Channel overnight in a small boat tragedy, French authorities report.

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8 d. ago Woman dies trying to cross Channel on small boat after 'catastrophic deflation'

The dinghy suffered what authorities have described as a 'catastrophic deflation' 10 miles off the coast of Dover at around 12.30pm on Tuesday.

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1 week ago New Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to suspend visas for countries which refuse to take back migrants

Citizens seeking to travel to Britain legally could be penalised if their governments fail to co-operate with deportations.

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1 week ago 30,000 reasons why Labour won't stop the boats... as country hits a new Channel migrant record on Home Secretary's first day on the job

The surge of 1,097 small-boat migrants tipped the total for 2025 to more than 30,000 in record time - and is 37 per cent up on the same date last year. Ms Mahmood said it was 'utterly unacceptable'.

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1 week ago UK politics live: Starmer completes reshuffle as new home secretary faces small boat Channel crossings crisis

A government source said ‘nothing is off the table’ for the new home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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1 week ago New home secretary hit with immediate crisis as small boat Channel crossings top 30,000

Shabana Mahmood will host representatives from the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to discuss ways to ‘smash the gangs’ as new figures reveal the scale of the migrant crisis she has inherited as the new home secretary

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1 week ago Nigel Farage says Reform WILL deport Afghan women back to the Taliban if they arrive in Britain via small boats

The Reform UK leader has promised to deport 600,000 migrants over five years if his party wins power at the next general election.

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1 week ago People smugglers are drugging children before they are put on small boats to cross Channel, Solicitor General reveals

Lucy Rigby said she had been warned by the Crown Prosecution Service that the gangs were attempting to make the children more co-operative as they undertake the dangerous journey from France.

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2 w. ago Sedated children put onto small boats before Channel crossings by sick smugglers

Solicitor General Lucy Rigby told MPs that prosecutors have found children are being sedated before small boat Channel crossings to make them more 'compliant'

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