Of foreign aid is set to clear a final hurdle here in washington as the us senate is set to vote to advance long delayed assistance for american allies. This is a live look at the floor of the us senate as they prepare to vote. President biden says hell sign the bill into law as soon as it reaches his desk. The final passage of the aid package is expected in the next few hours. The legislation includes nearly 61 billion in aid to ukraine, over 26 billion for israel and more than 8 billion for the indo pacific. Its passage follows a months long stalemate in the House Of Representatives, where some republicans held the bill up, arguing domestic issues should be dealt with before foreign ones. The developments here in washington coincide with a similar announcement from uk Prime Minister rishi sunak. He said britain would spend an additional £75 billion, or 93 billion, over the next six years on defence. Speaking alongside nato secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg in poland, the Prime Minis
Was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of wimereux, filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and migrants. Theyd only been at sea a short time when disaster struck. Heres his report. A skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants here. The police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. It turns violent. And the police are failing. The boat is dangerously overloaded. It looks like the migrants who did get onto that boat are in trouble. But as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven Year Old Girl. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. The forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. Young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they migh
Coast in the early hours leading to the deaths of five of those attempting the crossing, including a child. It happened just hours after mps passed the governments Rwanda Bill Which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent Andrew Harding was on that beach in the early hours of this morning just north of Wimereux Filming as police ran towards the people smugglers and those who had paid them to cross. Theyd only been at sea a short time when they got into difficulty. Well, we can join andrew now. Good evening. The smugglers in this area have accessed almost 150 miles of coastline from which to launch their small boats which makes it very rare and very difficult to actually witness one of those launches as it happens but that is what happened to us in the early hours of this morning, on a Big Beautiful Beach close to a french golf resort. Shouting a skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants
Within hours it was clearjust how much a change is needed. Five people, including a child died when they fell off a boat trying to cross the channel. The french authorities rescued others. Those were the chaotic scenes on a beach near calais. Migrants attempted to launch an overcrowded boat to begin a journey across the channel. Boat to begin a journey across the channel. The french coastguard said there 110 people on board this dingy when it set off from wimereux, just south of calais. The search and Rescue Operations have been continuing all day. A bbc crew that was filming on the beaches, saw the migrants getting into that boat. Reports say that shortly after it went into the sea the engine failed. Andrew harding reports. A skirmish early this morning on a french beach. 0k, werejust running to catch up with some migrants here. The police are trying to stop a small boat from leaving the shore. It turns violent. And the police are failing. The boat is dangerously overloaded. It looks
But as we watch, we have no idea that people on board are dying, including a seven year old girl. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to yesterday afternoon, with crowds jostling at the bus station in calais, anxious to get to the beaches outside town, the smugglers muscling in. The forecast is for a clear, calm night in the channel, perfect conditions for a crossing. Young men from syria, from sudan, none put off by news that they might end up being deported from britain to rwanda. Are you worried that you might be sent to rwanda by the british . No, if it is safe and i can study in rwanda, then thats fine too, he says. You hear that . Yeah. You dont want that . No, i dont want. But its not stopping you today . No. Nothing will stop you . No, no, dont stop me. Waiting for the migrants along the french coast line, a high tech force, funded now by britain, which is spending millions of pounds on drones and other gear to help the French Police find and stop the small boat