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crossing the world's busiest shipping lane in this way and no doubt the authorities on both sides of the channel will say it reinforces their determination to try to make this route unviable. simonjones reporting. now it's time for a look at today's sport with jane dougall. let's start at the australian open, reigning women's singles champion aryna sabalenka begins the defence of her trophy against germany's ella seidel after men's number one seed novak djokovic finishes his match with croatian dino prizmic. djokovic won the first set 6—2, but 18 year old prizmic has been playing superbly. the teenager took world number one djokovic to a tie break in the second set, and won it. however, djokovic has just won the third set. italian fourth seed jannik sinner is into the second round, after he beat dutchman botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. the 22—year—old, who reached his first major semi—final at wimbledon last year, is one of the favourites to challenge reigning champion

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simonjones reporting. china own territory. we have a corresponding telling us more. ﬁn corresponding telling us more. on the corresponding telling us more. (et the stage comes the man who corresponding telling us more. (m the stage comes the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end william lai when the election with a larger majority. if anything it had the opposite effect. we will not listen to _ it had the opposite effect. we will not listen to you _ it had the opposite effect. we will not listen to you any _ it had the opposite effect. we will not listen to you any more. -

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and be a source of ignition of fire. fire and a lack of water are proving to be a challenging combination. simonjones reporting. the hot air over britain is being drawn up from southern europe. in france, there are warnings the country is facing its worst drought on record — as our correspondent mark lowen reports from the loire. the loire valley is called the garden of france, but this garden is wilting. melting under a fourth heatwave, france is gripped by its worst drought ever recorded. vincent favreau's crops which feed 100 families are stunted — his potato yield down by half amidst a fortnight of hosepipe bans and weeks with no rain. translation: either the vegetables will die off first or they won't - develop enough in this crucial period of growth. the sun is evaporating what little water we have left. i've never seen something like this

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we have to make sure that the contingency is dealt with quicker when we have delays and that people are properly supported and that we do not get gridlock at dover again. ok, natalie elphicke, thank you very much forjoining us. well, in terms of yesterday's problems at french border control, the french authority are saying it was actually a problem at eurotunnel in the channel tunnel which meant some of their staff were delayed. eurotunnel hit back saying, "do not blame us, the chaos at dover was nothing to do with us." since then, a bit of reconciliation between britain and france, talk of working more closely than ever to try to resolve the disruption, but the reality is it is going to be a difficult weekend. simonjones reporting. i'm joined now by marion pettet who was stuck at the folkestone eurotunnel terminal yesterday but has luckily made it through. they are in france en route to your holiday, congratulations. glad to see you got there. what did you have

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and the lifeboat. we have seen several boats being brought to shore. 0n those boats were a number of women and children and several babies. the vast majority have been young men. we haven't had any figures confirmed but i am hearing 300 plus people made the journey today taking the total to more than 6000 people. that is why the government says it needs to act to do something radical. it understands the idea of sending people 4000 miles away from kent to rwanda is going to be controversial, particularly as they are sending them on a one—way ticket. we know that some of the concern over this is being expressed within the home office itself. some civil servants have questioned just how much this is going to cost and whether it represents value for money. the home secretary is pushing through this idea and she is convinced it is cost—effective, but concern expressed from the pcs union he say this whole idea is utterly inhumane. simonjones reporting.

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that is why the government says it needs to act to do something radical. it understands the idea of sending people 4000 miles away from kent to rwanda is going to be controversial, particularly as they are sending them on a one—way ticket. we know that some of the concern over this is being expressed within the home of its itself. some civil servants have questioned just how much this is going to cost and whether it represents value for money. the home secretary is pushing through this idea and she is convinced it is cost—effective, but concern expressed from the pcs union he say this whole idea is utterly inhumane. simonjones reporting. let's get some of the day's other news. eight days out from a crucial run—off vote, president macron of france has offered supporters five years of national renewal if he's re—elected. at a campaign event in marseille, mr macron warned people of the dangers he said were posed

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the vast majority have been young men. we haven't had any figures confirmed but i am hearing 300 plus people made the journey today taking the total to more than 6000 people. and that's why the government says it needs to act to do something radical. it understands the idea of sending people 4,000 miles away from kent to rwanda is going to be controversial, particularly as they are sending them on a one—way ticket. but we also now know that some of the concern over this is being expressed within the home office itself. some civil servants have questioned just how much this is going to cost and whether it actually represents value for money. now, the home secretary is pushing through this idea, she is convinced it is cost—effective, but also concern expressed from the pcs union representing some border force and home office staff who say this whole idea is utterly inhumane. simonjones reporting.

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track to make sure it is safe. plus, there are still weather warnings in place for strong winds covering most of southern england and southern wales. services may have to go slow too. continued problems here during the day. simonjones reporting. we bring you up—to—date with the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. there are the government figures. those are the latest figures on coronavirus in the uk. let's turn our attention now to the situation in ukraine. the prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine would see the destruction of a democratic state. speaking in the last hour at the annual munich security conference, borisjohnson said nato and its allies were united

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three o'clock this morning. he is currently in police custody. 0fficers currently in police custody. officers say that sabina nessa's family have been informed of this development. they describe and it is a significant arrest and they say the family are continuing to be supported by officers. sabina nessa's death has prompted an outpouring of grief in the local community and beyond, people asking why a woman was not able to walk on the streets alone. there was a big job on friday night in kidd brooke close to where she lived. people arrived with flowers and candles. police have previously rested two men on suspicion of murder but they have been released under investigation. but a significant development in the words of the police this morning. simonjones reporting. the chinese technology giant huawei has said it will continue to defend itself against charges filed against it in the united states following the release of its chief financial officer templatei. —— meng wanzhou. her

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as soon as they were made aware of these allegations. they say they needed to do that to protect the delegates who were due to attend the event, and they also say they're going to carry out a widespread review as part of their cultural change. simonjones reporting. food producers are warning that worker shortages caused by a perfect storm of issues including brexit changes and the pandemic could threaten availability at christmas. the government is facing growing calls for a temporary visa scheme to try to fill the gap. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. preparing these turkeys for christmas involves 100 extra workers who used to come in from eastern europe. because of brexit, we don't have that guaranteed labour that we've had for the past 30 years. the bigger companies that supply all the supermarkets, they had made the decision to cut their production by between 20% and 25%, which is huge. so, there will absolutely be a shortage of quality british turkeys.

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