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Channel disaster: France calls for co-operation

President Macron calls for more co-operation to tackle traffickers after 27 people died trying to cross the English channel to get to the UK.

President Macron of France calls for greater European co-operation to tackle human traffickers, after 27 people died trying to cross the English channel in an inflatable boat; we hear from his party.

Also in the programme: Australia sends police and soldiers to the Solomon Islands after two days of rioting; and we hear from eastern Ukraine as tensions rise on the border with Russia.

(Photo: Remains of damaged inflatable boat and personal belongings left by people attempting to cross the English Channel on the beach near Wimereux, France, 25 November 2021. Credit: Mohammed Badra/EPA)

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Thu 25 Nov 202114:06GMT

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  • Thu 25 Nov 202114:06GMT

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