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Four Migrants Die Trying to Cross the English Channel

09 July 2024, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from the RNLI Dover Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
09 July 2024, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from the RNLI Dover Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
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Four Migrants Die Trying to Cross the English Channel

09 July 2024, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from the RNLI Dover Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
09 July 2024, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from the RNLI Dover Lifeboat following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa

Four migrants who tried to reach Britain died in the night from Thursday to Friday after their boat capsized in the Channel, a French coast guard spokesperson said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports.

A total of 67 people were aboard the boat off the coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France, the spokesperson said, adding that 63 of them were rescued by an operation involving four ships and one helicopter.

Several thousand people have arrived in Britain this year via small, overloaded boats - usually flimsy inflatable dinghies - that risk being lashed by the waves as they try to reach British shores.

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Philippines and China Reach a Deal to Avoid Clashes at Fiercely Disputed South China Sea Shoal

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows Chinese coast guard ships (L and R) corralling a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows Chinese coast guard ships (L and R) corralling a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
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Philippines and China Reach a Deal to Avoid Clashes at Fiercely Disputed South China Sea Shoal

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows Chinese coast guard ships (L and R) corralling a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 22, 2023 shows Chinese coast guard ships (L and R) corralling a Philippine civilian boat chartered by the Philippine navy to deliver supplies to the Philippine navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

Two Philippine officials said Sunday that Manila and Beijing have reached a deal to avoid confrontations at a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where recent clashes have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the United States.
The deal was forged after a series of closed-door meetings between Philippine and Chinese diplomats in Manila and exchanges of diplomatic notes that aimed to establish a mutually acceptable arrangement at the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, which China also claims.
The Philippine officials who confirmed the deal to The Associated Press on Sunday spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a public announcement of the pact.
Chinese coast guard and other forces have used powerful water cannons and dangerous blocking maneuvers to prevent food and other supplies from reaching Filipino navy personnel at Manila’s outpost at the shoal.