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One Person Dies as Migrants Aim to Cross English Channel

10 March 2025, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
10 March 2025, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
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One Person Dies as Migrants Aim to Cross English Channel

10 March 2025, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa
10 March 2025, United Kingdom, Dover: A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, from a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/dpa

One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel from France got into difficulties overnight, said a local French authority on Thursday.
The French local authority responsible for the North Sea and English Channel regions said 15 people had been rescued and brought back to shore at the port of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, Reuters reported.
Both the British and French governments have made tackling migrants crossing the English Channel illegally - often in perilous conditions as they travel in dinghies or small boats - a high priority.
Data in January showed Britain's Labour government had removed 16,400 illegal migrants since coming to power last July, marking the highest rate of such removals since 2018, although Labour's political opponents say the government needs to do more.

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Pope Francis Plans to Make First Public Appearance in Five Weeks on Sunday

In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis carries his coat and documents as he leaves after a morning session of the last day of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP)
In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis carries his coat and documents as he leaves after a morning session of the last day of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP)
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Pope Francis Plans to Make First Public Appearance in Five Weeks on Sunday

In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis carries his coat and documents as he leaves after a morning session of the last day of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP)
In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis carries his coat and documents as he leaves after a morning session of the last day of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. (AP)

Pope Francis plans to make his first appearance in five weeks on Sunday, offering a blessing from the window of his room at Rome's Gemelli Hospital as he battles double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

Francis, 88, was admitted to the hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.

The pope has only been seen once during his hospital stay, in a photo the Vatican released last week, showing the pontiff at prayer in a hospital chapel.

Francis wants to come to the hospital window around noon-time on Sunday to give a greeting and blessing, the Vatican said in a brief statement on Saturday.

The pope usually offers a weekly noon-time prayer in St. Peter's Square on Sundays. Francis has not been able to do so since February 9, before going to hospital.

The Vatican said Francis was not expected to deliver the prayer this Sunday, in a sign that the pope is still recovering from pneumonia, but would come to the window for a greeting.