Royalty and carriage rides on day 1 of Macron's state visit
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Migrants have been crossing the English Channel in small boats to Dover as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron were in crunch talks over a deal on curbing their numbers.People wearing life jackets arrived in Kent and disembarked from a Border Force boat amid sunny weather on Thursday.
Britain and France announced on Thursday a pilot deal to return some Channel-crossing migrants to France, part of a broader effort to curb dangerous small-boat journeys. The plan has drawn sharp criticism in the UK,
French President Emmanuel Macron attended yet another lavish banquet Wednesday evening in London, this one hosted by London Lord Mayor Alderman Alastair King.
The Royal Family are bracing for the first state visit of the year in the UK this week, which will see France's President, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, attend a number of events in the space of three days.
The French president's state visit to the UK leads the front pages along with the verdict in Australia's 'mushroom murder trial'