A shocking video captured the moment a Chinese military vessel collided with one of its Coast Guard boats while chasing a Philippines patrol boat in the South China Sea

At the general election, Labour pledged to "smash" people-smuggling gangs and reduce Channel crossing numbers. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said Tuesday's figure showed that plan "was just a slogan".

More than 50,000 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since Labour came to power, despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to “smash the gangs” behind them. It is the quickest timeframe in which the milestone has been met under a prime minister – 403 days – and education minister Baroness Jacqui Smith admitted earlier on Tuesday that the number of people making the dangerous crossing was “unacceptable”.