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Lorry drivers, stuck in the UK, get tested for Covid-19 to cross the Channel at Dover port. France and Britain reopened cross-Channel travel after a 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant but thousands of truckers faced being stranded for days near the port of Dover. IMAGES
Dozens of people disembark from a UK Border Force patrol vessel in the port of Dover on November 30 2022. The British government says 426 migrants were detected crossing the English Channel in small boats that day. More than 40,000 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain so far this year according to the UK government, whilst Britain and France have just signed a new deal in November - increasing what the French border controls are paid in order to prevent these crossings. IMAGES
UK Border Force officials escort migrants in Dover's port, after picking them up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. The British authorities have increased navy and air surveillance in the area as more than 1,000 migrants have arrived on Britain's shores in the last 10 days after crossing the Channel in small boats. IMAGES
Vehicles cross the border between France and Germany in Kehl as France lifts restrictions on Monday for travel within Europe and Germany ends land border checks on the same day after a coronavirus lockdown. IMAGES
Smoke billows as Israeli forces and Hezbollah trade cross-border fire. Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza. IMAGES
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