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Heat health alerts across huge swathes of England have been upgraded to amber as the UK experiences its third heatwave of the summer.

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed a returns deal in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.

At least 798 people in Gaza have been killed while receiving aid, the UN human rights office has said.

The UK coastguard has said it is responding to "multiple incidents" involving small boats in the Channel.

Police believe search aircraft offer the best chance of finding a German backpacker who was last seen in the Australian outback nearly two weeks ago.