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The inventor of the flyboard device, Franky Zapata completes a successful flight on his invention
The inventor of the flyboard device, Franky Zapata completes a successful flight in France
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
Daredevil French inventor Franky Zapata blasts off from Sangatte on the French coast at the start of his attempt to hover across the Channel standing on a jet-powered "flyboard". The ambitious crossing comes 110 years to the day after pioneer Louis Bleriot made the first airplane flight across the Channel on July 25, 1909. IMAGES
French inventor Franky Zapata practices on his jet-powered "flyboard ahead of a daring attempt later this week to soar across the English Channel. The former jet-skiing champion has pledged to go ahead on Thursday on his device, which can reach speeds up to 190 kilometres an hour (118 mph). IMAGES
French and British fishing boats clashed in the English Channel, pelting stones and ramming each other's boats in the latest "scallop war" skirmish.
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