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Burnham hosts Macron to step up small boat action as UK announces Israel policy reset
September 6, 2026 at 07:27 AM
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Newspaper headlines: Britain 'taxing itself to death' and 'Some Might Stray'
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Andy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron agree to scale up action on small boats
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(opens the publisher’s site)UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham hosted Emmanuel Macron in Downing Street, agreeing to scale up anti-Channel-crossing efforts as the government announced a reset of policy toward Israel.
- Burnham and Macron agreed in Downing Street to "scale up" efforts against illegal Channel crossings, with Macron becoming the new prime minister's first foreign visitor.
- The leaders agreed to establish assembly lines in Ukraine for the Scalp long-range missile, the French version of the UK's Storm Shadow.
- Burnham condemned Israeli plans for settlement construction in the occupied West Bank as "unacceptable."
- Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told Parliament the UK will introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel in coming weeks.