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The United Nations refugee agency tonight urged MPs and peers to block the government’s new asylum plans – saying they would be a “clear breach of the Refugee convention” and would undermine Britain’s long-standing humanitarian tradition. We are joined now from Brussels by the French MEP Fabienne Keller – who’s on the parliament’s committee on…

Three people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby cafe in Paris, prompting clashes between police and protesters on nearby streets.

Millions of fans are expected to watch England’s World Cup quarter-final knockout clash with France.

The Home Office gave us a statement earlier claiming that “the government has delivered on its promise to the British people to take back control of our immigration system”. 

Matt is joined by Daniel Sohege from the anti-child trafficking charity, Love146, which works directly with Albanian trafficking survivors.

According to Home Office figures published today, the number of people detected arriving by small boats has more than doubled from nearly 6000 in the first half of 2021 to over 12,700 in the same six month period in 2022.

The numbers around migration can be dizzying, the ethics always complicated, and then there’s the politics. 

The French president Emmanuel Macron has been meeting rival party leaders for talks – after his centrist group lost its majority in last week’s parliamentary elections. 

France’s interior minister has defended police actions at the Champions League final saying they prevented deaths from happening.

The polls in Paris are due to close at 20:00 BST and everyone is poised for the early exit results to find out who has won this hotly contested election – Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen – an election which has exposed bitter divisions in the country.

We spoke to Victor Mallet, the Financial Times’ bureau chief in Paris about his predictions on the French election.

All eyes are on Paris tonight as votes are cast in the French election. 

Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the second round run-off of the French Presidential election

The remaining two candidates in France’s presidential race, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, launched their run-off campaigns today. 

Sophie Pedder, the Paris bureau chief of The Economist, has written a much-praised biography of Emmanuel Macron and spoke to us in Paris.