You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Friday the 11th of July.

Britain has reached an agreement with France to return some migrants who crossed the English Channel in small boats.

Vladimir Zelensky says he's had positive conversations with President Trump about the US providing patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.

And Palestinian children queuing for nutritional supplements are killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.

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The original Birkin Handbag has sold at auction for more than $10 million.

Repeated efforts to solve the small boats crisis in the English Channel have failed.

Already this year, more than 20,000 migrants have made the dangerous crossing

from northern France to southern England. Britain and France have now announced a one-in, one-out

deal, which will see some of them returned. In exchange, an equivalent number of migrants currently

in France will then be allowed to come into Britain legally. A pilot scheme will start in weeks.

The British Prime Minister, Seir Starma, said illegal migration was a global crisis.

It is also very acutely a crisis for our two nations,

a crisis of law, security, humanity and fairness.

We face a sprawling, multi-bbillion pound enterprise run by organised criminal gangs,

leading hundreds of people to their death in the channel. So we're determined together to end this

vile trade. There is no silver bullet here, but with a united effort, new tactics and a new level of intent,

we can finally turn the tables.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is the first European leader to make a state visit

to the UK since Brexit.

He said the rise in boat crossings was partly a result of the UK's decision to leave the EU,

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