The United Kingdom and France have announced a new pilot scheme that will see migrants who arrive in Britain by small boat returned to France. In exchange, the UK will accept vetted asylum seekers through a legal pathway.

Britain will grant asylum to one migrant in France who can prove a family connection to the U.K. in exchange for each arriving migrant taken back by France.

Britain and France have agreed to a pilot plan that will send some migrants who cross the English Channel on small boats back to France as the U.K. government struggles to tamp down criticism that it has lost control of the country’s borders.

France is missing out on the investor optimism that has defined Europe's markets this year, hamstrung by its strained public finances and political volatility that threatens to paralyse policy until at least 2027.

The UK government reportedly plans to invest €163mn in French satellite firm Eutelsat as Europe pushes to replace Elon Musk’s Starlink.

This summer in Paris, a sunset cigarette under the Eiffel Tower could come with an unexpected price tag. Starting July 1, France has banned smoking in all outdoor areas frequented by children