Police are investigating after convicted criminal-turned-anti-migrant activist “Danny Tommo” livestreamed himself cutting into a dinghy while a rescuer was still aboard.

The incident occurred during a 38-hour confrontation in the English Channel, where activists from Thomas’ hard-right Patriot Platform group attempted to prevent the dinghy from reaching Britain.

All 51 people aboard were rescued by the RNLI before being transferred to a Border Force vessel. They arrived in Dover last night and were taken away by coach under police escort.

Footage shows Thomas—who was jailed in 2016 for attempted kidnapping—bringing his boat alongside the dinghy yesterday afternoon, after the migrants had been transferred to a lifeboat.

Seconds later, a French rescuer stepped onto the empty dinghy to secure it, at which point the activist cut through one side with a knife.

“You’re on English territory. This is England, this is not France any more,” he told the rescuer.

Thomas then ordered the Frenchman to leave the dinghy and return to his own boat.

“Get off the boat, you’ve got time to get off the boat,” he said repeatedly before shouting, “Let’s go,” and sailing away.

Thomas later told his followers that the people from the dinghy were being taken towards Gosport, where a group of black-clad Patriot Platform protesters was reportedly waiting.

Instead, they were brought ashore in Dover at 12.30am today after making an unprecedented 38-hour journey from Normandy to the UK.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said it was “aware” of the video, which appears to have been recorded at about 4pm yesterday.

“We are aware of a video circulating online relating to damage being caused to a boat in the English Channel on the afternoon of September 22, and we are conducting enquiries into the matter,” a spokesperson said.

The investigation comes as the body of a man in his 20s was discovered on a beach in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, a French commune near Calais. Three journalists found the man, who local media have identified as a migrant.

Reports said a taxi boat carrying 80 migrants had recently departed the area.

The group had set off from Port-en-Bessin, north of Bayeux in Normandy, shortly before 10am on Monday. They reached Dover shortly after midnight.

The crossing is believed to be the longest journey made by people travelling to the UK in a small boat, prompting the Conservatives to describe the episode as a “fiasco”.

Following reports that the dinghy was to dock in Gosport, in Hampshire, hundreds of protesters turned out in the town – and in nearby Portsmouth – but the effort dissipated after the boat was rerouted to Dover.

Hampshire Police described some of those who remained in Gosport as ‘hostile’ towards officers and said six people were arrested for offences including careless driving, assaulting an emergency worker and aggravated trespass.

About a dozen protesters were seen in Dover as the migrants arrived, and officers closed nearby roads in anticipation.

The dinghy incident raised serious questions over the effectiveness of Labour’s £662million deal with the French to prevent crossings.

French authorities, who shadowed the dinghy across the Channel, said they decided not to intervene due to safety concerns.

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As tides took the boat back towards the French coast on Monday evening, it was so close to shore another 10 to 15 migrants were able to board, it is claimed.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: ‘This latest fiasco shows that the French are not even trying to stop the illegal immigrants’ boats in French waters – instead they are escorting them here.

‘Our border security has descended into chaos with migrants crossing at will over ever larger distances and in ever larger boats.

‘The Government’s claim to smash the gangs is laughable and their deal with the French is clearly not working.

‘The Conservatives have a plan to end all accommodation and benefits for illegal immigrants, and instead deport them on arrival. Then, these farcical crossings would soon stop.’

Four French lifeboats plus the search-and-rescue tugboat Abeille Liberté, along with a French Navy helicopter, were scrambled to the 40ft dinghy’s location on Monday. A spokesman for local rescue services said: ‘The boat was in a very bad way, and very low in the water, with just a single small outboard motor to power it.

‘The sea was calm, and weather conditions were good, but the decision was taken to escort the boat, without intervening.’

The Abeille Liberté continued to follow the migrant boat yesterday morning and afternoon.

At about 4.30pm, the migrants were transferred from their dinghy to two RNLI lifeboats. Half an hour later, they switched to Border Force’s HMC Vigilant.

The cutter then headed towards Gosport but last night the town’s Conservative MP Dame Caroline Dinenage said she was ‘pleased’ Border Force had confirmed the migrants were instead being taken ‘to Dover by water as we asked’.

She added: ‘This must now set a clear precedent. If further boats are intercepted in our part of the Channel, they should be taken straight to Dover.’

Hampshire Police said it was investigating a reported slashing of a boat in the Channel after a video appearing to show the attack was posted on social media.

Migrants are normally processed at Manston, near Ramsgate. This incident comes just over two weeks after a mega-dinghy with 120 migrants aboard was brought into Eastney Marina, three miles from Portsmouth’s main harbour, sparking protests.

The Daily Mail reported yesterday how a migrant boat reached Folkestone in Kent without being intercepted by UK Border Force. The migrants then arrived in Dover at around midnight.  

Defence minister Luke Pollard said a Home Office investigation was under way.

Up to Sunday, 17,480 migrants have arrived via the Channel this year.

A Government spokesman said: ‘The Border Security Command works around the clock to protect our border and will continue to detain, check and process every small boat arrival.’

A Florida woman was filmed pepper-spraying a couple during an alleged unprovoked street attack before appearing to drive toward them in an incident that left both victims injured.

Felyz Rodriguez and Davin Lopez said they were walking through northwest Miami-Dade on Sunday evening when several unidentified women in a car began shouting insults. The situation escalated after the vehicle stopped and one of the women got out.

Video shows a barefoot woman wearing a bonnet and vivid green shorts climbing from the driver’s seat before rushing toward Rodriguez.

“The driver gets out and starts yanking me by the hair, you see in the video,” Rodriguez told NBC. “I’m trying my best not to put my hands on anybody because, instead of making it worse, I’m trying to de-escalate it.”

The women had left by the time officers arrived, according to the couple. Rodriguez and Lopez were left with bruises, cuts and swelling, while the reason for the alleged attack remained unclear.

“Is it a hate crime, is it something personal, or is it simply you have nothing to do?” Rodriguez, who is transgender, told the news outlet.

“It’s just sad, honestly. Just thinking about it confuses me,” she said. “I’m confused, I’m distraught, I’m just traumatized at this point, honestly.”

The couple are now seeking answers and hope the women will be identified. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office General Investigations Unit is looking into the incident, and Rodriguez and Lopez said they want to pursue criminal charges.

“This was my life and my partner’s life on the line, so whatever consequences come to them, they have to face it on their own,” Rodriguez said.

The alleged assault took place near 23rd Avenue and 41st Street as the couple walked together. Lopez said he had been escorting Rodriguez to work, according to a Facebook post he shared.

Lopez said a gray vehicle carrying several “completely random females” began shouting at them. Footage appears to show the car stopped beside the road with its windows lowered as the occupants yelled together while Lopez moved closer.

“They were like, ‘Guys, get out of the road, idiots,’” Lopez told NBC.

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After Lopez gestured toward the vehicle, he said the driver made a U-turn and pulled up across the sidewalk, apparently blocking their path while continuing to verbally harass them.

“Next thing you know, one gets out and starts pepper-spraying me,” he said.

Lopez said he was forced into a fence as the confrontation intensified. He said the women then shifted their focus to Rodriguez, turning the encounter into a physical struggle.

A witness recording the scene from a nearby car captured Lopez looking around desperately for assistance while Rodriguez was pulled by her hair and dragged farther along the street.

Rodriguez appears to break free and walk away, but her attacker quickly storms after her, aggressively grabbing her by the arms.

The person filming can be heard calling 911 in the background, rapidly telling the operator: ‘There is a girl in a car trying to run over a guy at the corner of my house!’ 

Seconds later, the car was seen reversing with the driver’s side door still open, knocking Rodriguez to the ground. 

The women have yet to be found, while the couple said they cannot understand what sparked the violence, claiming it was the third time they had been attacked.

‘We don’t know if it’s a race thing because we are Hispanic or because my girlfriend is trans… either way, this was discrimination and completely uncalled for,’ Lopez wrote on Facebook.

Police said an investigation is underway into the incident, which the couple described as ‘terrifying.’ 

Lopez took to Facebook again Monday, writing: ‘Hopefully they are able to catch these females for causing us distress and emotional/physical damage.’

‘People like this who think it’s okay to just antagonize, provoke and ATTACK ANYONE just out of boredom should pay serious consequences… and we gonna make sure of it,’ he added.

Andy Burnham’s first meeting with Donald Trump appeared to be going exceptionally well—until a reporter raised the contentious issue of the Chagos Islands.

The unpredictable US president seemed determined to behave impeccably. There was none of the ferocious criticism seen during his notorious Oval Office confrontation with Volodymyr Zelensky, nor any repeat of the “he’s no Churchill” barbs once directed at Keir Starmer as their relationship deteriorated.

Instead, Mr Trump warmly forecast that Mr Burnham would become a “great Prime Minister”, declaring: “We’re with you all the way!”

The PM did not interrupt when Mr Trump congratulated him on a “great election win” and described the lifelong politician as a “natural businessman”.

Sensitive subjects, including immigration and the Middle East, were raised and passed without the President losing his temper.

That changed when the discussion moved to the controversial Chagos deal, prompting Mr Burnham to grimace.

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stared coldly at the reporter who asked the question, while National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell—who negotiated the Chagos agreement with Mauritius—sat impassively as President Trump condemned the “terrible deal”.

“I don’t support it, I think it’s terrible,” he said, adding: “I think the Prime Minister is going to be looking at it.”

Later, the PM appeared to suggest for the first time that the agreement he had defended the previous evening could be abandoned if he fails to secure President Trump’s backing.

For Downing Street, the intervention was an unwelcome blemish on an otherwise productive trip. Behind the scenes, aides were said to be thrilled with the meeting, arguing that Mr Burnham’s relaxed manner had helped him establish a rapport with a president who places greater emphasis on personal relationships than detailed policy.

The PM casually remarked that he had merely “inherited” the agreement, a comment unlikely to end speculation in Westminster that Mr Powell could be forced to leave his post.

The visit also came at a difficult moment for the new PM, just days after his father’s death and on the eve of his first Labour conference as leader.

“I’m all right,” he told reporters during the flight to New York. “I’ve not had the easiest [week]… I’m OK.”

In a 40-minute question-and-answer session over the Atlantic, the PM—wearing dark jeans and a suit jacket—appeared to be embracing the role despite the formidable challenges ahead.

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“I’m really excited about it, because I’m going to be talking about British leadership in a new era,” he said.

There is an unwritten rule at diplomatic gatherings: world leaders are always keen to meet the new arrival. How did they rise to power? What will they do to retain it? And what consequences will their leadership have for the rest of the world?

And so, No 10 had no trouble organising a string of one-to-one meetings with senior figures including EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, President Zelensky, Australian PM Anthony Albanese and a walk and talk with Spanish PM and fellow socialist Pedro Sanchez in New York’s Central Park.

In all, he met 25 leaders in 24 hours – a form of international speed-dating he hopes will limit the need to emulate Sir Keir’s endless foreign travel.

But it was the Trump encounter – described by one of the PM’s team as ‘white-water rafting’ – that focused attention.

Two British Prime Ministers have flown out for their first presidential audience with Donald Trump in the last couple of years.

British foreign policy has barely changed over the period, bar a hardening of the stance on Israel.

But the approach of the two men could barely be more different.

When Sir Keir visited Washington DC in February last year, the travelling party was gripped by tension and fear.

Flying out on Monday night from Stansted Airport, Mr Burnham was anxious to make what he called a ‘good connection’ with a president he once described as ‘poisonous’. But the atmosphere on the flight out was far less fraught.

In part, this was due to Mr Burnham’s more laid-back style. Although new to the role, he appears more comfortable in his skin than Sir Keir ever did.

But the circumstances have also moved on.

One diplomatic source said the ‘situation around the President has changed’, adding: ‘People used to think that the way to get on with Trump was to kiss the ring – and that is no longer the case. I think there’s a view now Trump doesn’t really respect you until you’ve fallen out with him. So there is less walking on eggshells than there was.’

But, as Sir Keir can attest, falling out with Mr Trump is not much fun either. For now, at least, Mr Burnham is fixed with keeping him onside.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that three hours of U.S.-Iran discussions held on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly had gone “very well,” later telling Gulf and other regional leaders that momentum was building toward a deal. The contact marked the first reopening of a diplomatic channel between Washington and Tehran since June.

Trump revealed the talks during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York. He said U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had taken part, adding that another session was scheduled for the “very near future.”

“It was a very good meeting,” Trump said. “It was a meeting that lasted for three hours.”

The president questioned why Tehran would turn down an agreement, given what he portrayed as the stark alternative confronting Iran.

“It’s greatness, potential greatness, or obliteration,” Trump said. “In one case it’s obliteration, and the other alternative is potential greatness. It could be a great country.”

Witkoff, standing with Trump as the president described the discussions, provided few specifics at first. Still, he projected confidence when reporters asked about the negotiations.

“I feel very good right now,” Witkoff said. When asked how he expected to feel the following day, he replied: “I think very good.”

He later explained that the wider negotiating effort had been conducted indirectly, with mediators traveling between the American and Iranian delegations throughout the day.

“Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we engaged in lengthy talks with the Iranian delegation through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day,” Witkoff wrote on X.

“They successfully completed a round of discussions that we hope will prove constructive and promising,” he added. “The mediators will continue their work.”

Iranian state media also confirmed that contact had taken place. It reported that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Witkoff and presented Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iranian account said those conditions included removing the U.S. naval blockade, unfreezing Iranian assets and ending the conflict across areas Tehran describes as the “resistance fronts.” Iranian state television said the country’s “firm positions” were communicated during the meeting.

The call to lift the blockade strikes at one of Washington’s key pressure points against Tehran and quickly surfaced as a central dispute in the renewed negotiations.

The demands reported by Iranian media went beyond a proposal outlined earlier Tuesday by a senior Iranian official. The official told Reuters that Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz to Gulf shipping within seven days if Washington reduced military pressure and ended its blockade of Iranian ports.

The official said Tehran had sent the proposal through mediators the previous week, calling the General Assembly a “golden opportunity” to restart diplomacy. The Iranian delegation in New York, the official added, had full authority to negotiate.

Trump later offered an even more upbeat assessment of the newly revived diplomatic contact.

During a meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Trump predicted that the United States and Iran would eventually reach an agreement. He said communication between the two governments was already expanding.

“I think that a settlement is going to be reached,” Trump said. “They want to talk to us. They have been talking to us, even today they’ve been talking to us. And the relationship is developing.”

He repeated that optimistic message later while meeting with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and other regional leaders.

“Steve and Jared had a very productive meeting today with mediators of Iran,” Trump said. “I think there’s a lot of momentum for them to make a deal. That’s what we are hearing from everybody.”

But Trump’s upbeat public assessment did not mean the central disagreements had been resolved.

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Al Arabiya reported, citing an unnamed U.S. source who attended the talks, that Washington rejected Tehran’s request to lift the blockade and that major differences and obstacles remained between the two sides. The source described the chances of reaching an agreement as limited.

The blockade has become one of Washington’s most powerful economic and military levers against Tehran. U.S. forces have spent months restricting Iranian maritime trade while simultaneously expanding protected commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump himself pointed to that pressure during his General Assembly address earlier Tuesday, saying U.S. forces had helped move more than one billion barrels of oil through the waterway while calling on countries around the world to join Washington in imposing “complete economic isolation” on Tehran until Iran stops attacking commercial shipping, relinquishes its nuclear ambitions, and ends its support for terrorism.

On Tuesday, Trump used his U.N. address to frame the choice between a negotiated agreement and renewed military action in stark terms.

“I have a big decision to make,” Trump told the General Assembly.

He described that decision as a choice between an agreement that could allow Iran to rebuild into “a far greater country” and renewed military action that he said could “annihilate the Islamic Republic.”

Trump nevertheless said he believes Tehran will ultimately make a deal, possibly after the U.S. midterm elections, while insisting that election politics will not determine his decision.

“What they don’t realize is that I’m not running,” Trump said of Iranian leaders. “I give absolutely no credence and will not give credence to the election when it comes to Iran. It doesn’t even enter my mind. The only thing that does is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.”

Preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon has remained the administration’s central stated condition throughout the conflict and the renewed diplomatic push.

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump remained willing to engage with Iranian officials if talks offered a path toward resolving the conflict, while making clear that Washington’s nuclear red line had not changed.

“This is a president that will meet with anybody for the most part because he believes that engaging with people is important if you’re going to solve problems,” Rubio said in an interview with NBC News. “It doesn’t mean you’re going to end up agreeing with them, but it’s important.”

Rubio said Washington remained open to engagement while stressing: “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. They just simply can’t.”

The diplomatic opening came as both sides continued applying military and economic pressure.

Speaking with Gulf and other regional leaders after the negotiations, Trump said Washington was “completely isolating Iran financially” and warned Tehran to act “fast before it’s too late.”

He also repeated his threat to strike the fortified Pickaxe Mountain site if the United States detects renewed activity there, while acknowledging that Washington was “not seeing a lot of activities there” at present.

Iran’s military leadership, meanwhile, dismissed Trump’s U.N. remarks as “merely a tool for domestic propaganda” and warned that Iranian forces remained prepared to carry out “more severe, crushing and unpredictable” strikes if the United States or Israel attacks again.

Even with those threats, the diplomatic channel remains open.

Witkoff said the mediators “will continue their work,” while Trump said another meeting was expected in the “very near future.” Iran, meanwhile, has publicly outlined conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including lifting the U.S. naval blockade and other economic and military demands.

For now, Washington and Tehran have returned to negotiations without abandoning the military and economic pressure each side is using to try to shape the next phase of the conflict.

Joshua Klein is a reporter for – News. Email him at jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @JoshuaKlein.

Suspended Sydney Swans players Isaac Heeney, Nick Blakey and James Jordan have been seen in public for the first time since the Melbourne hotel controversy emerged, returning to the club to discuss their futures.

Swans coach Dean Cox had earlier told reporters that Heeney, Jordan and Blakey would attend exit meetings at the club from Wednesday, joining fellow suspended players Chad Warner and Riley Bice.

Warner and Bice arrived together at the Swans’ Moore Park headquarters late Wednesday afternoon. Heeney, Blakey and Jordan followed shortly afterwards in the same vehicle.

All five players individually addressed staff members and the club’s AFL and AFLW playing groups, offering apologies during the meetings.

Heeney was the only player to speak to reporters afterwards, delivering a brief statement outside the club.

‘It was really nice to address the whole club. I was thankful they could give us their time and understanding, so yeah, it was really good.’

Before the meetings began, only Heeney and Warner spoke with the media, keeping their remarks to a minimum.

‘I’m looking forward to addressing the playing group,’ Heeney said. The Swans vice-captain declined to answer when asked whether he had a message for supporters.

Warner, standing beside a silent Bice, said he had come to the club ‘just here for my exit interview’.

When asked whether he planned to apologise or make any further comment, Warner replied: ‘I don’t know.’

The five players had not made public comments since the Swans suspended them for staying out late, drinking and allegedly calling strippers to Melbourne’s Pullman Hotel after last month’s final home-and-away season match against Essendon.

The club has emphasised that the suspensions relate to alleged breaches of team behavioural rules and are separate from sexual assault allegations made by the women involved.

Victoria Police has said no further update on its investigation into those allegations is expected before late October.

No charges have been laid, and the players have not been accused of or suggested to have committed any wrongdoing.

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Police later confirmed that Bice was not under investigation and would be interviewed only as a witness.

Warner is the only one of the five suspended players previously seen in public since the controversy, having been photographed in Sydney with his girlfriend Alice Hughes.

In recent days, Heeney’s fiancée, Steffie Waters, also appeared to remove references to him from her social media accounts, where she has a substantial following.

Swan coach Cox had arrived at HQ earlier on Wednesday morning, before chief executive Matthew Pavlich briefly spoke to media.

‘It’s a natural thing that the players will come into the club over the next period,’ Pavlich said.

‘And the players at some point will have a chat to the broader group and the club.’

Asked what he would want the five to say in their address, Pavlich said: ‘I want them to be themselves.

‘I want them to come in and do what we’d normally do at the end of a season, which is player exit meetings.

‘If they’ve got something to say to their player group, if they’ve got something to say to the club, then we’ll hear them out then.’

Blakey was reportedly seeking a trade away from the club, with Geelong and his dad John’s former team North Melbourne mentioned as potential new homes.

The future of the other players was complicated by the fact the investigation into the sex assault allegations was unlikely to be concluded before the end of the upcoming player trade period.

That meant any suitor clubs would be taking a risk that the players could face lengthy league suspensions if they are found guilty of a criminal offence.

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