Police in Portsmouth faced off with hundreds of anti-migrant demonstrators on Sunday, after 140 asylum seekers were rescued from a dinghy in the Channel and brought safely to shore.

Videos shared widely on social media showed large crowds gathering near Eastney beach, where protesters could be heard shouting slogans including “stop the boats” and “enough is enough”.

The Portsmouth protest is believed to have been driven by Daniel Thomas, an associate of Tommy Robinson, whose Patriot Platform group also organised a large demonstration at the Port of Dover earlier in the weekend.

Tensions rose after a small boat carrying more than 100 migrants entered British waters at around lunchtime on Sunday, prompting an emergency response.

Two RNLI lifeboats, along with an HM Coastguard helicopter and aircraft, were sent to the scene to help bring the asylum seekers ashore safely.

Around 140 migrants are believed to have arrived in Portsmouth, where hordes of protestors later flocked to try and blockade the port. 

The area surrounding Eastney was eventually shut down by police as an estimated 500 demonstrators lined surrounding streets in a bid to stop the asylum seekers being transported to an immigration centre.

Videos posted earlier on Sunday showed how some protestors even entered the water at Eastney beach. In one clip, Thomas was heard urging his supporters to ‘get in your cars and get down here now’ as he stood in the sea. 

Separate footage meanwhile appeared to show a pensioner delivering supplies to protestors via canoe. 

In other videos demonstrators on land were seen crowding in front of riot police chanting ‘enough is enough’. 

And further clips showed people – many of whom donned all-black outfits and caps – shouting ‘we’ve had enough’ and ‘stop the boats’ in front of a police van. 

The dinghy which eventually arrived on British shores had originally left the Bay of the Seine and was shadowed for around 10 hours by rescue boats. 

The French coastguard deemed it unsafe to stop the boat on water during what is thought to have been one of the longest Channel crossings ever. 

The authorities in France added that it was unusual for a migrant boat to depart from the Bay of the Seine, located some 170 miles from the usual launches in Calais.

The HM Coastguard sent lifeboats, a helicopter, an aeroplane and rescue teams to ensure the asylum seekers reached the British shore safely. 

A Maritime and Coastguard Agency spokesperson said: ‘In response to a report on September 6 of a small boat heading towards the Hampshire coast, HM Coastguard sent lifeboats, an HM Coastguard helicopter, an HM Coastguard aeroplane and HM Coastguard Rescue Teams. 

‘Border Force, Border Security Command, Hampshire Police and South Central Ambulance Service were also sent.’

Clips posted online later showed people being ushered off lifeboats to shore, where they were met by several buses.  

Cllr George Madgwick, leader of Reform UK in Hampshire, wrote in a post on X that ‘over 100 migrant men’ had arrived on the shore in Portsmouth.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage meanwhile posted: ‘Today a boat launched from Baie de Seine, 170 miles from Calais, arrived on the beaches of Hampshire for the very first time. This is a joke. Only Reform will send the boats back.’

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The crossing comes on the same week that Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron met to discuss how to ‘scale up’ efforts to reduce small boat crossings. 

Only last month, a small boat carrying record numbers of migrants – believed to be more than 230 – successfully crossed the English Channel. 

Earlier this week, hundreds of protestors donning balaclavas brought the Port of Dover to a standstill as they blocked several major roads. 

Demonstrators were heard chanting ‘stop the boats’, with some claiming links to Patriot Platform, a hard-Right organisation made up of anti-migrant groups from around the country. 

Kent Police was thought to have been ‘unaware’ that the protest was taking place, leaving them ‘thin on the ground’ as hundreds marched the streets of the town.  

Mike Tapp, the Labour MP for Dover and Deal and former Home Office minister, said: ‘I will be looking urgently on Monday to ask questions around why we didn’t know about this, because we do tend to know when protests are coming to the area, and they tend to be peaceful, and laws aren’t broken, and obviously the police have the resources to manage that.

‘But in this instance, it would appear that the police didn’t know about it, and the resources were pretty thin on the ground, to be quite honest from what I saw. We know that laws were broken because they were blocking the roads and wearing face coverings.’

In response, Kent Police told the Daily Mail it was a ‘spontaneous event and was policed accordingly’. 

Police made no arrests and escorted the protesters to Dover Priory train station at around midday.

At least 100 people were seen boarding a train to Ramsgate, with some since spotted in nearby Sandwich where ‘police are in attendance’.

Patriot Platform was founded earlier this year by Daniel Thomas, a convicted kidnapper and associate of Tommy Robinson.

Sharing clips of the protest in Dover to his social media, Thomas wrote: ‘It’s time. Protect Our Country! And more importantly our women and children! This is our warning.’

A Home Office spokesperson said following the protests in Portsmouth tonight: ‘This Government is bearing down on dangerous small boat crossings and restoring control at our border. Joint efforts have seen over 48,000 crossing attempts prevented and 1,100 boats and engines seized since the election.

‘We are making progress, with the number of small boat crossings down this year and the lowest number recorded for the month of July since 2020.

‘But we must go further, which is why we have signed a payment-by-results deal with the French to put 40% more boots on the ground on French beaches.’

Hampshire Constabulary said: ‘This evening (Sunday 6 September), we have been working alongside and assisting our partners from Border Force, Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Portsmouth City Council at Eastney Marina following the arrival of a boat crossing the channel.

‘We have officers in the area to ensure the prevention of any disorder. We ask that people please avoid the area. A dispersal order is in place until tomorrow evening (Monday 7 September). Anyone who refuses to comply with the direction to leave the area is liable for arrest.

‘We can also confirm that Border Force has advised us that Individuals will be transported outside of Hampshire for processing in the normal way after they have been safely disembarked.’

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz were in high spirits on Sunday as they quietly left the Venice Film Festival, both beaming after a celebratory weekend in the Italian city.

The actress, 31, had Brooklyn, 27, by her side on the red carpet on Saturday, where he proudly supported her as she accepted the Rising Star Award.

Nicola kept her travel look effortlessly stylish in a crisp white T-shirt and low-rise denim jeans, while Brooklyn opted for a relaxed outfit, wearing green joggers with a baseball cap turned backwards.

The couple appeared loved-up throughout their brief Venice getaway, which was centred around celebrating Nicola’s latest career milestone.

During her acceptance speech, Nicola paid tribute to Brooklyn and her family, saying they “are the reason that I can reach to the stars” as she collected the honour.

Her proud billionaire father, businessman Nelson Peltz, mother Claudia and brother Bradley were there to watch her, with Nelson fanning himself in the 30C heat and, at times during the wait, retreating inside.

She said: ‘Hi everyone. I am normally more comfortable playing a character as an actor than standing in front of an audience, so please bear with me.

‘Thank you so much for this immense honour. To receive an award at the Venice Film Festival is something I will carry with me for the rest of my career.’

She then addressed her co-star in the film Prima, Faye Dunaway, who was given a lifetime achievement by the Kineo organisation at the same ceremony. ‘Faye you have always been an inspiration to me and learning with you has been incredible.’

She went on: ‘My family are my everything. My mum, dad, (brothers) Diesel and Brad and Brooklyn thank you. You always believe in me. To have your support is the reason I can reach to the stars in the first place.’

There was some chaos before she took to the stage, with her award being announced five times, with one presenter saying: ‘Where is our beautiful star?’

Eventually they were told that she didn’t want to accept the award until Faye Dunaway, 85, was also in place.

Accepting her lifetime achievement award Ms Dunaway said that the best advice she had was the Shakespearean line: ‘To thine own self be true’ and added that she loves Venice. ‘There is no city like it.’

Nicola started in acting in Deck the Halls with Danny DeVito, in 2006, aged 11 and posted a throwback snap on her Instagram earlier this week. 

She also appeared in The Last Airbender and Transformers: The Age of Extinction.

More recently she has been writing and producing films through her label Bunny Films, which is named after her late grandmother and bankrolled partly by her billionaire father, Nelson. 

Her last movie was Lola, which did not gain wide distribution and took under $1,000 at the box office.

She has been married since April 2022 to Brooklyn, the son of David and Victoria, and is at the centre of a family feud which has seen her husband cut off his family in search of ‘peace’, having explained on Instagram in January that they had tried to split him up from his wife.

Nicola has been working on her indie drama Prima since January but the film does not yet have an official release date. 

The movie also stars Dunaway, Jack Huston, Mira Sorvino and Betty Gabriel. Luca and Alessandro Morelli, known professionally as the Morelli Brothers, directed the film as their feature debut. 

Nicola stars as Margo, a dedicated prima ballerina facing life-altering decisions as modern changes disrupt her ballet company. 

The actress and her family attended a private Los Angeles screening in May for the movie, hosted by East West Bank chief executive Dominic Ng. 

Afterwards she thanked supporters and said their backing of independent film meant ‘more than I can express’.

The film has also been in the spotlight after Nicola sparked concern with her drastic weight loss while preparing for her starring role. 

Nicola undertook four months of gruelling ballerina training for her role which saw her drop to less than 100lb (45kg). 

Her shock weight loss came in a bid to fully embody her ballerina character – for which she committed to a strict diet and intensive training regimen. 

Just this week Nicola’s husband Brooklyn jumped to her defence and warned ‘don’t ever talk about my wife’ in an online row about her weight.

The aspiring chef hit back in the comments section of his latest Instagram cookery tutorial after one follower asked: ‘Do you comment on everyone who is concerned about your wife and how sickly she looks? She puts herself out there, feed her.’ 

Brooklyn replied: ‘Don’t ever talk about my wife. She’s absolutely beautiful and you should never comment on a woman’s body. It’s disgraceful.’ 

At least five people died after a Boeing cargo plane operating for Amazon crashed in Miami, overshooting the runway and coming to rest on a busy road.

Footage and photos from the crash site shared by NBC Miami showed the Amazon-branded aircraft sitting dangerously close to a building as thick smoke poured from the plane.

The cargo jet was arriving at Miami International Airport from San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it went beyond the end of the runway at about 2 p.m. Sunday and “struck multiple vehicles” on Northwest 42nd Avenue, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told the Daily Mail.

Firefighters reached the scene within 30 seconds of the emergency call and found several people trapped inside their vehicles, Fire Chief Raied Jadallah said during a news conference Sunday evening.

Crews also encountered heavy flames and dense smoke coming from the aircraft as they began their rescue response.

‘What we found was a very complex situation here,’ he described. 

At least five people were killed in the tragedy, while three others remain in critical condition at a local trauma center.

Two others were also transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries. Authorities have not yet identified the deceased nor the victims taken to the hospital.

The Prime Air plane ultimately came to a rest on its belly near two semitrucks and appeared to be largely intact despite the fire. 

But in distressing radio traffic obtained by the Miami Herald, a firefighter could be heard telling colleagues: ‘The plane is on fire. The plane is on fire. Put your game face on guys.’

Firefighters could also be heard on the emergency radio dispatch scrambling to get hoses close enough to the plane to spray water to suppress the flames.

Making matters worse, the aircraft’s left engine was still running when firefighters battled the blaze, making it dangerous for them to enter the plane to check for patients inside.

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The firefighters could be heard in the radio traffic saying the pilots onboard told them they could not turn the engine off because they would need to ‘energize’ the aircraft, leaving firefighters on the scene forced to flood the engine with water.

Meanwhile, Rohan Ellis, 34, a student pilot who was on the other side of the airport when the Prime Air plane crashed, described the vehicles on the road as ‘mangled’ to The New York Times. 

Following the crash, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced he issued a full ground stop at the airport. 

‘If you’re traveling through the area, please expect significant delays and potential cancellations,’ he posted on social media, adding that the Federal Aviation Administration will send inspectors to the scene.

The National Transportation Safety Board has also said it launched a team to investigate the ‘runway excursion accident.’ 

Miami International Airport has since reopened two of its four runway, but flights are still being impacted, with about 250 flights delayed at the airport late Sunday afternoon, according to FlightAware.

In the meantime, Amazon said in a statement that it is still gathering information during this ‘fast-moving situation.’ 

‘We’re working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened,’ it said. 

‘Right now, our absolute priority is the safety, well-being, and care of everyone involved. We’re doing everything we can to support those affected.’ 

A spokesperson for the airport also told the Daily Mail that the plane ‘overran Miami International Airport’s diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport.’ 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Amazon and Miami police for comment. 

This is a breaking story, please check back for updates.  

Welcome to Polished with Elise Wilson, the column where Daily Mail’s qualified makeup artist and hairstylist answers your beauty questions, offers expert tips, and road-tests the latest skincare and makeup trends so you don’t have to.

As a beauty editor — and, admittedly, a rather stretched millennial woman — it takes something genuinely special to make me feel wide-eyed with excitement.

But place me in a room packed with thousands of unreleased beauty products from across the globe, and suddenly I’m channelling Charlie Bucket with a golden ticket in hand.

That was exactly the mood at Sephora Australia’s highly anticipated showcase in Sydney, where beauty editors, influencers and industry insiders were invited to preview the major new products, brands and innovations set to arrive for Spring/Summer 2026.

I’ll admit I may have spent a little too long talking my way through the event to examine every single launch in detail, but a handful of standout new beauty buys instantly demanded my attention.

From a major foundation overhaul seven years in the making to cream-to-powder blushes, glossy hair treatments and the return of a makeup brand many of us have desperately missed, these are the Sephora launches I think are genuinely worth having on your radar.

Sephora has pulled off some particularly impressive coups this year, including the arrival of Hourglass and the impending launch of Merit – two names that are likely to have rival beauty retailers like Mecca looking over their shoulders at.

Of course, it’s not only the atmosphere and the hype that are the reason industry elite are falling over themselves for an invite, but also the goodie bag at the end that everyone walks out with.

So, after much chatting, swatching, playing and trialling over the past week, what really does deserve a spot in your beauty cabinet? Here are my picks.

Mark Jacobs is back!

Of all the launches this year, this one delivers perhaps the biggest dose of nostalgia.

Marc Jacobs Beauty officially returned to Australia this month after disappearing from beauty counters in 2021.

Anyone who remembers the original line will understand the excitement. Its long-wearing eyeliners, Omega Bronzer and Coconut Hydrating Primer became staples in many makeup bags before the brand abruptly vanished.

Arriving at a time when pared-back ‘clean girl’ makeup has dominated our feeds for years, I am very pleased to say that OTT, camp and colourful makeup palette’s are back.

The bold silky duo chrome eyeshadows containers and liners extend well beyond your standard brown and black into shades including bright daisy yellow.

Although I don’t know if I’m bold enough to donne the electric blue mascara yet.

Merit Beauty is finally coming to stores

If your makeup philosophy is less ‘full glam’ and more ‘please just make me look alive in under five minutes’, you probably already know Merit.

The minimalist beauty brand first arrived in Australia online in late 2024, bringing cult products including its Minimalist Complexion Stick and Flush Balm with it.

The problem was that we had to order from America and we couldn’t actually swatch any of it.

Merit will officially launch exclusively into Sephora Australia and New Zealand on September 30, with the range available across 37 stores well as online.

Oh, and almost the entire line – yes, including fragrance – is coming along for the ride.

Hourglass has changed allegiances

This was arguably one of Sephora Australia’s biggest beauty gets of 2026.

Hourglass officially landed at the retailer in February, bringing cult products including its Veil Hydrating Skin Tint and Vanish Airbrush Concealer with it.

And yes, considering where Australian beauty shoppers traditionally bought the brand, its arrival certainly raised a few eyebrows.

One of the newer products to tempt me are the Phantom Blur Balms ($66). These feather-light lipsticks are designed to create that soft, blurred wash of colour for up to 12 hours.

Fenty reinvents their cult foundation

Retiring a cult foundation is a risky business, but Fenty Beauty isn’t exactly known for playing it safe.

After phasing out the Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation, the brand is launching its replacement, the Pro Filt’r Fluid Flex Natural Matte Longwear formula ($76), this September.

I’m told the new iteration was engineered in Japan and reportedly draws on more than seven years of customer feedback.

There are 50 shades, with a medium, buildable finish that’s designed to look like skin rather than a mask.

For application, I’d pair it with the new Pro Filt’r Fluid Flex Foundation Brush 165 ($56), which is designed specifically to buff the formula seamlessly into skin.

It Cosmetics take hybrid makeup up a notch

IT Cosmetics’ CC+ Cream is already one of my all-time favourite makeup bases, so naturally its latest complexion launch caught my eye.

The Do It All Sheer Tint Face Balm ($65) is essentially makeup for people who want their makeup doing several jobs at once.

The four-in-one solid balm is made up of 92 per cent skincare and combines hyaluronic acid, vitamin E and biosynthetic collagen peptides with pigment.

There are 15 ‘flexible’ shades and you can apply it sheer or build it up depending on how much coverage you want.

Cream-to-powder blush is having a moment

If the showcase made one makeup trend particularly obvious, it’s that cream-to-powder colour is coming for our beauty bags.

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At the affordable end, Sephora Collection’s All-In-One Cream Color Blush ($28) comes in six shades and can be worn across your eyes, cheeks and lips.

At the considerably more boujee end is Prada Touch Cream-To-Powder Blush ($85) which melts into skin before transforming into a seamless finish.

I’d love to meet someone that can justify an $85 blusher, but each to their own.

Olaplex expands range with a mist

I’m always interested in products that can make second-day hair look like you’ve made far more effort than you actually have.

I don’t know if I’m showing my age, but I was originally one of the first to review Olaplex when it launched in 2014, so receiving this new No.7 Shine Serum Oil Mist ($70) was like a walk down memory lane.

The bi-phase repair treatment combines high-shine oils including Kalahari melon seed, kukui nut and rosehip extract with a reparative serum, promising up to 96 hours of shine and hydration.

It also offers heat protection up to 232C and uses OLAPLEX’s Bond-Building Technology, with the brand claiming it helps reduce breakage by 75 per cent.

Body mists aren’t just for the teens anymore

If you thought body mists belonged exclusively on the dressing tables of teenagers in the early 2000s, I have great news for you.

I’ve reported on this months ago, but a lighter way of wearing scent is having a comeback, and Valentino Beauty is joining in with a limited-edition collection of Hair & Body Mists ($75 ea) in four delicious scents.

For years, fragrance has been obsessed with intensity and longevity, but now we’re seeing our scent collections becoming a lot more casual – something you can mist over your hair and body throughout the day.

Hailey Bieber fans will want this body scrub

Naturium’s Glow Getter body range already has some famous fans with its body butter appearing among Hailey Bieber’s beauty favourites, and now there’s another product joining the glowing-skin line-up.

The Glow Getter Multi-Oil Body Scrub ($33) combines sugar crystals with linoleic-rich botanical oils, 20 per cent glycerin and squalane to exfoliate while leaving skin soft and hydrated.

It also has the range’s signature vanilla-coconut scent and perfect time for getting our pins out this summer.

Here’s the cheat code to pillow lips

Huda Beauty’s new Liquid Matte Mousse Soft Blur Lip Cream ($43) taps directly into our ongoing obsession with blurred, soft-focus lips that are loved on the red carpet and runways.

The whipped mousse formula has a soft-matte finish and comes in eight nude shades.

Rather than creating a sharply outlined lip, you can apply it through the centre and blend it outwards for that diffused, pillowy effect Huda herself wears so well.

Makeup by Mario is adding sparkle to his collection

There’s a reason the Kardashians’ makeup has inspired approximately a million tutorials over the years, and their OG makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic has built a beauty empire off the back of that expertise.

Makeup by Mario’s eye products have developed particular cult status thanks to their wearable shades and formulas, and now his cream shadows are getting a shimmering update.

The Soft Shimmer Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadows ($45) come in eight shades and deliver the easy cream-shadow appeal of the originals with a lot more sparkle.

ONE SIZE really does fit all

For those looking to enhance and not hide their features, the new One Size Ultimate Color Corrector Stains ($47) are designed to brighten, neutralise and correct discolouration for up to 12 hours without coming off.

It comes in six targeted shades whether you’re fighting dark circles, redness or uneven tone and are small enough to add to any makeup bag.

Also on my radar is the brand’s Oil Sucker Spray ($57), which isn’t brand new, but as the great name suggests, is aimed at anyone whose makeup tends to turn shiny as the day goes on.

K-Beauty is much easier to find now

K-beauty’s domination of Australian skincare shows no sign of slowing down, and I’m personally all for this.

Popular Korean skincare brand ANUA made its physical Sephora debut in April, bringing its barrier-focused, soothing formulas onto shelves.

This one particularly excites me because I recently visited South Korea and had the opportunity to meet the ANUA team myself, so I’ve seen first-hand just how much thought goes into the brand.

And its profile is only getting bigger, with Kendall Jenner now fronting the brand.

There were plenty more launches packed into the showcase but these were all the products and brands that had me taking mental notes as I made my way around the room.

If this showcase was any indication, Spring/Summer 2026 is shaping up to be a very expensive season for beauty lovers.

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