Rishi Sunak is today unveiling a £500m military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia alongside the UK's largest provision of munitions so far.

The PM is jetting off to Poland today where he is expected to formally announce the package, and he will meet with his counterpart and the NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg.

Some 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 strike and air defence missiles, and four million rounds of ammunition are included in the package.

The announcement comes during a downswing for Ukraine as Russian forces have been gaining the upper hand in recent weeks.

The PM spoke to Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this morning, in which he assured him of the UK's "steadfast support", and said that "Ukraine's security was central to all of Europe's security".

Mr Zelenskyy wrote on X that his is "grateful to the UK and personally to Prime Minister Sunak for such a strong demonstration of support".

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By Adam Parker, Sky's data and forensics unit

Marine tracking shows French rescue boats responding to a migrant incident off the coast of Wimereux, northern France, in the early hours of this morning. 

Data from MarineTraffic24 shows two French ships patrolling the coastline overnight.

At around 4.45am UTC, at least three boats are involved in search and rescue efforts.

The rescue boats appear to be attending different locations all along the coast near Wimereux. 

Meanwhile on the British side, at 6am UTC at least three Border Force boats are out in the Channel. 

Rescues appear to be ongoing. 

Watch below the marine traffic movements overnight and into this morning:

We've had some reaction from charities to the Rwanda bill completing its passage through parliament overnight.

Rose Caldwell, CEO of global children's charity Plan International UK, described the bill as a "shocking new low for the asylum system in the UK".

"Sending vulnerable asylum seekers thousands of miles away to yet another country could cause immense suffering for people who have already experienced the trauma of having to flee their homes," she said, calling for the government to "immediately abandon this cruel and unworkable policy".

Helen Stawski, policy lead at Oxfam, said it is a "sad indictment of the government that they have gone to such extraordinary lengths to pursue such an inhumane policy".

She said the government has a "moral and legal responsibility to welcome people fleeing war and persecution".

She called for more safe and legal routes for refugees to be established, accusing ministers of "dodging Britain's duty to people in desperate need".

As we've been reporting this morning, a major police operation is under way off the coast of France after a number of small boats were launched.

French media is reporting at least five people have died.

Following those reports, Home Secretary James Cleverly said: "These tragedies have to stop. I will not accept a status quo which costs so many lives.

"This government is doing everything we can to end this trade, stop the boats and ultimately break the business model of the evil people smuggling gangs, so they no longer put lives at risk."

James Cleverly will visit Italy to discuss joint action on curbing illegal migration.

The home secretary's visit comes as the government prepares to begin deportation flights to Rwanda after its Rwanda bill passed through parliament.

Mr Cleverly will discuss efforts to stem migration from north Africa with interior minister Matteo Piantedosi.

On Wednesday he will visit Lampedusa, an island at the centre of Europe's refugee crisis, and the Italian coastguard headquarters in Rome.

Mr Cleverly said: "Tackling the global migration crisis takes global solutions. Italy are one of our most crucial partners in tackling this shared challenge and have been at the forefront of arrivals into Europe.

"Our countries have shown we are willing to challenge the status quo and use innovative solutions to tackle the issues, while ferociously going after the people-smuggling gangs."

By Becky Johnson, communities correspondent

At a meeting of asylum seekers in Derby, Rwanda was the main topic of conversation.

Among the large group of mostly men, there are people who've been warned they're being considered for removal.

Hamzeh, 34, from Iran, arrived by small boat in December 2022.

He's received a letter from the Home Office telling him it has evidence that before he claimed asylum he was in France, adding that it may ask Rwanda whether it would admit him.

Through a translator he explains that he can't stop thinking about it and doesn't know what to do.

He says his wife back home has warned him if he does get sent to Rwanda he won't see her or their two-year-old child again.

Fahed, 30, arrived in the UK by small boat last July. He claims he was tortured in Sudan.

He says the asylum seekers he shares a house with are "losing sleep" over being sent to Rwanda.

"Before I came to the UK if you'd said they'd send me to Rwanda I'd never come here," he says, adding: "Rwanda is not a safe country."

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A short while ago, we asked shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper about the controversy over a Met Police officer telling a Jewish man that he could not cross the road during a pro-Palestine protest because he was "openly Jewish" (more here).

She said the officer's comments were "wrong", as was the initial response from the Met Police, which it later apologised for.

"I do, though, think the police have a really complex and challenging job," she continued.

"We have the historic right to protest in this country and that is long-standing. And there are people with very strong views, particularly about what's happening in Gaza. 

"There can never be any place for antisemitism and there has to be strong action against antisemitism."

She clarified that the officer in question was not being antisemitic, but rather there were unsavoury chants being directed at Gideon Falter, the man concerned, during the incident.

Ms Cooper also said calls for the Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, to resign are "completely wrong", saying he is "working really hard to keep London safe" and reform the embattled force.

Asked what should happen if Mr Falter decides to go for a walk through a march in future, as he has said he will do on Saturday, the shadow home secretary said those are "operational policing decisions", and not for politicians.

She refused to "second guess" the decisions made by officers on the ground, saying there were "trying to deal with very complex public order situations".

We spoke a short while ago with the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, before reports of the deaths in the Channel this morning.

Asked what Labour will do to stop the crossings, she said the key is stopping the people smuggling gangs.

"We need to boost our border security and also fix the chaos in the system, including cross-border police to work actually in other European countries, not just along the French coast, but in Germany and Belgium through Bulgaria, right across Europe, where the supply lines are coming so that we stop boats reaching the French coast in the first place."

She said when people arrive in Britain, decisions need to be on a "fast track" so people can be returned rapidly.

Ms Cooper labelled the Rwanda scheme an "extortionately expensive gimmick" that costs over half a billion pounds and will affect "less than 1% of asylum seekers" arriving in Britain.

"We just think we shouldn't be writing those checks to Rwanda. We should be putting that money straight away, quickly, into this plan to go after the criminal gangs and strengthen our border security," she said.

The shadow cabinet minister confirmed Labour, if it wins the next election, will scrap and replace the scheme with the measures she outlined on border security.

"Our plan is not to do the Rwanda scheme and nobody wants to put the money instead into investing [...] in our border security and preventing boats arriving in the first place."

We've just had a statement from the Rwandan government following the passage of the bill to deport illegal migrants there.

Yolande Makolo, a spokesperson for the government, said in a statement they are "pleased" the legislation has passed.

She said it "doesn’t alter what we have always known to be true", which is that they have "have worked hard over the last 30 years to make Rwanda a safe and secure country for Rwandans and non-Rwandans alike"

She went on: "This is why we are able to offer safety to the over 130,000 refugees already in Rwanda, and why we partner with the UNHCR [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees] to bring migrants stuck in Libya to safety in our country.

"We are committed to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with the UK and look forward to welcoming those relocated to Rwanda."