A fleet commemorating the 85th anniversary of the heroic effort to save Allied soldiers from incoming German troops had to make way for an unlikely guest.

About 37,000 people were detected crossing the channel in 2024, and more than 20,000 made the crossing in the first six months of 2025, up by about 50% from the same period last year.

Swiss man flies over English Channel on jet-propelled wing. By ABC News. September 28, 2008, 2:46 PM. ... The 49-year-old said the Channel crossing was the realization of a dream.

A dinghy loaded with migrants seeking to cross the English Channel sits off the coast near Calais, France, on Feb. 2. (Emin Ozmen/Magnum Photos/For The Washington Post) The scene on a French beach ...

Friday, June 6, marks 81 years since the allied forces of World War II stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day. The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved ...

PARIS -- Just 10 days after a failed first try ended with Franky Zapata up to his neck in water, the French jet-ski champion successfully crossed the English Channel on his self-made "flyboard ...