{"id":260396,"date":"2025-07-10T00:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:04:47","slug":"channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dV2qegFyXaQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dV2qegFyXaQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street, as the two leaders met to discuss small boat crossings and what more could be done to tackle illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>The French president arrived on Tuesday for the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit.<br \/>\nSpeaking inside Downing Street, Starmer said the meetings were \u201chugely symbolic of the closeness between our countries and our personal relationship&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWhether it\u2019s on defence and security, whether it\u2019s on Ukraine, whether it\u2019s on trade and economy, business opportunities, capabilities, we think alike, we work together, and I feel this relationship is as strong as it\u2019s ever been.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer welcomed Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street, as the two leaders met to discuss small boat crossings and what more could be done to tackle illegal migration. The French president arrived on Tuesday for the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit. Speaking inside Downing Street, Starmer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":260397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[128931,129006,129005],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-260396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-keir","tag-minister","tag-prime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dV2qegFyXaQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"headline\":\"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":192,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-1381.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Keir\",\"minister\",\"prime\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-1381.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\"},\"description\":\"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-1381.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/hqdefault-1381.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dV2qegFyXaQ\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"headline":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News","datePublished":"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/"},"wordCount":192,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-1381.jpg","keywords":["Keir","minister","prime"],"articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/","name":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-1381.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-09T23:04:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb"},"description":"Watch Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-1381.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hqdefault-1381.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/channel-crossing-starmer-and-macron-discuss-small-boat-crossing-during-state-visit-itv-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Channel crossing: Starmer and Macron discuss small boat crossing during state visit | ITV News"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/8fc7285683ba1adeab6d673f53b9f3eb","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5cb873dc3ec1a9c6faaada2ff44165cc5008b217d20c9e9a42cc731bad11ed16?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260396"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=260396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}