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  "id": 6432549,
  "title": "Suspected migrant smugglers go on trial in Paris over mass drowning in Channel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/suspected-migrant-smugglers-go-on-trial-in-paris-over-mass-drowning",
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  "published": "2026-09-09T13:53:31.000Z",
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  "summary": "Fourteen people went on trial in France on Tuesday over the death of at least 31 people in the Channel in 2021, the deadliest accident involving asylum seekers trying to reach the English coast. The trial carries particular significance because of the high death toll and the sheer number of civil parties involved, 114 in all, including victims' families. Some of them travelled from Erbil in…",
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        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Suspected migrant smugglers go on trial in Paris over mass drowning in Channel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/suspected-migrant-smugglers-go-on-trial-in-paris-over-mass-drowning",
        "published": "2026-09-08T12:14:35.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Trial opens in France over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/trial-opens-in-france-over-deadliest-channel-migrant-crossing-disaster-6286277",
        "published": "2026-09-08T14:03:08.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Trial opens in France over deadliest Channel migrant crossing disaster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/trial-opens-in-france-over-deadliest-channel-migrant-crossing-disaster",
        "published": "2026-09-08T14:30:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/fourteen-go-on-trial-over-deadliest-channel-small-boats-disaster",
        "published": "2026-09-08T17:24:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "14 men go on trial in Paris over Channel crossing that left over 30 dead five years ago",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/14-men-go-on-trial-in-paris-over-channel-crossing-that-left-over-30",
        "published": "2026-09-08T18:08:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Fourteen on trial over deadliest English Channel crossing on record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/fourteen-on-trial-over-deadliest-english-channel-crossing-on-record",
        "published": "2026-09-08T20:17:38.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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