Two people die during failed Channel crossing attempt

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Two people have died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency.

The incident happened overnight off the coast of northern France, when about 100 people set off by makeshift boat to try to get to the UK, authorities said.

Sixty people from the attempt were rescued and are "are currently being cared for by civil protection," according to French official Isabelle Fradin-Thirode cited by the AFP news agency.