British army helps clear backlog of virus-stranded drivers

A mother and child look at the line of trucks parked up on the M20, part of Operation Stack in Ashford, Kent, England on Friday. Thousands wait to resume their journey across The Channel after the borders with France reopened. Trucks inched slowly past checkpoints in Dover and headed across the Channel to Calais on Thursday after France partially reopened its borders following a scare over a rapidly spreading new virus variant.

Kirsty Wigglesworth | AP photo