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Two suspects wanted by French authorities over the death of a young girl who drowned attempting to cross the Channel in a small boat have been arrested. The little girl died after boarding the boat near Wimereux on April 23, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). NCA officers arrested Sudanese nationals Al Tahir Abdullah Adam, 24, and Musaab Bashir Altijani, 19, in Hillingdon, west London, on Thursday. They are wanted in France on suspicion of causing the death. Some 49 people were rescued on that fateful day but 58 others are said to have refused to leave the boat and continued their j…