thanks forjoining us, welcome to the programme. russia strikes kyiv again, just as a delegation of african leaders visit the ukrainian capital to discuss peace solutions. joining me to discuss that, and a range of stories over the next hour, is former labour cabinet minister caroline flint, and ron christie, former adviser to george w bush. also on the programme tonight: a two year investigation into the minneapolis police department in the wake of the killing of george floyd has found that officers routinely used excessive force and discriminated against black people for years. we ll have an update from kalamata, in greece, where officials have denied a series of reports that suggest the migrant boat capsized 50 miles off the south coast because a rope was attached to it by coastguards. and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology has lead to a lot of fear and concern, but also a lot of new and exciting solutions. we ll look at how ai is being used to predict pol
has it been part of the conversation and in particular the criticism from some of the survivors that the greek coastguard didn t do enough to help? well, i m actually standing here next to the camp, the refugee camp, identification centre where the survivors have been brought after the shipwreck. and i would say that neither this boat tragedy, neither the fatal train crash has actually affected that much, you know, the results of this election. so, as we all probably remember, since 2015, greece was at the forefront of the refugee migration crisis. we ve seen like hundreds of thousands of people crossing in under a year alone from the islands, the islands that are across the turkish coast. so, lesbos here, samos, all these islands had received thousands of people. there were boats with 2000 to 3000 people per day. they were all crossing, transiting greece to go into germany.
so far that he will step down. the other surprise is these, let s say, so called successors of the neo nazi party, golden dawn, which are called the spartans. this is a far right party that is backed and endorsed by this jailed golden dawn spokesperson, whose name is ilias kasidiaris. he is imprisoned and they are entering parliament. based on the early results, they could also gain up to 13 seats in parliament. 0k. what impact has this migrant boat tragedy, just 11 days ago, with the loss of possibly many hundreds of people s lives had there? has it been part of the conversation and in particular the criticism from some of the survivors that the greek coastguard didn t do enough to help? well, i m actually standing here next to the camp, the refugee camp, identification centre where the survivors have been brought after the shipwreck. and i would say that needed this boat tragedy.
and discreetly observed there was no problem in its navigation. but yesterday, a government spokesperson confirmed that coastguards had tried to get on board the boat. they used a rope to get closer and see if people wanted help. the spokesman denied any attempt had been made to tow the ship and that the coastguard didn t cause the boat to sink. as those who survived have been arriving at a migrant camp outside athens, greece s caretaker prime minister promised a thorough investigation into what caused the boat to sink and so many people to die. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. 0ur correspondent sofia bettiza is in greece s kalamata with the latest. a search operation continues today here in southern greece, because as you mention, up to 500 people could still be missing, many of them could be women and children.