infrastructure and a lack of accountability at the heart of government. other aspects of public policy are also facing harsh scrutiny, from migration to internal security. my guest is greek migration minister notis mitarachi. has his government lost the confidence of the greek people? notis mitarachi in athens, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. the whole world has watched with a great deal of concern and sympathy the unfolding of this disaster in greece. 57 lives lost in that terrible train crash. do you believe it s going to be seen as a turning point in greece, that business as usual will no longer be accepted? it s obviously a devastating event. the level of grief in the greek people, the greek government, is enormous. 57 people, particularly young people, lost their lives in this accident. multiple causes. there is an independent review under way by specialists. there is the prosecuting authorities now questioning both what happened on the day and more importantly,
sleep. lucky to be alive almost 350 people rescued from a truck in mexico. the driver s whereabouts are unknown. the legacy of japanese boyband moguljohnny kitagawa is examined in a new bbc documentary, including multiple allegations of sexual abuse and we meet the team behind the elephant whisperers, the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing its all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondentjames landale sent this report fr