g7 leaders, so that question you posed, how this affects the war in ukraine and nato, key to those discussions which are ongoing, will be for the foreseeable future, i think. . ., , ., ., ~ think. david in washington, thank ou. the greek authorities are facing new allegations about failing to help people on board a sinking migrant boat last week. it s thought hundreds of people lost their lives. there were 104 survivors. the bbc has now heard evidence from several of them who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat when it was clearly in serious difficulty. the heavily overcrowded boat, which had set out from libya, went down around 50 miles south west of the coastal town of pylos. khalid karamat, from the bbc s urdu service, reports from athens. at least 82 people died when this vessel sank with fears up to 500 more people perished in athens. in athens,
website. you re live with bbc news. the greek authorities are facing new allegations about failing to help people on board a migrant boat that sank on ilrjune. it s thought around 500 people lost their lives. the un can only confirm that there are 104 survivors. the bbc has now heard evidence from several of them, who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat when it was clearly in serious difficulty. he heavily overcrowded vessel, which had set off from libya, went down around 80km south west of the coastal town of pylos. our correspondent khalid karamat from the bbc s urdu service has the story. this boat left libya with around 700 people on board. more than half were pakistanis. this is haseeb rahman before he made this perilous trip. just one of the 12 pakistani men who survived. in athens, i spoke to him via video call
had paid to send nadeem to europe. the agent has taken 2.5 million rupees and isn t answering calls now. the mother is really worried and so is the father. the boy is only 15 years. for families searching for the missing relatives, there is little hope left. meanwhile, the greek authorities have rejected claims they didn t act quickly enough to the unfolding tragedy, insisting those on board told coast guards they wanted to be left alone so they could travel to italy. but the survivors testimonies continue to cast doubt on that version of events. khalid karamat, bbc news, athens. greece s conservative new democratic party appears to have secured a decisive victory in the country s second general election in five weeks. with almost all ballots counted, the party has more than 40% of the vote well ahead of the left wing syriza party. the leader of the new democrats, kyriakos mitsotakis, thanked voters for giving the party
sinking, many pakistanis from around europe travelled to greece. many said they had relatives on board. they came here with pictures and details of their loved ones, hoping someone might be able to give them a lead. translation: he says the agent has . taken 2.5 million rupees and isn t i answering calls now. the boy s mother is really worried and so is the father. the boy is only 15. for many of the families, their struggle ends here. the only hope they have left is to submit their dna to the greek authorities. if the dna is matched with the bodies recovered, they may get some closure. otherwise, their struggles continue. the greek authorities have ended the search operation and little hope is left for the recovery of further bodies. but the survivors testimonies continue to cast doubt on the version of events presented by greek authorities. and there s now calls for an independent inquiry. khalid karamat, bbc news, athens.
to help people on board a sinking migrant boat last week. it s thought hundreds of people lost their lives. there were 104 survivors. the bbc has now heard evidence from several of them who accuse the greek coast guard of sailing away from the boat when it was clearly in serious difficulty. the heavily overcrowded boat, which had set out from libya, went down around 50 miles south west of the coastal town of pylos. our correspondent, khalid karamat, from the bbc s urdu service, has the story. at least 82 people died when this vessel sank, with fears up to 500 more people perished. in athens, i spoke to a man via video call. he says that the boat that eventually rescued people moved away from him in the water. i was in the water for an hour. i swam to the ship as it was far away. they had to put a speedboat and were rescuing, but had gone far away. on hearing the news of the boat sinking, many pakistanis from around