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
authorities first made contact with the fishing vessel and say those on board didn t want their help. but a few hours later, according to this e mail we ve obtained, the coastguard are warned by an unofficial hotline for migrants in trouble that 750 people including women and children are on board and that they are urgently asking for help. originally the coastguard said that tuesday evening it did travel towards the migrant boat, remained at a distance and discreetly observed there was no problem in its navigation. but fast forward to today and a government spokesperson confirms that coastguards had in fact tried to get on the boat. they used a rope to get closer and see if the people wanted any help. the spokesman denied any attempt had been made to tow the ship and that the coastguard didn t cause the boat to sink. all this is significant because for the past two days the greek authorities have been fighting accusations they didn t do enough to save those on board.
by an unofficial hotline for migrants in trouble that 750 people, including women and children, are on board and that they are urgently asking for help. originally the coastguard said that tuesday evening it did travel towards the migrant boat, remained at a distance and discreetly observed that there was no problem in its navigation. but fast forward to today, and a government spokesperson confirms that coastguards had in fact tried to get on the boat, they used a rope to get on the boat, they used a rope to get on the boat, they used a rope to get closer and see if the people wanted any help. the spokesman denied any attempt had been made to tow the ship and that the coastguard didn t cause the boat to sink. all this is significant because for the past two days the greek authorities have been fighting accusations they didn t do enough to save those on board. they ve been arguing that the migrants didn t want their help and that their boat was not in peril, but this new information we
see if the people wanted any help. the spokesman denied any attempt had been made to tow the ship and that the coastguard didn t cause the boat to sink. all this is significant because for the past two days the greek authorities have been fighting accusations they didn t do enough to save those on board. they ve been arguing that the migrants didn t want their help and that their boat was not in peril. but this new information we ve gathered suggests they were given a stark warning about the danger faced and by their own admission the coastguard now says it went and had a close look at what was happening and yet didn t launch a rescue effort. but that has prompted anger. demonstrations in the street in a number of greek cities. but the government s tougher position on migrant crossings in the past few years, often condemned abroad, seems to have been popular at home. this disaster, though, has shaken many deeply.
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