analysis of the movement of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel was not moving for at least seven hours before it capsized. the coastguard still claims that during these hours the boat was on a course to italy and not in need of rescue. greek authorities have not yet responded to the bbc s findings. our europe correspondent, nick beake is in kalamata in greece where he s been analysing the ships final movements. last tuesday morning from the air authority spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows ships in the area in the run up to the sinking. coastguard and military vessels don t appear. the yellow pin is where the migrant boat eventually sinks. at around 1500 gmt, a ship, which gave us its logbook, turns north and approaches the migrant boat to give food and water. soon after, says the coastguard, its helicopter finds the migrant boat on a steady course. but two and a half
leading up to the sinking of a ship carrying migrants. the incident happened last thursday 78 people are confirmed dead, up to 500 are still missing at sea. our research suggests the coastguard s claim that the boat was still on course to italy is incorrect. the greek authorities have yet to respond. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata, where he s been analysing the ship s final movements. last tuesday morning, from the air, authorities spot the migrant boat. this is a surveillance photo. a simulation we ve obtained from a ship tracking service shows ships in the area in the run up to the sinking. coastguard and military vessels do not appear. the yellow pin is where the migrant boat eventually sinks. at around 1500 gmt, a ship, called the lucky sailor, which gave us its logbook, turns north and approaches the migrant boat to give food and water. soon after, says the coastguard, its helicopterfinds the migrant boat on a steady course. but two and a half hours
welcome to bbc news. our correspondent is at the t20 summit in hamburg. he has the latest for us. 620. the emerging theme of the 620 could be described as, let s agree to disagree. we knew coming into it that donald trump and his administration in washington was not in line with most of the country s representatives at the 620 on the two biggest issues, on trade and climate change and as we start to get lea ks climate change and as we start to get leaks and climate change and as we start to get lea ks and information climate change and as we start to get leaks and information about the communique, they were expecting angela merkel to release in the next hour or angela merkel to release in the next hourorso, it angela merkel to release in the next hour or so, it appears she has had to broaden the terms of the statement a long way. on trade, we understand that the support for fire prevention but also for a country s right to protect itself. 0n climate change, there will be a
singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in queensland, australia, where the devastation caused by cyclone debbie is beginning to emerge. australia s prime minister malcolm turnbull has activated a disaster response plan and has warned people they may have to remain in shelters for several our come. the storm brought with it torrential rain and winds of almost 260 kilometres per hour. nearly 250,000 people lost power, airports have been closed, and there has been damage to infrastructure near the water. look at these images filmed by nasa from the international space station. cyclone debbie had an eye 50 kilometres across. the premier warned of plenty of work to be done. we are looking at significant destruction, we think. we are preparing for that. we are doing the work now to get the assets on the ground, including with military partners, to make sure we can get in there with the
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