Migrant boat disaster: Greek coastguard account is in doubt
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Monday, the 19th of June, |
| 0:12.0 | these are our main stories. As hundreds of people remain missing following the migrant boat disaster, |
| 0:18.4 | there are serious questions about the actions of the Greek Coast Guard. |
| 0:22.7 | The latest on the deadly Uganda school attack as the army hunts for the militants involved. |
| 0:29.1 | The Swiss fossil fuel vote and its potential implications for net zero goals. |
| 0:37.9 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:39.5 | a classic revolutionary tale told in a new language for the first time. |
| 0:51.6 | Families across Pakistan are reeling from the news that their relatives likely died in Wednesday's |
| 1:01.9 | boat tragedy near Greece. Hundreds of Pakistanis remain missing with just a dozen confirmed survivors. |
| 1:09.3 | Monday has been declared by the government in Islamabad as a national day of mourning. |
| 1:15.2 | In a moment more on the reaction in Pakistan, but in Greece, the Coast Guard's account of the |
| 1:20.8 | hours leading up to the sinking of the ship is being investigated. Nick Beak reports. |
| 1:26.1 | On Tuesday, at 1500 GMT, our shipping data shows a vessel called the Lucky Sailor, |
| 1:31.7 | providing the migrant boat with food and water at the request of the Greek Coast Guard, |
| 1:36.6 | at the location where it would eventually sink. But the Greek authorities claimed half an hour later, |
| 1:42.7 | the boat was on a steady course and speed towards Italy. At 6pm, another vessel, the Faithful Warrior, |
| 1:49.9 | is seen in our tracking data, traveling to virtually the same area, after a separate request to assist. |
| 1:56.5 | As late as 10.40pm, just 20 minutes before the sinking, the Coast Guard claimed the boat was still |
| 2:02.4 | on a steady course and speed. But the evidence of the previous seven hours strongly suggests it is |
| 2:08.5 | moved less than a few nautical miles at best. The Greek Coast Guard hasn't responded to the investigation. |
| 2:16.3 | Thousands of kilometres away in Pakistan, the Prime Minister Shabash Sharif, has called for |
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