live from london. this is bbc news. a bbc investigation casts doubt on the greek authorities account of a sinking of a boat in which hundreds of migrants are feared to have died. the us says its top diplomat has held "candid, substantive and constructive" talks with his chinese counterpart in beijing. but beijing says relationships are at an historic low. and: a new video emerges of conservative party activists partying during the uk's lockdown — prompting outrage from families of covid victims. hello i'm rich preston — welcome to the programme. we start with this week's boat disaster off the greek coast — and the bbc has obtained evidence casting doubt on the greek coastguard's account of the shipwreck in which hundreds of migrants are feared to have died.

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 hours later another vessel, the faithful warrior, hours later another vessel, the faithfulwarrior, comes hours later another vessel, the faithful warrior, comes to the same area and supplies food to the boat as well. it is confirmed this is footage of this happening. from 7:40 p footage of this happening. from 7:40 p m to 10:40pm greek official see the boat keeping a steady course and speed, they say, from a discreet distance. this is what they initially claimed. but this close—up image they themselves published from this time period looks like the migrant boat isn't going anywhere. let's look again at the activity of the last seven hours. it is all around one specific spot, suggesting the migrant boat has hardly moved. remember, all of this time greece says it isn't in trouble and it is on its way to italy so doesn't need to be rescued. it is at 11pm that

the boat sinks with hundreds on board and there is a frenzy of ships coming to help. including the celebrity beyond from where this footage was taken and later sent to the bbc. a luxury yacht, the mayan queen, is then instructed to assist and takes the 100 survivors to shore. they safely reach the port of cala matter but leave behind serious questions about the whole greek response. nick beake reporting there from kalamata in greece. and you can find more on his reporting on our website and bbc.com/news. migrants from pakistan are among those dead and still missing after the boat disaster and... ..the country's prime minister, shehbaz sharif, has called for immediate action against people traffickers. nearly 80 bodies have been found so far and hundreds of migrants remain

missing; syrians and egyptians are also among those unaccounted for. pakistani officials say they've arrested several people — including an alleged smuggler — from pakistani—administered kashmir. with more on this with anbarasan ethirajan , south asia regional editor. how is this news being received in pakistan? , ., , ., , ., pakistan? there is lots of shock and an . er in pakistan? there is lots of shock and anger in parts _ pakistan? there is lots of shock and anger in parts of— pakistan? there is lots of shock and anger in parts of pakistan _ pakistan? there is lots of shock and anger in parts of pakistan from - anger in parts of pakistan from where these would—be migrants originated from. for example in kashmir in one particular village alone a report says that 21 youths tried to go to europe via this route and they were on board the ship and many of these families are waiting for news from their loved ones. 0ne father was saying how the local agents were luring his son, promising him a good job in europe, charging in more than $7,000, and he doesn't have any information about his son. we aren't sure how many

pakistanis were on board but it is thought that hundreds of people were there and many of the families are still waiting for news. the pakistani foreign ministryjust pakistani foreign ministry just confirmed pakistani foreign ministryjust confirmed that there were some survivors. they are still waiting for news about the rest of the youths, those who tried to go to europe. figs youths, those who tried to go to euroe. a ,, youths, those who tried to go to euroe. a i. youths, those who tried to go to euroe. a ., ., ., europe. as you say, information tricklin: europe. as you say, information trickling through _ europe. as you say, information trickling through slowly, - europe. as you say, information | trickling through slowly, painfully slowly for these families involved, what have pakistani officials said they are going to do on top of these arrests they've already made? the prime arrests they've already made? tie: prime minister, arrests they've already made? tue: prime minister, shehbaz sharif, arrests they've already made? tue prime minister, shehbaz sharif, has ordered a crackdown on alleged human smugglers, trying to find out what measures they are using, who are these people, the fact they should be tracked and brought to justice. he is also formed a committee to look into this boat tragedy and what led to this and how people were

going through various paths without being checked properly. the country has also declared a day of mourning on monday and flags will fly at half mast. that shows the severity of the problem. 0therwise mast. that shows the severity of the problem. otherwise you don't declare a day of mourning like that. it is thought that hundreds of pakistanis probably were on board and that's why now the government is reacting but then people are questioning the economic crisis in the country which is forcing young people to flee the country or leave the country whether legally or illegally and that is what is contributing to the situation.— what is contributing to the situation. ~ . , situation. what is the context here about illegal _ situation. what is the context here about illegal migration? _ situation. what is the context here about illegal migration? not - situation. what is the context here about illegal migration? notjust l situation. what is the context here| about illegal migration? notjust in pakistan but the region in general? if you look at south asia, it is mostly economic. migrants want a better life because they haven't been able to get enough jobs and opportunities in countries like pakistan or even from india and bangladesh. whereas war—torn countries like syria, people are leaving because they cannot live because of the threat of various

militant groups or because of the ongoing war or clash of situations. ultimately it boils down to enough opportunities for their own people. for example countries like pakistan thatis for example countries like pakistan that is going through a huge economic crisis because foreign reserves have dropped below $4 million and the economy is struggling and unable to make more jobs and that is seen as the biggest problem. what can my country offer to me and that is why people are leaving. to me and that is why people are leavinu. ., ., to me and that is why people are leavinu. ., ~ ,, , to me and that is why people are leavinu. ., ,, ,, , . the us secretary of state antony blinken has been holding talks with his chinese counterpart in beijing — in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries. the white house says the talks have been "candid, substantive, and constructive". antony blinken is the first senior american diplomat to visit china in five years. his trip was postponed in february, when relations worsened after a suspected chinese spy balloon flew over us airspace. mr blinkin said qin gang had accepted an invitation to washington to continue discussions.

0ur correspondent stephen mcdonnell reports from beijing. antony blinken touched down with little expectation this would result in a breakthrough. relations have been so toxic that even having the visit has been a step forward. the first meeting was with the secretary of state's chinese counterpart. the potential to drift into war is a concern shared all round. safeguards are needed to prevent an accidental armed conflict. from trade tensions to climate change, much repair work is needed. the world superpowers are nowhere near rapprochement. analysts have become pragmatic about where us china relations may land. i don't think we can go back to the good old days.

0n the other hand we are entering a new normal, a new status, where both countries recognise that i can't change you, you can't change me, and we can't change each other. let's try to exist peacefully. if this trip can re—establish lines of communication, can clear a path for visits, then both governments will consider it having been a success. it is a measure of the pessimistic mood around this relationship that, if these meetings can simply slow an increase in tensions, that will be taken as a win. in february the alleged spy balloon over north america delayed this trip. now that antony blinken is actually here, the mood is polite and official, but not very warm. alistair dawber is washington correspondent for the sunday times and the times newspapers, here's his assessment of those talks.

well, i think the fact that this meeting is taking place at all is quite a big breakthrough. you mentioned in your report there that anthony blinken was supposed to be in beijing in february. that trip was abruptly canceled when the spike balloon that trip was abruptly canceled when the spy balloon was detected over the us, then subsequently shot down and the us invited the chinese defence minister to meet the us defense secretary at a meeting earlier this month and that was turned down flat. so i think the fact that the chinese have allowed blinken to go and have welcomed him, there's been no obvious public row in china between the two sides. i think that represents progress. also, the foreign minister has has accepted a request to visit washington as well. so i think that will be seen as even though they're tiny baby steps in making some sort of a progress in the thawing of relations just a tiny little bit, i think that will be seen as a win

for both sides. president biden and his staff are often asked when he might speak to president xi, not meet face to face, but speak on the phone. and while there's ambitions for that to happen, there's certainly nothing in the diary. were antony blinken to meet president xi on this trip that would be quite a big breakthrough, but it's not expected. there's certainly nothing in the state department's agenda to suggest that will happen and certainly nothing in what the state department have released today in terms of the background to the meeting. so if it does happen it would be a surprise, i mean, it's hard to just to sort of understand the entire range of disputes that the chinese and the americans have, from trade to taiwan to ukraine to intellectual property rights to spying. and there are so many points of difference, but i think a meeting of that level now would indicate a really big breakthrough. but i'm not sure it's expected.

the levelling up and housing secretary michael gove has apologised on behalf of the government for the �*partygate' video which has emerged. it shows conservative party staff enjoying drinks and dancing at a christmas gathering at their headquarters in december 2020 — a time when social distancing restrictions were in place. london s metropolitan police service has said it is aware of and considering the footage. as our political correspondent iain watson reports mr gove accepted that the video would make people angry. i think it is sickening and it's appalling and it is maddening. tt is appalling and it is maddening. it is appalling and it is maddening. it is a kick in the _ appalling and it is maddening. it is a kick in the teeth. they _ appalling and it is maddening. it is a kick in the teeth. they made - appalling and it is maddening. it is a kick in the teeth. they made a i a kick in the teeth. they made a mockery- _ a kick in the teeth. they made a mockery. those _ a kick in the teeth. they made a mockery. those three _ a kick in the teeth. they made a mockery. those three people i a kick in the teeth. they made a i mockery. those three people have somethin: mockery. those three people have something in _ mockery. those three people have something in common. _ mockery. those three people have something in common. their- mockery. those three people have i something in common. their families something in common. theirfamilies were hard hit by the covid pandemic and they all found it difficult to look in the mirror this morning. the newspaper obtained video footage of this event in the basement of conservative party hq in december 2020 when socialising between different households was banned.

they appeared to have missed the social distancing posters on the wall. it features the campaign team for sean bailey. he was running to be london mayor at the time. he is now about to go to the house of lords courtesy of borisjohnson's resignation honours list. mr bailey does not feature in the video himself at one of his key campaigners does. ben mallett was given an 0be in the honours list and senior conservatives are braced for a backlash. michael gove said sorry on behalf of his fellow conservatives.- on behalf of his fellow conservatives. . , ., conservatives. on a personal leveli would like to _ conservatives. on a personal leveli would like to apologise _ conservatives. on a personal leveli would like to apologise to _ conservatives. on a personal leveli would like to apologise to people i would like to apologise to people for this behaviour. tt is for this behaviour. it is unacceptable - for this behaviour. it is unacceptable and - for this behaviour. it is unacceptable and indefensible. will be honoured to be withdrawn? t don’t be honoured to be withdrawn? i don't think that. the _ be honoured to be withdrawn? i don't think that. the decision _ be honoured to be withdrawn? i don't think that. the decision was - be honoured to be withdrawn? i don't think that. the decision was made - be honoured to be withdrawn? i don't think that. the decision was made by| think that. the decision was made by borisjohnson is an outgoing prime

minister. boris johnson is an outgoing prime minister. ., ., ., ., minister. charlotte hodge from bradford lost _ minister. charlotte hodge from bradford lost her _ minister. charlotte hodge from bradford lost her husband - minister. charlotte hodge from bradford lost her husband to i minister. charlotte hodge from i bradford lost her husband to covid in november 2021 and her children lost theirfather. tt is in november 2021 and her children lost their father.— lost their father. it is upsetting and it is- -- _ lost their father. it is upsetting and it is... it— lost their father. it is upsetting and it is... it makes _ lost their father. it is upsetting and it is... it makes me - lost their father. it is upsetting and it is... it makes me angry. | lost their father. it is upsetting i and it is... it makes me angry. it is ok and it is... it makes me angry. it is 0kfor and it is... it makes me angry. it is ok for them to say sorry. it is just words. it is a word. it isn't going to bring anybody back. the december 2020 event had been reported before but without video footage. the police previously decided to take no action but say they are now aware of the previous footage and are considering it. 0pposition parties want action. there also appears to be a mocking of the rules that is going on in the video where people up and down the country were making sacrifices to follow the rules that were imposed and you yet again get this one rule it seems for those who are in government and another for everybody else. . government and another for everybody else. , ,, . ~' government and another for everybody else. , ,, ., , government and another for everybody else. , ,, ., ., ., else. rishi sunak wants to move on from -a

else. rishi sunak wants to move on from party gate _ else. rishi sunak wants to move on from party gate but _ else. rishi sunak wants to move on from party gate but events - else. rishi sunak wants to move on from party gate but events like - else. rishi sunak wants to move on from party gate but events like this still cast a long political shadow. staying with british politics... scotland's former first minister, nicola sturgeon, says she's certain she's done "nothing wrong", after being questioned by police investigating her party's finances. speaking publicly for the first time since she was arrested and released without charge last weekend, ms sturgeon said she would return to the scottish parliament on monday. here she is speaking outside her house. you know, i can't say very much just now. what i will say is, reiterate the statement i issued last sunday. i am certain that i have done nothing wrong. i intend to be back in parliament in the early part of the week. i will make myself available for questions then, obviously, within the constraints that i am referring to right now. for now, ito intend to go home, catch up with some family. i know i am a public figure. i accept what comes with that, but i am also a human being that is entitled to a bit of privacy. and my neighbours are also entitled to a bit of peace and quiet as well. thank you very much.

have you considered stepping back from the snp? i have done nothing wrong and that is the only thing i am going to assert today. have there been conditions placed on your arrest? - after you arrest? no, and i am not going to get into anything other than that. would nicola sturgeon have suspended nicola sturgeon? i have done nothing wrong. it is for others to comment as they see fit. that is my position and i am entitled to take it. i am going into my house, now. thank you. here's the assessment of our scotland correspondent, jamie mcivor. nicola sturgeon is well aware of how restricted she is in what she can say at this point in a live police investigation. however, she is certainly defiant insofar as she is absolutely adamant that she has, in her view, done absolutely nothing wrong, that she is innocent. what she said this afternoon outside her house didn't really go much further

than what she had said in a statement last sunday after she was arrested and questioned but still she would have been aware herself of just how powerful it would be for people to actually hear her state those words for herself. voters in switzerland have backed government proposals designed to cut fossil fuel use and reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. the final tally showed 59% of people approved the measures. they'll see more than $3.5 billion invested to help households and businesses switch away from using imported oil and gas — and move to renewable energy. the government had backed the measures, saying switzerland needs to take action to protect the environment and its energy security. but critics said it would increase the cost of energy and put a strain on finances. 0ur switzerland correspondent imogen foulkes has more. tiki things lead to voter support. the first is the effect global warning is having on the alpine

environment. —— two things. the glaziers are shrinking pretty much before our eyes and much faster than even the climate change specialists had predicted. —— the glaciers. also the war in ukraine. switzerland does not produce its own oil and gas, it must import it. the government successfully argued that if switzerland's economy wants to continue to be as successful as it has been and still is then switzerland needs energy security and that is going to have to mean weaning itself off oil imports or gas imports from somewhere like russia. that means investing in renewables. the swiss government is making a hefty package available, $3.5 billion, that is more than £3 billion, so that households and businesses can have some support to move away from oil and gas and invest in things like heat exchange

pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solarfarms, pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solar farms, i pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solarfarms, i am pumps, in solar panels. you can expect big solar farms, i am told, in that big green expanse behind me. that's coming in the years to come. switzerland has been slow. it wasn't meeting its paris climate change goals. this climate act is a good start and swiss voters today clearly thought this is a good investment. now — we return to last week's extraordinary story out of colombia — when four children were found after 40 days lost in the jungle. the plane they were travelling on crashed in may, killing the adults on board including the children's mother. a huge search effort was launched to try to find the siblings — and the bbc�*s visualjournalism team has been mapping it all out. to talk us through it — here's mimi swaby from the bbc world service. the plane the children were flying in crashed over

colombia's southeastern amazon on the 1st of may. now, the body of the mother, the pilot and an indigenous leader on board were all recovered at the site. however, the children, now 13, nine, five and one were then missing for 40 days before they were found by a search party consisting of 160 soldiers and 70 indigenous people. now, all the children were found malnourished, exhausted and dehydrated, but they were found alive. the bbc�*s visualjournalism team has been mapping out a possible route the children took. they found multiple items during the 40 days, including a nappy and parts of a bottle thought to belong to the youngest sibling. so these were found in the middle area here, and later on there were more fruit parts found such as passion fruit pits, peel and then footprints later on in the 40 days. but heavy rain really made this operation hard as it washed away a lot of the footprints. day after day, soldiers with sniffer

dogs and local indigenous groups scoured the jungle area. now the search is split into one kilometre squares, and it's thought that teams walked more than 2600 kilometres in total. so again, a huge area. two patrols actually in opposite directions, zigzagged across the area, making sure that nothing was left unturned and there was no possibility they would miss the children. now, the search commander said that this wasn't just a search for a needle in a haystack, but more for a tiny flea in a vast carpet because they kept moving. so it really is a miracle these children were found in such a difficult terrain to navigate. uganda's president yoweri museveni has condemned the attack on a school in which students were hacked and burned to death, as �*desperate and cowardly�*. the ugandan army is continuing its hunt for militants who attacked the school on friday night, killing at least 40 people, many of them children. the pope has condemned the attack,

describing it as brutal and saying he was praying for the victims. those responsible for the atrocity are from an islamist extremist group known as the adf. they also kidnapped six students before escaping back across the border into the democratic republic of the congo. 0ur correspondent dorcas wangira in nairobi has been following the developments. there has been very little information trickling from the army, however from the last update from an official, that was major general dick 0lum, who is the major general in charge of the mountain division and also the operation shujaa, he said that after 24 hours the army would have the results since saturday. we have been waiting and they have not been able yet to rescue the six abducted students or capture the rebels. however he has been giving different accounts, like for example he was saying there had been intelligence reports that adf insurgents were present in kasese for two days and there had been a lapse in security.

it is quite unfortunate, authorities are still trying to understand what went wrong but residents are saying this is coming in too little too late. the prince of wales says he wants to wants to make it his mission to end homelessness in the uk, and has plans to build social housing on duchy of cornwall land that he receives income from. he's made the pledge in an interview with the sunday times to mark father's day. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has more. a father's day family photo, informal and relaxed the prince of wales with charlotte, louis and george. and teaching them about life outside of royalty is a priority for him. in a sunday times interview the prince says he wants to take his children to a homeless shelter and describes having chatted to them on the school run and seeing people sleeping out.

like mother like son, diana princess of wales took both william and harry to visit a homeless shelter when they were young boys. for her eldest it was the start of a long—term interest in tackling homelessness. last week he opened a new housing development in south london. he is patron of the homeless charity centrepoint. but he comes at this subject from a position of immense privilege. as prince of wales he runs a duchy of cornwall estate. 130,000 acres of land mostly in the south—west of england. as part of his long—term project to try and ultimately end homelessness, there is a plan in this early stage to put social housing on duchy land, something william says is at the front of his mind. in leeds, for

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downpours are affecting parts of the country right now with thunder and lightning, hail, gusty winds as well and we will continue to see that over the uk for the course of this evening and into tonight as that stoinis travels from south to north. further flash flooding is stoinis travels from south to north. furtherflash flooding is possible and those downpours could deliver 30 millimetres of rain within an hour and even more than that spread over and even more than that spread over a few hours. nasty weather to come. it is welcome rain across some parts of the country because it has been very dry but the solid ground means that in some parts of the uk we do get the flash flooding. through this evening the heaviest of the rain will be moving across northern parts of england, really heavy in the north west throughout yorkshire and into the far north of england and eventually southern, central and

eastern parts of scotland through the early hours of monday morning. further south the weather will continue to dry out. early in the morning it'll be muggy on monday, temperatures around 13 to 15 celsius. from the word go a cloudy and rainy picture for many across central and northern parts of scotland. to the south, some sunshine. tomorrow, for many of us, a fine day with such a —— just a scattering of showers. the odd rumble of thunder, the downpour, but lots of sunshine and really quite warm, around 25 celsius on the north sea coast. low pressure still with us on monday and tuesday as it travels northwards and further showers expected to spread in from the south. 0n showers expected to spread in from the south. on tuesday, again, another round of storms spreading across the country possible almost anywhere across the uk. the temperature is lower than of late, perhaps in the low 20s for most of us, but pleasant enough in the sunshine. it is still muggy air. for the rest of the week low pressure

will be out in the atlantic, may be brushing north—western parts of the uk late in the week but ahead of it, towards the south and the east, we will see a ridge of high pressure building and that the ridge of high pressure means warm and sunny weather particularly for eastern and southern areas of the uk. if we look at the outlook, temperatures rising towards the end of the week but the weather itself is looking rather mixed with showers at times. goodbye.

aware of the footage and is considering it. switzerland has approved a new law to