Wiki, 2nd para, confirms what I said. Survivors claimed the Greek vessel was trying to tow the ageing trawler provided by organised crime to the migrants.
And the last paragraph indicates the surviving migrants were pressurised into saying that Egypt were the smugglers...and what else. Perhaps the Guardian is a better source for you Goldie. "But based on interviews with 21 survivors, five relatives of people still missing, representatives of the Greek coast guard and police, international aid organisations and the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch claimed Greek authorities had not only failed to mobilise “appropriate resources for a rescue” but had “ignored or redirected” offers of assistance from the EU border agency Frontex. There was no immediate reaction from Greek authorities to the report. The rights groups argued that despite officials being alerted to the presence of children on board and informed that several passengers were “very sick,” survivors’ testimonies suggested the Greek patrol boat did nothing until it was too late." This comes from UN
Report by European Council on Foreign Relations, predicts that after a raft of continental wide elections in June, 18 out of 27 of EU member states will either be governed by anti-EU parties or these parties will be dominant. If Trump gets into power, Starmer's going to be the meat in the sandwich.
Lots of waffle but Israel basically given the green light to crack on and get the job done. All good. Time for lunch.
After what Hamas did on October 7, there can be no let up in driving it out of Gaza. At the same time, Israel have a duty to keep civilian deaths to a minumum and the world will be watching
Yep, 'plausible evidence of genocide', but carry on anyway and we'll make our minds up in a few years.
About time too.... Ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone's assets frozen Assets controlled by former Tory peer Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman have been frozen under a court order obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service. PPE Medro, a company led by Mr Barrowman, is under investigation by authorities. It was awarded contracts worth more than £200m to supply PPE to the NHS through a so-called VIP lane. The company is also being sued by the Department for Health and Social Care. The Financial Times reported that restrictions had been placed over £75m worth of assets, including a townhouse in Belgravia, properties in Glasgow, an estate on the Isle of Man and numerous bank accounts. The order prevented the sale of some assets and placed restrictions on others, the paper said. A spokesperson for Baroness Mone and Mr Barrowman has confirmed that assets controlled by the couple have been frozen or restrained under a court order obtained by the CPS. The National Crime Agency is currently investigating "suspected criminal offences" in contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) awarded during the Covid pandemic to PPE Medpro.
