this is bbc news, our top story. the official opening of the winter olympics has taken place in beijing amid chinese pride and international controversy. emergency workers in morocco are hopeful they ll soon reach a five year old boy who s been trapped for four days in a deep well. the child, who s called rayan, slid more than thirty metres into the shaft, while his father was repairing it. the shaft is narrow so rescuers are digging a large hole parallel to it to reach the boy. helena wilkinson reports. this footage from a camera lowered into the well show rayan covered in earth, with little room to move. he has been trapped like this for three days. above him, a complex rescue
the former us vice president mike pence has said he could not have overturned the result of the 2020 presidential election his strongest rebuttal so far of claims by donald trump. mr pence said it was un american to think that any one person could choose the president. ahead of the opening ceremony of the winter olympics, china s president, xijinping, met his russian counterpart vladimir putin and gave his support to moscow s security and foreign policy aims. the official opening in beijing was toned down due to covid restrictions. emergency workers in morocco say they re hopeful that they ll reach a five year old boy trapped for four days in a deep well. the child, who s called rayan, slid more than 30 metres into the narrow shaft on tuesday while his father was repairing it. coming up at 6 o clock,
signalling the official start of the games. but the run up to the event has been fraught with controversy, with many countries staging a diplomatic boycott. just ahead of the opening ceremony, the leaders of china and russia met in beijing. xijinping and vladimir putin said they support each other s security and foreign policy aims. china backed russia s demand that nato halts any expansion. downing street insists borisjohnson is still in control after another conservative mp called on him to go. the prime minister has also seen the resignation of a fifth senior adviser. rescuers in morocco are reported to be getting closer to reaching a young boy trapped at the bottom of a well. the five year old, called rayan, fell down the 32 metre well on tuesday.
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operation is under way. it has been going on since tuesday night when rayan fell 32 metres down this narrow opening. for the five year old s family, the wait is agonising. translation: i ask all moroccans to please pray for him, he really needs your prayers. rayan is the son of all moroccans. translation: rayan is very much loved here in the village, - notjust at home. imiss him. an oxygen mask, food and water have been lowered into the well. whether the little boy has drunk or eaten is not known. early attempts to reach him through the well s opening failed because of the narrowness of the hole s diameter. since then, rescuers have been working through the night to extract the ground next to the boy. once at his level, they hope to create an opening. after days of digging, there are just metres to go, but there is the risk of a landslide.