this is bbc news, the headlines: 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.
let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. an oil production and storage vessel has exploded off the coast of nigeria. it s not clear what caused the blast, or if any oil spilt into the sea. the fate of the ten crew members on board is unknown. peru s new prime minister, hector valer, has rejected allegations of domestic violence amid calls for his resignation. he was sworn into office just this week. peruvian media have since published details of a police investigation against him five years ago, with claims that he had kicked and punched his daughter and his late wife. mr valer strenuously denies the allegations. an operation is under way in morocco to rescue a young boy trapped in a deep well. the five year old, called rayan, fell down the 32 metre well on tuesday evening in a village in a rural northern province.
scene of purity, peace and unity to the world. laura scott, beijing. ahead of the olympics ceremony, china and russia put on a united front when president xi jinping met vladimir putin in beijing. mr putin hailed what he called the unprecedented ties between the two countries, as china backed russia s security and foreign policy aims including demands that the western alliance nato halt expansion. 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 30 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, as 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
so rescuers are digging a large hole parallel to it to reach the boy, as simonjones reports. it s a race against time. rayan has now spent a fortnight trapped deep underground, fourth night trapped deep underground, pictured by a camera lowered into the well. above him, the effort to save the 5 year old has continued round the clock. rescue workers say they won t stop until they get him out, while worried locals can only look on and hope. translation: we re praying for rayan to be alive. - may his family have patience and, honestly, our hearts are breaking. translation: | hope - he ll come out of this 0k. it s like one of our own children has fallen. we re praying for his safety. he s one of our children. this is the opening of the well that rayan fell down. it s too narrow for the rescuers to get to him, so they ve had to come up with a different plan. a large hole is being dug parallel to the well to try to reach the boy.
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. 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. emergency workers in morocco say they re hopeful that they ll reach a 5 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 in around 10 minutes time, we ll have newswatch.