say to itself about itself to the rest of the world at that opening ceremony? what sort of country is that? because it s see itself? how does it want the global audience to view the country at the moment? steven mcdonnell country at the moment? steven mcdonnell in country at the moment? steven mcdonnell in beijing, country at the moment? steven mcdonnell in beijing, thank- country at the moment? steven mcdonnell in beijing, thank you j mcdonnell in beijing, thank you for the update. and with the opening ceremonyjust hours away, a little later in the programme we ll hear from someone who s planned not one, but five of the big events. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines: an operation is underway in morocco to rescue a young boy trapped in a deep well. the 5 year old, called rayan, fell down the 32 metre well on tuesday evening in a village in a rural northern province. he s said to have suffered some injuries, but remains conscious. an oil production and storag
been trapped for four days in a deep well. the child, whose name is rayan, fell 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 simonjones reports. it s a race against time. rayan has now spent a fortnight trapped deep underground, pictured by a camera lowered into the well. above him, the effort to save the five 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. locals can only look on and ho e. ,, ~ locals can only look on and hoe. ,, ~ ~ ., hope. translation: we are ra in: hope. translation: we are praying for hope. translation: we are praying for rayan hope. translation: we are praying for rayan to - hope. translation: we are praying for rayan to be - hope. translation: we are| praying for rayan to be alive. may his family have patients, and honestly, our hearts a
to accelerate the process and rescue the child, rayan, as soon as possible. the only solution remains to use bulldozers in order to make a hole to extract the child as soon as possible. this is an extremely delicate operation. rescuers, though, are hopeful that soon they will be able to free rayan and return the little boy to his family. helen wilkinson, bbc news. mehta has announced a new feature to tackle harassment in the meta verse. the feature will create more personal space and virtual reality world by preventing avatars from coming within certain distance of each other and making it easier to avoid unwanted interactions. mehta has long been under scrutiny from global lawmakers and regulators over its handling of problematic content and facebook and instagram.
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. there are only a few metres to go, but that brings with it its own dangers the possibility of a landslide. the gathered crowd are desperate for progress and a happy outcome. rayan s father says he hasn t slept a wink. his mother says she s trying to remain positive. but this is a complex and delicate operation. oxygen and water has been sent down the well. a helicopter is on standby to get the boy to hospital. but rayan remains trapped while the most challenging part of the rescue is still ahead. simon jones, bbc news. this is bbc news.
this is bbc news with me, nancy kacungira. our latest headlines. 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 at the bird s nest stadium in beijing was toned down, due to covid restrictions. downing street insists boris johnson is still in control, after another conservative mp called on the prime minister to step down. the former minister, nick gibb, says that his constituents remain furious about what he called double standards in the observance of covid rules. 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. now on bbc news, it s