supertrawler, broke. 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 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 simon jones reports. it s a race against time. rayan has now spent a 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.
one of our children. this is l the opening of the well that rayan fell down. it s too narrow for the rescue is to get to him, so they have 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 rings 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 was mad 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 way to hospital. but rayan remains trapped, while the most challenging part of the rescue is still ahead. meta has announced a new feature to tackle harrasment in the metaverse. the feature will create more personal space in virtual reality world by preventing avatars from coming within a certain distance of each other and by making it
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.
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 time for the media show.
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. coming up at 6 o clock,