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 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 i pray for him, he really needs your prayers. 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. tr
translation: considerable efforts have been deployed by local- authorities and all participating bodies 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. a former member of the house of lords has beenjailed for five and a half years for child sex offences. lord ahmed of rotherham carried out the assaults on two children in the 1970s when he was a teenager. there are now calls for him to be stripped of his title. the 64 year old was tried under his real name, nazir ahmed. the government s £9 billion move this week to shore up household finances in the face of a sharp rise in energy bills was
of a landslide. translation: considerable efforts have been deployed by local- authorities and all participating bodies 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. scientists in south africa in a medicalfirst have made a copy of the moderna coronavirus vaccine, using publicly available information. it s being described as a major breakthrough for africa where only 11% of the population are fully vaccinated. the vast majority of mrna vaccines have gone to wealthy countries. this could increase access to countries across the global south who aren t getting enough doses from global distribution programmes. the bbc s africa health correspondent rhoda odhiambo gives u
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. at 10pm, reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, it s newscast. confession time. we d recorded tonight s episode of newscast, and then i went to the pub to have. ah! ..it turns out two thirds of a pint with a friend. then, of course, my phone went mad because loads of developments happened in the downing street sacking saga. so, i ve popped back, laura never left. what s happened tonight? well, as one mp said to me, it s
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