live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and four a.m. in islamabad. relief across pakistan. six children and two adults who got stuck in a cable car above a ravine in the north west of the country have been rescued. the group was left dangling hundreds of feet in the air for more than 1a hours after a cable snapped. the military tried to reach them first with helicopters then with zip wires. huge crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the story. shouting. through the darkness and forest, the sight
adults spent more than 12 hours stranded inside as the military tried to reach them, first with helicopters, then with zip wires, helped by local people. huge crowds gathered to watch the rescue attempts. tonight, the last of the children were hauled to safety in the darkness. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has the latest. this story has captured people s attention around the world and from the early morning when we started hearing about the cable car and those trapped inside, many started to fear the worst given the role of location, bad conditions, the fact there had been multiple different attempts that had not been successful to rescue them but through the day, more hope and of course this evening we had the news that all of them have been safely returned. shouting. through the darkness and forest, the sight the crowds had been hoping, waiting and praying for
slowly and steadily saving all of them. some appeared stunned, landing in the crowd, a journey to school near tragedy now followed by people around the world, and relief at their safe return. caroline davies, bbc news, pakistan. the greek authorities say 18 people, thought to be migrants, have been killed in a wildfire in northeastern greece. their bodies were found in a forest not far from the turkish border. efforts are being made to try to identify them. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the turkish side of the border and has just sent this report. it is an inferno and it s leaving little in its wake. firemen have been battling the flames night and day, but the wildfires are spreading. they ve come bearing down on avantas, a village where local people are counting their losses.
so this is a very difficult and international situation. as i say, again, the police at this point i just saying they want to speak to these individuals, they have not named anyone at this point as a suspect in the murder case. caroline davies there. there are calls for the independent inquiry announced by the uk government into the crimes of the nurse lucy letby to be strengthened. the 33 year old was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder six more at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. the mp for the region welcomed the inquiry, but urged the government to ensure it can compel witnesses to give evidence. the hospital trust is facing more questions about why it didn t take action sooner after concerns were raised over the conduct of the nurse. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. lucy letby s mugshot is on every front page today. she s finally been exposed as
at herfamily home in woking, in the early hours of tenth august. her father umar sharif, his partner beinash batool and his brother faisal malik all left the uk for pakistan a day before on the 9th of august. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has more on the search for sara s father. we have been speaking to the police, and they say they have two teams operating in north punjab in pakistan. crucially, so far they say they have not been able to locate sara s father. we also know that originally they said they were just looking for mr sharif, but a district police officer has said if they are able to locate him, it is highly likely they would also take him into custody. that would only happen, they said, if they were able to get the approval and authorisation from the fia, the federal investigations agency here in pakistan. it is important to say that we have spoken to the fia, and we have not heard any confirmation from them or from the foreign ministry that a request to arre