Our main story. It s wednesday, the 31st ofjuly. Hundreds of people attended a vigil in southport last night, to pay tribute to the three girls who were killed in a knife attack at a children s dance workshop. Just hours later, violent clashes broke out close to where the girls were stabbed to death. 39 police officers were injured, with 27 needing hospital treatment. Merseyside police described the violence as sickening, and the prime minister warned that the rioters would feel the full force of the law. Our correspondent lauren moss is in southport. Good morning. It s another quiet, solemn morning on the corner of hart street, where monday pass took place. As you can see behind me, the bunches of flowers that started appearing yesterday morning, have now turned into hundreds and hundreds, with flowers, teddy bears, scarves and balloons bobbing in the early morning sunlight. And i don t think there are any words to express how the families of the three little girls who died here in mo
initial reports suggest the victims are migrants, and an investigation is under way. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the border between turkey and greece with more. the bodies were discovered in a forested area in the greek region of evros. a local coroner has said all 18 were male and two were younger, possibly minors. autopsies will be held in a few hours time, before that dna samples will be taken to begin the process of identifying the dead. bbc news has spoken to one man, a syrian, who was worried that is because it was among the groups. he says the young man won 27, he had travelled to turkey with a group of other syrians, afghans and iraqis. their plan was to cross the border illegally from turkey, as many do, and to head to the region of evros where the wildfires are taking place. he lost contact with his cousin three days ago. he said poignantly that if this group had been in trouble, that even if the fires had been coming closer to them, th
developments in pakistan. a senior local official has told bbc news that rescuers in the north of the country have managed to free four children who were trapped in a cable car dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. this vision shared by reuters shows the moment the first rescue effort was made you can see the helicopter there and then a closer look, a rope connected. the group were on their way to school when a rope snapped, leaving the cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a river bed in a remote valley. let s hear from one witness at the scene. translation: it is a sad and unfortunate incident, happening at seven in the morning when children were going to school. a string broke. so far, four helicopters made an attempt. a special unit is coming and a local rescue team are on standby. we are trying but don t want to take chances. so that s an account from witnesses on the ground. let s take a closer look at the area. battagram is a town in the district
they were found in the evros region of northeast greece, outside the village of avantas. initial reports suggest the victims are migrants and an investigation is under way. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is on the border between turkey and greece with more. what is rediscovered in a forest area across the border in the greek region of evros illegal coronets at all 18 were male and two were younger, possibly miners. autopsies will be held in a few hours time for the before that, dna samples will be taken to try and begin the process of identifying the dead. at bbc news spoke to one man, a syrian who is worried his cousin was among the group. he says the young man was 27. had travelled here to turkey, with a group of other syrians, afghans and iraqis and their plan was to cross the border illegally from turkey as many do and head to the region of evros where wildfires are taking place. he lost contact with his cousin three days ago and said poignantly that i
you can see the cable car dangling precariously over a river bed. inside are seven school children and their teacher. the children, aged between 10 and 16, were going to school in battagram when one of the cables snapped leaving the car stuck 271m above ground. here you can see pakistan s military attempting to approach the car. officials say these efforts have been hampered by strong winds in the area. reports suggest that rescuers have been trying to deploy a net. more troops have been sent to the area. let s share from one of the witnesses. translation: it is let s share from one of the witnesses. translation: it is a sad incident, happening witnesses. translation: it is a sad incident, happening when witnesses. translation: it is a sad incident, happening when children i incident, happening when children were going to school. a string broke. we are trying our best and four helicopters tried to rescue. a special unit is coming, and the local rescue team are there. we