a reminder of the past, and a promise for the future. tim allman, bbc news. in northern morocco, efforts are continuing to rescue a five year old boy who fell into a well. rayan has been stuck in a 32 meter deep water well since tuesday. aru na iyengar reports. bulldozers work flat out in tamrout, in the northern tourist province of chefchaouen. they re racing to dig a hole alongside a shaft of a 32 metre well. waiting at the bottom is five year old rayan. he fell in on tuesday evening. he was playing whilst his father was repairing the well. translation: the closer we get, the hole gets more narrow, - and hard to pass through, which makes it very hard to save the child through volunteers. this is why we had to come up with another technique, which is digging. rescuers have been able to send oxygen and water to rayan through pipes. it s a tricky, painstaking manoeuvre. it s a long way down, and the diameter of the well is less than 45 centimetres. rayan s plight has touched t
a torch a few days before the official opening of the winter olympics as it s going ahead despite 0lympics as it s going ahead despite the four boycotts and strict covid i9 restrictions. we start with tensions on the ukraine border. russia has been locked in a military standoff with ukraine, and we ve now seen the first major movement of us forces in response. some 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany, and 1000 troops already in germany will go to romania. here s the pentagon spokesman making that announcement. the united states stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. president biden has been clear that united states will respond to the growing threat to europe s security and stability. i want to be very clear about something. these are not permanent moves. they are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. moreover, these force
newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s paddy in the studio. and it s laura in the studio. and henry is having a week off, so we are graced with the journalist of the moment. hello. who are you? nick watt, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight, he has been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments, and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister too condemning extremism and anti semitism but not condemning islamophobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists have got control of the country but what i do believe is they have got control of khan and they have got control of london, and they
now on bbc news.newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it is paddy involved in the studio. we are graced with the journalist of the moment. who are you? nick what, how is that? nick watt, the political editor of newsnight he was been making some news if you are viewing this week. since we last spoke yesterday we have just broke the news that lee anderson the tory mp has been booted out of the party for making what a lot of people believe were racist and unpleasant islamophobic comments and there has been a statement from anderson himself and also overnight a statement from the prime minister to condemning a streaming comic extremism and anti semitism but not condemning a phobia. remind ourselves what lee anderson actually said before we get into the furore around it. i said before we get into the furore around it. ., ., , said before we get into the furore around it. ., , , around it. i don t actually believe that the islamists around it. i don t actually belie