hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. we have nowjust had confirmation that all of these individuals, six children and two adults have now been brought safely back down. see the moment, that you can see the rescuers actually physically moving that zip wire along, and we've got the two final children that were on board the cable card being brought down by the rescuers getting between from one area to the other area children to school.

she good evening welcome to the programme. we start with some welcome news from pakistan, where all eight people trapped on a broken cable car stranded hundreds of metres above a river bed — have now been rescued. ground forces have been managing the operation using a zip line — after the use of rescue helicopters

was called off because of night six children had been on their way to school with two adults in a remote mountainous region in the north of the country when two cables snapped. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. maybe sorry, i don't think we have that report. let me fill in the details for you, all six children and two adults were rescued. here are the pictures here of the last people being brought back, caroline davies talked to us a short while ago about that report. six. davies talked to us a short while ago about that report. six children and two adults _ ago about that report. six children and two adults have _ ago about that report. six children and two adults have now- ago about that report. six children and two adults have now been - ago about that report. six children - and two adults have now been brought safely back down. now this is obviously we are running in quickly to tell you this because we've literallyjust heard this news

confirmed by the interior minister, people on the ground but, at the cable car site, we know those individuals are now off the cable car, the vast majority of course were rescued by locals and rescue workers who were taking them from the cable car using a zip wire. now initially we've seen one rescue that had taken place with an army helicopter that had dropped a rope down been able to take people out that way, one child was rescued that way but the remainder through this zip wire system, seemed very difficult doing this with the helicopter because there were strong winds, there was a major concern about the draught and the wind that was being created by the helicopters blades on this perilously hanging cable car. it's gone 11 o'clock at night here in pakistan but the final individuals are now out of the cable car and are now safely back on, back on firm ground.

car and are now safely back on, back on firm ground-— on firm ground. caroline davies there with _ on firm ground. caroline davies there with her _ on firm ground. caroline davies there with her instant - on firm ground. caroline davies there with her instant reaction l on firm ground. caroline davies. there with her instant reaction to that rescue, we have dusted off the report, let's play it off for you. hanging over a perilous drop with just a rope to safety. as an army helicopter hovers over the cable car, a leap, then swept away to safety as the crowd cheers. this was the moment many hoped for, the first rescue after hours. makeshift cable cars are common in the rural mountains of pakistan, taking minutes over ravines whilst roads take hours. children were on their way to school when one cable snapped. at first, army helicopters couldn't rescue them. buffeted by winds, scared the downwash from the blades could make the situation worse. on the ground, frustration. after the first rescue saving the others inside became more complicated. as the light went the helicopters left. instead, locals and rescue officials used a zip line, pulling another child to safety.

x royal navy search and rescue, thank you so much for being with sj. early part of this rescue, one of the difficulties for the pakistani military was the downdraft from the helicopter at a time when they have these very high winds in this region. these very high winds in this reuion. ., these very high winds in this reuion. . ., , region. yeah i mean massively challenging — region. yeah i mean massively challenging rescue _ region. yeah i mean massively challenging rescue from - region. yeah i mean massively challenging rescue from start i region. yeah i mean massivelyl challenging rescue from start to finish, great effort and a great outcome. but the aircraft, so many challenges with the height of the aircraft, the engines that would be working at full tilt really to keep those aircraft in the air, not least the gusts of wind that would cause a parallel rescue for the cable car.

what's it like for the winch man? it's a uniquejob, i've done many, many differentjobs from ships to cliffs to all sorts. but to go to a cable car that's dangling is quite unique. so there's many unknowns and it would have meant a lot of planning had been taking place. of course the dangers to the winch man, when you, how do you keep them safe, how do you stop them coming out before you're ready. and of course for your own protection of the wire, the winch wire creates any sort of friction on the cable itself, whoever is on the winch at the time would be at the bottom of the ravine, so a lot to think about. yeah because i imagine, i can't imagine what they were going through just dangling by that wire, but one of the dangers promoted similarly to the winch man is panic that they jump the winch man is panic that they jump before he's ready.-

the winch man is panic that they jump before he's ready. jump, grab, eve hinu jump before he's ready. jump, grab, everything in — jump before he's ready. jump, grab, everything in between. _ jump before he's ready. jump, grab, everything in between. and - jump before he's ready. jump, grab, everything in between. and we - jump before he's ready. jump, grab, everything in between. and we see l everything in between. and we see this in rescues especially at sea, stuck on a rock or a ship when it's going down. people don't act as you want them to or how you would expect them to, it's really up to the person themselves. it's a real concern, you know, that the rescue near needs to think about and keep themselves safe. indie near needs to think about and keep themselves safe.— near needs to think about and keep themselves safe. we thought two of themselves safe. we thought two of the children — themselves safe. we thought two of the children and _ themselves safe. we thought two of the children and teacher _ themselves safe. we thought two of the children and teacher would - themselves safe. we thought two of the children and teacher would be i the children and teacher would be left behind dangling there through the night. of course they couldn't get the aircraft off the ground not in the darkness. does it become a little bit easier for those on the zip lines if there are fewer people in the cable car? i zip lines if there are fewer people in the cable car?— zip lines if there are fewer people in the cable car? i guess so, you've not less in the cable car? i guess so, you've get less weight _ in the cable car? i guess so, you've got less weight on _ in the cable car? i guess so, you've got less weight on the _ in the cable car? i guess so, you've got less weight on the cable - in the cable car? i guess so, you've got less weight on the cable car - in the cable car? i guess so, you've| got less weight on the cable car and you know, maybe it swings more or less, depending on the strength of the winds. i mean it's a fantastic effort and i'd be really keen to see how they got the zip wire set up. and of course there was many

questions of why, why can't the aircrew fly at night? it depends on the equipment they've got and the training they've had. i’m the equipment they've got and the training they've had. i'm interested to see why you _ training they've had. i'm interested to see why you say _ training they've had. i'm interested to see why you say you _ training they've had. i'm interested to see why you say you are - to see why you say you are interested to see how they did the zip line. is there a situation where teams swap notes and you learn from one another? how to do something like this? , , , ., like this? definitely, yeah, especially _ like this? definitely, yeah, especially in _ like this? definitely, yeah, especially in the _ like this? definitely, yeah, . especially in the engagement, like this? definitely, yeah, - especially in the engagement, we share a lot of information especially preventable accidents and incidents so we learn from other�*s mistakes. and i'd like to think the same of these situations. in fact all over the country the coastguard search and rescue volunteers regularly train and do sort of systems, rope systems to get up and down cliffs to get the people who are normally inaccessible. worst

case scenario you would have to get a helicopter to them. so similar methods are used in the uk but this is quite special. running a zip line, and it's intriguing. incredible rescue, good to start the programme with some good news. jay o'donnell, thank you very much indeed. thank you. the british museum was warned two years ago that objects from its collection were being put up for sale. an email exchange from 2021, seen by bbc news, reveals the museum's directors were told but responded by telling staff there was no evidence of the theft. belatedly, the museum now says that a large number of objects have been stolen — one estimate — is that more than 1500 objects are missing, stolen or damaged. a member of staff has since been dismissed. our culture editor katie razzall has the story: the e—mails appear damning, suggesting that first the deputy director and then the director of the british museum were alerted to allegations of theft more than two years ago. the whistle—blower was dr ittai gradel,

a dealer based in denmark who bought items on ebay which he later discovered were british museum property. he wrote tojonathan williams, the museum deputy, in february 2021, in fact, we now believe that more than 1,500 objects were stolen, damaged, or missing, in a crisis rapidly becoming very damaging to the british museum. this is already being reported across the globe in the media. the british museum is probably the world's most famous museum, so the culture department will be wanting to assure itself from the board of trustees and george osborne that it has

the governance in place to protect these items now and in the future, and to prevent anything like this ever happening again. just as damaging is what happened later. according to the e—mail chain, dr gradel sent his evidence to george osborne, the chair of the british museum, via another trustee in october 2022, saying he was certain the british museum management had preferred to sweep the whole affair under the carpet. that same day, hartwig fisher e—mailed the trustee who had been the go—between, saying the case had been thoroughly investigated and that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations. "that is a demonstrable falsehood," dr gradel emailed george osborne in january this year. mr osborne replied, saying he was "taking your " finally, scotland yard was called in to investigate, more than two years after the original allegations

were first brought to the museum door, raising red flags for a former detective with the met�*s art squad. clearly objects being sold into a global art market can change hands very quickly and many times over a relatively short period of time. say two or three years, that really adds a complexity which the police won't thank you for. i understand the british museum is restricted from commenting on the details of what happened because of the police investigation, but these e—mails pile more pressure on this uk institution. katie razzall, bbc news. joining me now is chris marinello, ceo and founder of art recovery international who specialise in locating and recovering works of stolen art worldwide. welcome to the programme. so the reporting today is the museum might never know what exactly has been stolen because of the gaps in its inventory, how much more complicated

does that make it in terms of recovery?— does that make it in terms of recove ? ~ . ~ , ., , recovery? well it makes it virtually impossible. _ recovery? well it makes it virtually impossible. you — recovery? well it makes it virtually impossible, you can _ recovery? well it makes it virtually impossible, you can imagine - impossible, you can imagine something that has not been catalogued in the museum ends up being sold on ebay, purchased by a collector in france, sold to another dealer, and then my role is to contact the possessor of the stolen objects and say, where did you get this, and they say, well, how do we know it was stolen? how do we know it belonged to the british museum? we don't have that proof that will allow us to recover the object. find allow us to recover the ob'ect. and how important * allow us to recover the object. and how important is speed in an investigation like this? presumably if the e—mails are right, there is been two years before the investigation began. i’zre been two years before the investiuation bean. �* u, investigation began. i've recovered $600 million _ investigation began. i've recovered $600 million worth _ investigation began. i've recovered $600 million worth of— investigation began. i've recovered $600 million worth of stolen - investigation began. i've recovered $600 million worth of stolen art i $600 million worth of stolen art over the years, and i can tell you, without qualification, speed is everything. the instant they knew something was missing, it should have been disseminated to the media, it should have been placed on the interpol database, it should have

been available for the trade for collectors to search against that database. this was a critical error and probably now seasons. —— malfeasance. and probably now seasons. -- malfeasance.— and probably now seasons. -- malfeasance. , ., ., ., ,, malfeasance. they are not on display all the time. — malfeasance. they are not on display all the time, but _ malfeasance. they are not on display all the time, but you _ malfeasance. they are not on display all the time, but you would _ malfeasance. they are not on display all the time, but you would presume | all the time, but you would presume that some of them had been photographed. i would that some of them had been photographed. iwould have that some of them had been photographed. i would have thought, given that they are so valuable, when they appear on an international market or even the black market, alarm bells would start to rain, is that not the case? is there a trade out of view?— out of view? well we are getting re orts out of view? well we are getting reports from _ out of view? well we are getting reports from art _ out of view? well we are getting reports from art historians - out of view? well we are getting reports from art historians all. out of view? well we are getting l reports from art historians all over the world who may have studied some of these objects, who believe they were published on the website of the british museum, the key is that until the british museum informs the public what has been stolen, a proper inventory needs to be done and compared to previous inventories. and then that needs to

be made public as quickly as possible. be made public as quickly as ossible. ., , , , possible. how typical is this? because i _ possible. how typical is this? because i remember - possible. how typical is this? because i remember when i i possible. how typical is this? i because i remember when i was possible. how typical is this? - because i remember when i was based in cairo, the cairo mimi museum had a similar problem where security was not good enough in areas where it stored its precious artefacts. is it just the british museum or do you think this is a worldwide problem? we get reports every single day of small museums and cultural institutions that have had thefts. 0ne institutions that have had thefts. one does not expect this from the british museum. but ten years ago i had a very similar case, almost exactly like this in sweden, where a curator was stealing objects from the swedish museum, the swedish library, various smaller museums, barring armani suits, cars, when he was confronted he committed suicide and the objects that he had sold were still being found by your organised mission today. an eerily similar case. in this case we have

someone to interview and put pressure on to tell us where these objects may have gone. this pressure on to tell us where these objects may have gone.— objects may have gone. this is no small museum _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? _ objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? this - objects may have gone. this is no small museum is at? this is - small museum is at? this is the british museum, when you consider the controversy surrounding some of the controversy surrounding some of the artefacts they hold, the argument goes that they are merely custodians. they are protecting and guarding a country's cultural heritage. how damaging is that to a museum's reputation? if the worldwide — museum's reputation? if the worldwide press _ museum's reputation? if the worldwide press gotten - museum's reputation? if the worldwide press gotten a - museum's reputation? if the l worldwide press gotten a hold museum's reputation? if the - worldwide press gotten a hold of this, the greek media is all over it, there is, they are now confronting the british museum with decades of a very arrogant and patronising argument that greece could not safeguard their own treasures. now greece is pointing the finger at the british museum and saying, well, maybe, our parthenon marbles are not safe in britain after all. , ., ~ marbles are not safe in britain after all. , ., ,, , ., around the world and across the uk.

this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. former metropolitan police officer adam provan — who abused his position to prey on women and girls has beenjailed for 16 years for a series of rapes spanning eight years. a court heard the 44—year—old's predatory behaviour dated back to the 1990s and went unchecked until one of his victims came forward. network rail is to face prosecution over an aberdeenshire train crash claimed three lives. train driver brett mccullough, conductor donald dinnie, and passenger christopher stuchbury died when the train derailed at carmon in august 2020. the train hit a landslide after heavy rain. the case will call at the high court in aberdeeen next month. a children's charity in england says the cuts to the number of hours young people spend doing sport should be a national concern. new data shows a further 4,000 hours of physical education have been lost from the curriculum in state—funded secondary schools last year. the youth sport trust says it's a further threat to pupils�* wellbeing.

you're live with bbc news. now, there used to be a time, when globalisation appeared to be "spreading the wealth", knitting all types of countries into a new prosperous order. not any more. the world is splitting in two. the deteriorating relations between the us and china, the way the west reacted to the covid pandemic, the fallout from the war in ukraine, all of it, has ushered in a renewed competition, an ideological struggle. and that is what underpins the meeting today in johannesberg, south africa. the leaders of the brics group of countries — that's brazil, russia, india, china, south africa — want to break free of perceived western constraints. and are talking about a new and expanding grouping of countries to challenge washington's control. the chinese leader xi jinping arrived early this morning ahead of the meeting and travelled directly to pretoria for talks with president cyril ramaphosa. it is his fifth trip to south africa since he became president in 2013.

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is also attending, in the absence of vladimir putin, who is subject to an international arrest warrant. the group already represents more than 40% of the world's population and a quarter of global gdp. but on the table is a framework and criteria for admitting new countries. 0ver a0 have expressed interest in joining. half of them have already asked to be formally admitted. so what does it all mean, and how closely aligned are they? joining me live now from cambridge in the us, graham allan, professor of government at the harvard kennedy school. he is in cambridge in the united states. welcome to the programme. the headline today is that these five countries want to expand the grouping, but how closely aligned are they? grouping, but how closely aligned are the ? ,., ., grouping, but how closely aligned are the ? , ., ., ., are they? good question, and a good toic. i are they? good question, and a good topic- i would — are they? good question, and a good topic. i would say _ are they? good question, and a good topic. i would say that _ are they? good question, and a good topic. i would say that obviously - topic. i would say that obviously they have differences among

themselves. but so do the g7, they are sort of counterpart. i think the main take away from the meeting there and especially, the enthusiasm of 23 other countries that are in line, trying tojoin up to the brics. welcome to the multilateral world. the us and its european allies, plus japan should be able to dictate what we think to be the appropriate rules and behaviour in the international order, is contested by all of these parties. and we'll see it across the whole agenda. so i would say it's just, welcome to the more complex, multilateral world. welcome to the more complex, multilateralworld. i5 welcome to the more complex, multilateral world. is it welcome to the more complex, multilateral world.— multilateral world. is it the inevitable _ multilateral world. is it the inevitable result _ multilateral world. is it the inevitable result of - multilateral world. is it the | inevitable result of america multilateral world. is it the - inevitable result of america first? i think it's a little bit of that

but it's fundamentally a result of the fact that the seesaw of power in the fact that the seesaw of power in the world has shifted steadily from a period in which, for the us which is what i study the most, the us has about —— had about half the world's gdp at the end of world war ii. we have less than 20% today. and in that same. 0ther have less than 20% today. and in that same. other countries have grown and power has been disbursed. so the fundamental fact is that, structurally, saudi arabia or south africa or brazil, or china, or india, many under countries no longerfeel india, many under countries no longer feel that they have to ask permission from the us or listen particularly to what we say. and the g7, which was a way of kind of

shoring up the western form of leadership, eversince shoring up the western form of leadership, ever since it was founded and it's now almost a0 years old, its share of gdp has been shrinking so that when you compare it with, for example, even the brics, it's now approximately equal. you look in terms of trade, terms of other metrics of power, in particular if they are successful in saudi arabia, indonesia, nigeria, so the brics spokesman would say europeans and americans think that you accept the agenda and you set the tone, you have told us all the world condemns and is sanctioning russia for its aggression against ukraine. well, who does that not include? it doesn't include the

largest country in the world, allergic democracy in the world, india, the largest democracies in africa, south africa, and nigeria. the largest democracies in south america, brazil. it's a unanimous among you all but not you know, the rest of us. i among you all but not you know, the rest of us. ., ., ., rest of us. i mean one of the things- -- _ rest of us. i mean one of the things... yeah, _ rest of us. i mean one of the things... yeah, one - rest of us. i mean one of the things... yeah, one of- rest of us. i mean one of the things... yeah, one of the i rest of us. i mean one of the - things... yeah, one of the things thatjoe biden, in fact every american president struggles to impress on a domestic audience is the relevance of foreign policy to the relevance of foreign policy to the economy and to the united states security. and i wonder, when you see at least a0% of the world splitting off into a new block, whether that actually does suddenly become more relevant. it actually does suddenly become more relevant. . ., , , ., actually does suddenly become more relevant. . . , relevant. it certainly is a good observation. _ relevant. it certainly is a good observation. i— relevant. it certainly is a good observation. i think _ relevant. it certainly is a good observation. i think that - relevant. it certainly is a good observation. i think that for i observation. i think that for americans in particular, the idea of a multipolar world which is actually quite attractive for other parties

because, who likes to be dictated to either by the americans or in the case of at least the global criticism of the g7, and ageing, white, shrinking former colonial, blah blah blah. for saudi �*s or folks in the uae or south africa, or brazil, or mexico, that they should make more choices about there, how they see the world and what they think should be done about it. in that they actually represent more people if you just didn't population wise then we do. and increasingly more and more of the gdp. more of a powershare and it's going to be much more complex for all of us to try and find, find our way. bud more complex for all of us to try and find, find our way. and advance our interests. _ and find, find our way. and advance our interests. i've _ and find, find our way. and advance our interests. i've got _ and find, find our way. and advance our interests. i've got a _ and find, find our way. and advance our interests. i've got a minute - our interests. i've got a minute left to the brakes are just very quickly, when you look at niger and

what the former colonial france the problems they had there, g7 crescent countries, the western countries have to do a lot better in those countries where they have close ties? ~ , ,., , countries where they have close ties? ~ ,,., , ., countries where they have close ties? ~ , ., �*, ., ties? absolutely, and it's a wonderful— ties? absolutely, and it's a wonderful example. - ties? absolutely, and it's a wonderful example. the i ties? absolutely, and it's a l wonderful example. the idea ties? absolutely, and it's a - wonderful example. the idea that somehow france should be able to manage affairs in niger or the whole... there is a little bit presumptuous and reminds us we were all the inheritors of a position that the west was essentially been an engine of modern �*s decision, hendy has played an important role there. increasingly the relative declining power of the western countries and the relative increase from the others mean that we have to be smarter and we probably also have to adjust our understanding of our interests a little bit. aha, to adjust our understanding of our interests a little bit. b, 11th interests a little bit. a lot smarter- _ interests a little bit. a lot smarter. professor- interests a little bit. a lot i smarter. professor allison, interests a little bit. a lot - smarter. professor allison, good to smarter. professorallison, good to talk to you this evening, thank you very much indeed. we'll talk to the

little more in the rest of the show, we'll take a short break here, we'll be right back. a bit more of the same, if you showers in the north and west, too. this is the position of the jet stream, it's curling around the atlantic, central parts of the uk, jet stream has cooler and... warmer air affecting the southern parts of the uk, affecting southern europe. those high temperatures really from parts of portugal, spain, through southern france, northern italy towards croatia as well, so intense heat wave to the middle of the week still ongoing for certain parts of europe. closer to home here is the satellite and radar, a little bit

earlier on. they've got some showers for northern ireland, blow and on this briskjet stream got floating across the uk at the moment. it's mostly dry as we head to the evening hours, most of the showers will fade away tonight a bit of low cloud working in through parts of the irish sea. wales is well, splashes of light rain here. in western scotland. most of us still mild, 13, 1a degrees, a little bit fresher in central and eastern scotland. a fresher start to wednesday then we had on tuesday. fair amount of dry weather and some sunshine as well, areas of cloud through parts of wales, spots of rain if you showers for the north �*s, not as many as we've seen of late. in southern and eastern parts of england, 25 or 26 degrees, looking in the high teens further north. heading to thursday low pressure is sitting across the uk so that'll be a little bit more of an unsettled picture. not a particularly blustery sort of day,

but showery rain pushing across parts of scotland and we can see some sharp showers across central and southeastern parts of england, odd rumble of thunder. 25 degrees or so for thursday, but temperatures are starting to come down, high teens for most of the north. looking further ahead then, still be some dry weather with some sunshine around, but a dry weather with some sunshine around, buta bit dry weather with some sunshine around, but a bit of a drop in the temperatures as we head through the holiday weekend, a few scattered showers on the cards too, bye—bye for now.

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