well wayne hay is there in chiang rai let's find out what the latest is from you wayne one of the authorities saying. about an hour ago we had another updates from an engineering team and also the military both groups of course heavily involved in the search and rescue operation and what they are saying the overriding theme of what they're saying is that it is still very slow going but they hope that the situation the progress may be able to speed up very very soon the navy divers that are at the forefront of this at the frontline of the operation are saying that the water level is the big problem inside this cave system that it has in fact been rising throughout the day even though there are pumps on hand trying to lower the water level to enable those divers to push further into the cave system and hopefully find the boys and their football coach but it's been raining and as fast as i've been pumping the water out jane the rain has been dumping more water on the area and it's been pouring into that cave system so in response to that they're brought in heavier equipment more pumps they now h

it's not the first time that an outing at the tom long cave in northern chiang rai problems they're not just teammates but good friends to. come to has been under this tent since saturday her sixteen year old son is missing he's one of the oldest the youngest is eleven make up at least not just my son i feel bad that he's not alone so now i need to be strong so i can see his face again when he walked out of the cave she adopted a don't send on when he arrived from myanmar at the age of two he's now fourteen and missing chin is hopeful the boys will survive and says they work well together we have very strong i want to see if you're a strong yes this is the mouth of the cave complex that runs some eight kilometers deep into these hills right along the border with myanmar the bikes from these twelve boys and their coats are still here just as they were left on saturday a small makeshift village has been created for the rescue workers there divers cave climbers soldiers and forestry service workers the man in the morning at the museum and he has all biggest challenges in the rescue of two

on monday morning so some people are saying that just simply wasn't fast enough the governor of chiang rai province has responded to those questions to those allegations saying that they are moving as fast as they can the reason it has been a bit slower than everyone would like is simply the conditions are too difficult it's very dangerous and therefore they search and rescue teams particularly those divers who has a say a very much on the front lines of this operation we believe that one of those divers has already been injured so that is the reason they're saying it has to be slowed has to be careful because the conditions a so incredibly tough inside there all right way many thanks indeed i was there when hey they live in chiang rai in northern thailand here with the news out from al-jazeera still to come on the program both sides of the conflict in yemen are accused of using hundreds of child soldiers plus u.s. defense secretary is in china as tension between the two sides goes up a notch in the south china sea region. and in sports defending champions germany prepare for another must

it's not the first time that an outing at the tom long cave in northern chiang rai province they're not just teammates but good friends to. come lou has been under this tent since saturday her sixteen year old son is missing he's one of the oldest the youngest is eleven maybe at least he's not just my son i feel bad that he's not alone so now i need to be strong so i can see his face again when he walked out of the cave she adopted i don't send on when he arrived from myanmar at the age of two he's now fourteen and missing chin is hopeful the boys will survive and says they work well together we have very strong i want to see if you're a strong yes this is the mouth of the cave complex that runs some eight kilometers deep into these hills right along the border with myanmar the bikes from these twelve boys and their coach are still here just as they were left on saturday a small makeshift village has been created for the rescue workers there divers cave climbers soldiers and forestry service workers the mountain in the morning at the museum and he has i think is challenged in a rescue o

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy labyrinth scott either al-jazeera chiang rai. a man who killed five people at a newspaper office in the u.s. state of maryland has been charged with murder and best gator say his specifically targeted journalists in the city of annapolis caster reports police say the shooting that left five people dead on thursday was a targeted attack on a local newspaper the capital gazette journalist caught in the violence described the scene as a war zone with one crime reporter tweeting there is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload police say a lone suspect was responsible they captured him inside the newspaper office and have searched his home there was no gunfire exchanged between officers and the suspect since we were able to get here very quickly but just something for you guys to get to know. you know we have a unified training on how to respond active shooters and that's would be one of the major things that made this a huge success police say the su

it's not the first time that an outing at the tom long cave in northern chiang rai province they're not just teammates but good friends to. come lou has been under this tent since saturday her sixteen year old son is missing he's one of the oldest the youngest is eleven maybe at least if not just my son i feel bad that he is not alone so now i need to be strong so i can see his face again when he walked out of the cave she adopted a don't send on when he arrived from myanmar at the age of two he's now fourteen and missing chin is hopeful the boys will survive and says they work well together we have very strong i want the city a very strong yes this is the mouth of the cave complex that runs some eight kilometers deep into these hills right along the border with myanmar the bikes from these twelve boys and their coach are still here just as they were left on saturday a small makeshift village has been created for the rescue workers there divers cave climbers soldiers and forestry service workers the man in the morning at the museum and his i think is challenging the rescue operation try

the bbc‘sjonathan head sent this update from the cave complex in chiang rai province.x. as you can see, these are the bikes that the boys left when they went in on saturday afternoon. they've been down there now for three days. obviously, there is real concern about their state of health, although it's reasonably warm, possibly not too cool inside. the assumption is that they got cut off by rising floodwaters and that they are still alive. the trouble is this is a complex that goes back for ten kilometres. the navy divers simply couldn't get through the narrow passages, and they are hoping that some of the volunteers who have got more caving experience may have more success. we've seen a lot of oxygen tanks being brought up here. they've also got pumps over on the other side, which we expect them to start using. it's not clear where they are going to pump the water from, but clearly they are trying to get those water levels down, although with this constant rain it's not clear what success they'll have. but this is very, very worrying for the relatives, who have been c

discovered on friday offering hope the boys may still be found alive scott hi there we put some chiang rai relatives remain positive despite so many questions and few answers. a week after the boys and their coach passed through this entrance into the tom long cave a line of ambulances and hundreds of workers carry out a drill for their rescue. non-home is the mother of one of those boys she tells us thirteen year old among loved all sports but football was his favorite mother and son are very close uncharacteristically he did not ask for permission to go to the cave. he's a good boy he liked to play football since he was small i always support him i never thought and if the light these would happen because when ever he would leave pull he always act. for the first few days after monk on went missing his mother just cried at one point she was so distraught and exhausted she fainted she's only just started eating again she did not previously know any of the other parents of the missing boys now they're getting strength from each other i feel much better now and that's the point it's making

without any news their families are becoming increasingly desperate school hard to reports from chiang rai. yelling into the hills for their missing boys forefathers in the jungle above long cave pleading for their son to come home but the only reply they got was the whirring of a black hawk helicopter after a night of heavy rain the skies cleared in the afternoon allowing helicopters to resume searching from the air. frustrated with the lack of information and progress after five days the fathers went out on their own checking in with the searchers and looking for answers. i want to watch the governor how my boys and all the other kids where are they do they have food and water that's all i want to know the only thing i can do is just wait and wait i mean when. a group of rescue volunteers from bangkok will use a high tech laser scanner in an attempt to locate the boys they plan to lower down a recently located chimney that they hope leads deep in the cave. because that means scan they can see through laser ten meters and can show a graphic of the cave if we dropped it in the cave we can

because at this stage that's one of few things they have control over it's got harder al-jazeera chiang rai at least eleven thousand people including children as young as five have been arrested in the philippines for loitering in the streets the crackdown all that by president rodrigo to say has caused overcrowding in jail cells meant to hold six people now contain as many as eighty. dogon reports from manila. the last time said you are good seal your soul genesys was a few years ago and he says his son promised he will come home but he never did. genesis died while under police detention after he was arrested for loitering right outside his home last week his family says he was taken in for simply not wearing a shirt in a public place and the people prize we dislike. release after all possible for an innocent man a man who has committed no crime. and killed only dogs are killed in the street. president to go to their to says he wants to rid the country of street crime and has ordered the police to launch an intensive anti loitering campaign but critics say this is another crackdown direct

their coach not been seen since saturday leaving many families anxious and desperate has more from chiang rai. after six days of searching still no answers for the twelve boys and their coats last trapped in the cave system here in chiang rai problems now the family members have been here most of them have been here since saturday when they first went missing almost every morning begins with a buddhist prayer and they're staying in a tent and have been in a tent again since saturday but some fathers are taking things into their own hands . yelling into the hills for their missing boys for fathers in the jungle above long cave pleading for their son to come home but the only reply they got was the worrying of a black hawk helicopter after a night of heavy rain the skies cleared in the afternoon allowing helicopters to resume searching from the air frustrated with the lack of information and progress after five days the fathers went out on their own checking in with the searchers and looking for answers. i want to watch the governor how my boy is and all the other kids where are they do they ha

strong because at this stage that's one of few things they have control over scotland al-jazeera chiang rai. it's in a quick update on the breaking news from the united states reports that multiple people have been shot at a newspaper headquarters in the state of maryland the gunman appears to have targeted the offices of the capitol newspaper in annapolis a spokesman for the local police says officers are searching a building in that situation is active and ongoing we'll have more on that as we get it in see people perhaps just in the process of being evacuated there and police as we can see are also on the scene amid reports of multiple people being shot there in annapolis maryland italy's ramping up pressure on its european partners to reach common ground on how to deal with migrant arrivals its prime minister is reportedly the adoption of a joint statement at a summit in brussels and german chancellor angela merkel says divisions on migration could make or break the e.u. a right wing group of countries is pushing for stricter policies on migrants aren't slay has more shows you the exten

direction coming from the very top and that is being led by the governor himself the governor of chiang rai province the other issue which is not necessarily unique to this situation is that there have been a few distractions in the form of high ranking military officials military generals visiting the area also the national police chief was here on thursday on a friday morning the thai prime minister prior is visiting to get a firsthand look at the operation again nothing unusual about some involved in this will say well that is going to be another distraction that those on the front line of this operation don't really need when he's in china are keeping an eye on that rescue operation thank you wayne. just heard of the long haul chicken and what's happening here a couple of high profile people up on capitol hill at the moment. is right here of course he is the deputy a do an attorney general of the united states he and the f.b.i. director christopher wright are in front of the house judiciary committee this is to do with the investigations into the twenty sixteen election how the f.b.i. h

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy labyrinth scott either al-jazeera chiang rai. well some of the stories we're following a twelve hour ceasefire in syria is there our province has ended a temporary truce was agreed on after intense fighting in a ten day offensive by government and russian forces against the free syrian army the ceasefire came after at least eighty people killed in as strikes on thursday with the united nations warning that civilians might be traps to libya where warlord honey five to says his forces have taken full control of the city of derna from rival armed groups people have been celebrating in the streets though local armed groups are denying reports diana was the last city in eastern libya not under have to control self-proclaimed libyan national army is one of the main factions that have competed for power since the twenty eleven uprising the president of the international committee of the right cross says the rangar crisis is still an emergency situation the tim hour has been visiting myanmar where he's met the de facto leader unsung suc

the complex set of caves his situated in a forest park in the northern province of chiang rai it's popular with tourists and locals but people are warned not to visit it's during the monsoon season which runs from may to look so. both henri to say they're confident but five days after they've gone missing the clock to find these boys is ticking fast. thanks so much for watching. the people of the world go for information. opinions they want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch and follow us.

and if you read the complex set of caves he situated in a forest park in the northern province of chiang rai it's popular with tourists and locals but people are warned not to visit it's during the monsoon season which runs from me to look. for the new open reaches say they're confident but five days after they've gone missing the clock to find these boys is sticking fast. to. colombia have booked their place in the round of sixteen at the world cup after beating senegal one male the cuff a taro finish top of their group colombia supporters have to wait until the seventy fourth minute when jerry mina headed home a corner kick past senegal's goal keeper a colombian needed a win to guarantee their place in the next round with some bad news for the side though with the on the side of the biggest being substituted due to injury. while in the groups other game of poland be japan one nil to come away with their only win of the tournament. a free kick in front of goal and but not hit the target to secure a victory for the poles in the sixty minutes but in spite of the results are planned go through

scott has more from chiang rai finally some progress on friday morning the generators are going and the pumps are going that's the first time we've seen that in the morning in a couple of days now as you walk up this road this is the mouth of the cave just off camera here that's where a lot of water had gathered over the last couple of days they're draining that out now it's the first time we've seen it when you walk up this road you can see that there's a stream of very muddy water on the right hand side so at least some progress on that front other fronts they're working up to the search and rescue operation they're surveying the area again that they've been doing this several days running the weather's a little bit better today they're looking for drill points things locations where they can drill in a possibly drop some supplies and possibly drop some high tech equipment to take some readings that's something they're looking at helicopters are again able to fly it because the cloud cover has lifted also on friday the prime minister has come to visit this is the first time he has bee

passes without any news the families are becoming increasingly desperate scott had reports from chiang rai. yelling into the hills for their missing boys for fathers in the jungle above cave pleading for their son to come home but the only reply they got was the whirring of a black hawk helicopter after a night of heavy rain the skies cleared in the afternoon allowing helicopters to resume searching from the air. frustrated with the lack of information and progress after five days the fathers went out on their own checking in with the searchers and looking for answers. i want to ask the governor how my boy is and all the other kids where are they do they have food and water that's all i want to know the only thing i can do is just wait and wait with. a group of rescue volunteers from bangkok will use a high tech laser scanner in an attempt to locate the boys they plan to lower down a recently located chimney that they hope lead to deep in the cave. because that means scan they can see through layers of ten meters and can show a graphic of the cave if we drop it in the cave we can see the s

it's not the first time that an outing at the tom long cave in northern chiang rai province they're not just teammates but good friends to. come to has been under this tent since saturday her sixteen year old son is missing he's one of the oldest the youngest is eleven maybe i mean at least it's not just my son i feel bad that he is not alone so now i need to be strong so i can see his face again when he walked out of the cave she adopted a don't send on when he arrived from myanmar at the age of two he's now fourteen and missing chin is hopeful the boys will survive and says they work well together you have very strong i want to see if you're a strong yes this is the mouth of the cave complex that runs some eight kilometers deep into these hills right along the border with myanmar the bikes from these twelve boys and their coats are still here just as they were left on saturday a small makeshift village has been created for the rescue workers there divers cave climbers soldiers and forestry service workers the mountain the monument to me for letting his i think is challenged in the res

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy labyrinth it's got harder al-jazeera chiang rai. i mean it's been charged with murder after five people were shot dead at a newspaper office and the u.s. state of maryland the police have searched an apartment complex listed as the suspects address the shooting happened in the city of annapolis and the suspect has been identified as thirty eight year old jared ramos local media reported that he had a long standing grudge with the newspaper after unsuccessfully suing it in two thousand and twelve for defamation idea castro joins us live now from annapolis where the people most affected by this are the ones that actually have to report on it heidi so what else are we learning.

it's not the first time that an outing at the time one cave in northern chiang rai problems they're not just teammates but good friends too young come to has been under this ted since saturday her sixteen year old son is missing he's one of the oldest the youngest is eleven. at least not just my son i feel bad that he is not a law so now i need to be strong so i can see his face again when he walked out of the cave she adopted i don't. when he arrived from myanmar at the age of two he's now fourteen and missing chin is hopeful the boys will survive and says they work well together we have very strong i want to see if you're a strong yes this is the mouth of the cave complex that runs some eight kilometers deep into these hills right along the border with myanmar the bikes from these twelve boys and their coats are still here just as they were left on saturday a small makeshift village has been created for the rescue workers there divers cave climbers soldiers and forestry service workers the mountain of money meant to me from the rain is our biggest challenge in the rescue operation try

to her much like the relatives who have been here since last saturday scott had her al-jazeera chiang rai. south sudan's latest attempt to seize fire is being threatened by new fighting between government forces and rebels in the northwest both sides are blaming each other for breaking the cease fire agreement was signed by president salva kiir rebel leader much are in sudan on wednesday at least fifty thousand people have been killed and four million forced from their homes since the civil war began in two thousand and thirteen. morgan has covered the conflicts in south sudan extensively explains the fragility of the agreement this is not the first ceasefire agreement to be signed since the conflict started in twenty states and this is agreement this is a my think remain to be signed and it's not clear yet whether it is going to hold a lot of agreements have been violated nearly every single agreement have been signed between the two parties and several other factions have been violated sometimes in less than twenty four hours after they were signed so it's not clear yet whether this wou

16, and their football coach, has gripped the nation since they went missing seven days ago in chiang raihe police corden where the children's families and rescue workers are waiting anxiously. the relatives of the missing 13 have been waiting inside this tented area now for a week. they have heard very little from search and rescue teams since their boys went missing inside the caves, which were flooded following heavy rain. in times like this, thai families come together to pray, eat together and comfort one another. 0ne mother we spoke to said it would be depressing to stay at home waiting for them. "staying together helps to give moral support," she said. but they are part of a wider thai community here, and central to the support effort is food. it is what really bonds the thai people. these meals here have been provided by the thai king. there are also hundreds of civilian volunteers helping out here. this morning i saw three cavers going off into the hills behind us to find routes into the caverns. this woman has come along to help with her translation skills. why did you decide to

thailand's prime minister has now arrived in chiang rai province to meet emergency workers, just as teamsed to join in the rescue effort in the remote, jungle region. our correspondent jonathan head reports. we are on our way up the side of the mountain to check out holes in the ground. it's hot, steep and very slippery. but there is just a chance, a small one, that it might lead to the missing boys. there have been so few possibilities for getting into the caves that the thai police are making the most of this one. the national police chief has hiked up to direct this operation. their plan is to lower climbers into a narrow crack barely wide enough for an adult. it's one of several such holes, but this is the most hopeful, discovered by two british cavers yesterday. we're watching police climbers going down this really very small opening in the rock. it is very tight. they have tied a rope to a log across it to hold them. there is a lot of people up here but it feels like they are improvising, trying to find a way through to see if this leads to the caves. where's rob? are you moving in

the complex set of caves he situated in a forest park in the northern province of chiang rai it's not pierre with tourists and locals but people are warned not to visit it's during the monsoon season which runs from eighty looked over. thore to say they're confident that five days after they've gone missing the clock to find these boys is ticking fast. and ben is here now with china's latest response to its street dispute with the u.s. yeah the accusations of been going on for years now about china in its true trade practices its business practices as well but today it's been forced to defend its business record it says it's playing by the rules and has been busy carrying out reforms opening its economy to the world beijing has published a white paper stating that it has carried out every promise made after joining the world trade organization fund and that's not a single w t o member has economically suffered all lost out because of china's membership but the u.s. and e.u. both accuse china of continuing protectionist measures including unfairly propping up state owned companies an o

thailand's prime minister has now arrived in chiang rai province to meet emergency workers, just as teams to join in the rescue effort in the remote, jungle region. our correspondent jonathan head reports. we are on our way up the side of the mountain to check out holes in the ground. it's hot, steep and very slippery. but there is just a chance, a small one, that it might lead to the missing boys. there have been so few possibilities for getting into the caves that the thai police are making the most of this one. the national police chief has hiked up to direct this operation. their plan is to lower climbers into a narrow crack barely wide enough for an adult. it's one of several such holes, but this is the most hopeful, discovered by two british cavers yesterday. we're watching police climbers going down this really very small opening in the rock. it is very tight. they have tied a rope to a log across it to hold them. there is a lot of people up here but it feels like they are improvising, trying to find a way through to see if this leads to the caves. where's rob? are you moving in no

in a cave in northern thailand the boys and their coach are believed to have entered the cave in chiang rai province on saturday it's understood they got trapped when a heavy rain storm flooded their only way out video shows their bicycles and belongings left at the caves entrance environmental groups are calling on the un to investigate what they describe as australia's failure to protect the great barrier reef they submitted their request to unesco's world heritage committee which is meeting in bahrain global warming is seen as a major factor in the death of large parts of the reef but environmentalist say australia as i recall children mining policies make the problem even worse. one of the biggest problems facing our oceans and the loss of seagrass meadows one check rule for roughly fifteen percent of the ocean's total carbon storage perhaps or they hope to wife as much carbon dioxide as rain forests and they're also question marine habitats for many endangered ocean species. but here on al corn slew in central california the tide could be turning for seagrass thanks to some unexpected

i'm also part of our reporting team in chiang rai wayne he's live for us now i know it's late obviously wayne and they've had to spend the efforts for now but tell us about how big this rescue effort has now become what is it five days now. yes well kemal it's certainly a twenty four hour operation now and the activity is continuing late into the night there's been a fairly steady stream of search and rescue workers coming and going from the cave entrance behind me both volunteers and military and also a few moments ago we saw three experts from the united kingdom go into the cave system to try to assist with the search and rescue operation the news is mixed really the hero saying they have not found any new evidence since they first saw those hand prints on the walls of the cave and some clothing and other equipment left behind by the boys and coach as they entered the cave on saturday but the water level they're saying in the cave has receded we know that the navy divers who are very much at the forefront of this operation have been and able to continue much beyond about the three kil

discovered on friday raising hopes that the boys may still be found a low life school hyla has more from chiang rai. you can hear the hum of that big diesel generator behind me that or unstructured that's good news and we heard that again saturday morning as we climbed up this hill to the mouth of the cave that means that the pumps are working pumping out the water in the mouth of the cave right here we know that navy seal divers are standing by the scene as that water gets down to a level that's safe for them to go back in they continue with their exploration going further into the cave from this side that's one front second prong today is exploring hole vertical hole a chimney that was discovered on friday that is the other side of the search and rescue operation that they're focusing today on saturday now because there is a better visibility helicopters are going to be able to bring a quick end to that location up in the hills we know that the chief of the national police here in thailand is already up there orchestrating that part of the search and rescue operation what they're looking to do th

explorers have been found when floodwaters receded scant high blood has more from outside the cave chiang rai. heavy rain overnight between wednesday and thursday brought the water level in the cave system to its highest level yet but now that on thursday morning the rain has light the water level has retreated a bit but the pumping systems are still sitting idle you can see a lot of the hosing over my shoulder now on wednesday morning they're putting hundreds of meters of a hose in there trying to go deeper into this cave system that has stopped that is halted because of that heavy rain overnight on wednesday and now they're waiting to see how the conditions go here on thursday even though the rain has stopped no part of the problem is yes the water level but also the water is very muddy now this is turned in through the international operation we have a team from the united states and from the united kingdom here as well as from laos they're going to provide their expertise to try to push further into the cave system no right now they're about three kilometers in they believe there's specul

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy labyrinth scott either al-jazeera chiang rai. the president of the international committee of the red cross says they were hendra crisis is still an emergency situation peter maer has been visiting me in mar where he's met the defacto later on so in sochi seven hundred thousand roughead to have fled the country since a massive military crackdown targeted them last august most are living in makeshift camps and neighboring angle dash i saw certain houses abandoned their neighborhoods destroyed or half destroyed and i saw walls so that in other parts of along the road where villages have existed before nothing much is anymore existent and the vegetation is taking over and. the landscape this observation leads me to the impressions that we have and which confirm icier sees assessment that in the rock kind we are still very much engaged in the mood since the operation and all of next week al-jazeera will be reporting on the crisis from bangladesh were tame will be visiting the camps and meeting those affected by what the united natio

the tham luang cave is a tourist attraction in the far northern region of chiang rai. relatives, this is now day three of the harrowing wait for news from inside the cave. it is likely the boys and their coach have been trapped by the recent flooding. for the rescue teams, this is a particularly difficult operation as water levels inside the cave have been rising. navy divers reportedly managed to reach the main chamber in the complex and saw footprints, but nothing else. turkey's president erdogan has promised to implement rapidly his agenda after victory in the country's elections. he will now assume sweeping new powers, which were approved in a referendum last year. critics warn he is moving towards increasingly authoritarian rule. the leader of the main opposition group admitted defeat this morning, but said it had not been a fair contest. selin girit reports from istanbul. never before in a decade has an election race been so tight and turkey. but the president's supporters did not disappoint. this vote—winning machine in turkey held on to power despite a fierce o

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy labyrinth scott harder al-jazeera chiang rai a man's being charged with murder after five people were shot dead at a newspaper office in the u.s. state of maryland investigators say the gunman specifically talking to journalists in the city of annapolis castro reports. police say the shooting that left five people dead on thursday was a targeted attack on a local newspaper the capital gazette journalists caught in the violence described the scene as a war zone with one crime reporter tweeting there is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload police say a lone suspect was responsible they captured him inside the newspaper office and have searched his home there was no gunfire exchanged between officers and the suspect since we were able to get here very quickly but just something for you guys to get to know. you know we have a unified training on how to respond active shooters and that's would be one of the major things that made this a huge success

the bbc‘sjonathan head is near the cave complex in chiang rai province.ople here. what their exact role will be isn't clear. you can see everything here has been churned into an appalling sea of mud by the numbers of people. the navy divers who have been trying to get through for the last couple of days have had no success at all up to now and it's only now we start to see people with real caving experience going into the cave entrance which is just around those bushes there. here's another lot going in. it's really quite a narrow area at the cave entrance. we're not sure whether they've got any good news or whether they're going to help with the rescue. we've seen this coming and going of all sorts of units, people from the border patrol police, people from the marine police going in and out all day long. so far, they have nothing to show for their efforts. this is where you come into the cave complex. as you can see, these are the bikes that the boys left when they went in on saturday afternoon. they've been down there now for three days. obviously ther

locals who performed a ritual to pray for their safe return scott tyler is joining us now live from chiang rai this is as i understand it scott the third day of searching how the search is actually being carried out. rubble right now the searches are ongoing we know that the navy seals on monday evening had to call off their search because of heavy rain there's been heavy rain that's been going on since the boys and the coach went missing last night monday evening the rain was very heavy so the search was called off it was then started tuesday morning pm with those divers and then we are hearing now you can see behind me that leads that trail behind me leads down to the mouth of this cave that six to eight kilometers deep now if it undulates it goes up and down a lot that's what we have these pockets of water because of that heavy rain i'm stand you can't really see but i'm standing in several inches of mud it's been raining heavily now what we do know is there are there is still hope that the team members are still alive in this cave they think that because of these pockets these chambers tha

again continue with their push farther into the dark and muddy elaborate scott harder al-jazeera chiang raithousands of people are setting off on a pilgrimage to one of the hindu religion's holiest sites in indian administered kashmir security is being boosted after an attack on a group last year and i would reports it is a journey many long to make to a holy cave high in the himalayas this is just the start of the yatra pilgrimage to worship the hindu god shiva. the trek from base camp will take pilgrims more than three and a half thousand metres above sea level in indian administers kashmir the heavy rains and sludgy conditions had prevented people from making their ascent at several stop points but the poor weather hasn't dampened the spirits of those about to set out. security this year is tighter than ever with forty thousand troops deployed to protect the route i've been giving to the pilgrimage for the last twenty one years and it's the first time i've seen such measures taken by the government and so many forces on the road after every one hundred meters we see someone got a ghost.