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10/07/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Race to Rescue Thailand Boys Continues

An operation to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave continues

An operation to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave continues.

Eight boys have been rescued after being trapped in a cave in Thailand. Four more boys and their football coach remain in the cave complex. Also: death toll rises from Japan floods; New nominee at US Supreme Court.

(Picture: The boys, aged between 11 and 17, became trapped with their coach on 23 June. Credit: Getty Images)

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