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Global News Podcast

Cable car rescue underway in Pakistan

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Rescuers are working to free eight people trapped in a cable car dangling above a ravine. Also: 18 bodies found in Greece after a forest fire, and Scotland looks to Portugal for inspiration on how to tackle drug abuse.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Global News podcast

0:02.1

from the BBC World Service.

0:05.8

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

0:06.9

We're recording this at 13 hours GMT

0:09.1

on Tuesday the 22nd of August.

0:11.6

The Pakistani military tries to rescue eight people trapped

0:14.4

in a broken cable car dangling above a ravine.

0:17.8

18 suspected migrants have been found dead in Greece

0:20.8

after a forest fire near the Turkish border.

0:23.7

And Thailand's most controversial politician returns

0:26.5

from exile but has he done a deal with his former enemies

0:29.7

to avoid a long jail term.

0:33.8

Also in the podcast.

0:35.1

Running around to get replacement toothpaste, toiletries,

0:38.7

a lot of stress I didn't particularly want on.

0:41.2

My first holiday that I've had quite a few years.

0:43.4

Last year saw a record amount of lost luggage at airports

0:47.5

but could AI offer a solution.

0:54.1

Rescuers from the Pakistani army are trying to free six children

0:57.4

and two adults trapped in a cable car

0:59.6

in a remote mountainous area of northwest Pakistan.

1:03.1

It's believed the car is suspended by a single rope

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