Laos Cave Rescue Success

In a miraculous development, divers have located five of the seven men missing in a flooded cave in Laos's Xaisomboun province.

The group had been trapped in total darkness for eight days after torrential rains caused water levels to rise rapidly, sealing the entrance.

Video footage captured the emotional moment rescue teams first reached the survivors, who had huddled together on a rock ledge.

While the five men have been found alive, rescuers face a grueling challenge to extract them through narrow, water-filled passages, and the search continues for the remaining two villagers.