Five villagers trapped for 10 days in a flooded Laotian cave have been rescued after a challenging operation. Four were freed on Saturday afternoon, with another rescued overnight, but two remain missing.

Five villagers trapped deep in a flooded cave in Laos have been freed, ending a 10-day underground ordeal that relied on expert cave rescuers racing against time to dive the group through flooded passages before fresh rains further complicated the mission. Hugs, cheers and tears met four of the group who emerged thin and muddied on Saturday afternoon to be quickly wrapped in foil blankets to regulate their body temperature after days in the damp, cold cave. Another man was freed overnight. But.....