Pakistan embarks on a dramatic rescue high over a ravine between two mountains as kids on their way to school dangle on a cable car whose cable has snapped - but was it ever safe to begin with?

Also on the World in 10 today Japan approves controversial plans to pump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as the international community looks on - and with differing views.

And elsewhere we await India's attempt to land on the South Pole of the Moon - exactly where Russia failed last week - and the best joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival is revealed...

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