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The return. more than a week on thailand is not giving up the search for a football team. divers are closing in on a spot where the team may have taken shelter. it's believed the 12 boys and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave system last weekend. this has sparked an international rescue effort. some of the waters now have receded and rescuers are pushing on. we're covering the story from india. we're joined from new delhi. we heard from the governor earlier today and he said that there's a multi-pronged attack for rescuing this team. tell us more. >> reporter: so there is, anna. look...

You have to admit, one week on, the odds of them surviving are certainly grim but have there been any developments in the search for these 12 boys and their coach? >> anna, it has been a week but the rescuers and rescue effort, nobody is giving up just yet. yesterday a team as you said managed to go down a shaft trying to access the cave, trying to locate these 12 boys age 11 to 16 and the coach went missing, 25 years old. no luck yesterday but they are continuing. the biggest problem is the rain and the floodwater. this area in north thailand has been hit by a lot of heavy rain in recent days...

Iraq and syria, but at the same time they're expanding to literally dozens of countries around the world. southeast asia, north africa, you name it, there are now isis chapters everywhere. we heard last week that isis took over tora bora, that mountain enclave, cave network in the -- on the afghan/pakistan border. you know, think about that. so, you know, what we have is a me tsaization of isis that will continue whether or not al baghdadi is alive or dead. now he was the spiritual head of the group, but, you know, it's unclear how much he was really running day-to-day operations. you know, we...

Stupid. >> shepard: like having a senate hearing. if you missed those recordings and there are more of them, if you would like to hear them we put them on the web site four. it's not' the main it's foxnews.com/shep. you will find the link under the wires section right down there. check it out during this newscast if you so choose. security forces say they have now seized control of a major cave network. a cave network that once sheltered top al qaeda and taliban leaders. inside fox report tonight, we'll take you underground into the tunnels of the terrorists. plus, you know how toyota recalled...

These boys out with dive gear. do we know if they've started yet? >> reporter: no. officially, ryan, we have no idea if that operation has started. whether it is completely imminent at this point. but you are right in the sense that it does appear that rescuers given the urgency of the situation have been forced into choosing that option of having to actually swim the kids out and getting them outfitted with dive equipment to navigate the treacherous under water passages in the cave network. it is becoming more urgent. over the past 24 hours for a number of different reasons. a., you have oxyg...