Yes. Thai TV is currently reporting that the extraction operation has begun. The stateless kid (forgot his name), the only English speaker, will be the first one to make the attempt. They expect/hope he will emerge around 9pm Thai time this evening, about four hours from now.
On your BBC link, they got 4 kids out, all in good health. Taking a break for the night:
> We will be able to continue the rescue operation when we are ready to do so.
We will be ready soon, because we will need to redo laying out all of the air tanks and all systems along the way again.
We have used everything [in the set up] that we had today. The set up team will do their work again once they are ready.
It'll be difficult to tell exactly when the next [evacuation] will start. But I guess it will be ready in the next 10-20 hours.''
8 kids and the coach are still inside. Looks like they may not need any outside help after all.
