45 to spend night trapped in Mont Blanc cable cars in Alps

Latest: 45 people will spend the night trapped in cable cars over Mont Blanc after a rescue operation was stood down for the night.

Update 10.20pm: 45 people will spend the night trapped in cable cars over Mont Blanc after a rescue operation was stood down for the night.

110 people became trapped as they rode the Vallee Blanche Cable Car in the Alps, when overhead cables crossed over for "unknown reasons" earlier this evening.