this is bbc news, the headlines: government officials in ukraine say at least eight people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three—month old baby. 20 other people were injured in the attacks. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to "spread terror". ukraine's president zelensky has announced that the us secretary of state and us defence secretary will visit kyiv on sunday. they're the most senior us officials to visit ukraine since the start of the conflict. mr zelensky expressed his gratitude to the us for its provision of weapons. voting has begun in some french overseas territories in the second round of the presidential election. the polls will open in france itself in a few hours�* time. the incumbent emmanuel macron is going head—to—head

with the far—right candidate marine le pen. now on bbc news, our world. what started as a protest movement is now an armed uprising.

we follow a mother and student as they become soldiers in this new civil war. as the death toll mounts and the world looks away, and they restore democracy?

he arrived here four months after the coup. he is undergoing intensive

training. we've been given rare access to film. in the central plains of myanmar, 800 kilometres away, another unit is in training. this is an all fighting force. —— all female fighting force. this woman used to run a

village store, now she is one of the unit's leaders. she asked us not to show her face or use her real name. joining the resistance and saying goodbye to her boys, who are just five and eight.

they are part of the people's defence forces, pdf, a loose group of civilian militia forces, born out of the ashes of the spring revolution, triggered by the military coup. a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. these two were part of the movement.

tens of thousands of civilians have joined the pdf�*s tens of thousands of civilians havejoined the pdf�*s ranks, they clash with the military almost daily. one month into his training, mio is struggling. he is being trained by the ethnic army that have been fighting the military for

decades for greater autonomy and have formed an alliance with the people's defence forces. this woman used to be a police officer, she defected after the military seized power.

they've been camping out here forfour they've been camping out here for four months now.

they helped set up this unit so that women could take an active role. people's defence forces are largely funded by public

donations. resources are tight. in mio's camp, there were not enough weapons so they had to improvise. it's only now in his final weeks of training that he is picking up a gun. in mahura's camp, the women

make bombs with whatever they can buy. diana is 21 and the group's key bomb maker. explosives made here are used to target police stations and destroyed military infrastructure.

men all hang commands a powerful army. men all hang commands a powerfularmy. —— min men all hang commands a powerful army. —— min aung hlaing commands a powerful army. his forces are bombing villages, and carrying out brutal raids.

the military are relying on local informers to tip them off. now mahura has been told one is living nearby. she prepares her team to raid their house. they say they have already sent a number of warning letters.

they find the house empty. after completing his training, mio is on his first mission against the myanmar military.

his unit is ambushing a remote military outpost.

the raid has taken the military forces by surprise. they are not in uniform. mio's unit takes five soldiers captive.

during the battle, mio's friend was badly injured.

it's been six months since she's seen her boys.

mio too is longing for loved ones. it's been eight months since he left home.

two months after losing his friend, mio is being sent back into battle.

hello there. there are some changes on the way for next week, and i'll show you those a little later on. saturday, though, was dry with some spells of sunshine for much of the country. and warm, as well — in dorset, temperatures reached 20 celsius. different story in the far north of scotland, where we've still got a lot of this cloudy weather. temperatures were nearer 8—9 celsius in the afternoon. it was also cooler around those north sea coasts. the wind continues to come in off the north sea, where sea surface temperatures are only around nine celsius. we've still got those east—to—northeasterly winds on sunday, not as strong as on saturday. many places will be dry with some warm sunshine coming through, as well. now, close to this area of low pressure, there could still be a bit of rain threatening the far south of england. still got high pressure to the north of the uk, keeping the run of east to north—easterly winds going. and these are the temperatures we start with on sunday morning.

still a bit of rain there potentially in the far southwest of england to move away. elsewhere, though, a generally dry and sunny start. we'll see some cloud building up, particularly in england and wales, and there could be one or two isolated showers popping off, but generally it's dry. similar story for northern ireland — more sunshine in the southwest of scotland, where it's a bit warmer, north—eastern parts of scotland cooler still with some of that low cloud. highest temperatures southern england, south wales —18—19 celsius. most of the wet weather on these weather system is getting steered to the south of the uk. high pressure is dominating, and it's centred all the way up there into greenland. now, we'll have lighter winds on monday. they're coming more from the north, so it'll be a bit cooler. and we'll find more clouds spreading out and increasing through the day, and the greater chance of catching one or two showers in england and wales. should be dry in scotland and northern ireland, cloudy in northern parts of scotland, and, generally, it's cooler on monday, with highs around 1a degrees or so.

and it could be a chilly start on tuesday, with cloudy skies across the north, and that northerly breeze will push the cloud further south, and temperatures will range from 16 in the southwest of england and south wales to only around nine celsius in northeast scotland and the northeast of england. so, these are the changes for next week. it's going to be cooler, there'll be a lot more cloud around, but this generally dry theme is set to continue. goodbye.

this is bbc news — i'm chris rogers. our top stories. the ukrainian port city of odesa is struck by russian missiles — killing at least eight people and injuring many more. president zelensky says the us secretary of state will arrive in kyiv on sunday — the highest—level us visit since the war began. the polls will open in france in a few hours — emmanuel macron and marine le pen are urging people to vote. vladimir putin is among the congregation in moscow as the orthodox church celebrates easter. and carnival returns to rio after two years — the samba beat is back on the streets.