this is bbc world news, the headlines leftist leader luiz inacio lula da silva is sworn in as president of brazil — 20 years since he first led the country. he has vowed to make his country a �*great environmental power�*. after another wave of russian missile strikes on kyiv — nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has said western countries must be prepared to provide long—term support to ukraine. addressing crowds at st peter's square, pope francis has described his predecessor, benedict the sixteenth, as �*a faithful servant of the gospel and the church'. pope benedict died at the age of 95. the climate campaign group extinction rebellion says it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics in the uk. hundreds of the activists have been

arrested after blockading traffic, locking and gluing themselves together, but the group say "very little has changed". you are watching bbc news. now our world: myanmar: inside the resistance a people's army made up of unlikely soldiers. they're sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is general min aung hlaing, who seized power in a coup, ousting and jailing the country's top elected leaders. 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, can they restore democracy? whistle blows deep in the jungles of myanmar, hundreds of protesters are being turned into soldiers

here in this rebel army camp. chanting among them is 20—year—old myo. he just finished high school when the military seized power in february last year. he arrived here four months after the coup.

he's undergoing intensive training. we've been given rare access to film. in the central plains of myanmar, 800km away, another unit is in training. this is an all—female fighting force.

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

they are part of the people's defence force, or pdf, a loose network of civilian militia groups. it was born out of the ashes of the spring revolution, triggered by the military coup. a mass uprising demanding democracy be restored. myo and mahura were part of the movement.

tens of thousands of civilians havejoined the pdf�*s ranks. they clash with the military almost daily. one month into his training, myo is struggling.

he's being trained by the ethnic karenni army. they've been fighting the military for decades for greater autonomy have and formed an alliance with the people's defence forces. nablei used to be a police officer. she defected after the military seized power.

mahura has been camping out here for four months now.

mahura helped set up this unit so that women could take an active role.

the people's defence forces are largely funded by public donations. resources are tight. in myo�*s camp, there are not enough weapons, so they have to improvise. it's only now in his final weeks of training that he's 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 destroy military infrastructure.

ming aung hlaing commands a powerful army. russia and china are supplying him weapons. he's vowing to crush the people's defence forces, who he calls terrorists. 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've already sent a number of warning letters.

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

rapid gunfire his unit is ambushing a remote military outpost. gunfire continues

the raid has taken the military forces by surprise. they're not in uniform. myo�*s unit takes five soldiers captive.

during the battle, myo�*s friend was badly injured.

bell rings

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

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

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

hello there. 2023 started on a mild note across the southern half of the uk. further north ,it was a different story, particularly in scotland, with snow for some and some very low temperatures in the highlands. but over the next few days i think it is mostly mild weather that will win out, with some rain at times equally though, some drier and chillier interludes. as we head into monday it's this little ridge of high pressure that's going to be in charge of the weather. a brief, drier interlude with a wedge of colder air in place. and the day certainly starting on a really cold note across northern areas, particularly in scotland. ice an issue here, also

for northern ireland and for northern england. and further south, some showery rain pushing across the far south east of england. that will tend to ease away, i think, as we go through the morning. and then for most of us, some good spells of sunshine, some further showers pushing into the western side of scotland. and some of those will be wintry and a slightly chillier day, particularly in the south. highs ofjust nine degrees and further north, two or three across some parts of northern scotland. but a change as we move out of monday into tuesday. low pressure moving in from the atlantic with some frontal systems. this first one bringing some outbreaks of rain, some snow over high ground in scotland and northern england. but this next one, i think, will mostly be rain because it will be ushering in some milder air. so, temperatures north to south between five and i2, maybe 13 degrees in southern parts of england with some quite strong winds as well. as we move through tuesday night and into wednesday, that wet and blustery weather will push eastwards. it will clear to leave a mix of sunshine and showers. on wednesday, we will start to pull something colder

back into the north, but further south, very mild indeed. 13 in cardiff, 1a degrees in london and in norwich. another very brief ridge of high pressure as we move through wednesday night into thursday. so, that will give some drier weatherfor a time, but it won't last long. there's another frontal system that will be moving its way in. depending onjust how far north this ends up. we may see some snow over higher ground in scotland, but for most it will be rain, very mild across much of england and wales. northern ireland too. ten degrees there for belfast, a little bit colder in the north of scotland. now through thursday night, it looks like that weather system will ease away eastwards. another one of these little ridges of high pressure building in, and another wedge of cold air. so, friday will be another one of those drier but chillier interludes. still some showers around, perhaps most especially across eastern coasts, but some spells of sunshine to temperatures, though, ranging from around five degrees in glasgow to ten in london,

cardiff and plymouth. now, as we look further ahead, so through next weekend, we'll see another frontal system pushing through. behind that, a return to something a little chillier, some wintry showers up towards the northwest, further frontal systems waiting in the wings. this is all because the jet stream, the winds high up in the atmosphere will be blowing pretty much right across our shores. and depending onjust how far north orjust how far south the jet stream ends up, well, that will determine just how mild orjust how cold things will be. now, it looks like as we head through next weekend and into the starts of the following week, temperatures will generally be around the average for the time of year, coldest in the north, mildest in the south. and there will be some further rain at times.

this is bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories... leftist leader luiz inacio lula da silva is sworn in as president of brazil, 20 years since he first led the country. as russian missiles strike kyiv, nato secretary general jens stoltenberg says western countries must be prepared to provide long—term support to ukraine. pope francis pays tribute to his predecessor, benedict, as a "faithful servant of the gospel and the church". in the uk, climate protest group extinction rebellion says it's going to temporarily stop its public disruption tactics and focus instead on large—scale protests.