but the plane circles back. across myanmar, the military is carrying out air strikes. on the ground, they are struggling to crush the resistance, so they've taken this fight against their own people to the

air. the military is increasingly isolated by western sanctions, but it's russia that's providing them with deadly air power. air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks are being reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been his. -- hit. seven of his friends were killed. the soldiers took their bodies away and burned them.

the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. this captain was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general ming seized power in

february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown.

he knew he couldn't stay and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? this man took part in the

protests. his statue of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasting images of the uprising. before the coup, he was a gym instructor. now he a resistance fighter.

his unit is part of a civilian militia network called the justice brett kavanaugh justice brett kava naugh people's justice brett kavanaugh people's you have brett kavanaugh defence where forces. they are being backed by ethnic armed groups who have trained the young protesters, and they're proving to be a stronger force than many expected. in october, thit noang noang seized a military base, capturing three soldiers.

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30 is an advanced fighterjet i 30 is an advanced fighterjet that has both air to air and airto ground that has both air to air and air to ground capabilities in the version exported to myanmar. it has an even greater capacity to carry weapons up to 8000 kg, and, as of this moment, represents the most advanced aircraft in the arsenal of the myanmar military. the captain knows these jets well. before defecting, he helped prepare for their arrival. so far, two have been delivered.

he shares his vital intelligence about this with groups trying to bring them down. are you ever troubled by the fact that you're giving information to groups that are fighting against your former colleagues, yourformer colleagues, your former friends?

but information that you are giving may lead to the killing of your former colleagues. in the air, this is how the resistance is fighting back. 25—year—old kim leads a group of female drone bombers. they adapt civilian drones to carry home made bombs.

the resistance relies on public donations. she was a university student with the coup happened. the military crackdown pushed her to take up arms, and it's scenes like this that keep her in the fight. this village near their camp was destroyed by soldiers.

she heads off with her unit to carry out another attack. things didn't go to plan. the bomb exploded in their hands. thit nao nao's group is gaining ground. he frequently comes in

contact with the military. but his guns are no match for the gentle's airpower. —— junta's.

across the border in thailand, the impact of the air strikes on the rebel soldiers is clear. these injured fighters are here illegally, so we are not showing their faces. this 22—year—old is now paralysed from the waist down.

what kind of planes where they, could you see them clearly? his mum crossed the border to look after him. how did you react when you said you were injured? and will you keep fighting? this history student lost an

eye. he plans to go back to fight with drones. that night, we head to a safe house, a place the resistance is sheltering there and me. newly defected soldiers from the myanmar military, who refused to fight their own people. the youngest amongst them joined the military when he was just 15.

did you hear how people hated you, hated the military? did you, hated the military? did you hear what they were calling soldiers? but right now, soldiers, young men like you, are raping women, burning villages, killing civilians. is the military finding it hard now to recruit new soldiers?

it took the captain a year to deflect —— defect and flee across the border to thailand.

is life now is a world away from his career in the air force. he can't formally work or send his son to school here in thailand, but counts himself lucky to be out. despite her injury, she is fighting on.

she hasn't seen herfamily in over two years. singing.

hello, there. some parts of the country have not had any rain since the 8th of may. is there any rain on the horizon? well, i will answer that question a little bit later on. but on friday, we saw the sunshine developing across many parts of the uk, with the highest temperatures out towards the west, but even in areas that have been cloudy for the past few days, the cloud was much thinner and the sunshine

came through. now, we still have high pressure in charge, as we head into the weekend. that's filling with cloud and eventually, that will push its way down through the north sea, but at the moment, we've got drier air across the uk, so there isn't much cloud around at all. what cloud there is overnight will tend to burn off and sunshine will develop in many areas. we'll see a bit of fairweather cloud just developing over the high ground in scotland and perhaps across some southern parts of england. still a bit breezy through the english channel, still a north—easterly breeze, so right on the coast, temperatures will be pegged at 16 or 17, but further west, those highs reaching 22 or 23 degrees. a lot of sunshine around on saturday, and for many of us, we'll have sunshine on sunday, as well. that high pressure is still there, got a brisk wind across the far south of england but this time, we'll see more cloud through in the north sea and that'll be pushing its way into some eastern areas of england in particular and may burn back towards the coast, but other parts of the uk seeing a good deal of sunshine. and it's getting just a little bit warmer,

day on day, so 23, possibly even 2a degrees, across western parts of scotland. a decent weekend, then, for much of the country. as we head into monday, we've got that cloud in the north sea. it may make more inroads overnight across the midlands and eastern england, but again, retreats back to those coastal areas. it's always going to be a little bit cooler right on the coast but warmer inland and particularly toward the west, so those temperatures not changing much as we move into monday. and the story isn't really changing much for the first half of next week, either. still that area of high pressure, so it's still dry. around it, there are some areas of cloud coming into northern parts of scotland, and maybe more towards the south—east of england, maybe seeing a bit more sunshine across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire. again, the west is seeing the lovely weather continuing. no sign of rain — blue skies, warm in the sunshine, temperatures 22 or 23 degrees. it's not hot and the air is not particularly hot, and that means it's quite chilly at night where you have the clearer skies. but the high pressure

is still there into wednesday. more cloud still again there, out into the north sea, feeding back into east anglia, maybe parts of lincolnshire and the south—east of england. some areas will stay cloudy, a bit of patchy cloud developing further north, but the lion's share of the uk will see the sunshine continuing and again, temperatures typically into the low 20s at best. now, what about the outlook? is there any rain on the way? well, the rain is still all really across southern parts europe — some thundery downpours. this low pressure here, not going to reach us. we keep the high in charge. stays quite breezy towards the south of the uk. the centre of the high could migrate a little bit towards the east. that will allow more of a south—easterly breeze to come in, and it could lift the temperatures, particularly in southern and western areas, by the end of next week, and perhaps into the weekend, as well, but there's no rain. it's still dry. for the most part,

it's clear skies. cool at night, warm in the sunshine by day. temperatures could reach 25 or 26 degrees by the end of next week.

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