hi, this is they catch up. there are three elections in england on thursday with three very different results. the tories narrowly held their london seat of uxbridge and is south ryswyk, with a conservative majority of 19,000 in somerton and gloom. 25—year—old is now parliament must youngest mp. he has been nicknamed the house after winning his seat in north yorkshire for the labour party. it was a previously tories save seat. england goalkeeper maria observes it is hurtful and can't buy a replica of her goalkeeper shirt. can't buy a replica of her goalkeepershirt. she can't buy a replica of her goalkeeper shirt. she only found out when the outfit kit

went on sale. it has been reported for producing women was my goalkeeper kits for the public is not part of nikkei was my plans. some other stories now. earlier this week the bbc reported dozens of abuse allegations at mcdonald's. the uk mcdonald's boss said the claims are personally and professionally shocking however current and former workers have said it is too little, too late. and get your popcorn ready because barbenheimer weekend is here. audiences across the country will be heading to the cinema to see barbie and oppenheimer, two very different and highly anticipated films have been released today. but who will win big at the box office? time now to leave you with ten seconds of waterfalls because the in china has been hit by flooding which has caused waterfalls to form, with water seen cascading down escalators and staircases. you're all caught up, bye for now.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. a myanmar militaryjet circles a primary school. after seizing power in a coup, they are trying to crush an uprising, demanding democracy. when they think it's safe, they run. but the plane circles back.

explosion and gunfire. 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. explosion and gunfire

air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks have been reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people.

captain zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing 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. captain aung knew he couldn't stay, and started planning to defect.

do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? thit naong naong took part in the protests. his tattoo 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's a resistance fighter. his unit is part of a civilian militia network, called the people's defence forces. gunfire

they're 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's group seized a military base, capturing three soldiers. shouting and scenes like this have been repeated across myanmar. these unexpected gains have pushed the military into the air.

what would the myanmar military�*s strength be like, without the air force? the myanmar military is increasingly relying on its air power, because the resistance forces on the ground have been effective in pushing them out of this territory, and on their ends, the myanmar military has been unable to control territory in a consistent manner. myanmar witness is tracking the aircrafts the military are using. the russian presence has become more important. the military�*s actions have been condemned by most nations,

but russia — who has long had ties with the military — has stepped up to become their strongest foreign backer. russian representatives have made very clear that, despite the war of 2021, they will continue to provide the myanmar military with air force assets. with russia's help, the military is upgrading its air force, with these fighter jets. the sukhoi 30 is an advanced fighterjet 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 8,000kg, and, as of this moment, represents the most advanced aircraft in the arsenal of the myanmar military.

captain aung knows these jets well. before defecting, he helped prepare for their arrival. so far, two have been delivered. he shares his vital intelligence about the aircraft

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, yourformerfriends? 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 khin sein 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 when the coup happened. chanting 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 naong nao�*s group is gaining ground. he frequently comes in contact with the military.

gunfire. 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 were they, could you see them clearly? his mum crossed the border to look after him.

and how did your mum 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 their former enemy, 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 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 captain aung a year to defect and flee across the border to thailand.

his life now is a world away from his career in the airforce. 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.

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hello. it's going to be a wet one for many of us this weekend. in fact, it'll feel more like september, perhaps even early october, with the strength of the wind. really not a pleasant picture at all. the weather systems are lining up in the atlantic. here's the satellite picture. multiple weather fronts heading in our direction, and that cloud has already spread across the uk. it has been raining and the rain will get heavier in some areas as we go through the morning and into saturday afternoon. now, over the next two or three days, we will have rather a lot of rain in some parts of the country. where you see the deeper blue colours here, the darker blues, that's the rainfall accumulating to around 50mm of rain or more, so about a month's worth of rainfall in a couple of days.

so, the forecast for the morning shows that rain across many parts of the country. the north of scotland, however, will have had clear skies and, in fact, really chilly in the sheltered glens — maybe 11—5 degrees in rural spots — but for most of us, it's in the range of around 12—111. so, a lot of cloud this is bbc news. in the morning. the winds will also be strengthening in south—western parts of the country to near gale force along some coasts. notice that the north of scotland escapes the rain. in fact, for ourfriends in lerwick, we're anticipating mostly sunny skies and, indeed, northern parts of mainland scotland also enjoying some sunshine. all of the weather action will be way to the south. outbreaks of rain turning heavier in northern ireland, parts of wales and also the north—west of england. all of this does not bode well for the ashes. interruptions are likely. and it also is not idealfor golf, either. the forecast, then, for sunday. the low pressure is still with us. it's in a process of moving away into the north sea. but this

long weather front here, well, it's trying to pull away but it's doing so at a glacial pace, so that does mean more rain to come, especially across parts of northern england and wales. now, come monday and tuesday, that low is across scandinavia. the weather does tend to improve a little bit but the air is generally coming in from the north atlantic, so that means that the temperatures will remain subdued in the week ahead and, actually, the weather outlook is still looking fairly unsettled with all of these shower symbols here in the outlook. wherever you are, have a good weekend.

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