the world health organization says that israeli forces have put the last major hospital in northern gaza out of service. it said initial reports showed key departments were severely burned and destroyed in yesterday's raid on kamal adwan hospital. israel said hamas had used the site as a command centre, but provided no evidence. in the uk, forecasters are warning that thick fog that's caused travel disruption is likely to continue for much of the day. there have been delays and cancellations at airports after air traffic controllers imposed safety restrictions. indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral, the man key to the country's economic liberalisation. india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. now on bbc news, the watermelons.

daeva is a rebel leader. he's talking to a spy inside the enemy camp, a soldier in the myanmar military.

like watermelons, they're green on the outside, appearing to be loyal to the army. but inside, they're red, working for the pro—democracy uprising. why are they prepared to risk everything? chanting daeva leads a unit of unlikely fighters — city protesters turned jungle rebels.

they call themselves the people's defence forces, or pdf. they're part of a pro—democracy armed uprising triggered by a military coup. shouting watermelons — spies in the military — are helping him.

to manage the growing network of spies, the resistance set up a watermelon unit two years ago. for security reasons, we're disguising his identity and voice. he's a former intelligence agent. we'll call him winnaing. they're using social media to recruit.

he claims they're getting new watermelons weekly. this is a voice message from one of their front line watermelons on what motivated him to become a spy.

the intelligence they gather is then passed on to rebel leaders like daeva. daeva is operating in a rebel—controlled area near the thai border, but his unit is called the yangon command because their aim is to take myanmar�*s biggest city. go, go, go, go! he has underground cells in yangon that carry out targeted attacks.

he passes on information from a watermelon to one of his cells. we're not given the details, but told it could lead to an assassination attempt.

indistinct speech music plays revolution is in daeva's blood. they sing

shouting he's one of the most marked men in the country. chanting if caught, watermelons would also be killed — for betraying an institution they're trained to have cult—like loyalty to. from the moment theyjoin, they're kept apart from the rest of society.

late one night, winnaing received this message. it's from the wife of a navy officer. we'll call her cho. she was pregnant and feared her husband would be killed in battle. over voice messages, she tells her story. she wanted him to help her

husband defect, but winnaing had other ideas.

he gave them information about weapons and the movement of navy vessels. now, though, it looks like he will be returned to the front line, so the watermelon unit needs to try and get him out. they plan to get cho�*s husband to one of daeva's bases. it's a risky journey.

daeva's unit is acting on a tip—off from a watermelon. they're heading to attack a security post near a strategically located bridge. explosion gunfire after nine days of pressure, they sense victory.

gunfire that night, they make a final push and use a drone to target the post.

on radio: they claim to have killed more than 30 soldiers. the next day, daeva surveys the damage. they're achieving what was once unthinkable.

the army does appear to be in retreat. we contacted people across the country to work out who is running their area. our investigation reveals that while the military still has the major cities like yangon, they now only have full control of less than a quarter of the country, mostly in central myanmar. opposition forces now have full control of over 40% of the territory. the rest is mostly contested. phone rings

after more than ten days on the run, cho�*s husband has made it to safety. we're going to call him moe. it was too risky for cho and their children tojoin him.

let's go! come on! let's go. go, go, go, go, go, go. go, go, go, go. moe isn't the only watermelon in the camp for long. another spy arrives.

dog barks he became a watermelon seven months ago. moe also feared he wouldn't survive if he didn't defect now.

phone rings later, moe finally gets through to his wife.

daeva is moving his troops closer to yangon.

helicopters whir the military is aggressively fighting back. they�* re combat helicopters. this time, they've avoided detection. laughter

but taking yangon is still a long way off.

hello. for some places, mist and fog lingered throughout friday, causing some disruption. some of that mist and murk lingered on into the night as well. but over the weekend, well, that fog should slowly start to lift as the breeze picks up. we will, though, see some rain setting in across the north of the uk. bit of rain across the north of the uk, actually, on saturday, in association with this weak weather front. it is this area of high pressure further south that's been trapping all the low cloud, mist and fog, that high slowly starting to drift away southeastwards, but still a pretty murky start across large parts of england and wales. i think some of that fog will lift through the day, particularly across parts of wales, northern england. a few sunny spells, it may stay quite murky down towards the south.

for northern ireland and scotland, we'll see a band of cloud and increasingly light and patchy rain pushing southwards, sunny spells and showers and some brisk winds, up towards the north of scotland, the breeze slowly picking up further south. temperatures generally between 7 and 11 degrees. now, as the breeze continues to pick up a little bit, i think we'll see a bit more of that cloud, mist and fog turning over and lifting, to some extent, across england and wales. for scotland, we'll see a band of clouds, some rain pushing in across western scotland, northern ireland seeing some clear spells through the night, temperatures 3—7 degrees, and then we go on into sunday, as this weather front, a very weak affair, clears the south. that should clear away some more of that mist and murk. so i think a better chance of seeing some sunny spells across england and wales on sunday. northern ireland seeing some sunny spells as well. but for scotland, this weather front becomes slow—moving. it is set to bring some heavy and persistent rain, particularly in the northwest

of scotland, and in fact that rain is set to continue not only on sunday but into monday and tuesday as well. will be mild for most of us, a little bit colder in the far north, and as we go through sunday night into monday, that weather front sinks southwards, but then bends northwards again, bringing rain back into scotland and some snow, particularly over high ground in the north of scotland. further south, drier conditions, a mix of cloud and some sunny spells, mild in the south but much colder further north and through the end of 2024 into the start of 2025, it will turn colder for all of us, turning windy as well. there will be some rain. there may be some snow.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty

and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk and forecasters warn it's likely to continue for much of today. the tuc calls on the government to get serious about improving pay for public sector workers. documents released by the irish national archives reveal a republican plot to poison the water supply in england in the late �*90s. arsenal close the gap at the top of the premier league. a 1—0 win over ipswich moves them within six points of the leaders liverpool. and there is a lot more mist and fog again today across many parts of england and wales, but for some it will turn a little brighter. i will have all the details later. it's saturday, the 28th of december. our main story: airline passengers are being warned they could face further travel disruption today as the thick fog,

which led to dozens of cancellations and delays yesterday, continues.