tv The Watermelons BBC News December 28, 2024 11:30am-12:01pm GMT
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defence systems hit the plane by mistake. the world health organisation 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. indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh leader died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the watermelons.
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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
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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.
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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,
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hello, there. well, there are more travel issues again today because of the mist and the fog. that's likely to linger on again for most of us across many parts of england and wales, particularly towards the south. but further north, then, we're seeing the breeze start to pick up, and that sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. tomorrow is looking a lot brighter, although there will be some more rain across the far north of the uk. and you can see already some rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. high pressure still dominant further south, so the mist and the fog just likely to linger on for many. we could start to see some breaks in it. a little bit of clearance across the north midlands and into north wales perhaps as we head through the afternoon, but further south, staying very murky. some sunny spells and some showers across northern
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scotland as we head through the afternoon. and of course, any low cloud here likely to break up because of the strength of that westerly wind. but the winds remain very light further south. and of course, that is part of the problem. top temperatures between generally 7 and ii celius, although where the fog lingers on, we probably won't get much past 4 or 5 degrees again. now, overnight tonight, then, our very weak cold front continues to sink further southwards and eastwards, some clearer spells developing as the westerly wind picks up. more heavy, persistent rain pushing across scotland — and into eastern scotland, too, as we head into tomorrow morning. that's how we'll start off the day. now, our weak front continues to push further southwards and eastwards. more rain across the north of scotland. in between, then, we are seeing the westerly wind start to become a little stronger. so this is helping to break up the clouds. so i think there will be a lot more in the way of sunshine, particularly across the midlands, across wales and eventually across southern and eastern england as we head through the afternoon. temperatures will of course improve. there will be a lot more
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brightness around — 9 or 10 celsius. some of the rain really quite heavy, though, across northwest scotland as we head through the day. and that's just likely to linger on as we head through sunday night and into monday. colder air tucking in towards the north of scotland, so here we're likely to see some wintriness, particularly over the hills, as we head into monday morning. this is how monday afternoon is shaping up. rain across the northern half of the uk, drierfurther south, and it stays mild here into the start of the new year. it is set to turn colder, and there could be some snow for some of us — so do keep an eye on the forecast. goodbye.
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the world health organization says the last majorfunctioning hospital in northern gaza has been put out of service after it was evacuated by the israeli military. the kamal adwan hospital has been under siege by the idf for weeks. staff say airstrikes there on friday killed 50 people. the head of the hospital's nursing department told the bbc the army gave them only a fifteen—minute warning to evacuate patients and staff before the israeli army entered
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