we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello. 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?

all chant. daeva leads a unit of unlikely fighters — city protesters turned jungle rebels. they call themselves the people's defence force, or pdf. they're part of a pro—democracy armed uprising triggered by a military coup. 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.

revolution is in daeva's blood. all sing.

he's one of the most marked men in the country. 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. 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. a patchwork of resistance group and ethnic armies now control over a0%. 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. 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.

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 whirr. 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.

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we've got low pressure to the north of the uk. active weather fronts across scotland bringing heavy rain, further hill snow here. could see some showers pushing into northern and western england and wales but i think much of england and wales will see the sunshine and stay largely dry throughout the day on monday, but more of a breeze and a milder day to come for all. cold in northern scotland. as we head out to monday into tuesday, which is new year's eve, another area of low pressure moves through to bring a blustery, windy day for all. outbreaks of rain, particularly in the north and the west. once again, there will be some hill snow across the north of scotland, so some travel disruption is likely. so, that rain moving across england and wales later in the day on new year's eve, so you have to stay tuned to the forecast if you have travel plans, of course. another mild day to come away from northern scotland. another low pressure system hurtles across the country on new year's day and as it pulls away, it allows the floodgates to open to a northerly arctic air flow. so, after a disruptive day of weather on new year's day, the first week of january 2025 is looking colder, sunnier with some wintry

showers and frosty nights.

live from washington, this is bbc news. reports are coming in of a plane crash in south korea, where a news agency says dozens of people are dead. vladimir putin apologises for a plane crash that killed 38 people but stops short of saying russia was responsible.

gaza's health ministry says medical staff are among hundreds of people held by israeli forces who raided the last major hospital in the north of the territory. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin with breaking news out of south korea. the news agency yonhap is reporting at least 28 passengers were killed after a flight carrying 18! people crashed at south korea's muan airport. thejeju airflight, which was returning to south korea from bangkok, reportedly crashed into a wall off the runway and caught fire. you can see some images you can see some images we are you can see some images we are just getting on of the incident here. witnesses reported hearing a large explosion after the crash, which happened shortly after 9:00am local time. fire crews are working to put

out the blaze on site.