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. guitar plays softly

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.

it's from the wife of a navy officer. 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 the security post near a strategically located bridge.

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 myanmar�*s territory, mostly in the centre. 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.

but taking yangon is still a long way off.

hello there. there's going to be a lot of wet, windy and cold weather to come over the new year, but the focus today remains on this amber rain warning that we have from the met office. and within this area, there are already a number of severe flood warnings on rivers. it's been very wet in scotland, some snow melt adding to that as well. the rain turns more showery in mainland scotland. some wetter weather heads to the northern isles with snow in shetland, and this band of rain clears through southern scotland, northern ireland into england and wales. to the south it's dry. a windier day, though, particularly across this part of the country, but it is a southwesterly wind so it's lifting the temperatures

to 11—12 degrees, except in the far north of scotland, where it's going to stay cold here. now, if you are going to be celebrating new year in wales and northern england, there's a good chance you're going to have some wet weather. that rain will be heavy over the hills and it may well lead to some flooding as well. that band of rain is going to move southwards on new year's day, but on it and just ahead of it, it's going to be very windy. and then to the north, following the rain, snow and ice continues across northern scotland and a wintry mix of rain and hill snow moves down across northern ireland, southern scotland, eventually into northern england as things get colder. temperatures are going to be dropping through the day for most of us, the last of any mild air is in the far southeast of england, where we end the day wet and windy. that weather front, then, does move away, and then we chase our weather all the way up to the north. it's a north to northwesterly wind that's coming down, and that's going to bring cold air across the whole of the country. and by the time we get to thursday morning, there'll be a widespread frost this time. there could be some icy patches from earlier showers to most of the snow showers will continue to affect northern parts of scotland.

there could be one or two wintry showers for northern ireland, getting close to these north sea coasts, but for large parts of the country it will be dry on thursday. and it'll be sunny as well, but it is going to feel an awful lot colder. we've got temperatures typically only 3—5 degrees. at least it's not that windy and the winds will be a bit lighter, i think, heading into friday, but it's still cold air. widespread frost, some icy patches, a few more wintry showers for northern ireland over the irish sea near some north sea coasts, and most of the snow falling in northern scotland. but, again, it is going to be cold after that frosty start — highs of 3—5 celsius.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. relatives of those lost in sunday's deadly plane crash in south korea demand answers from the government as the anxious wait continues for the recovery of their loved ones. and an arrest warrant is approved for suspended president yoon suk yeol after he failed to report

for questioning over charges related to his declaration of martial law. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. south korea has ordered a complete review of airline safety procedures in response to the country's worst ever plane crash. 179 people were killed when the plane landed without landing gear at high speed, skidded off the end of the runway and smashed into a concrete structure housing a navigation system, bursting into flames. authorities say they've identified all but 15 of the people who died. they're planning to use dna testing for those they can't identify by their fingerprints. the boeing 737—800 was arriving at muan international airport in the south of the country. the exact cause is unclear, though investigators are looking