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To aung san suu kyi. they dont like the military takeover — although they dont say that openly — and theyre worried that the armed groups resisting the military regime are operating closer and closer to the lake. "what we need," said one of them, "is peace". but theres little peace in myanmar. gunfire south of the lake, anti—coup insurgents were battling the army just two weeks before we arrived. in retaliation, more than 20 civilians were lined up against the walls of this monastery and s...

No—one in the market wanted to talk about it, though. instead, they complained about rocketing inflation, of not enough people spending money. back in yangon, there is an air of normality. yet, barricades surrounding the city hall hint at the underlying insecurity. there is still occasional ambushes and assassination attempts. thousands of political prisoners are still being held, many behind this gate at insein prison. one of them, a veteran activist released last november, was the only perso...

They dont like the military takeover — although they dont say that openly — and theyre worried that the armed groups resisting the military regime are operating closer and closer to the lake. "what we need," said one of them, "is peace". but theres little peace in myanmar. gunfire south of the lake, anti—coup insurgents were battling the army just two weeks before we arrived. in retaliation, more than 20 civilians were lined up against the walls of this monastery and shot. we were passing ...

One such attack last week is believed to have killed at least 140 people. our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head has been allowed to visit myanmar for the first time since the coup. his movements were restricted to a limited number of places and he was barred from contacting anyone in the opposition. much of myanmar is off—limits to visitors these days. but the military government did allow us to come here much in the lake in xian state. in normal times, one of the countrys most popu...

Form of dictatorship. while on the lake, we were taken to one of myanmar�*s most revered pagodas. in the past, it wouldve been packed with visitors praying for good fortune. the crowds are much thinner now. a woman approached me and warned me to be careful. "its not safe since the coup," she said. "we wish we could go back to how it was before." its a forlorn hope. their military rulers keep telling them that there is no turning back. jonathan head, bbc news, inle lake, myanmar. lets ta ke let...

Much of myanmar is off—limits to visitors these days, but the military government did allow us to come here to inle lake, in shan state — in normal times, one of the countrys most popular destinations. its very quiet now. interviewing people directly is risky. you can be arrested for saying anything deemed negative. but the boatmen we met told us times have never been harder. "we never dreamt it would get this bad," they said. "we used to have freedom, then it ended so suddenly." well, weve ...

Roads and railways between northern spain and southern france have had to be closed because of huge wildfires on both sides of the border. the worst—affected area is northern catalonia with huge plumes of smoke above the town of llanca. the area has seen little rainfall over the winter following on from last summers drought. a usjudge has delayed the start of the highly anticipated defamation case brought by dominion voting systems against fox news by a day. no reason was given. dominion is su...

We never dreamt it would get this bad, they said. we used to have freedom, then it ended so suddenly. weve been to several places along the lake and so far, ive seen only three other foreigners. foran far, ive seen only three other foreigners. for an area that is so dependent on it, the collapse of tourism here has been catastrophic. the economy is in terrible shape. and its worse than that for people living around here, because they say they have a deep abiding loyalty to aung san suu kyi. they...

Happening, because we know that regional leaders are hoping to get to sudan today, they want to try to steer the country back to the path of a civilian government, we have western governments like the us and uk saying, please stop the fighting now, calls for humanitarian ceasefire, but its all there for you, on the live page, it is being updated constantly, so do logon and take a look. more than two years after the military seized power in myanmar, deposing the government led by aung san suu kyi...

The British government is edging slowly toward declaring the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization. Last week, members of the House of Commons voted in favor of such a measure. Then, on Saturday, a British-Iranian dual national, Alireza Akbari, who was Iran’s deputy defense minister nearly 20 years ago, was executed by the Iranian state. The