isolated by western sanctions, but it s russia that s providing them with deadly air power. air strikes are now a daily occurrence for the people of myanmar. more than 200 attacks are being reported since january. monasteries, hospitals, churches and schools have been hit. seven of his friends were killed. the soldiers took their bodies away and burned them. the deadliest attack in april killed more than 170 people. zay thu aung was a pilot in the myanmar air force for 18 years. everything changed for him when general min aung hlaing seized power in february 2021, ousting the elected government. it sparked a mass uprising, demanding democracy be restored. the military responded with a violent crackdown. captain aung knew he couldn t stay and started planning to defect. do you feel ashamed that you were once one of them? thit naong naong took part in the protests. his statue of the face of elected leader aung san suu kyi became one of the lasting images of the uprising. before
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the 11th of may. it has rained a little more recently in parts of northern ireland and scotland. most of are going to remain bone dry through the week. not the case across southern europe, the rain accumulating over the next five days. the reason, thejet stream running a long way to the north, taking weather systems into scandinavia. one a long way to the south, nojet scandinavia. one a long way to the south, no jet stream anywhere inside close to our shores, is a high pressure remains blocking the weather pattern and keeping things largely dry. there will be variations, warmest and sunniest in the west. eastern parts cloudy and cooler. just as we have right now and the cloud will be melting away across the midlands eastern england and the north of scotland, staying pretty cloudy through the afternoon. breeze blowing in off the sea and temperatures for norwich, 14 degrees. 2a in the glasgow area and tonight, we bring all of this cloud in the east, roll it westwards and many a
as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue then rescind alerts to millions of residents. japan has condemned pyongyang s actions. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an evacuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. it was believed to be carrying a spy satellite. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim jong un. he has been working to give north korea its first ever spy satellite and he announced this week he was planning the launch. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it to monitor its enemies from the sky, s
i think i made most of them. i mean, it doesn t matter even which side. it was tough, tough to play. so, yeah, i don t see anything i could really do better. and that s good. that s when you can bounce back faster in the next tournaments. well, no such problems for defending champion iga swiatek. after a slow start, the world number one gave herself an early birthday gift a day before turning 22 by cruising past spain s cristina bucsa, 6 4, 6 0. yeah, i feel pressure. i would be lying if i said i don t, but i m trying to kind of work with it and just play my game, no matter, you know, all the circumstances and the expectations from the outside. it s not easy, but basically i think it s like the most important thing in tennis right now to cope with that properly. and i already know how to do that. so, i have all hopes that i m going to continue doing that. to rugby union and it s been a turbulent 2a hours for english premiership side london irish risking suspension from the