Since the coup in 2021, millions of Burmese took up arms to try to overthrow the Myanmar’s military regime.

Five years on, is their revolutionary dream dying?

Myanmar’s coup leader Min Aung Hlaing is slowly gaining international legitimacy – and his army has retaken much of the territory it lost to the armed opposition movement.

BBC Correspondent Jonathan Head visited the Thai Myanmar border town of Mae Sot, a Thai sanctuary for Myanmar fugitives.

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More than 700 people have been arrested in Britain and tens of millions of pounds have been seized after the police infiltrated a top secret communications system used by criminal gangs.

It’s being called the biggest and most significant law-enforcement operation ever carried out in the UK.

The gangs were using a device that looks like a normal mobile phone. But each one costs up to £3,000 and they were used by high-level criminals to talk to each other.

The gangs believed nobody could listen in, but they were wrong.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Home Affairs correspondent Tom Symonds.

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The US has carried out a missile strike against a Syrian air base in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US Navy ships in the Mediterranean. At least six people are reported to have been killed. It is the first direct US military action against forces commanded by Syria’s president.

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Today, an almighty bust up is happening in the world of football between Fifa and Uefa.

FIFA, who run the World cup, whose President Gianni Infantino recently announced a proposal to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors.

UEFA, the governing body of European football, responded by calling an emergency meeting and the confederation unanimously voted in favour of a boycott should these plans go ahead.

Jane Dougall, BBC Sports News Presenter and Simon Jack, Business Editor join Adam to discuss Infantino’s proposal and what might happen next.

Plus, Hamas have agreed to President Donald Trump’s plans to disarm in Gaza. However the deal is contingent on Israel ending “all forms of aggression” and withdrawing its forces from Gaza.

International Editor Jeremy Bowen joins Adam to discuss the latest developments on this story and what this might mean for the ongoing conflict.

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The Ukrainian army need better equipment to stop the rebels as the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports. The eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol is preparing to defend itself from an attack by pro-Russian separatists.

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