form of dictatorship. while on the lake, we were taken to one of myanmar s most revered pagodas. in the past, it would ve been packed with visitors praying for good fortune. the crowds are much thinner now. a woman approached me and warned me to be careful. it s not safe since the coup, she said. we wish we could go back to how it was before. it s 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 lets take you to spain where roads and railways between northern spain and railways between northern spain and southern france have to be closed because of this massive wildfire that is on both sides of the border, the worst affected area is in northern catalonia where there are huge plumes of smoke above this town. the area has seen little
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 country s most popular destinations. it s 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, we ve been to several places along the lake and so far, i ve 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 it s worse than that for people living around here, because they say they have a deep, abiding loyalty to aung san suu kyi.
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 summer s 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 suing for $1.6 billion, alleging that fox presenters knowingly spread false claims the last presidential election was rigged against donald trump. more than two years after the military seized power in myanmar, deposing the government led by aung san suu kyi, the country is trapped in a civil war. its economy is collapsing. the army is increasingly reliant on the air force to attack insurgent held areas.
live from london, this is bbc news. i m sally bundock. vigils are held for the four people killed in a mass shooting at a 16th birthday party in alabama. four birthday party in alabama. lives were lost in a tragic four lives were lost in a tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan continues to spread with 97 people killed and hundreds injured this weekend. we have a special report from inside myanmar, where political activists tell the bbc they will never accept the country s dictatorship following a military coup two years ago. and elon musk s spacex gets the all clear to launch its mammoth rocket starship as early as today.
we never dreamt it would get this bad, they said. we used to have freedom, then it ended so suddenly. we ve been to several places along the lake and so far, i ve seen only three other foreigners. foran far, i ve 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 it s worse than that for people living around here, because they say they have a deep abiding loyalty to aung san suu kyi. they did not like the military takeover although they don t say that openly, and they worry 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, there is little piece in myanmar. south of the lake, and hiku insurgents were battling the army just two weeks hiku insurgents were battling the armyjust two weeks before we arrived. anti coup. in