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Myanmar had not a single conflict for years since independence in 1948. It's the home of the world's oldest insurgencies and some of the newest. I travelled very deep into the area, which has never been fully controlled by Myanmar's government. And it allows these men to fight against what they see as an illegitimate military coup.

Deep in the mountains along the Thai border, a bloody civil war rages. Our correspondent gives us rare insight into one of the world’s oldest insurgencies. New, stringent election rules will soon be tested in Britain. We ask if voters are ready. And, the bubble tea franchise taking South-East Asia by storm.

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