Rebecca Kesby

It is. Since seizing power in a coup nearly four years ago, the Myanmar military has plunged the country into isolation. They have barred foreign journalists from entering, foreign aid agencies are severely restricted, they have restricted communications and they are waging a civil war against a pro-democracy uprising.

So for them to say, we now need help, is a sign of how serious the situation is.

So for them to say, we now need help, is a sign of how serious the situation is.

And the situation in Myanmar before this earthquake was dire. We're talking about millions of people displaced because of the civil war. The United Nations was already warning that a third of the country would need aid this year. So that situation coupled with the civil war means that this is going to be bad.

And the situation in Myanmar before this earthquake was dire. We're talking about millions of people displaced because of the civil war. The United Nations was already warning that a third of the country would need aid this year. So that situation coupled with the civil war means that this is going to be bad.

The moment NASA's Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams' epic mission came to an end. After making a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, their SpaceX capsule opened its parachutes to take it gently down into the ocean. Butch and Sonny arrived on the International Space Station last June and were only supposed to stay for just over a week.

The moment NASA's Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams' epic mission came to an end. After making a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, their SpaceX capsule opened its parachutes to take it gently down into the ocean. Butch and Sonny arrived on the International Space Station last June and were only supposed to stay for just over a week.

But after the Boeing spacecraft they travelled on suffered technical problems, their mission was dramatically extended. Butch and Sonny embraced their time on the orbiting lab, carrying out an array of experiments and conducting spacewalks. But space takes a toll on the body, as Helen Sharman, Britain's first astronaut, explains.

But after the Boeing spacecraft they travelled on suffered technical problems, their mission was dramatically extended. Butch and Sonny embraced their time on the orbiting lab, carrying out an array of experiments and conducting spacewalks. But space takes a toll on the body, as Helen Sharman, Britain's first astronaut, explains.

let's say, get back to normal. After emerging from the capsule with waves, big smiles and a thumbs up, Butch and Sunny will now be flown to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston for medical checks, before at long last being reunited with their friends and family. Rebecca Murrell.

let's say, get back to normal. After emerging from the capsule with waves, big smiles and a thumbs up, Butch and Sunny will now be flown to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston for medical checks, before at long last being reunited with their friends and family. Rebecca Murrell.

And what did you find?

And what did you find?

And what was the technique that you used to make these discoveries?

And what was the technique that you used to make these discoveries?

Fascinating. So you've done this through living humans, not fossils and digging up bones and that sort of thing.

Fascinating. So you've done this through living humans, not fossils and digging up bones and that sort of thing.

You've done this research using living people. Geographically, did you work out whether people are still living in the same sort of areas or whether there's been migrational moves or that sort of thing?

You've done this research using living people. Geographically, did you work out whether people are still living in the same sort of areas or whether there's been migrational moves or that sort of thing?

After more than nine months in space, a fond farewell, as Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams' mission finally comes to a close. Inside their SpaceX capsule, final preparations are underway for Butch and Sonny and two other crewmates who are sharing the ride home.