Thailand’s royal family are officially revered and protected by harsh laws, which can land you in jail for many years.

But over the past five months a student-led protest movement has started demanding reform of the monarchy, and an end to military coups. Thailand has had 20 in modern times.

The protesters want King Vajiralongkorn’s power and spending to be limited, though many Thais remain strongly loyal to him and object to the reform campaign.

 

Clinics in the Russian capital Moscow have begun giving jabs to people in high-risk groups, as Russia starts the rollout of its vaccination programme.

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some 5,000 people had registered to be inoculated, using the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine.

Developers say it is 95% effective and causes no major side effects, but it is still undergoing mass testing.

Seventy centres across the city of 13 million people are involved in the programme.