At least 320 prisoners were released on Saturday in an effort to ease congestion in the country’s notoriously crowded jails.

The funeral of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is underway at Windsor Castle. Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died last week at age 99.

What began as peaceful demonstrations against the military coup has rapidly grown into a resistance movement in which citizens use improvised weapons to fight the junta.

Japan, South Korea and Australia have inoculated tiny percentages of their populations. The delays risk unwinding their relative successes.

Early in the pandemic, Britain had recommended against vaccines for pregnant women, citing a lack of research on side effects.