Deaths are reported in Yangon, Mandalay and other places as security forces break up protests against the military takeover of the government.

At least 10 rockets hit a military base in western Iraq that houses United States led coalition troops.

Mm Japanese Prime Minister Yoshida Suda says the government is considering a two week extension of a state of emergency in Tokyo because of Covid, 19, and in Taiwan, the first supplies of AstraZeneca's covid 19 vaccine arrive.