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The incongruous scene, with veiled women clinking glasses, signals the changes under way and in the conservative kingdom, home to Islam's holiest sites, as deep-seated taboos are gently prodded.

There are many taboos associated with the college entrance exam in South Korea.

One senior Labour figure questioned why Sir Keir's allies had "legitimised what was a taboo" by publicly entertaining the prospect of a leadership challenge.

That taboo is now being lifted, and Ukraine is putting more energy and ammunitions targets at risk inside Russia.

Such is the taboo that a family of a Russian recruit left their village in the south when he joined up, a relative told AFP.