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Hong Kong held a state funeral for Tung Chee-hwa, its first post-colonial chief executive, who died on September 8 at age 89, marking only the third such honour since the 1997 handover.
Russia held parliamentary elections in territories it seized from Ukraine, marking the first time residents of the annexed regions voted in Russian elections, despite international condemnation of the process.
Israeli drone strikes killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday and Friday, including the son of Gaza’s health ministry director, amid ongoing attacks since a ceasefire was announced.
Eleven soldiers were killed in an explosion at a Syrian military weapons cache in Deir Az Zor, with nine others wounded. The blast marks the second incident at a Syrian military site in under two weeks.
Thousands of protesters formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to oppose its closure and contest President Trump’s control over the institution.
Ed Sheeran is set to perform in Philadelphia on Saturday after opening acts withdrew in support of expelled rapper Macklemore, whose Gaza comments sparked controversy.
