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1 King Charles Officially Named Monarch, Queen’s Funeral Set

King Charles III paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II during his first address to Britain, thanking her for her service as she “begins her last great journey” to join his “dear late Papa.” He sat next to a photo of his “darling mama,” as he said, “In a little over a week’s time we will come together as a nation, as a Commonwealth and indeed a global community, to lay my beloved mother to rest.” He concluded by quoting Shakespeare’s “Hamlet:” “May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.” Among the many developments over the weekend: King Charles III was formally proclaimed monarch on Saturday in an official accession ceremony at St. James’s Palace in London, where the Garter King of Arms made the king’s proclamation official and led cheers of “hip, hip, hooray!” for the new king. Just a few hours later, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will be held on September 19th. The Queen’s flag-draped coffin is making its way back to London; it’s currently in Scotland, where King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will travel today to join a procession down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile to St. Giles Cathedral where it will remain for 24 hours. On Tuesday, the coffin will be flown to Buckingham Palace, then moved to the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to lie in state until the Westminster Abbey funeral on September 19th. Prince William and Kate Middleton, whom Charles has given the titles Prince and Princess of Wales, released a statement Saturday on Twitter, saying “the world lost an extraordinary leader.” William and Kate were joined by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they walked outside Windsor Castle to look at the sea of floral tributes left by the people of England in memory of Queen Elizabeth II. It was the first time all four have been seen together since early March.

2 New York Marks The 21st Anniversary Of The September 11th Attacks

With pledges to “never forget,” Americans remembered the attacks on the country 21 years ago on Sunday. Bonita Mentis, whose sister died in the World Trade Center, said, “It’s been 21 years, but it’s not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday,” and then read out the names of the victims during the ground zero ceremony. By tradition, there were no political figures that spoke at the ceremony. Instead, the observance focuses on relatives of victims reading aloud the names of the dead. Victims’ relatives also observed the occasion at the two other attack sites, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.

3 Russian Troops Withdraw From Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that it was pulling troops back from two areas in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region. A Ukrainian counteroffensive has made advances in the area in the last week, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video Saturday night that “The Russian army in these days is demonstrating the best that it can do – showing its back.” The Russian Defense Ministry says that the withdrawal was being made “in order to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation to liberate Donbas,” which is almost the same reason Russia gave for pulling its forces back from the Kyiv region after failing to take the capital. Britain’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it believed Ukrainian troops had advanced as much as 30 miles south of Kharkiv and said that Russian forces were “likely taken by surprise.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the head of NATO have warned that the war would still likely drag on for months.


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