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The funeral for US soul music legend Aretha Franklin went beyond its six hour schedule, featuring performances from Chaka Khan, Ron Isley, Arianna Grande, Smokey Robinson, and others.  Former President Bill Clinton was among the government and show business dignitaries and Civil Rights luminaries who spoke at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan - the Motor City, or "Motown" that Ms. Franklin refused to abandon even though her wealth and celebrity would have allowed her to live anywhere as the city's fortune's tumbled.  They shared anecdotes about their time with Aretha Franklin and her generosity.  Aretha Franklin died two weeks ago after a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.

TV personality and Civil Rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton used the occasion to shred Donald Trump.  "And I say that because when word went out that Ms. Franklin passed, Trump said, 'she used to work for me'," Rev. Al told a roaring crowd, "No, she used to perform for you.  She worked for us.  Aretha never took orders from nobody but God."  The Rev. Jesse Jackson urged the crowd to make their voices heard: "I was here for the Rosa Parks funeral and watched long lines for the museum for Rosa Parks.  Long lines for Aretha.  Long lines today.. long lines for the death of the icons and short lines for voting.  Something is missing,"  adding, "If you leave here today and don't register to vote, you will be dishonoring Aretha."

Senator John McCain is lying in state under the US Capitol Dome, one of only a dozen Senators to be granted that honor.  Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Majority leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan all spoke at brief ceremony before lawmakers, before the venue was opened to the public for mourning.  The official funeral takes place Saturday at Washington's National Cathedral.  McCain planned his own funeral, and made a point of not inviting Donald Trump - who repeatedly belittled his military service and harrowing ordeal as a Vietnam War POW - nor his 2008 running mate Sarah Palin - who seemed genuinely disappointed by the snub.  McCain had been criticized in old mainstream Republican circles for picking Palin, with many saying she represented the "anti-intellectualism, disrespect for facts" that later became the Tea Party and Trump supporters.

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The Trump administration is ending aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), which provides aid to the Palestinians.  State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US "will not make additional contributions to Unrwa" because the agency is "irredeemably flawed".  The Palestinian Authority described this as "flagrant assault against the Palestinian people and a defiance of UN resolutions".  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said his country would increase its contributions to the agency because its funding crisis is fueling uncertainty:  "The loss of this organisation could unleash an uncontrollable chain reaction," Mr. Maas said.

A German prison guard is in trouble after admitting that he leaked an arrest report that led to days of far-right, xenophobic rioting in the eastern city of Chemnitz.  On Sunday, police arrested an Iraqi man and a Syrian in the fatal stabbing of a German-Cuban man; the prison guard, who worked in Dresden, obtained the arrested report which was leaked onto far-right websites.  Several people were injured in the next few days as mobs of morons attacked immigrants and displayed illegal nazi symbols and salutes in full view of police.  The prison guard is preparing for losing his job.

An explosion at a cafe killed a leader of anti-government rebels in eastern Ukraine, and wounded a rebel finance minister.  Alexander Zakharchenko had declared "the Donetsk People's Republic" with the backing of Moscow, and seized half of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014.  Russia accused Ukraine of engineering the blast, which Kiev denies.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is kicking out a United Nations anti-graft panel that pressed a number of high-profile corruption probes, including one against Morales himself over purported illicit campaign financing.  In front of a military audience, Morales accused the commission of "violating our laws" and of "selective criminal prosecution with an ideological bias".  Yeah, right.  Meanwhile, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega is expelling a United Nations Human Rights team.  Earlier this week it had published a report blaming Ortega's government for the violent repression of opposition protests.  Since April, more than 300 people have been killed in clashes between opposition groups and government forces.