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Donetsk: Thousands Attend Funeral of Murdered Pro-Russian Separatist
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
The pro-Russian separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko was killed on Friday in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. Where does this leave the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine?
Also in the programme: South Africa's racial divisions laid bare again as a trade union calls for a strike over perceived anti-white bias at a large petrochemical firm; and we’ll discuss why the leaders of 53 African countries are on a trip to Beijing.
Picture: Pro-Russian militants escort the coffin during the funeral of Alexander Zakharchenko in downtown Donetsk. Credit: EPA/Alexander Ermochenko
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Sun 2 Sep 201820:06GMT
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