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The death of Queen Elizabeth II brought droves of people together in central London, where mourning has distracted many from Britain’s political tumult and cost-of-living crisis.

The funeral for Queen Elizabeth II honored a seven-decade public life. It also felt like a capstone to the mass TV era that defined her reign.

For 70 years, Elizabeth II was the anchor of a nation’s identity. Charles III now will take on, or recast, that role.

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The move comes after Twitter and Facebook shut down misleading accounts that they determined were sending messages to promote U.S. foreign policy.

Ukraine has been pushing a counteroffensive in the east and south, applying greater pressure to Russian forces, but there is no indication of any mass Russian withdrawal.

The U.S. president will be one of dozens of world leaders attending the funeral on Monday for a royal who had ruled for nearly as long as the president has lived.

Violent loss is even more devastating when the dead are disposed of without identification. When Russians pull out in Ukraine, they leave a trail of anonymous death.

Among those invited to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral are almost 200 people who were honored for various forms of public service this year.

A Ukrainian colonel said attacks that took out howitzers and armored vehicles were carried out by Iranian-made drones that had not previously been used outside of the Middle East.