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Tens of thousands gathered in Donetsk on Sunday for the funeral of the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, after he was killed in a bombing at a cafe on Friday. Commentators examine the consequences of the attack for the Minsk Protocol and the future of Donbass.

The US has announced that it is ending all funding for the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA. Washington has accused the agency of deliberately inflating the number of Palestinians who are entitled to refugee status. Journalists criticise the step but also voice their understanding.

The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers investment bank on September 15 2008 was the biggest bank crash in US history and is widely seen as the catalyst for the ensuing global financial crisis. Ten years after the late-summer chaos on the stock markets, journalists take stock of the political damage caused by the crisis.

Tens of thousands gathered in Donetsk on Sunday for the funeral of the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, after he was killed in a bombing at a cafe on Friday. Some observers fear an escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Others see the possibility of Kiev giving up on Donbass for good now.

EU Commission chief Juncker announced on Friday that the results of an EU-wide survey on Daylight Saving Time would be respected. More than 80 percent of the 4.6 million respondents said the time change should be scrapped. Juncker is getting ahead of himself with the move, commentators criticise.