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LONDON (AFP) – Britain said farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with mourners.

Huge crowds gathered in near silence to watch as the queen’s flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State Crown, her orb and sceptre, was carried slowly to a gun carriage from Parliament’s Westminster Hall where it had lain in state since last Wednesday.

To the tune of pipes and drums, the gun carriage – used at every state funeral since Queen Victoria’s in 1901 – was drawn by 142 junior enlisted sailors in the Royal Navy to Westminster Abbey.

The 1,000-year-old church’s tenor bell tolled 96 times at one-minute intervals – one for every year of her life – stopping a minute before the service began at 11am.

In his funeral sermon, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby praised the queen’s life of duty and service to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.

“People of loving service are rare in any walk of life. Leaders of loving service are still rarer,” he told the 2,000 guests, who included US President Joe Biden and Japan’s Emperor Naruhito.

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“But in all cases, those who serve will be loved and remembered,” the Anglican leader added, before the coffin was borne on another procession towards her final resting place in Windsor Castle, west of London.

The longest-serving monarch in British history died at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on September 8 after a year of declining health.

Her eldest son and successor, His Majesty King Charles III, dressed in ceremonial military uniform, followed the solemn processions, alongside his three siblings.

Charles’ eldest son Prince William accompanied them alongside William’s brother, Prince Harry, and other senior royals.

William’s two eldest children, George and Charlotte, who are next in line to the throne, also walked behind the coffin inside the abbey.

Late Sunday, Charles, 73, and his wife, Her Majesty Queen Consort Camilla, said they had been “deeply touched” by the public’s flood of messages. “As we all prepare to say our last farewell, I wanted simply to take this opportunity to say thank you,” he said.

Britain, a country much changed since the queen’s coronation in the same abbey in 1953, has dug deep into its centuries of tradition to honour the only monarch that most of its people have ever known.

“It’s a moment of history… She’s everyone’s granny,” said engineer Alice Garret, 28.

Others unable to be in London gathered in cinemas and churches around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to watch the service and procession on big screens.

Auto engineer Jamie Page, a 41-year-old former soldier, stood on Whitehall to observe the funeral procession, wearing his military medals from service in Iraq.

“Sixteen-years-old, I swore an oath of allegiance to the queen. She’s been my boss. She means everything,” he said.

The funeral lasted just under an hour, ended by a bugler playing The Last Post, before two minutes of silence and the national anthem, God Save the King.

After an hour-long procession, the coffin was taken west by road to Windsor Castle, where thousands had lined the route.

Throughout the procession after the funeral, Big Ben, the bell atop the Elizabeth Tower, tolled and military guns fired every minute.

Some 6,000 military personnel have been drafted in to take part in proceedings in what Britain’s highest-ranking military officer has called “our last duty for Her Majesty the Queen”.

The queen was buried alongside her father King George VI, her mother Queen Elizabeth and sister Princess Margaret, reuniting in death the family who once called themselves “us four”.

The coffin of her husband, Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99, will also be transferred to lie alongside her.

The lead-lined oak casket, draped with the queen’s colours, was lowered into the Royal Vault as a lone bagpiper played a lament.

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Ambitious plans to build a major airport in remote Mondulkiri province appear to have come to a stop after it was reported that the Chinese firm behind the project has run out of funds

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Mr. Sin Chanserivutha, Undersecretary of State and Spokesman for the Secretariat of State for Civil Aviation, confirmed that so far the Mondulkiri Airport Development Project is still idle.

He stated that “As a result of the COVID-19 crisis, which has affected many companies, the Chinese company has suffered huge losses, and he has stated that he can no longer afford to continue investing,”.

According to Mr. Sin, the Secretariat of State for Civil Aviation has proposed 3 scenarios to the to the Ministry of Economy and Finance to resurrect the project – namely:

1.Examine the possibility of taking the state budget to use on this construction process

2.Examine the feasibility of using concessional loan funds from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank

3. Find another private partner to study construction feasibility.

The proposed Mondulkiri Airport was to be built on an area of ​​300 hectares, about 20 kilometres from Sen Monorom, with an estimated investment of more than $ 80 million.

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School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children

This photo taken on July 8, 2022 shows a teacher serving up breakfast to students before classes with Cambodia‘s school meals programme at a school in Siem Reap province. – Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their mathematics skills weighing produce — but as food price rises rock struggling households, the veggie patch has become a critical safety net. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) / To go with ‘CAMBODIA-HEALTH-EDUCATION,FEATURE’ by Suy SE and Lisa MARTIN in Bangkok

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SIEM REAP: Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce — but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.

Long before Covid restrictions ravaged the economy, malnutrition and poverty stalked Cambodia’s youth — the legacy of decades of conflict and instability following the Khmer Rouge‘s genocidal rule in the 1970s.

Food insecurity has worsened since Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine stoked global shortages and inflation.

The World Food Programme (WFP) the prices of local staples have shot up in the past year: duck eggs by more than 20 percent and cooking oil by almost 40 percent.

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Myanmar court sentences journalist to three years in prison

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ANN/THE STAR – A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced a freelance journalist associated with the international broadcaster BBC to three years in prison with labour on Thursday evening after she was found guilty of incitement, a legal official said.

Htet Htet Khine, who presented a programme called Khan Sar Kyi – ‘Feel It’ – for BBC Media Action, still faces an additional charge of unlawful association under which she could receive up to another three years in prison. The documentary programme, on which she worked from 2016 to 2020, showed the problems of people across the country caused by years of unrest and conflict.

Since seizing power in February last year by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, the military government has cracked down heavily on media freedom. It has forced at least 11 media outlets to shut down and arrested about 142 journalists, 57 of whom remain detained awaiting charges or trial.

Some of the closed media outlets have continued operating without a license, publishing online as their staff members dodge arrest.

Htet Htet Khine was arrested in August 2021 along with Sithu Aung Myint, a columnist who did commentaries for the online magazine Frontier Myanmar and the broadcaster Voice of America, at an apartment in the country’s largest city, Yangon, where they had been hiding.

Htet Htet Khine was initially accused of serving as volunteer editor for Federal FM Radio, an underground broadcaster of the National Unity Government, a shadow civilian administration established to oppose the military takeover. The ruling military council has declared the group a terrorist organisation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing on the sidelines of the 2022 Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed “positive” ties with Myanmar on Wednesday as he met with the country’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. “Myanmar is our long-standing and reliable partner in Southeast Asia…Our relations are developing in a positive way,” Putin said during the meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. Min Aung Hlaing’s visit comes as both governments face diplomatic isolation — Moscow for its February military intervention in pro-Western Ukraine, and Naypyidaw for a military coup last year. As Moscow’s ties with the West unravel over Ukraine, the Kremlin is seeking to pivot the country towards the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. “I am very proud of you, because when you came to power in the country, Russia, so to say, became number one in the world,” Min Aung Hlaing told Putin, as quoted by a Kremlin statement that translated his remarks into Russian. “We would call you not just the leader of Russia but a leader of the world because you control and organise stability around the whole world,” he said.  The two leaders “friendly and openly” discussed cooperation and “exchanged views on relations and the international situation”, the Myanmar junta said in a statement.  Since the putsch that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February last year, Myanmar has faced Western sanctions and a downgrade in relations. Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed as the military regime struggles to crush resistance. Russia and its ally China have been accused of arming Myanmar’s junta with weapons used to attack civilians since the coup. More than 2,200 people have been killed in the crackdown, according to a local monitor. During a trip to Naypyidaw in early August, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov backed the junta’s efforts to “stabilise” the country and hold a national poll next year. But US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the international community to reject the junta’s “sham elections”.

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Queen Elizabeth’s funeral: Her final journey from Westminster Abbey to Windsor

LONDON – After the funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II at 11am local time (6pm Singapore time), the ceremonial processions taking her coffin to London’s Westminster Abbey and then towards her burial place at Windsor reflect the ancient traditions of the British monarchy.

1. Hauled by the Royal Navy

Royal Navy sailors will use ropes to pull the queen’s lead-lined coffin mounted on a gun carriage from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. Their comrades in a team of 142 sailors will walk alongside to act as a brake if necessary.

This tradition dates back to Queen Victoria’s funeral in February 1901.

The horses meant to haul the gun carriage weighing more than two tons panicked and began kicking, threatening to drop the coffin.

One of the queen’s relatives, Prince Louis of Battenberg, a Royal Navy captain, suggested to the new king, Edward VII, that this problem could be avoided by replacing horses with sailors.

Nine years later when Edward VII himself died, this idea was put into practice again and it has since become an unchanging tradition at state funerals.

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THAILAND |

10 Rohingya rescued from sea off Satun, 41 others found on island

Some undocumented Rohingya found on Koh Dong off Satun Province on Saturday/BERNAMAPix

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BANGKOK: Thai authorities rescued 51 Rohingya including two children in southern Satun province on Tuesday.

Local fishermen rescued 10 Rohingya from the sea in Satun’s La-ngu district and another 41 were found on an island in Thung Wa district.

Police are investigating whether both groups came from the same boat and are victims of human trafficking.

La-ngu district police superintendent, Pol Col Sitthipong Husrangsi said local fishermen found the 10 exhausted men clinging to a polystyrene foam.

“They have been placed at a temporary shelter pending further investigation,” he told reporters.

Meanwhile, Satun Provincial Administration said upon interrogation it was found the 10 men, whom were from Rakhine, had escaped from a shelter in Bangladesh.

“The men said their overloaded boat that was bound for Indonesia was hit by a storm forcing them to abandon the vessel. They were in the sea for four days before being rescued by local fishermen,” said the statement.

Meanwhile, authorities extended their search after receiving information that more Rohingya had been pulled onto a beach nearby.

“They found another 41 Rohingya including two young boys on an island off the coast of Thung Wa district. All of them were found in a hungry and dehydrated state,” the statement said.-Bernama

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