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Druze men and women attend the funeral of youths killed in a rocket attack on the Israeli annexed Golan Heights the day before. The Israeli military said they were struck by an Iranian-made rocket carrying a 50-kilogram warhead that Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group fired at a football field in the Druze Arab town of Majdal Shams. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI366F2QV_EN
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are greeted by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during their visit to Nigeria's economic capital and largest city, Lagos. IMAGES
The United States condemns recent Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, which Tehran has claimed were carried out against "anti-Iranian terrorist groups." "We do condemn those strikes. We've seen Iran violate the sovereign borders of three of its neighbors in just the past couple of days," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
An American strike killed a pro-Iran commander in Iraq who was involved in attacks on Washington's troops, Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder tells reporters during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
A senior UN official condemns Russia for its "appalling assaults" on Ukraine which saw some 158 missiles launched, killing at least 30 people according to Kyiv. "Regrettably, today's appalling assaults were only the latest in a series of escalating attacks by the Russian Federation," says UN assistant secretary-general Mohamed Khiari. SOUNDBITE
Russian airstrikes target a rebel base for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria's northwest, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reporting casualties at the site which is located near a summer recreation area. IMAGES