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The body of Alexo Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison last week, was returned to his mother.

Kyra Yermish, Mr Navalny's press secretary, said his funeral is yet to be arranged.

We don't know whether the authorities will interfere with carrying it out, she said.

On Thursday, Mr. Navalny's mother said that Russian authorities wanted to bury him in secret.

Officials in New York announced that Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl, died after striking a building.

Flaco, who was due to turn 14 next month, flew freely in the city after a

vandal destroyed parts of his enclosure in Central Park Zoo. He survived for over a year living off rats and

capturing the attention of locals and tourists alike.

Mario Draghi, a former head of the European Central Bank, urged the European Union to invest

an enormous amount in a relatively short time to tackle an increasingly hostile world.

At a meeting of the Bloc's finance ministers, Mr Draghi, whom the EU has asked to come up with ideas

to revitalise the Bloc's economy, called for governments

to spend more on defence while preserving green investment and public services.

Western leaders travelled to Kyiv to show solidarity with Ukraine on the second anniversary of

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