John McCain: bipartisan leaders gather to say farewell to senator

Politicians of all stripes gather at the National Cathedral in Washington DC – but not Donald Trump, who was barred by McCain from his funeral events

The death of John McCain, one of the most influential US politicians of the past century never to win the White House, brought leaders from both parties together on Saturday at the National Cathedral in Washington for his memorial service.

The US Senator, a Republican who had represented Arizona for decades and was known as a war hero and a political maverick, died last Saturday of brain cancer, just short of his 82nd birthday.

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